Northumberland granted to Henry of Scotland, ii. 134; lead-mines in, i. 30
Northumberland, John Dudley, Duke of (_see_ Warwick), iv. 65, 67-69, 71
Northumberland, Henry Percy, first Earl of, ii. 378, 380; iii. 12-14, 18, 19
Northumberland, Henry Percy, second Earl of, iii. 28, 73, 74
Northumberland, Henry Percy, third Earl of, iii. 80
Northumberland, Henry Percy, fourth Earl of, iii. 138, 172
Northumberland, Thomas Percy, seventh Earl of, iv. 268, 269, 274
Northumberland, Henry Percy, ninth Earl of, iv. 353, 358
Northumbria, kingdom of (Bernicia and Deira), i. 53, 60; greatness under Eadwine, 62-63; accepts Christianity, 64-65; greatness under Oswald, 67; Irish missionaries in, 69; struggle with Penda, 70-73; Cuthbert's mission-work in, 75, 76; monasteries in, 76, 77; religious strife in, 78-80; its power under Ecgfrith, 86, 87; struggle with the Picts, 88, 89; with Mercia, 89; schools and learning in, 91; repulses Æthelbald, 96; anarchy in, 97; submits to Ecgberht, 102; conquered by northmen, 104; submits to Eadward the Elder, 119; incorporated with Wessex and Mercia by Æthelstan, _ib._; rises against him, 120; against Eadmund, _ib._; against Eadwig, 137; earldom of, 146; revolts against Tostig, 160; against William I., 168; northern, conquered by the Scots, 146
Norway, its monarchy founded, i. 128, 129
Norwich, French settlers in, i. 303; clothiers of, resist benevolences, iii. 251; rising at, against Somerset, iv. 55; centre of the worsted trade, 279
Nottingham, Æthelred I.'s treaty with the northmen at, i. 104; one of the Five Boroughs, 117; submits to Eadward the Elder, 119; Edward III. arrests Mortimer at, ii. 207; Charles I. raises his standard at, vi. 2
Nottingham, Daniel Finch, second Earl of, vii. 28, 88, 124
Nottingham, Thomas Mowbray, second Earl of, ii. 353, 370. _See_ Norfolk
Nottingham, John Mowbray, fourth Earl of, iii. 18
Nova Scotia, French settlers driven from, vii. 242; ceded to England, 307
Nowell, Alexander, Dean of St. Paul's, iv. 165
Odo, Bishop of Bayeux, i. 167, 183, 189, 191
Oldcastle, Sir John, ii. 345; iii. 19. _See_ Cobham
O'Neill, Hugh, second Earl of Tyrone, v. 61, 62
Orange, William I., Prince of, iv. 264, 297, 300, 312, 338, 347
Orange, William III., Prince of. _See_ William