ce of the office of chief justiciary, 336 _note_ r;
functions of the court of exchequer, 336 and _note_ s, 425;
institution of justices of assize, 337;
establishment of the court of common pleas, 338;
origin of the common law, 339;
difference between the Anglo-Saxon and Anglo-Norman systems of
jurisprudence, 339, 340;
complicated character of English laws, 341;
necessity for a reformation of the statute-book, 342 and _note_;
jurisdiction of the king's council, iii. 138-147, 249-257;
safeguard for the independence of judges, 152 _note_ t;
rarity of instances of illegal condemnation, 156-158;
origin and jurisdiction of the court of chancery, 241-249.

King's council (England), Jurisdiction of the, iii. 138;
its composition, _ib._;
its encroachments, 140;
limitations on its power, 141;
remonstrances of the commons, _ib._;
its legislative status, 143;
its frequent junction with the lords' house, 144-146 and _notes_;
views of Sir F. Palgrave on the subject, 249-257.

Knighthood. See Chivalry.

Knights Templars, institution of the order of, i. 40;
their large possessions and rapacity, _ib._ and _note_ s;
question of their guilt or innocence, 138, 139;
Count Purgstall's charges against them, 139-142;
Raynouard's attempted refutation, 142;
their estates and remarkable influence in Spain, ii. 8.

Koran, characteristics of the, ii. 114-117.

Labourers, amount of wages paid to, iii. 372, 373;
degree of comfort thereby indicated, 373, 374 and _notes_.

Ladislaus of Naples, accession of, i. 488;
energy displayed by him, 489;
his death, _ib._

Ladislaus of Hungary, defeat of the partisans of, ii. 105;
his accession to the throne, _ib._;
his death, _ib._;
suspicions relative thereto, 106 _note_.

Lambertazzi (Imilda de), pathetic story of, i. 402.

Lancaster (duke of), ascendency of, over Edw. III. iii. 55;
his ambitious projects, _ib._;
cause of his retirement from court, 58;
he curries favour with the commons, 65 and _note_ t;
his quarrel with Arundel and Gloucester, 74;
his marriage with Katherine Swineford, _ib._;
his antenuptial children by her, 75;
conduct of Richard II. on his death, 80.

Lancastrians and Yorkists, wars of the, iii. 197.

Lando (Michel di), cause of the elevation of, i. 435;
his just exercise of power, 436;