Bridgewater, Francis Egerton, third Duke of, viii. 55
Brihtnoth, ealdorman of East-Anglia, i. 139
Bristol, its slave-trade, i. 250; surrender to Henry of Lancaster, iii. 18; Protestant martyrs at, iv. 96; trade with Ireland, 282; surrender to Rupert, vi. 12; to the Parliament, 41; prosperity under Walpole, vii. 196
Bristol, George Digby, second Earl of, vi. 221
Britain, its condition under the Romans, i. 29, 30; legions withdrawn from, 31; attacked by Picts, Scots and Saxons, _ib._; becomes England, 39, 138; English conquest of, its peculiar character, 39-44; authorities for, 3
Britain, Great, United Kingdom of, vii. 128
Britanny submits to William the Conqueror, i. 158; war of succession in, ii. 233, 248; coast harried by an English fleet, iii. 16; relations with France and England, 166, 171, 179, 180
Britons defeated by Jutes in Kent, i. 33; their stubborn resistance, 40-42; alliance with Penda, 66; of Cumbria, defeated by Æthelfrith, 60, 61; by Ecgfrith, 87; of Strathclyde, their struggle with Æthelfrith, 60; submit to Eadward the Elder, 119
Brooke, Robert Greville, second Lord, v. 320, 354; vi. 7
Brown, William, martyr under Mary, iv. 95
Browne, Archbishop of Dublin, iii. 341, 342; iv. 62, 63
Bruce, David, ii. 206; king of Scotland, 210; driven out, 211, 212; goes to France, 213; returns, 214, 229; prisoner, 243; released, 263; dies, 286
Bruce, Robert, claimant of Scotland, ii. 136
Bruce, Robert (Earl of Carrick), ii. 161, 170
Bruce, Robert, grandson of the claimant, ii. 172; kills Comyn of Badenoch, 173; crowned, _ib._; put to flight, 174; character and adventures, 183, 184; his successes, 191-194; disabled by leprosy, 204; acknowledged as king by England, 206; dies, 210
Bruges, negotiations at, ii. 303; gild of St. John at, iii. 154; Caxton at, 155
Brunswick, Charles William, Duke of, viii. 101
Brunswick, Ferdinand, Prince of, vii. 263, 264, 302
_Brut, Chronicle of the_, Caxton's edition of, iii. 157
Buckingham, Henry Stafford, Duke of, iii. 163, 164, 166-168
Buckingham, Edward Stafford, Duke of, iii. 242
Buckingham, George Villiers, first Duke of (_see_ Villiers), v. 208; relations with Bacon, 222, 225; goes with Charles to Madrid, 232; returns, 233; his mastery over James, 235; policy, 236-238; relations with Charles I., 244; failure of his plans, 247; impeached, 250; urges the forced loan, 255; expedition to La Rochelle, 259; slain, 265