79, 80;
its effect on England, 80, 81
Whitgift, Archbishop of Canterbury, iv. 341, 343; v. 58;
his Articles, iv. 341, 342; v. 115, 116;
Strype's _Life of_, iv. 4
Whittingham, Dean of Durham, iv. 127
Wight, Isle of, annexed to Sussex, i. 85
Wilberforce, William, viii. 48, 52
Wilfrid, St., i. 79, 92;
Eddi's _Life of_, 4
Wilkes, John, vii. 249;
his services to the Constitution, 313;
attacks the Government in the _North Briton_, 314, 317, 318;
arrested, 318;
prosecuted for libel, _ib._;
flies to France, _ib._;
returned for Middlesex, viii. 5;
imprisoned, 6;
struggle with the Government, 7;
with the House of Commons, _ib._, 8;
his proposal for Parliamentary reform, 75
Wilkins, Dr. John, vi. 132, 166
William the Conqueror,
duke of Normandy, i. 157;
visits England, 158;
subdues Maine and Britanny, _ib._;
his claim on England, 160;
lands at Pevensey, 162;
exploits at Senlac, 163, 164;
chosen king, 165;
crowned, 166;
returns to Normandy, 167;
risings against him, _ib._, 168;
his vengeance on the north, 168, 169;
march on Chester, 169, 179;
master of England, 170;
receives the Scot king's fealty, _ib._;
his character, 178, 179;
rule, 179-181;
dealings with feudalism, 181-185;
with Old English judicial and administrative organization, 185;
finance, 186;
dealings with the Church, 187, 188;
with Wales, 189; ii. 47;
suppresses slave-trade at Bristol, i. 250;
last war and death, 190
William the Red,
king, i. 191;
revolts against him, _ib._, 192;
his rule, 192;
dealings with the barons, 193;
with the Church, _ib._;
with Anselm, 196;
with Normandy and Scotland, 197;
with Wales, 198; ii. 48;
death, i. 198
William III.,
Prince of Orange, vi. 225;
his youth, 269;
repels the French invasion of Holland, 270, 277;
his diplomatic success, 277;
plans for his marriage, 283;
defeated at Cassel, 289;
marriage, 290;
plans the Grand Alliance, 317;
policy in England, _ib._, 318;
visits England, 334;
shelters Monmouth, vii. 8;
forbidden to visit England, 12;
relations with James II., 26-28;
invited to England, 35;
his preparations, 37;
lands at Torbay, 40;
his advance, 42;
enters London, 44;
calls a Conven
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