impeached, 105;
arranges the Union with Scotland, 128;
President of the Council, 133;
of the Royal Society, vi. 166;
death, vii. 182

Somerset
conquered by West Saxons, i. 90;
rises against William I., 168;
lead-mines in, 30

Somerset, John Beaufort, Earl of, (Marquis of Dorset), iii. 7

Somerset, John Beaufort, first Duke of, iii. 59

Somerset, Edmund Beaufort, second Duke of (_see_ Beaufort),
Regent of France, iii. 62;
recalled, 67;
arrested, 68;
released, _ib._;
captain of Calais, 69;
committed to the Tower, 71, 72;
released, 72;
slain, 74

Somerset, Henry Beaufort, third Duke of, iii. 78, 80, 126

Somerset, Edmund Beaufort, fourth Duke of, iii. 140, 143-145

Somerset, Robert Carr, Earl of (_see_ Rochester), v. 193, 204-207

Somerset, Edward Seymour, Duke of (_see_ Hertford), iv. 46;
Protector, 47;
his policy, 48, 53, 54;
relations with Scotland, 52;
victory at Pinkie Cleugh, 513;
revolts against, 55;
his misrule, 56;
fall, 57;
beheaded, 65

Somerset, Charles Seymour, sixth Duke of, vii. 21, 146

Somerset, Frances, Countess of. _See_ Howard

Somerset, Margaret, Duchess of, iii. 161

Somerton captured by AEthelbald, i. 91

Somerville, plotter, iv. 350

Soranzo's _Despatches_, iv. 3

Sophia, Electress of Hanover, vii. 103, 144

Soult, Marshal, viii. 188, 200, 202

Southampton, Thomas Wriothesley, first Earl of (_see_ Wriothesley),
iv. 47

Southampton, Henry Wriothesley, third Earl of, v. 41, 43

Southampton, Thomas Wriothesley, fourth Earl of, vi. 193, 244

South-Engle, i. 37, 119

Southey, Robert, viii. 135

South-folk, i. 42

South-Saxons, kingdom of, i. 34

South Sea Bubble, vii. 192

Southwark
burnt by William the Conqueror, i. 165;
Bishop Beaufort's palace at, attacked, iii. 44

Spain,
its relations with Aquitaine and France, ii. 281, 282;
Edward III.'s policy in, 282, 283, 287;
its growth under Ferdinand and Isabel, iii. 186;
its greatness under Philip II., iv. 325-327;
possessions in the New World, 329;
ruin of its power, 366;
its relations with James I., v. 212-214, 226, 227, 230-233;
decline, vi. 113, 190;
Cromwell's war with, 117;
relations with Charles II., 187;
with Lewis XIV., 249, 250;
joins the Grand Alliance, vii. 49;
dispute for the