Londonderry colonized, v. 289; siege of, vii. 57, 58
Longchamp, William, Bishop of Ely and justiciar, i. 260, 261, 264
"Lord" and "man," their mutual relations, i. 133; and villeins, i. 323-325
Lords, House of, origin of its judicial character, i. 256; its composition under the Houses of Lancaster and York, iii. 94, 99; under Henry VIII., iv. 13, 14; rejects proposals of the Commons to confiscate Church property, iii. 15, 22; its dealings with the Duke of York's claim to the Crown, 77; assents to bills for Church reform, 291; its address to the Pope, 297; increase in its numbers under the Stuarts, v. 199, 200; relations with Crown and Commons in 1641, 360; charges Cromwell with treason, vi. 63; rejects the ordinance for the trial of Charles I., 66, 67; abolished, 67, 69; Cromwell's substitute for, 144; the Bishops restored to, 204; rejects the Exclusion Bill, 320; proposal to limit its numbers, vii. 190, 191; its dealings with Wilkes, 318; rejects Chatham's bill for repeal of the Stamp Acts, viii. 19, 20; refuses Catholic emancipation, 196
Lorne, Archibald Campbell, Lord, v. 326. _See_ Argyle
Loughborough, Alexander Wedderburn, first Lord, viii. 154
Louisiana, French settlement in, vii. 242; ceded to England, 307
Lovat, Simon Fraser, thirteenth Lord, vii. 230
Lowlands, alleged grant of, by Cnut to the Scots, ii. 132
Ludlow, General, vi. 109; his _Memoirs_, v. 72
Lumley, Richard, second Viscount, vii. 35, 37
Lutherans in England, iii. 262; their progress on the Continent, 275; importation of their books forbidden, 304; Henry VIII.'s alliance with, 336; growth in Germany, iv. 31; refuse to send representatives to Trent, 35, 36; reject Henry VIII.'s advances, 36; defeated at Muhlberg, 50; take refuge in England, 51; again invited to Trent, 193; position after Peace of Passau, v. 176
Luxemburg seized by Lewis XIV., vi. 335; restored to Spain, vii. 91
Luxemburg, Francis Henry de Montmorency, Duke of, vii. 75, 79, 80
Lydgate, John, iii. 17, 40; Caxton's edition of, 157
Lynn, King John at, i. 356; its charter annulled, ii. 79
Macclesfield, Fitton Gerard, third Earl of, vii. 37
Madison, James, President of the United States, viii. 198
Madras, its origin, vii. 232; razed by Labourdonnais, 233