with English kings, 156;
AEthelred II. in, 143, 156;
condition under William the Conqueror, 158, 159;
pledged by Robert to William Rufus, 197;
conquered by Henry I., 202;
invaded by Lewis VII., 254;
by Philip Augustus, 263;
laid under interdict, 263;
conquered by Philip, 269;
ceded by Henry III., ii. 63;
invaded by Edward III., 235;
conquered by Henry V., iii. 33, 34;
Bedford's rule in, 55;
regained by Charles VII., 62;
historians of, i. 6

Normans,
their settlement, i. 155;
temper, _ib._, 158;
in England under Eadward the Confessor, 151;
their flight, 153;
fusion with the English, 200, 281;
settlers in London, 303;
in Wales, ii. 48

Norris, Sir John, iv. 367, 368

North, Francis, Lord Keeper, vii. 10

North, Frederick, Lord, viii. 16, 28, 33

Northallerton, battle of, i. 217

Northampton
reduced by Eadward the Elder, i. 119;
John's deposition proclaimed at, 333;
John and Langton at, 340;
Essex musters the Parliamentary army at, vi. 2;
Assize of, i. 255;
battle of, iii. 75;
councils at, i. 237; ii. 120;
treaty of, ii. 205

Northampton, William Bohun, Earl of, ii. 237

Northampton, George Compton, fourth Earl of, vii. 23

Northampton, Henry Howard, Earl of, v. 191

Northampton, William Parr, first Marquis of, iv. 47

North folk, i. 42

North Foreland, battles off the, vi. 238, 239

Northmen,
their temper, i. 100;
attack Britain, 101;
settle in Ireland, 103;
victorious at Charmouth, _ib._;
defeated at Aclea, _ib._;
conquer Northumbria and East Anglia, 104;
attack Wessex, 105;
defeated at Ashdown, _ib._;
invade Mercia, _ib._;
Alfred's struggle with, 106, 107, 116, 117;
attack Wessex, 118;
character of their attack, i. 125, 126;
fusion with English, 126, 127;
their work in England, 129;
settle in Iceland, the Orkneys and Hebrides, _ib._;
again threaten England, 139;
victory at Maldon, _ib._;
bought off by AEthelred, 140;
mercenaries in England, massacred, 141;
settlement in Gaul. _See_ Normandy, Normans

Northumberland
granted to Henry of Scotland, ii. 134;
lead-mines in, i. 30

Northumberland, John Dudley, Duke of (_see_ Warwick), iv. 65, 67-69,
71

Northumberland, Henry Percy, first Earl of, ii. 378, 380; iii. 12-14,
18, 19