Index.
642
cil after Bedford’s death, 125; at-
tacked by Gloucester in 1440, 129 ;
is the king’s chief adviser, 135 ;
death, 143 ; his political character,
143 sQ∙} trhe king refuses his trea-
sure, 143; his constitutional speeches,
246.
Beaufort, Thomas, 59 ; condemns
Scrope and Mowbray, 52 ; chan-
cellor, 64-69; earl of Dorset, 84;
duke of Exeter, 91 ; charged with
the care of Henry VI, 95, 100 ; dies,
107.
— John, earl of Somerset, 127 ; com-
mands in France, 128; bis expedi-
tion, 136; duke of Somerset, ib. ;
dies, ib.
-- Margaret, heiress of Somerset, 136 ;
plan for marrying her to John de
la Pole, 139, 152; attainted, 236.
— Edmund, count of Mortain, his
early rivalry with the duke of York,
126; marquess of Dorset, 136; at
duke Humfrey’s arrest, 140; lieu-
tenant in France, 144; made duke
of Somerset, )46; IosesNormandy,
145, 146; his antagonism to the
duke of York, 158; returns from
Normandy, and is made constable,
ι6l ; petition for his dismissal from
court, 163 ; attacked by the duke
of York in 1452, 165 ; charges
against, 169 ; repeated by the duke
of Norfolk, 170; arrested, ib. ; re-
leased, 175 ; killed at S. Alban’s,
176.
— Henry, duke of Somerset, 176 ; at
war with Warwick, ι8ι ; fails to
take Calais, 187; is absent from
parliament, 193 ; wins battles at
Worksop and Wakefield, 193 ; es-
capes after Towton, 196 ; attainted,
202 ; pardoned by EdwardIV, 204 ;
rejoins Margaret, 205 ; beheaded,
206.
— Edmund, duke of Somerset, bro-
ther, 215 ; put to death at Tewkes-
bury, 217.
Beaumont, John, viscount of, arrests
duke Humfrey, 140 ; killed, 189.
— William, viscount of, attainted,
202.
Bedford, John of Lancaster, duke of,
59, defeats the rebellion of 1405,
51 ; constable, 42, 60 ; made duke,
84; lieutenant of the realm, 87,
88, 91, 92, 94; left guardian of
England and France on Henry’s
death, 94 ; his character, 97 ; con-
nexion with the Beauforts, ib.; his
position as regent, 100; thwarted
by Gloucester, ɪoɪ sq. ; recalled
by Beaufort, 104 ; his alliance with
Gloucester, ɪoʒ; mediates, τo6 ;
undertakes to respect the authority
of the council, 108; returns to
France, 1c9; quarrels with Bur-
gundy, 120 ; returns home to de-
fend himself, ib. ; proposes to econ-
omise, 122 ; undertakes to be chief
counsellor, 123; dispute with
Gloucester, ib. ; dies, 124 ; marriage
of his widow, 127 ; his treatment
of the Maid of Orleans, 115.
Benevolences, 219 sq., 224, 258, 281,
283 ; abolished, 237 sqq.
Beverley, constitution of, 602.
Bishops, in parliament, 458.
— noble, 380, 381.
— prisons of, 359.
— right of appointment of, 303-329.
— fealty and homage of, 302, 304 ;
deposition of, 327; translation of,
3^6∙
Boniface VIII, pope, his episcopal
nominations, 316, 317.
Boniface IX, pope, 25, 326.
Bourchier, Thomas, bishop of Ely,
made archbishop of Canterbury,
17 2 ; proceedings against Pecock,
182; mediates for peace, ib.; wel-
comes the Yorkist invasion, 187 ;
his conduct with respect to the
duke’s claim, 190 ; recognises Ed-
ward IV, 195 ; welcomes him on
Ids return, 216; accepts Bichard
III as king, 232.
— Henry, viscount, treasurer, 177;
dismissed, ι8ι ; summoned to par-
liament and made earl of Essex by
Edward IV, 200; treasurer, 220;
dies, 227.
Bracton, quoted, 403, 535.
