Neerwinden, battles of, vii. 80; viii. 107
Netherlands, their importance to Philip II., iv. 255; rise against him, 256, 297, 298; alliance with Elizabeth, 311; English sympathy with, 323, 324; choose the Duke of Anjou for their sovereign, 336-338; Parma's successes in, 347; prevent Parma joining the Armada, 359; league with France and England, v. 60; submit to Philip V. of Spain, vii. 101; Marlborough's campaigns in, 117, 126, 127; invaded by Lewis XV., vii. 225; war in, 227, 231; conquered by France, viii. 109
Neuss besieged by Charles the Bold, iii. 147-149
Neville, Alexander, Archbishop of York, ii. 353
Neville, Cecily, Duchess of York, iii. 73
Neville, George, Chancellor, iii. 113, 123; Archbishop of York, 113; deprived of the seals, 130; betrays London to Edward, 142
Neville, Ralph, Earl of Westmoreland, ii. 379
Newark, king John dies at, i. 356; siege of, vi. 19
Newcastle-on-Tyne founded, i. 189; occupied by the Scots, v. 342; besieged by the Scots, vi. 23; Charles I. and the Scots at, 48; Parliament at, ii. 160
Newcastle, William Cavendish, first Earl, Marquis and Duke of, vi. 4, 18, 19
Newcastle, John Holies, Duke of, vii. 134
Newcastle, Thomas Pelham-Holles, Duke of, vii. 218; head of the ministry, 246; refuses subsidy to Russia, 247; jealous of Pitt, 250; resigns, _ib._; joins Pitt in forming a ministry, 251; opposes Pitt, 304; retires, 305
New England, its settlement, v. 310-314; return of Independents from, vi. 28; its progress, vii. 237, 238
New Forest, William the Red slain in the, i. 198
New Orleans, English attempt on, viii. 205
New York, vi. 243, vii. 236; its Assembly suspended, viii. 4, 14
Nigel, Bishop of Ely and treasurer, i. 218, 219
Nonconformists, their position after 1662, vi. 212, 213; attitude in 1665, 229; persecution of, _ib._, 230; the Cabal's dealings with, 251, 252; renewed persecution of, 335; position under James II., vii. 22; under William III., 64; under Anne, 123; under Walpole, 198
Norfolk, rising of John the Litster in, ii. 325, 331
Norfolk, John Howard, first Duke of, iii. 286
Norfolk, Thomas Howard, second Duke of (_see_ Surrey), iii. 287
Norfolk, Thomas Howard, third Duke of (_see_ Surrey), iii. 270, 287; his policy, 291, 294; puts down Pilgrimage of Grace, 324; arrests Cromwell, 352; returns to power, iv. 17; hostility to Protestants, _ib._; marches against Scotland, 23, 24; sent to the Tower, 45; leads the royal guard against Wyatt, 83