Warwick, Guy Beauchamp, second Earl of, ii. 187, 190
Warwick, Thomas Beauchamp, fourth Earl of, ii. 353, 370, 371
Warwick, John Dudley, Earl of (_see_ Lisle), iv. 47; puts down revolt in Norfolk, 56; Protector, 57. _See_ Northumberland
Warwick, Richard Neville, Earl of, iii. 73, 75; defeated at St. Albans, 79; victor at Towton, _ib._, 80; his greatness, 112, 113, 118; character, 114, 115; policy, 119, 122; negotiations with Lewis XI., 123, 124; rivalry with the Woodvilles, 127; mission to France, 129; estranged from Edward, 131; submits to him, 132; intrigues with Clarence, 133; revolts, 134, 135; repulsed from Calais, 135; difficulties with Burgundy, 136; alliance with the Lancastrians, 137; lands at Dartmouth, 138; restores Henry VI., 139; slain, 142
Warwick, Edward Plantagenet, Earl of, iii. 175, 187
Warwick, Robert Rich, second Earl of, resists a forced loan, v. 255; plans to emigrate, 319; put in command of the fleet, 378
Washington, George, his attack on Duquesne, vii. 243; takes it, 266; his influence in Virginia, viii. 15; his character, 21, 22; his defence of Boston, 23; evacuates New York, etc., 24; his campaign of 1777, 25; forces Cornwallis to surrender, 32
Washington city burnt by the English, viii. 204
Wearmouth, Benedict Biscop's abbey at, i. 91, 92; plundered by northmen, 101
Weavers, gild of, i. 317; Flemish, in England under Edward III., ii. 226
Weights, uniformity of, enacted by Great Charter, i. 352
Wellesley, Sir Arthur, his campaigns in Spain and Portugal, viii. 186, 188. _See_ Wellington
Wellesley, Richard, Marquis (_see_ Mornington), viii. 140; his devotion to Pitt, 71; words on Pitt's death, 174; Foreign Secretary, 189
Wellington, Arthur Wellesley, first Viscount and Duke of (_see_ Wellesley), his campaigns in Spain and Portugal, viii. 190, 191, 199, 200, 202; enters France, 202; campaign in Belgium, 207-211
Welsh, the, defeated by Cenwealh, i. 87; by Offa, 97; league with Scots and Cumbrians against Æthelstan, 119; rise against Æthelred II., 139; subdued by Harold, 153; ii. 47; rise against William I., i. 167; against John, 333, 334; ii. 55; national revival, 49-58; ravage Shropshire, iii. 19; Oxford students join Owen Glyndwr, 11; North, tributary to Æthelstan, i. 119, 120; West, become vassals of Æthelstan, i. 120; driven from Exeter, _ib._ _See_ Britons, Wales