Brember, Nicolas, 593.
Buckingham, Humfrey Stafford, duke
of, earl of Stafford, 105 ; duke, 140 ;
at duke Humfrey’s arrest, i∖ ; half-
brother of archbishop Bourchier,
- 172 ; is surety for Somerset, ɪ 75 J
his son killed at S. Alban’s, 17^»
Index.
643
SupportsHenryVI, ι8ι ; killed at
Northampton, 189.
Buckingham, Henry Stafford, duke
of, grandson, 208; steward at
Clarence’s trial, 222 ; in the council
227; conspires with Gloucester,
229 ; declares his claim to the
throne, 230 ; rebels, 233 ; beheaded,
234-
Bulls, papal, restraint on, in England,
334-
Burgage, tenure by, 434.
Bury St. Edmund’s, parliaments at,
140, 400.
Butler, James, earl of Wiltshire, 173;
treasurer,175 ; again,ɪ 83; executed,
196; attainted, 202.
Cade, Jack, rebellion of, 155 s<79.,
ι68, 184.
Cambridge, parliament at, 401.
— Richard, earl of, 84 ; his plot and
fate, 87, 88, 159.
Canon law, its authority in England,
333-
Canterbury, primacy cf, 303.
— archbishops of—
Anselm, 303.
Ralph, 311.
William of Corbeuil, 307.
Theobald, 311.
Thomas Becket, 302, 312.
Stephen Langton, 313.
Richard, 313.
Edmund, 314.
Boniface, 314, 354.
Robert Kilwardby, 314.
John Peckham, 314, 515.
RobertAVinchelsey, 315.
Walter Reynolds, 322.
Simon Mepeham, 323 sq.
John Stratford, 324.
Thomas Arundel, 326. See
Arundel.
Roger Walden, 23, 26, 326.
Henry Chichele, 85. See Chi-
chele.
John Stafford, 1x7, 136, 148.
John Kemp, 167-171. See
Kemp.
ThomasBourchier, 172-232. See
Bourchier.
Cantilupe, Walter, bishop <f Wor-
cester, 381.
— Thomas, bishop of Hereford, 381.
T
Carlisle, parliament of, 321, 338-
340, 401.
Castles, fortification of, 555 ∙83r∙
Chancellor, office of, in the house of
Lords, 473.
Cliancellors—
Thomas Arundel, fourth time,
61 ; fifth time, 71.
Edmund Stafford, 34, 38, 39.
John Searle, 15, 34.
Henry Beaufort, 39-49 ; again,
78; again, 103.
Thomas Longley, 49 ; again, 91,
99.
Thomas Beaufort, 64.
John Kemp, 107. See Kemp.
John Stafford, 117, 136, 148.
Richard Neville, earl of Salis-
bury, 172.
Thomas Bourchier, 175-181.
William AVaynflete, l8ι, 184.
George Neville, bishop of Exeter,
189, 200, 209.
Robert Stillington, bishop of
Bath, 209.
Thomas Rotherham, archbishop
of York, 220.
John Russell, bishop of Lincoln.
229.
Chester, palatine earldom of, held by
the heir apparent, 447, 529.
ChichcIe, Henry, archbishop of Can-
terbury, not responsible for the
Erench war, 85 ; opens the parlia-
ment of 1422, 99; mediates be-
tween Beaufort and Gloucester,
104; again, 105; threatened with
the loss of h’s legation, 309.
Cinrjue Ports, representatives of, sum-
moned to parliament, 416, 435,
466, 468.
< Iarence, Lionel, duke of, 448.
— Thomas of Lancaster, duke of, 34;
IieutenantofIreland, 39, 60; mar-
ries his uncle’s widow, 68 ; com-
mands an army in alliance with
Oileans, 71; made duke, ib. ;
killed, 93.
■— George, duke of, 200 ,l intrigues
with Warwick, 209, 210; married
to Isabella Neville, 212; joins in
AVarwick*s invasion, 212; par-
doned, 213; flies to France, 214;
succession settled on him, 215;
goes over to Edward, 216 ; accused
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