Pitt, William, the younger, viii. 52, 62; his Reform Bill, 63, 64; Chancellor of the Exchequer, 65; new scheme for parliamentary reform, 67; First Lord of the Treasury, 69; his temper, 70-72; statesmanship, 72-74; his plans of parliamentary reform, 75, 76; finance, 77; treaty of commerce with France, 79; advocates abolition of slave-trade, _ib._; resists the prince's claim to the regency, 84; attitude towards the French Revolution, 84, 86, 88, 89, 91, 95; supports Fox's Libel Act, 92; gives a constitution to Canada, _ib._; endeavours to maintain peace, 102, 103; position after the declaration of war, 104, 105; his financial difficulties, 113, 114; negotiations with France, 121, 126; introduces the Income-Tax, 137; effects union with Ireland, 138, 139; his position during the war, 148-151; revives plans for Catholic emancipation in Ireland, 152-155; retires, 148, 155; opposes Russia, 161; returns to office, 170; subsidizes a league against Napoleon, 172; death, 173, 174
Pius IV., Pope, his policy, iv. 190, 191; recalls the council to Trent, 192, 193; forbids attendance of Catholics at English Church service, 214
Pius V., Pope, iv. 226, 250; relations with Philip II., 254, 256; sends envoys to the English Catholics, 264; issues a Bull for deposition of Elizabeth, 265; sanctions the plans of Mary and Norfolk, 272
Plattsburg, English attempt on, viii. 205
Pleas, Common, Court of, ii. 109; of the Crown, i. 264; ii. 109
Plymouth (Massachusetts), its foundation, v. 310
Poinet, Bishop of Winchester, iv. 119, 129, 131
Poitiers captured by Henry of Derby, ii. 235; battle of, 261-263
Poitou, Henry III.'s campaign in, ii. 35; ceded to France, 63; recovered by Henry of Derby, 243; restored to Edward III., 266; won by Du Guesclin, 287
Poland, contested election to the throne of, vii. 214; partitions of, viii. 85, 108
Pole, John de la, Earl of Lincoln, iii. 176
Pole, Michael de la, Earl of Suffolk, ii. 350-353
Pole, Reginald, iii. 333, 349; iv. 20; his attainder reversed, 88; received as Legate, _ib._; chief minister, 98, 99; suspected by the Pope, 102; deprived of the legation, 145; dies, 165
Poll-tax, ii. 311; renewed under Richard II., 316; resistance to, 319, 321; in 1641, v. 363
Pont-de-l'Arche seized by Henry V., iii. 33