Walpole, Robert, vii. 134; his temper, 178; policy, 179-181; in the Townshend ministry, 182; resigns, 190; defeats the Peerage Bill, 191; returns to office, _ib._; head of the Government, 192, 193; his peace policy, 193, 194; finance, 195, 196; his policy of inaction, 197; towards Catholics and Nonconformists, 198; relations with George II., 200; Excise Bill, 195, 201-203; his jealousy of his colleagues, 203; strives to avoid war, 215, 217; loss of his power, 218; consents to war with Spain, _ib._; plans of alliance with Russia and Prussia, 220; fall, 222; rejects the project for an American Excise, 241 Walsingham, Sir Francis, iv. 119; v. 63 Walsingham's _History_, i. 274; ii. 177, 179; iii. 98 Walter of Coutances, Archbishop of Rouen, i. 260, 261, 266 Walter of Coventry, i. 273 Walters, Lucy, vi. 176 Walworth, William, ii. 312, 323 Wanborough, battle of, i. 90 Warbeck, Perkin, iii. 180, 181, 184, 185, 187 Ward, Dr. Seth, vi. 132 Wareham, northmen encamp at, i. 106 Warenne, William, sixth Earl of, i. 345 Warenne and Surrey, John, seventh Earl of, ii. 117 Warenne and Surrey, John, eighth Earl of, ii. 162, 168 Warham, William, Archbishop of Canterbury, his patronage of the New Learning, iii. 196-198; protects Colet, 204; helps Erasmus, 212, 215; the seals offered to, 289; death, 303 Warner's _Albion's England_, v. 35 Warwick, Guy Beauchamp, second Earl of, ii. 187, 190 Warwick, Thomas Beauchamp, fourth Earl of, ii. 353, 370, 371 Warwick, John Dudley, Earl of (_see_ Lisle), iv. 47; puts down revolt in Norfolk, 56; Protector, 57. _See_ Northumberland Warwick, Richard Neville, Earl of, iii. 73, 75; defeated at St. Albans, 79; victor at Towton, _ib._, 80; his greatness, 112, 113, 118; character, 114, 115; policy, 119, 122; negotiations with Lewis XI., 123, 124; rivalry with the Woodvilles, 127; mission to France, 129; estranged from Edward, 131; submits to him, 132; intrigues with Clarence, 133; revolts, 134, 135; repulsed from Calais, 135; difficulties with Burgundy, 136; alliance with the Lancastrians, 137; lands at Dartmouth, 138; restores Henry VI., 139; slain, 142 Warwick, Edward Plantagenet, Earl of, iii. 175, 187 Warwick, Robert Rich, second Earl of, resists a forced loan, v. 255; plans to emigrate, 319; put in command of the fleet, 378 Warwick, Sir Philip, v. 72 Washington, George, his attack on Duquesne, vii. 243; takes it, 266; his influence in Virginia, viii. 15; his character, 21, 22; his defence of Boston, 23; evacuates New York, etc., 24; his campaign of 1777, 25; forces Cornwallis to surrender, 32 Washington city burnt by the English, viii. 204 "Water-beggars," the, iv. 298 Waterford besieged by Cromwell, vi. 77