of, 334.

Basques, the, Iberian descent of, 5.

Bath, _see_ Aquae Sulis.

Battle Abbey, site of, 96.

Bauge, battle of, 306.

Bayeux Tapestry, the, 98.

Bayonne taken by the French, 320.

Bears, performing, 275.

Beaufort, Henry, Bishop of Winchester, becomes Chancellor, 299;
invites Parliament to support Henry V., 301;
opposes Gloucester, 308;
becomes a cardinal, 309;
continues his opposition to Gloucester, 314;
policy of, 317;
death of, 318.

Bec, Abbey of, 89, 117.

Becket, _see_ Thomas, Archbishop of Canterbury.

Bede, Ecclesiastical History of, 52.

Bedford, West Saxon victory at, 35;
castle of Faukes de Breaute at, 187.

Bedford, John, Duke of, brother of Henry V., sent to secure
Harfleur, 303;
Regent of France, 307;
marries the Duke of Burgundy's sister, _ib._;
defeats the French at Verneuil, 308;
returns to England, 312;
death of, 313.

Belgians land in Britain, 8.

Belleme, _see_ Robert of Belleme.

Benedict of Nursia establishes the Benedictine rule, 40.

Benedictines, monasteries of the, 128.

Benevolences invented by Edward IV., 335;
abolished by Richard III., 342.

Bensington, Mercian victory at, 53.

Berengaria marries Richard I., 161.

Bernard du Guesclin, _see_ Du Guesclin.

Bernicia, formation of the kingdom of, 36;
is merged for a time in North-humberland, 41;
is untouched by the preaching of Paulinus, 46;
is finally merged in North-humberland, 48;
maintains its independence after the Danish conquest, 59.

Bertha obtains from AEthelberht a disused church, 38.

Bigod, Hugh, appointed justiciar by the barons, 199.

Bigod, Roger, Earl of Norfolk, resists Edward I., 220.

Black Death, the, 248, 259.

Black Prince, the, fights at Crecy, 242;
ravages the south of France, and defeats the French at
Poitiers, 251;
his courtesy to King John, 252;
is sent to Aquitaine, 254;
his expedition into Spain, 255;
taxes Aquitaine, 256;
loses Aquitaine, 257;
leads the Good Parliament, and dies, 262.

Blanche Tache, ford of, 240.

Blore Heath, battle of, 326.

Boadicea, insurrection of, 15.

Bohun, Humfrey, Earl of Hereford, resists Edward I., 220.

Boniface VIII., 220.

Boniface of Savoy, Archbishop of Canterbury, 197.

Bordeaux taken by the French, 320.

Boroughbridge, defeat of Thomas of