and Cumberland, 140.

Man, Isle of, subdued by Eadwine, 43.

Manfred, king of Sicily and Naples, 195, 197.

Manor courts, 141.

Mantes burnt by William I., 114.

Manx, a Goidelic language, 7.

March, Earl of, _see_ Edward IV.

March, Edmund Mortimer, Earl of, his claim to the crown, 287;
imprisoned by Henry IV., 291;
freed by Henry V., 299.

March, Roger, Earl of, grandson of the Duke of Clarence, named
heir by Richard II., 287.

Margaret, daughter of Henry VII., married to James IV., 356.

Margaret of Anjou marries Henry VI., 317;
gives birth to a son, 323;
puts herself at the head of the Northern forces, 326;
defeats the Duke of York at Wakefield, and Warwick at the
second battle of St. Albans, 328;
is defeated at Towton, 329;
is defeated at Hedgeley Moor and Hexham, 331;
reconciled to Warwick, 333;
defeated at Tewkesbury, 334.

Margaret, sister of Edward IV., married to Charles the Rash, 332;
protects Lord Lovel, 346.

Margaret, the Lady, 334.

Margaret, the Maid of Norway, 214.

Margaret, first wife of Malcolm Canmore, 119.

Marlborough, Statute of, 204.

Marriages of heiresses arranged by the lord, 117.

Marshal, Richard the, 188, 189.

Marshal, William, the, guardian of Henry III., 185.

Martin, Master, his exactions, 195.

Mary, heiress of Burgundy, 336;
marries the Archduke Maximilian, and dies, 337.

Maserfield, Oswald slain at, 48.

Massalia, tin-trade of, 8.

Matilda, daughter of Henry I., married to the Emperor Henry V.,
and to Geoffrey of Anjou, 131;
claims the crown, 134;
fails to maintain her claim, 135.

Matilda, wife of Henry I., _see_ Eadgyth.

Maximilian I., Emperor, as Archduke, marries Mary of Burgundy, 337;
marries Anne of Brittany by proxy, 348.

Maximus leads an army out of Britain, 25.

Meaux besieged by Henry V., 306.

Mercenaries employed on the Continent by Henry II., 142;
temporarily brought to England, 153, 155;
employed by John, 182.

Merchant Adventurers, the, 356.

Merchant Gild, the, 169.

Mercia, first settlement of, 36;
comparative smallness of, 41;
unites with other districts under Penda, 46;
accepts Christianity, and rejects the supremacy of
North-humberland, 48;
its relations with Ecgberht, 55;
its relations with AElfred, 60;
under Leofwine, 84;
under Leofri