Breslau, treaty of, vii. 223 Brest held by England, ii. 316; restored to Britanny, 368 Brétigny, peace of, ii. 266 Brewer or Briwere, William, i. 345; ii. 6 Brézé, Pierre de, iii. 121 Bribery, parliamentary, its beginnings, vi. 285, 300 Brice's day, St., massacre of, i. 141 Bridgeman, Sir Orlando, vi. 184 Bridgewater, John Egerton, first Earl of, v. 305 Bridgewater, Francis Egerton, third Duke of, viii. 55 Brigham, treaty of, ii. 135 Brihtnoth, ealdorman of East-Anglia, i. 139 Brindley, James, viii. 55, 56 Bristol, its slave-trade, i. 250; surrender to Henry of Lancaster, iii. 18; Protestant martyrs at, iv. 96; trade with Ireland, 282; surrender to Rupert, vi. 12; to the Parliament, 41; prosperity under Walpole, vii. 196 Bristol, George Digby, second Earl of, vi. 221 Britain, its condition under the Romans, i. 29, 30; legions withdrawn from, 31; attacked by Picts, Scots and Saxons, _ib._; becomes England, 39, 138; English conquest of, its peculiar character, 39-44; authorities for, 3 Britain, Great, United Kingdom of, vii. 128 Britanny submits to William the Conqueror, i. 158; war of succession in, ii. 233, 248; coast harried by an English fleet, iii. 16; relations with France and England, 166, 171, 179, 180 Britanny, Anne of, iii. 179, 180 Britanny, John, Duke of, ii. 315 Britons defeated by Jutes in Kent, i. 33; their stubborn resistance, 40-42; alliance with Penda, 66; of Cumbria, defeated by Æthelfrith, 60, 61; by Ecgfrith, 87; of Strathclyde, their struggle with Æthelfrith, 60; submit to Eadward the Elder, 119 Broc, Ranulf de, i. 241 Broglie, General, vii. 264 Brooke, Robert Greville, second Lord, v. 320, 354; vi. 7 Brooklyn, battle of, viii. 24 Brothers of the Pen, iii. 154 Brown, Robert, v. 117 Brown, William, martyr under Mary, iv. 95 Browne, Archbishop of Dublin, iii. 341, 342; iv. 62, 63 Browne, William, his _Pastorals_, v. 304 Brownists, v. 117, 308 Bruce, David, ii. 206; king of Scotland, 210; driven out, 211, 212; goes to France, 213; returns, 214, 229; prisoner, 243; released, 263; dies, 286 Bruce, Edward, ii. 376 Bruce, Robert, claimant of Scotland, ii. 136 Bruce, Robert (Earl of Carrick), ii. 161, 170 Bruce, Robert, grandson of the claimant, ii. 172; kills Comyn of Badenoch, 173; crowned, _ib._; put to flight, 174; character and adventures, 183, 184; his successes, 191-194; disabled by leprosy, 204; acknowledged as king by England, 206; dies, 210 Bruges, negotiations at, ii. 303; gild of St. John at, iii. 154; Caxton at, 155 Brunanburh, battle of, i. 120 Brune, General, viii. 140 Brunswick, Charles William, Duke of, viii. 101 Brunswick, Ferdinand, Prince of, vii. 263, 264, 302