Westminster, Eadward the Confessor's abbey at, i. 149; rebuilt by Henry III. ii. 25; completed under Edward I., 106; William I. crowned at, i. 166; the Scotch coronation stone removed to, ii. 162; refounded by Mary, iv. 106; Henry VII.'s chapel in, iii. 174; Assembly of Divines at, vi. 30; Caxton's press at, iii. 156; chapel of St. Stephen at, ii. 290; Chaucer's home at, 366; the Jerusalem Chamber at, iii. 25; Parliament fixed at, ii. 158; Provisions of, 62; Statutes of, 103, 122, 124 "Westminster, Matthew of," ii. 43 Westmoreland, Ralph Neville, first Earl of, iii. 14, 18 Westmoreland, Ralph Neville, fourth Earl of, iii. 323 Westmoreland, Henry Neville, fifth Earl of, iv. 162 Westmoreland, Charles Neville, sixth Earl of, iv. 268, 269 Weston, Lord Treasurer, v. 265; Earl of Portland, 276; revives monopolies, 279; success of his financial measures, 280; death, 315 Westphalia, kingdom of, viii. 185; treaty of, vi. 113, 187 West Saxons, foundation of their kingdom, i. 34; defeated by Arthur, _ib._; defeated in a raid upon Chester, 38; take Old Sarum, 37; conquer Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire, _ib._; victory at Deorham, 38, 61; burn Uriconium, 38; driven back across Thames, 85; advance to south-west, 87; defeated at Bensington, 98. _See_ Wessex Wexford, massacre at, vi. 77; revolt at, viii. 129 Wharton, Philip, fourth Lord, v. 343; vi. 288; member of the Junto, viii. 85; Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, 133; death, 181 Whethamstede, Abbot of St. Albans, iii. 40 "Whiggamore Raid," vi. 62 "Whigs," origin of the name, vi. 62, 315; their policy in 1689, vii. 45; struggle with Marlborough and Anne, 132, 133; refuse peace, 136; dismissed from office, 139; invite Marlborough's aid, 145; their relations with the Church, 169; with the Crown, 172, 174; with Parliament, 175, 176; fidelity to the principles of the Revolution, 177; relations with public opinion, 289; with Pitt, 301; the "Old," viii. 104; in Scotland, their outrages, vii. 16 White, Sir Thomas, iv. 157 Whitefield, George, vii. 205, 209 Whitehall built, iii. 236 Whitelock, Bulstrode, v. 306, 322, 323; his _Memoirs_, 72 _White Ship_, wreck of the, i. 207, 208 Whitby (Streoneshealh), Hild's abbey at, i. 77; synod of, 79, 80; its effect on England, 80, 81 Whitgift, Archbishop of Canterbury, iv. 341, 343; v. 58; his Articles, iv. 341, 342; v. 115, 116; Strype's _Life of_, iv. 4 Whittingham, Dean of Durham, iv. 127 Wight, Isle of, annexed to Sussex, i. 85 Wilberforce, William, viii. 48, 52 Wilfrid, St., i. 79, 92; Eddi's _Life of_, 4