euil, battle of, 308.

Verulamium, Roman city at, 19;
martyrdom of St. Alban at, 23.

Vicar, meaning of the term, 129.

Villages, arrangements of, 75.

Villeins, the, uncertain origin of, 31;
increase of, 69;
position of, after the Norman conquest, 102;
partial commutation of the services of, 168;
effect of the Black Death upon, 248;
insurrection of, 268;
take refuge in towns, 275;
land ceases to be cultivated by, 320, 321.

Viriconium, Roman colony at, 14.

Vortigern establishes Jutes in Thanet, 27.

Wakefield, battle of, 328.

Wales reduced by Harold, 90;
Flemish settlement in, 128;
conquered by Edward I., 210;
marches of, _ib._;
supports Richard II., 285.

Wallace, William, rises against Edward I., 221;
execution of, 222.

Wallingford, Treaty of, 137.

Walls, the Roman, 17.

Walter Map, 167.

Waltheof, Earl of Northamptonshire and Huntingdonshire, 90;
is beheaded, 110.

Wanborough, Ceawlin defeated at, 36.

War-band, the, composed of Gesiths, 30.

Warbeck, Perkin, insurrection of, 350-352;
execution of, 354.

Wardship, nature of the lord's claim to, 116;
results of the system, 330.

Wars of the Roses, origin of the name of, 324;
state of society during, 330.

Warwick, Earl of, opposes Richard II., 279;
banishment of, 282.

Warwick, Earl of (son of the Duke of Clarence), imprisonment of, 343;
execution of, 354.

Warwick, Richard Beauchamp, Earl of, regent in France, 313.

Warwick, Richard Nevill, Earl of (the King-maker), influence of, 324;
retires to Calais, and comes back and defeats the Lancastrians
at Northampton, 326;
estranged from Edward IV., 332;
is reconciled to Queen Margaret, 333;
restores Henry VI., and is defeated and slain at Barnet, 334.

Wat Tyler, insurrection of, 268, 269.

Wedmore, Peace of (the so-called), 59.

Welsh, the, speak a language derived from that of the Britons, 7;
origin of their name, 31;
adopt the name Kymry, 37;
defeated by AEthelfrith near Chester, 43;
split up into three divisions, _ib._;
driven out of Somerset, 53;
their relations with Ecgberht, 56;
_see_ Wales.

Weregild, system of, 32.

Wessex, gradual formation of, 28, 34, 35;
is weakened by internal quarrels, 41;
accepts Christianity, 48;
growing unity of, 53;
causes of the suprema