Bernicia conquered by the English, i. 52; by Eadwine, 62; recalls the line of Æthelfrith, 66; struggle against Penda, 71, 72
Bertha of Paris, wife of Æthelberht of Kent, i. 57
Berwick stormed by Edward I., ii. 160, 161; Parliament at, 162; captured by Bruce, 194; by Edward III., ii. 211, 212; its peculiar political position, 212; recaptured by the Scots, 259, 263; Pacification at, v. 337
Berwick, James FitzJames, Duke of, vii. 119, 134
Bible, Wyclif's translation of, ii. 178, 343; Tyndale's, iii. 259-261; its circulation forbidden, 290; Coverdale's, 334, 335; misuse of, 344; its popularity, v. 82; literary influence, 83, 84; social influence, 84, 85; religious influence, 85; the Geneva, iv. 128; forbidden, v. 296
Bigod, Hugh, first Earl of Norfolk, i. 254
Bigod, Roger, second Earl of Norfolk, i. 343
Bigod, Roger, fourth Earl of Norfolk, ii. 45
Bigod, Roger, fifth Earl of Norfolk, ii. 164-166
Billericay, villagers of, resist Richard II., ii. 332
Bishoprics, new, erected under Henry VIII., iv. 13
Bishops excluded from State offices, ii. 302; denounce Oldcastle and the Lollards, iii. 27; mode of appointment, 307, 308; position under Henry VIII., 308; under Edward VI., _ib._, iv. 60; proposal to exclude them from the House of Lords, v. 354, 355, 371; excluded, 377; restored, vi. 204; position under the Georges, vii. 171, 172; the Seven, 30, 31; in Scotland, their position under Knox, v. 137; abolished, 140; restored, 143, 166, 167
Black Death, the, ii. 252-254, 266, 288; its social results, 254, 255
Blackfriars, Council at, ii. 339; trial of Henry VIII.'s divorce at, iii. 276; first public theatre at, v. 22
Blacklow Hill, Gaveston beheaded on, ii. 190
Blake, Robert, his defence of Taunton, vi. 78; commands the fleet against Rupert, _ib._; fights with Tromp and Ruyter, 86, 88; bombards Algiers, 116; victory at Santa Cruz, 124; outrage on his corpse, 201
Blanche of Bourbon, wife of Pedro of Castille, ii. 282
Blois, Charles of, claimant of Britanny, ii. 233, 248
Blondel, _De Reductione Normanniæ_, ii. 179
Boat, an Old English, found in Sleswick, i. 27, 28
Bohemia, Protestant rising in, v. 216-219
Bohun, Henry de, first Earl of Hereford, i. 343
Bohun, Humfrey de, third Earl of Hereford, ii. 164, 166