Wilkes, John, vii. 249; his services to the Constitution, 313; attacks the Government in the _North Briton_, 314, 317, 318; arrested, 318; prosecuted for libel, _ib._; flies to France, _ib._; returned for Middlesex, viii. 5; imprisoned, 6; struggle with the Government, 7; with the House of Commons, _ib._, 8; his proposal for Parliamentary reform, 75 Wilkins, Dr. John, vi. 132, 166 William the Conqueror, duke of Normandy, i. 157; visits England, 158; subdues Maine and Britanny, _ib._; his claim on England, 160; lands at Pevensey, 162; exploits at Senlac, 163, 164; chosen king, 165; crowned, 166; returns to Normandy, 167; risings against him, _ib._, 168; his vengeance on the north, 168, 169; march on Chester, 169, 179; master of England, 170; receives the Scot king's fealty, _ib._; his character, 178, 179; rule, 179-181; dealings with feudalism, 181-185; with Old English judicial and administrative organization, 185; finance, 186; dealings with the Church, 187, 188; with Wales, 189; ii. 47; suppresses slave-trade at Bristol, i. 250; last war and death, 190 William the Red, king, i. 191; revolts against him, _ib._, 192; his rule, 192; dealings with the barons, 193; with the Church, _ib._; with Anselm, 196; with Normandy and Scotland, 197; with Wales, 198; ii. 48; death, i. 198 William III., Prince of Orange, vi. 225; his youth, 269; repels the French invasion of Holland, 270, 277; his diplomatic success, 277; plans for his marriage, 283; defeated at Cassel, 289; marriage, 290; plans the Grand Alliance, 317; policy in England, _ib._, 318; visits England, 334; shelters Monmouth, vii. 8; forbidden to visit England, 12; relations with James II., 26-28; invited to England, 35; his preparations, 37; lands at Torbay, 40; his advance, 42; enters London, 44; calls a Convention, _ib._; declines to be Regent, 46; the Crown offered to, 47; he accepts it, 48; his foreign aims, _ib._; dealings with Scotland, 51; signs the warrant for the massacre of Glencoe, 53; relations with Parliament, 62, 63, 66, 69; campaign in Ireland, 71; goes to Flanders, 76; defeated at Steinkirk, 79; struggle with the Commons, 81, 82; treaty with Lewis, 90, 91; policy as to the Spanish succession, 92, 93; his unpopularity, 95; forced to send home his Dutch guards, 97; forms a new Grand Alliance, 107; his relations with Marlborough and Anne, 110; death, 112 William the Ætheling, i. 207 William the Lion, king of Scots, i. 255, 259; ii. 134 William Longsword, duke of Normandy, i. 155 William, son of Robert of Normandy, i. 203, 208, 213, 214 William of Jumièges, i. 6 William of the Long Beard, i. 319, 320