648 Index.
Neville, George, made bishop of Exe-
ter, 172,180; chancellor, 189,194;
archbishop of York, 206; removed
from the chancery, 209 ; marries
Clarence, 212; Edward surrenders
to, 213; restores Henry VI, 214
sq. ; makes peace after Barnet,
219.
— John, Lord Neville, on the Lan-
castrian side, 193 ; killed at Towton,
196 ; attainted, 202.
Northampton, council at, 402.
— parliaments at, 400.
— battle of, 1S9.
Northampton, John of, mayor of Lon-
don, 594.
Nottingham, parliament at, 401.
— Berkeley, earl of, 232.
— earl of ; see Mowbray.
Oath, of allegiance, 533.
— of councillors, 257.
-OldcastlejSirJohn, 34, 373; his trial
and attempt at rebellion, 81-83;
his end, 92.
OwenGlendower, 27, 28, 35 sq. ; as-
sisted by France, 53 ; gives refuge
to Percy and Bardolf, 59 ; his heirs
pardoned, 90.
Oxford, university of, resists arch-
bishop Arundel, 64, 67 ; scholars
of, at war with the county, 278.
— earls of, see Vere.
Painted chamber, 398, 440.
Pall, archiépiscopal, its importance,
305
Papacy, relations of the crown to,
300.
Pardons, Henry VI grants too many,
i34∙
Parliament, antiquities of, 388 sqq. ;
SirThomas Smith’s account of, 484,
495-
— powers of, under Henry VIII, 488.
—∙ annual, petitioned for, 393 sq.
— suspension of, 282.
— place of, 395 sqq.
— prorogation of, 282, 499.
— clerks of, 468.
— the merciless, 402.
— the unlearned, 47, 400.
— of bats, 106, 40?.
Peace and war, discussions in parlia-
ment on, 268.
Pecock, Reginald, bishop of Chiches-
ter, 182, 376.
Peerage, rights of, for life, 454 ; re-
signation of, 458; privileges of,
503 sqq.
Peeresses, trial of, 131.
Peers, bishops, 106, 458.
Percy, Henry, earl of Northumber-
land, is Mattathias, ɪi; constable
of England, 15, 17 ; takes the votes
on Richard’s sentence, 20 ; his ad-
vice on war, 35 ; defeats the Scots,
37 ; his discontent, 39 ; submits,
42; his rebellion in 1405, 50;
Secondrebellion and death, 63 sq.
— Henry, Hotspur, son of the earl,
has the isle of Anglesey, 15 ; com-
mands in Wales, 35 ; his rebellion
and death, 41j 42.
— Henry, son of Hotspur, restored
to his earldom, 87 ; a member of
council, 100; killed at S. Alban’s
iɪɪ 1455, 17^∙
—∙ Henry, earl of Northumberland,
son, 193; killed at Towton, 196;
attainted, 202.
PercyjHenry, earl OfNorthumberland,
son, 232 ; chamberlain, 234; deserts
Richard III, 239.
—∙ Thomas, earl of Worcester, admiral,
15; his rebellion and death, 41,42;
mentioned, 266.
— Thomas, lord Egremont, 150, 189.
Peter’s pence, 346.
Petition, right of, how treated in
council and parliament, 478 sqq. ;
not to be altered, 84, 269; triers
and receivers of, 443-469.
Poor, condition of, 619 sqq.
Postal service, 224.
Praemunientes clause, 330, 407j 417,
462 ; see Clergy.
Praemunire, statute of, 341 sq.
Prerogative of the king, 24.
Privileges of parliament, 503 sqq.
Privy seal, keeper of, 252, 259;
Richard Clifford, 23 ; Adam Mo-
leyns, 141.
Prohibitions, to church assemblies and
eouɪts,. 335, 337, 353, 358.
Prorogation of parliament, 498 sq. ;
long prorogations, 282.
Protests of lords, 507.
Index.
Provision, papal, to sees, 317 sqq∙
Provisors, statute of, 324, 338.
Proxies, of peers, 505 sq.
Purveyance, complaints against, 25.
Kaleigh, William, bishop of Win-
chester, 316.
Reading, parliaments at, 167, 400.
Redesdale, Robin of, 211 sqq.,i rioters
from, 278.
Regency, under Henry VT, 99 sqq.
— during his illness, 171, 178, 179.
— under Edward V, 228.
Resumption, acts of, in 1450, 154;
re-enacted, 164; in 1456, 179; in
1473, 220; Fortescue’s plan for,
251, 272.
Revenue, refused to Henry IV, 66 ;
granted to Henry V, 90 ; to Henry
VI, ι68 ; to Edward IV, 205 ; to
Richard, 236.
Richard II, of Bordeaux, his de-
position, 13, 14 ; condemned to im-
prisonment, 20 ; question of Ins
fate, 2 7 ; his first funeral, ib. ; his
second, 80; reported to be alive,
4r, 61.
Richard III, as duke of Gloucester,
200; marries Anne Neville, 220;
conducts the war with the Scots,
224; his conspiracy, 229; declare*
himself king, 231 ; his reign, 232-
239.
Rioters, statutes against, 278.
S. Alban’s, 335.
— second battle, in 1461, 194.
Salisbury, parliaments at, 401.
Salisbury, John Montacute, earl of,
accused of the attack on Gloucester,
21 ; joins in the conspiracy of the
earls, and is killed, ib. ; forfeited,
32∙
— Richard Neville, earl of. See
Neville.
Sawtre, William, burned, 33 ; im-
portance of his case, 370.
Scot and lot, 434 sqq.
Scrope, Richard le, spared in 1399,
25.
—∙ William le, son of Richard, earl of
Wiltshire, 25.
— Richard le, archbishop of York,
his rebellion and fate, 50-52, 58;
offerings to him, 80.
649
Scrope, Henry ɪe, lord of Masham,
treasurer of England, 78; joins in
the Southampton plot, and is put to
death, 87, 88.
Scrope and Grosvenor, law-suit of,
552.
Sheriff, his precept, 428 sq,
— of towns and cities, 416, 607.
Sheriff’s tourn, 418.
Shire, third penny of, 451.
Shrewsbury, John Talbot, earl of,
105, 167 ; killed, 168.
— John Talbot, earl of, treasurer of
subsidy, 173 ; treasurer of England,
181 ; killed, 189.
— parliament of, 401.
Sicily, monarchy of, 302.
Speakers of the house of commons—
Peter de la Mare, 470.
Thomas Hungerford, 470.
John Cheyne, 18, 55, 471.
John Doreward, 19, 471.
Arnold Savage, 29, 43, 55, 57, 245,
266∙
William Esturmy, 48.
JohnTibetot, 54.
Thomas Chaucer, 62, 65, 68, 93,
266.
Roger Flower, 92.
Richard Banyard, 94.
JohnRussell, 102, 117.
ThomasWauton, 103.
Richard Vernon, 106.
JohnTyrell, 109, ii6, 127.
Roger Hunt, 93, 120.
John Bowes, 125.
William Tresham, 128, ɪʒɪ, 140.
AVilliam Burley, 137.
John Say, 147.
John Popham, 148.
WilliamOldhall, 163j 168, 185.
Thomas Thorpe, 168, 169, 266,
471.
Thomas Charlton, 171.
John Wenlock, 178, 185.
ThomasTresham, 184.
John Green, 190.
James Strangeways, 200.
AVilliam Alyngton, 113, 219, 222.
John AVood, 224.
William Catesby, 235.
— election and protest of, 470 sqq.
Stanley, Thomas, lord, petition for
attainder of, 185; steward of Ed-
ward IV, 2 2 7 ; step-father of Henry