Alexander I., Czar of Russia, viii. 164, 180, 198, 202
Alfune founds St. Giles', Cripplegate, i. 223
Allen, Dr. William, iv. 307, 310, 353, 354; his _Defense of the English Catholics_, 354
Alliance, Grand, vii. 49; its success, 79, 80, 88; breaks up, 89; the second, 107; Triple, vi. 249; vii. 185
Alva, Ferdinand Alvarez, Duke of, iv. 225, 257, 258, 298, 300, 335
Amboise, conspiracy of, iv. 175; edict of, 217
America, early settlements in, iv. 329, 330, 345; Puritan emigration to, v. 308-314, 319, 320; English colonies in, vii. 236; their progress, 237; slavery in, _ib._; education in, 238; their political condition, 239, 240; relations with England, 241, 243, 244; strife with the French, 249; Pitt's policy in, 266; relations with England after the Seven Years' War, 280-283; Bute's policy towards, 310, 311; Grenville's, 320, 321, 326; English and American theories of their relation to England, 320-325; renewed attempt at taxation of, viii. 3, 4, 14; war with England, 22-26, 32; French settlements in, vii. 232, 242, 243; ceded to England, 307; Spanish conquests in, iv. 329, 330; English trade with, vii. 216; United States of, declare their independence, viii. 24; alliance with France, 28; peace with England, 41; importance of their independence, 42-44; increase of their carrying trade through the Continental System, 177; embargo on trade with Europe, 182; pass an Act of Non-Intercourse with England and France, 183; repeal it, 184; cease intercourse with Great Britain, 192; war with England, 198, 203-205
Amiens, Mise of, ii. 68; Peace of, viii. 167
Anderida (Pevensey) destroyed by Saxons, i. 34
André, Bernard, his _Life of Henry VII._, iii. 83
Andredsweald, the, i. 33; attacked by northmen, 116
Andrewes, Lancelot, Bishop of Winchester, v. 267
Anglesea conquered by Eadwine, i. 63; reduced by an English fleet, ii. 109; English routed in, 120
Angoulême taken by Henry of Derby, ii. 234; regained by John of Normandy, _ib._
Angoumois restored to Edward III., ii. 266; won by Du Guesclin, 287
Angus, Archibald Douglas, sixth (or ninth) Earl of, iii. 231; iv. 22, 29, 52
Anjou, documents for early history of, i. 7; counts of, 208-213; conquered by Philip Augustus, 269; cession of, ii. 63
Anjou, Francis, Duke of, iv. 313, 316, 336-338, 348