Romorantin taken by the Black Prince, ii. 261
Roses, Wars of the, their beginning, iii. 77; their results, 86, 87
Rouen, William I. dies at, i. 190; besieged by Lewis VII., 254, 255; Arthur murdered at, 268; siege of, by Henry V., iii. 33, 34; Jeanne d'Arc burnt at, 54; Henry VI.'s court at, 55; besieged by Henry IV. of France, iv. 371; relieved by Parma, _ib._
Rouergue restored to Edward III., ii. 266
Royal Society, its beginnings, vi. 132, 165, 166
Rupert, Prince, captures Brentford, vi. 3; his raid on Buckinghamshire, 9, 10; Bristol surrenders to, 12; defeated at Marston Moor, 19, 22; commands royalist ships, 71, 78; struggle with Blake, 78; sea-fights with the Dutch, 238, 277; returns to the Council, 278; his "drops," 166
Rushworth's collection of State papers, v. 72
Russell, John, Lord, iv. 47, 56. _See_ Bedford
Russell, William, Lord, head of the Country party, vi. 272; correspondence with Barillon, 298; takes office, 300; supports the Exclusion, 306; resigns, 315; beheaded, 337; his attainder reversed, vii. 66
Russell, Edward, signs the invitation to William III., vii. 35; goes to the Hague, 37; commands the fleet, 77; victory at La Hogue, 78; member of the Junto, 85, 88; resigns, 98; impeached, 105
Russia, its alliance with Maria Theresa, vii. 246; treaty with George II., 247; invaded by Napoleon, 198, 200
Ruthven, Patrick, third Lord, iv. 225, 228, 230
Rutland, Edward, Earl of (Duke of Albemarle), iii. 7, 8. _See_ Albemarle
Rutland, John Manners, ninth Earl of, vii. 23
Ruyter, Admiral De, his fights with Blake, vi. 88, 115; with Monk and Rupert, 238; with the Duke of York, 268
Rygge, Robert, chancellor of Oxford, ii. 340
St. Albans, risings of townsfolk at, ii. 84, 322, 325, 330-332; battles at, iii. 73, 74, 78; chroniclers of, i. 174, 273; ii. 43, 177; council at, i. 339; Parliament at, ii. 66
St. Andrews, Cardinal Beaton murdered at, iv. 33
St. Asaph's, John Trevor, bishop of, iii. 10
St. Domingo discovered, iv. 329; English descent on, vi. 117
St. Edmundsbury, abbey of, i. 104; town of, 311-313; battle near, 254; meeting of barons at, 344; strife of town and abbey, ii. 325-330
St. John, Henry, vii. 124; his political writings, 138; returns to office, 139; intrigues against Marlborough, 140. _See_ Bolingbroke