i. 218, 219

Benedict Biscop, i. 79, 91, 92

"Benedict of Peterborough," i. 174, 244

"Benevolences"
under Edward IV., iii. 152;
declared illegal, 168;
levied again, 171, 177;
extension under Wolsey, 244, 251;
resisted, 251, 252;
again demanded, iv. 34;
demanded by James I., v. 197, 198, 229;
by Charles I., 253

Bengal, Clive's successes in, vii. 261

Bennet, Henry, vi. 221.
_See_ Arlington

Bensington, battle of, i. 98

Bentham, Jeremy, viii. 195

Beorn, nephew of Earl Godwine, i. 150, 151

Beornwulf, king of Mercia, i. 102

_Beowulf, Song of_, i. 24-26

Bergerac taken by Henry of Derby, ii. 234

Berkeley Castle, Edward II. murdered in, ii. 200

Berkley, Sir Robert, v. 331, 351

Berlin Decree, Napoleon's, viii. 176

Bernicia
conquered by the English, i. 52;
by Eadwine, 62;
recalls the line of AEthelfrith, 66;
struggle against Penda, 71, 72

Bernicians conquer Deira, i. 52, 53

Bertha of Paris, wife of AEthelberht of Kent, i. 57

Berwick
stormed by Edward I., ii. 160, 161;
Parliament at, 162;
captured by Bruce, 194;
by Edward III., ii. 211, 212;
its peculiar political position, 212;
recaptured by the Scots, 259, 263;
Pacification at, v. 337

Berwick, James FitzJames, Duke of, vii. 119, 134

Beverley, peasant revolt at, ii. 324

Bible,
Wyclif's translation of, ii. 178, 343;
Tyndale's, iii. 259-261;
its circulation forbidden, 290;
Coverdale's, 334, 335;
misuse of, 344;
its popularity, v. 82;
literary influence, 83, 84;
social influence, 84, 85;
religious influence, 85;
the Geneva, iv. 128;
forbidden, v. 296

"Bible-men," iii. 96

Bidassoa, battle on the, viii. 202

Bigod, Hugh, first Earl of Norfolk, i. 254

Bigod, Roger, second Earl of Norfolk, i. 343

Bigod, Roger, fourth Earl of Norfolk, ii. 45

Bigod, Roger, fifth Earl of Norfolk, ii. 164-166

Bigod, Hugh, Justiciar, ii. 60, 64, 66

Bigorre restored to Edward III., ii. 266

Billericay, villagers of, resist Richard II., ii. 332

Bilney, Thomas, iii. 262

Birinus, St., bishop in Wessex, i. 71

Birmingham, its rise, vii. 196

Bishoprics, new, erected under Henry VIII., iv. 13

Bishops
excluded from State offices, ii. 302;
denounce Oldcastle and the Lollards, iii. 27;
mode of appointment, 307,