Day Boys," viii. 119

Pelham, Henry, vii. 218, 226, 246, 250

Pembroke
surprised by the Royalists, vi. 59;
besieged by Cromwell, 61;
surrenders, 62

Pembroke, William Herbert, first Earl of, iv. 65, 66, 70, 108, 268

Pembroke, William Herbert, third Earl of, v. 43

Pembroke, Thomas Herbert, eighth Earl of, vii. 23

Pembroke, Earls of. _See_ Clare, Marshal, Tudor, Valence

Pembrokeshire, Flemish and English settlement in, ii. 48

Pencrych, Richard, ii. 357

Penda, king of Mercia, i. 66, 70-73

Pengwern becomes Shrewsbury, i. 98

Peninsular War, viii. 186-188, 190, 191, 199, 200, 202

Penn, William, vi. 335

Pennsylvania, settlement of, vi. 335; vii. 236

Penry, John, iv. 343

Pepys, Roger, vi. 203

Pepys, Samuel, vi. 174;
his _Diary_, 157

Perceval, Spencer, viii. 189, 195, 196

Perche, Thomas, count of, ii. 2

Percies, the, ii. 378, 379; iii. 12

Percy, Henry (Hotspur), ii. 378;
constable of North Wales, iii. 10;
recovers Conway, 11;
defeats the Scots at Homildon Hill, 12;
plots against Henry IV., 13;
slain, 14

Percy, Thomas, v. 158

Perigord restored to Edward III., ii. 266

Perrers, Alice, ii. 304, 306, 307

Perth,
Convocation at, ii. 171;
Protestant riot at, iv. 169

Perth, James Drummond, fourth Earl of, vii. 17

Peru conquered by Pizarro, iv. 329

Peter the Great, Czar of Russia, vii. 189

Peter of Savoy, ii. 32

Peterborough
founded, i. 86;
burnt by northmen, 104

Peterborough, John Mordaunt, first Earl of, vii. 37

Peterborough, Charles Mordaunt, second Earl of, vii. 126, 131, 133

Peters, Hugh, vi. 28, 66

Petition
of the Commons to Henry VIII., iii. 290;
the Millenary, v. 151;
of Right, 260, 261;
accepted by Charles I., 263

Petitions
to the king in Parliament, ii. 159;
changed into Statutes, iii. 90;
Triers of, ii. 159

"Petitioners" and "Abhorrers," vi. 314

Petrarch, his influence on Chaucer, ii. 360

Petre, Father Edward, vii. 20

Petty, Sir William, vi. 132, 169

Pevensey, William the Conqueror lands at, i. 162

Phelips, Sir Robert, v. 247, 248

Philadelphia, Congress at, viii. 19

Philip I., king of France, i. 190

Philip Augustus, king of France,
leagues with Richard against Henry II., i. 258;
quarrels with Richard, 259, 260;
plots with John, 261;
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