Wentworth, Thomas, member for Yorkshire, v. 195, 260, 282-284; policy and character, 285-287; Deputy in Ireland, 290; his rule there, 290-292, 364, 365; returns, 338. _See_ Strafford
Wenzel of Bohemia, king of the Romans, ii. 348
Wessex, its power under Ceawlin and Cuthwulf, i. 56; fall, _ib._; attacked by Eadwine, 63; subdued, 64; greatness under Ine, 89, 90; civil strife in, 90; subject to Mercia, _ib._, 91; rises against Æthelbald, 96; anarchy in, 97; greatness under Ecgberht, 102; attacked by northmen, 103, 105, 106; revival under Ælfred, 107, 112, 113; submits to Swein, 143; to Cnut, _ib._; its Golden Dragon standard, 96, 163; earldom of, 146. _See_ West Saxons
West Indies, English conquests in, vii. 307
Westminster, Eadward the Confessor's abbey at, i. 149; rebuilt by Henry III. ii. 25; completed under Edward I., 106; William I. crowned at, i. 166; the Scotch coronation stone removed to, ii. 162; refounded by Mary, iv. 106; Henry VII.'s chapel in, iii. 174; Assembly of Divines at, vi. 30; Caxton's press at, iii. 156; chapel of St. Stephen at, ii. 290; Chaucer's home at, 366; the Jerusalem Chamber at, iii. 25; Parliament fixed at, ii. 158; Provisions of, 62; Statutes of, 103, 122, 124
Westmoreland, Ralph Neville, first Earl of, iii. 14, 18
Westmoreland, Ralph Neville, fourth Earl of, iii. 323
Westmoreland, Henry Neville, fifth Earl of, iv. 162
Westmoreland, Charles Neville, sixth Earl of, iv. 268, 269
Weston, Lord Treasurer, v. 265; Earl of Portland, 276; revives monopolies, 279; success of his financial measures, 280; death, 315
Westphalia, kingdom of, viii. 185; treaty of, vi. 113, 187
West Saxons, foundation of their kingdom, i. 34; defeated by Arthur, _ib._; defeated in a raid upon Chester, 38; take Old Sarum, 37; conquer Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire, _ib._; victory at Deorham, 38, 61; burn Uriconium, 38; driven back across Thames, 85; advance to south-west, 87; defeated at Bensington, 98. _See_ Wessex
Wexford, massacre at, vi. 77; revolt at, viii. 129
Wharton, Philip, fourth Lord, v. 343; vi. 288; member of the Junto, viii. 85; Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, 133; death, 181
Whethamstede, Abbot of St. Albans, iii. 40
"Whigs," origin of the name, vi. 62, 315; their policy in 1689, vii. 45; struggle with Marlborough and Anne, 132, 133; refuse peace, 136; dismissed from office, 139; invite Marlborough's aid, 145; their relations with the Church, 169; with the Crown, 172, 174; with Parliament, 175, 176; fidelity to the principles of the Revolution, 177; relations with public opinion, 289; with Pitt, 301; the "Old," viii. 104; in Scotland, their outrages, vii. 16