Fleet, English, created by Ælfred, i. 116; successes under John, 333, 337; under Hubert de Burgh, ii. 2, 3; repulsed from Abermenai, 54; reduces Anglesea, 109; victory at Sluys, 228; defeated by Spaniards, 313; harries the coast of Britanny, iii. 16; Henry VIII.'s, iv. 28, 29; Elizabeth's, 360; its fight with the Armada, 361, 362; declares for Charles I., vi. 59; re-created by Vane, 78; increased under William III., vii. 105, 107; blockades Cadiz and threatens Naples, 223; its share in the war with France, viii. 111, 127, 133; blockades Malta, 162, 165; attacks Copenhagen, 163, 180 Fleetwood, General, vi. 121, 145, 150 Flemings in Pembrokeshire, ii. 48, 55; settle in England under Edward III., 226; besiege Bouvines, 234; attack France, 244 Fletcher, Giles, v. 304 Fletcher, Phineas, v. 304 Fleurus, battles of, vii. 75; viii. 109 Flint, Richard II. taken prisoner at, ii. 381; castle captured by Owen Glyndwr, iii. 11 Flodden, battle of, iii. 210 Flood, Henry, viii. 37 Florence, revival of letters at, iii. 189; commercial treaty with, iv. 282 Florence of Worcester, i. 6, 173, 280 Florida, Huguenot colony in, iv. 330; ceded to England, vii. 307; to Spain, viii. 41 Flushing pledged to Elizabeth, iv. 349 Foliot, Gilbert, his letters, i. 173 Folk, the, i. 19 "Folk-land," i. 47 Folk-moot, the, i. 19, 20. Fontenoy, battle of, vii. 227 Ford, John, v. 303 Forests, Assize of the, i. 267; Charter of the, ii. 165, 166, 170; Law of the, 34; commission of, under Charles I., v. 277; New, disafforested by Great Charter, i. 352 Forster, Thomas, vii. 184 Fort St. George (Madras), vii. 232 Fort William (Calcutta), vii. 232 Fort William (Inverness-shire), vii. 52 Fortescue, Sir Faithful, vi. 3 Fortescue, Sir John, iii. 86 Fotheringay, Mary Stuart beheaded at, iv. 352 Fougères sacked by the English, iii. 62 Fourmigny, battle of, iii. 62 _Four Masters, Annals of the_, i. 7 Fox, Edward, Bishop of Hereford, iii. 336 Fox, Richard, Bishop of Winchester, iii. 202, 216, 230, 285 Fox, Charles James, leader of the Whigs, viii. 63, 64; his jealousy of Shelburne, 65; his India Bill, 67, 68; his joy at the capture of the Bastille, 84; supports the Prince's claim to the Regency, _ib._; his Libel Act, 92; supports Pitt in giving self-government to Canada, 92; Burke's quarrel with him, _ib._; returns to office, 174; death, 178 Foxe's _Book of Martyrs_, iv. 3