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CONTENTS

OF THE SECOND VOLUME

XII HENRY III

Settlement of the government — General pacification — Death of the protector — Some commotions — Hubert de Burgh displaced — The bishop of Winchester minister — King’s partiality to foreigners — Grievances — Ecclesiastical grievances — Earl of Cornwal elected king of the Romans — Discontent of the barons — Simon de Mountfort earl of Leicester — Provisions of Oxford — Usurpation of the barons — Prince Edward — Civil wars of the barons — Reference to the king of France — Renewal of the civil wars — Battle of Lewes — House of commons — Battle of Evesham and death of Leicester — Settlement of the government — Death — and character of the king — Miscellaneous transactions of this reign

XIII EDWARD I

Civil administration of the king — Conquest of Wales — Affairs of Scotland — Competitors for the crown of Scotland — Reference to Edward — Homage of Scotland — Award of Edward in favour of Baliol — War with France — Digression concerning the constitution of parliament — War with Scotland — Scotland subdued — War with France — Dissensions with the clergy — Arbitrary measures — Peace with France — Revolt of Scotland — That kingdom again subdued — again revolts — is again subdued — Robert Bruce — Third revolt of Scotland — Death — and character of the king — Miscellaneous transactions of this reign

XIV EDWARD II

Weakness of the king — His passion for favourites — Piers Gavaston — Discontent of the barons — Murder of Gavaston — War with Scotland — Battle of Bannockburn — Hugh le Despenser — Civil commotions — Execution of the earl of Lancaster — Conspiracy against the king — Insurrection — The king dethroned — Murdered — His character — Miscellaneous transactions in this reign

XV EDWARD III

War with Scotland — Execution of the earl of Kent — Execution of Mortimer, earl of March — State of Scotland — War with that kingdom — King’s claim to the crown of France — Preparations for war with France — War — Naval victory — Domestic disturbances — Affairs of Britanny — Renewal of the war with France — Invasion of France — Battle of Crecy — War with Scotland — Captivity of the king of Scots — Calais taken

XVI

Institution of the garter — State of France — Battle of Poictiers — Captivity of the king of France — State of that kingdom — Invasion of France — Peace of Bretigni — State of France — Expedition into Castile — Rupture with France — Ill success of the English — Death of the prince of Wales — Death — and character of the king — Miscellaneous transactions in this reign

XVI RICHARD II

Government during the minority — Insurrection of the common people — Discontents of the barons — Civil commotions — Expulsion or execution of the king’s ministers — Cabals of the duke of Glocester — Murder of the duke of Glocester — Banishment of Henry duke of Hereford — Return of Henry — General insurrection — Deposition of the king — His murder — His character — Miscellaneous transactions during this reign

XVI HENRY IV

Title of the king — An insurrection — An insurrection in Wales — The earl of Northumberland rebels — Battle of Shrewsbury — State of Scotland — Parliamentary transactions — Death — and character of the king

XIX HENRY V

The king’s former disorders — His reformation — The Lollards — Punishment of Lord Cobham — State of France — Invasion of that kingdom — Battle of Azincour — State of France — New invasion of France — Assassination of the duke of Burgundy — Treaty of Troye — Marriage of the king — His death — and character — Miscellaneous transactions during this reign

XX HENRY VI

Government during the minority — State of France — Military operations — Battle of Verneüil — Siege of Orleans — The maid of Orleans — The siege of Orleans raised — The king of France crowned at Rheims — Prudence of the duke of Bedford — Execution of the maid of Orleans — Defection of the duke of Burgundy — Death of the duke of Bedford — Decline of the English in France — Truce with France — Marriage of the king with Margaret of Anjou — Murder of the duke of Glocester — State of France — Renewal of the war with France — The English expelled France

XXI

Claim of the duke of York to the crown — The earl of Warwic — Impeachment of the duke of Suffolk — His banishment — and death — Popular insurrection — The parties of York and Lancaster — First armament of the duke of York — First battle of St. Albans — Battle of Blore-heath — of Northampton — A parliament — Battle of Wakefield — Death of the duke of York — Battle of Mortimer’s Cross — Second Battle of St. Albans — Edward IV. assumes the crown — Miscellaneous transactions of this reign

XXII EDWARD IV

Battle of Touton — Henry escapes into Scotland — A parliament — Battle of Hexham — Henry taken prisoner, and confined to the Tower — King’s marriage with the Lady Elizabeth Gray — Warwic disgusted — Alliance with Burgundy — Insurrection in Yorkshire — Battle of Banbury — Warwic and Clarence banished — Warwic and Clarence return — Edward IV expelled — Henry VI restored — Edward IV returns — Battle of Barnet, and death of Warwic — Battle of Teukesbury, and murder of prince Edward — Death of Henry VI — Invasion of France — Peace of Pecquigni — Trial and execution of the duke of Clarence — Death and character of Edward IV

XXIII EDWARD V AND RICHARD III

Edward V — State of the court — The earl of Rivers arrested — Duke of Glocester protector — Execution of Lord Hastings — The protector aims at the crown — Assumes the crown — Murder of Edward V and of the duke of York — Richard III — Duke of Buckingham discontented — The earl of Richmond — Buckingham executed — Invasion by the earl of Richmond — Battle of Bosworth — Death and character of Richard III