defeated at Bannockburn, 226;
overthrows Lancaster and effects a constitutional settlement, 228;
deposed and murdered, 229.

Edward III., accession and marriage of, 231;
does homage to Philip VI., 232;
sets up Edward Balliol in Scotland and begins war with
France, 234;
allies himself with the Emperor and the cities of Flanders, 235;
encourages trade, 236;
is named Imperial Vicar, 237;
claims the crown of France, 239;
wins the battle of Sluys, _ib._;
marches through the north of France, 240;
wins the battle of Crecy, 241, 242;
takes Calais, 243;
constitutional progress under, _ib._;
restores David Bruce, 252;
makes peace with France, 253;
enters on a fresh war with France, 256.

Edward IV., as Earl of March, takes part in the battle of
Northampton, 326;
wins the battle of Mortimer's Cross,
and is acknowledged by the Londoners as king, 328;
wins the battle of Towton, and is crowned, 329;
marries Elizabeth Woodville, and promotes her kindred, 331;
allies himself with Burgundy, 332;
loses and recovers the crown, 334;
invents benevolences, 335;
invades France, 336;
puts Clarence to death, 336;
death of, 337.

Edward V. succeeds to the throne, 337;
lodged in the Tower, 340;
deposed, 341;
murdered, 342.

Edward, Prince of Wales, _see_ Black Prince, the.

Edward, Prince of Wales, son of Henry VI., birth of, 323;
slain at Tewkesbury, 334.

Edward, Prince of Wales, son of Richard III., death of, 342.

Eleanor of Aquitaine marries Henry II., 137;
imprisonment of, 155;
takes part with John against Arthur, 174.

Eleanor of Castile, wife of Edward I., accompanies her husband
on the Crusade, 204;
death of, 214.

Eleanor of Provence marries Henry III., 192.

Eleanor, sister of Henry III., marries Simon de Montfort, 193.

Elizabeth, daughter of Edward IV., proposed marriage of the
Dauphin to, 336;
proposed marriage of Richard III. to, 342;
marries Henry VII., 345.

Elmet conquered by Eadwine, 43.

Emma marries AEthelred, 81.

Empire, the Western, revived by Charles the Great, 55.

Empson and Dudley, exactions of, 357.

England, early social and political institutions of, 29-32;
contrasted with Gaul, 37;
commerce with Gaul renewed by, 38;
Christianity introduced into, 39;
growing power