Leicester, one of the Five Boroughs, i. 117; surrenders to Æthelflæd, 118; condition under its earls, 297; regains right of compurgation, 313-315; stormed by Charles I., vi. 38 Leicester, Robert de Beaumont, Earl of, i. 254 Leicester, Robert Dudley, Earl of (_see_ Dudley), iv. 205, 349, 357; v. 58, 63 Leighton, John, v. 305 Leinster, kingdom of, i. 251, 252 Leipzig, battle of, viii. 202 Leith sacked by the English, iv. 29; siege of, 175, 176 Leland, John, v. 4 Lennox, Esmé Stuart, Duke of, iv. 346; v. 123 Lennox, Matthew Stuart, Earl of, iv. 227, 244; v. 123 Lennox, Margaret, Countess of, iv. 220, 221 Leo X., Pope, iii. 249, 253, 254 Leofa, slayer of Eadmund the Magnificent, i. 123 Leofric, Earl of Mercia, i. 150, 152 Leopold II., Emperor, viii. 95, 96 Leopold V., Duke of Austria, i. 261 Lepanto, battle of, iv. 297 Leslie, Alexander, v. 335, 337. _See_ Leven Leslie, David, vi. 79, 80, 83, 84 "Lesser barons." _See_ Knights Levant Company, v. 161 Leven, Alexander Leslie, first Earl of (_see_ Leslie), vi. 18 Lever, Thomas, iv. 119, 128, 132 Lewes, battle of, ii. 70, 71; Mise of, 71; Protestant martyrs at, iv. 96 Lewis of Bavaria, Emperor, ii. 217-219, 221, 229, 235, 248 Lewis d'Outremer, king of France, i. 210 Lewis VII., king of France, i. 233, 254 Lewis (VIII.) of France, the English crown offered to, i. 355; successes in England, _ib._; defeated, ii. 2; withdraws, 3 Lewis IX., king of France, ii. 35, 40, 68, 90 Lewis XI., king of France, iii. 119; relations with Edward IV., 120, 121; with Burgundy, _ib._; with Margaret of Anjou, 121; negotiations with Warwick, 122, 123; struggle with League of the Public Weal, 126, 127; again seeks treaty with Edward, 128; Edward's negotiations with, 129; league against, 130; attacks Britanny, 132; captured and released by Charles, _ib._; stirs Warwick against Edward, 136; reconciles Warwick and Margaret, 137; alliance with Henry VI., 139; treaty with Edward, 150; seized Picardy, Artois, etc., _ib._; war with Maximilian, 151; treaty with him, 170; refuses to recognize Richard III., 169; death, _ib._ Lewis XII., king of France (_see_ Orleans), iii. 206, 232 Lewis XIII., king of France, v. 256