Rahere founds St. Bartholomew's Priory, i. 223
Raleigh, Sir Walter, discovers Virginia, iv. 345; v. 307; sent to the Tower, 215; last expedition, _ib._, 216; death, 216; his _History of the World_, 4; _Lives of_, iv. 5
Randolph, Sir Thomas, ii. 204, 210. _See_ Moray
Ravenspur, Henry of Lancaster lands at, ii. 379; Edward IV. lands at, iii. 141
Reading, John Cook, abbot of, hanged, iii. 350
Redman, Robert, his _Life of Henry V._, ii. 179
Reeves of towns, i. 296; of royal demesnes, summoned to council at St. Albans, 339
Reformation in England, iv. 58-60; in Ireland, 62, 63. _See_ Calvinism, Calvinists, Huguenots, Lutherans, Protestantism, Protestants
Reginald, sub-prior of Canterbury, chosen archbishop, i. 329
Religion of the old English people, i. 22-24; Christian, _see_ Christianity, Church; revival in twelfth century, 222
Remonstrance, the Grand, v. 369, 370; of the Council of officers, vi. 64; on the State of the Realm, v. 262, 264
Renascence, the, iii. 188-190, 195; its influence on English literature, v. 1-3
Réole, La, captured by Henry of Derby, ii. 234
Representation, principle of, in old England, i. 20; parliamentary, its origin, ii. 149, 150
Representation, Humble, of the army, vi. 53
Repyngdon, follower of Wyclif, ii. 340, 341
Requesens, governor of the Netherlands, iv. 300, 301, 310
Revolution, the English, its effect on the monarchy, vii. 60; on Parliament, 62; on the Church, 63, 64; the French, _see_ France
Reynolds, Edward, Bishop of Norwich, vi. 200
Rhys ap Tewdor, Prince of South Wales, i. 246; ii. 48
Richard (I.), born at Oxford, i. 259; rebels against Henry II., 254, 258; crowned, 259; releases the Scot-king from homage, ii. 134; crusade, i. 259, 261; prisoner, 261; homage to the emperor, 262; return, _ib._; exactions for his ransom, 350; character, 263; struggle with Philip Augustus, _ib._, 264; builds Château-Gaillard, 265-267; death, 267, 268
Richard (II.), son of the Black Prince, ii. 303; his claim to the succession questioned, 306; acknowledged by Parliament, 307; king, 311; dealings with the Peasant Revolt, 322-324, 331, 332; his person, character, and policy, 350, 351; opposition to the Parliament, 352; struggle with Gloucester, 353, 354; his rule, 354, 355; campaign in Ireland, 367, 378; change in his temper, 368; marries Isabella of France, _ib._; quarrel with the Commons, 370, 371; tyranny, 372; seizes Lancastrian estates, 373; second expedition to Ireland, 379; return, 380; betrayed to Henry of Lancaster, 381; deposed, iii. 1; prisoner at Pomfret, 7; death, 8; burial, 28; authorities for his reign, ii. 178, 179