cy of, 55;
an earldom under Godwine and Harold, 84, 89.

West Saxons, the, first conquests of, 28;
defeated at Mount Badon, _ib._;
occupy Salisbury Plain, 34;
wage war with the men of Kent and with the Britons of the
Severn Valley, 35;
are defeated at Faddiley, _ib._;
_see_ Wessex.

West Wales split off from other Welsh territory, 42.

Westminster Abbey, consecration of, 91;
coronation of William I. in, 100.

White Ship, the, wreck of, 129.

Wilfrid supports Papal authority, 50.

William I. (the Conqueror) declared heir of Eadward the
Confessor, 88;
his rule in Normandy, _ib._;
claims the crown from Harold, 91;
lands at Pevensey, and defeats Harold at Senlac, 96-98;
crowned at Westminster, 100;
progress of his conquest, 101-103;
devastates the Vale of York, 103;
subdues Hereward, and receives Malcolm's submission, 104;
his method of keeping English and Normans in subjection, 104-106;
his relations with the Church, 106-110;
suppresses the Rising of the Earls, 110;
lays waste the New Forest, _ib._;
has Domesday Book prepared, 111;
receives oaths at Salisbury, 113;
death of, 114.

William II. (Rufus) is crowned King of England, 114;
is supported by the English against Robert, 115;
character of, _ib._;
his treatment of Anselm, 117;
his quarrels with his brothers, 118;
his relations with Scotland, 119;
suppresses Mowbray's rebellion, 120;
last years of, 121;
is murdered, 122.

William, son of Henry I., wrecked, 129.

William Clito, son of Robert, 129.

William Longbeard, 169, 170.

William of Malmesbury, 129.

William of Newburgh, 167.

William the Lion, king of Scotland, acknowledges himself to be
a vassal of Henry II., 154;
frees himself from vassalage, 159.

Winchelsey, Archbishop, 221.

Winchester, secular canons driven out of 68;
burial of William II. at, 122;
Stephen chosen king at, 131.

Winwaed, the battle of, 48.

Witenagemot, the, constitution of, 45;
discussion on the acceptance of Christianity in, 46;
constitutional powers of, 74;
becomes the Great Council, 113;
_see_ Great Council, the.

Women, education of, in the Middle Ages, 65.

Wonderful Parliament, the, 280.

Worcester, secular canons driven from, 68.

Wroxeter, _see_ Viriconium.

Wulfhere maintains the indep