Kent, Edmund, earl of, son of Edward I., ii. 206, 207
Kent, Thomas Holland, earl of (duke of Surrey), iii. 7, 8
Kildare, Gerald Fitzgerald, eighth Earl of, iii. 175, 181, 182
Kildare, Gerald Fitzgerald, ninth Earl of, iii. 328
Kilmarnock, William Boyd, fourth Earl of, vii. 230
King, the, i. 48; nature and limits of his power, 49, 132; his "comrades," 50-52; increase of his importance through struggle with northmen, 131; his household officers become officers of state, 132; relations with England after loss of Normandy, 326; his revenue, ii. 103; relations with Parliament, 181-183; position at opening of Wars of the Roses, iii. 85, 86; the Convention's settlement of his position, vi. 197; in Council, i. 256; ii. 110, 111. _See_ Monarchy
King's County, English settlement of, iv. 111
King's Court, the, i. 186; its organization under Henry I., 206; under Henry II., 255; ii. 110, 111; regulated by Great Charter, i. 350; divided into three tribunals, ii. 109
Kirk, the Scottish, its organization, v. 131, 132; relations with the people and the king, 132-136; its triumph, 140; new struggle with James, 164-166; dealings of Charles I. and Laud with, 326, 328, 330, 331; re-established, 335; vii. 54
Knighthood, compulsory, under Edward I., ii. 118, 164; under Charles I., v. 277
Knights, their complaint against the barons, ii. 62; right of attendance at the Great Council, 145; growth of their importance after the Barons' War, 147; relations with the Crown, _ib._, 148; of the shire, summoned to Parliament, 66, 71, 73, 150, 151; result of their election in county court, 151, 152; relations with the Lords, 202; grouped together with the burgesses as "the Commons," 203; petition for due election of, 300
Knox, John, iv. 113-115, 119, 128; denounces Mary Tudor, 130; resists Mary Stuart, 201, 212, 218; breaks with Murray, 218; defies Mary, 220; calls for her death, 259; his character and influence, v. 130, 131; his Liturgy, 327; his _History of the Reformation_, iv. 4
Labour-rents, i. 322, 323; commutation of, 324; attempts to revive, ii. 257, 266, 267
Labourers, their position after the Black Death, ii. 255; condition under Richard II., 314; in fifteenth and sixteenth centuries, iii. 109-111; under Elizabeth, iv. 275, 276