Derby, Henry Plantagenet I., Earl of, ii. 234, 235, 243
Derby, Henry Plantagenet III., Earl of, ii. 353
Derby, Henry III. of Lancaster, Earl of. _See_ Henry IV. (king).
Derby, Edward Stanley, third Earl of, iv. 267, 269
Derby, William Stanley, ninth Earl of, vii. 23
Derwentwater, James Radcliffe, third Earl of, vii. 184
Desmond, Gerald Fitzmaurice (or Fitzgerald), fifteenth Earl of, iv. 315, 316
Desmond, James Fitzgerald, seventeenth Earl of, v. 62
Despenser, Hugh, justiciar, ii. 64, 66, 87
Despenser, Hugh, the elder, ii. 194, 198.
Despenser, Hugh, the younger, ii. 194, 195, 199
Devon rises against William. I., i. 168; against Somerset, iv. 55; secured by Prince Maurice for Charles I., vi. 13; rising in, under Monmouth, vii. 9
Devonshire, William Cavendish, fourth Earl of (_see_ Cavendish), vii. 28; signs the invitation to William III., 35; prepares for a rising, 37; heads the rising in the Midlands, 41
Devonshire, Thomas Courtenay, fifth Earl of, iii. 69
Devonshire, Thomas Courtenay, sixth Earl of, ii. 80
Dieppe burnt by the English fleet, i. 333
Dioceses, English, origin of their limits, i. 82, 83; organized by Theodore, 83
Dominicans (Black Friars) come to England, ii. 11
Dorset, John Beaufort, Marquis of (Earl of Somerset), iii. 7
Dorset, Thomas Grey, second Marquis of, iii. 209
Dorset, Thomas Sackville, first Earl of, v. 22
Dorset, Charles Sackville, sixth Earl of, vii. 23
Douay, English college at, iv. 307; Oxford refugees at, 317
Douglas, Archibald, fourth Earl of, iii. 13, 14, 39
Douglas, Sir Archibald, Regent of Scotland, ii. 211
Douglas, house of, their struggle with the Scot kings, iii. 184
Dover, tumult at, in 1051, i. 152; resists Lewis of France, 355; ii. 2; surrenders to Henry III., 83; treaty of, vi. 257
D'Oysel, French ambassador in Scotland, iv. 173
Drake, Francis, his voyage round the world, iv. 333, 334; expedition to the Spanish Main, 349; to Cadiz and Corunna, 355; in the fleet against the Armada, 361, 362; expedition to Lisbon, 367
Drama, English, its beginnings, v. 20-22; developement under Elizabeth, 22-24; after the Restoration, vi. 163, 164
Dreux captured by Henry V., iii. 36; battle of, iv. 210
Dryden, John, vi. 165, 324, 325; founder of the school of critical poets, 326; his tragedies, 327; comedies, 328, 329; _Annus Mirabilis_, 330; attitude in politics and religion, 331; _Absalom and Ahitophel_, 332-334; influence on literature, vii. 154-157