ict Biscop's abbey at, i. 91, 92;
plundered by northmen, 101

Weavers,
gild of, i. 317;
Flemish, in England under Edward III., ii. 226

Wedmore, Peace of, i. 107

Weights, uniformity of, enacted by Great Charter, i. 352

Welles, Sir Robert, iii. 135

Wellesley, Sir Arthur,
his campaigns in Spain and Portugal, viii. 186, 188.
_See_ Wellington

Wellesley, Richard, Marquis (_see_ Mornington), viii. 140;
his devotion to Pitt, 71;
words on Pitt's death, 174;
Foreign Secretary, 189

Wellington, Arthur Wellesley, first Viscount and Duke of (_see_
Wellesley),
his campaigns in Spain and Portugal, viii. 190, 191, 199, 200, 202;
enters France, 202;
campaign in Belgium, 207-211

Welsh, the,
defeated by Cenwealh, i. 87;
by Offa, 97;
league with Scots and Cumbrians against AEthelstan, 119;
rise against AEthelred II., 139;
subdued by Harold, 153; ii. 47;
rise against William I., i. 167;
against John, 333, 334; ii. 55;
national revival, 49-58;
ravage Shropshire, iii. 19;
Oxford students join Owen Glyndwr, 11;
North, tributary to AEthelstan, i. 119, 120;
West, become vassals of AEthelstan, i. 120;
driven from Exeter, _ib._
_See_ Britons, Wales

Welwood's _Memoirs_, vi. 158

Wendover, Roger of, i. 273; ii. 43

Wentworth, Paul, iv. 238

Wentworth, Peter, v. 56

Wentworth, Thomas,
member for Yorkshire, v. 195, 260, 282-284;
policy and character, 285-287;
Deputy in Ireland, 290;
his rule there, 290-292, 364, 365;
returns, 338.
_See_ Strafford

Wenzel of Bohemia, king of the Romans, ii. 348

Wesley, Charles, vii. 207

Wesley, John, vii. 207-210

Wessex,
its power under Ceawlin and Cuthwulf, i. 56;
fall, _ib._;
attacked by Eadwine, 63;
subdued, 64;
greatness under Ine, 89, 90;
civil strife in, 90;
subject to Mercia, _ib._, 91;
rises against AEthelbald, 96;
anarchy in, 97;
greatness under Ecgberht, 102;
attacked by northmen, 103, 105, 106;
revival under AElfred, 107, 112, 113;
submits to Swein, 143;
to Cnut, _ib._;
its Golden Dragon standard, 96, 163;
earldom of, 146.
_See_ West Saxons

Westfold, Harald of, i. 128

West Indian Company, vi. 223

West Indies, English conquests in, vii. 307

Westminster, Eadward the Confessor's abbey at, i. 149;