Fitz-Maurices, the, Earls of Desmond, ii. 377
Fitz-Neal, Richard, bishop of London and treasurer, i. 174, 223; his _Dialogue on the Exchequer_, 174, 244
Fitz-Peter, Geoffry, Earl of Essex and justiciar, i. 267, 338, 339, 341
Fitz-Ralf, Richard, Chancellor of Oxford, ii. 295
Fitz-Walter, Robert, captain of the Londoners, i. 305; conspires against John, 335; leader of the barons, 343; "Marshal of the Army of God and Holy Church," 346; counsels alliance with France, 355; besieges Lincoln, ii. 2
Fitz-Warenne or Fitz-Warin, Fulk (the third), i. 343; ii. 42
Fitzwilliam, William, fourth Earl, viii. 104, 120
Flanders, its wool trade with England, ii. 107, 226; interdict in, 219, 224; alliance with Edward III., 226, 227; civil strife in, 233; joins Edward again, 244; struggle with France, 349; English gild of Merchant Adventurers in, iii. 155; decay of its trade, iv. 281; refugees from, in England, 305, 323; attacked by France, vi. 124
Flanders, Lewis le Mâle, Count of, ii. 244, 286
Fleet, English, created by Ælfred, i. 116; successes under John, 333, 337; under Hubert de Burgh, ii. 2, 3; repulsed from Abermenai, 54; reduces Anglesea, 109; victory at Sluys, 228; defeated by Spaniards, 313; harries the coast of Britanny, iii. 16; Henry VIII.'s, iv. 28, 29; Elizabeth's, 360; its fight with the Armada, 361, 362; declares for Charles I., vi. 59; re-created by Vane, 78; increased under William III., vii. 105, 107; blockades Cadiz and threatens Naples, 223; its share in the war with France, viii. 111, 127, 133; blockades Malta, 162, 165; attacks Copenhagen, 163, 180
Flemings in Pembrokeshire, ii. 48, 55; settle in England under Edward III., 226; besiege Bouvines, 234; attack France, 244
Flint, Richard II. taken prisoner at, ii. 381; castle captured by Owen Glyndwr, iii. 11
Florence, revival of letters at, iii. 189; commercial treaty with, iv. 282
Florida, Huguenot colony in, iv. 330; ceded to England, vii. 307; to Spain, viii. 41
Forests, Assize of the, i. 267; Charter of the, ii. 165, 166, 170; Law of the, 34; commission of, under Charles I., v. 277; New, disafforested by Great Charter, i. 352
Fotheringay, Mary Stuart beheaded at, iv. 352
Fox, Edward, Bishop of Hereford, iii. 336
Fox, Richard, Bishop of Winchester, iii. 202, 216, 230, 285