Barons, their struggle with William I., i. 188-190; with William Rufus, 191, 192; with Henry I., 201, 202; misdoings under Stephen, 220, 221; Henry II.'s dealings with, 233; change in their attitude towards crown and people, 325; relations with John, 332, 338, 339, 343; alliance with the Welsh against him, ii. 55; meeting at St. Edmund's, i. 344; at Brackley, 346; rise in arms, _ib._, 347; confer with John at Runnymede, 347; excommunicated by Innocent III., 354; call Lewis of France to their aid, 355; feudal party among, ii. 4, 5; refuse an aid to the Pope, 27; refuse subsidies to Henry III., 34, 35; their plan of reform, 37, 38; league against Henry III., 59, 60; expel the foreigners, 62; their rule, _ib._, 63; divisions among, 64; rise in arms, 67; submit to arbitration, 68; victory at Lewes, 70, 71; position after the war, 114; relations with Edward I., 115-117; decrease in numbers, 146, 147; struggle with Edward I., 164-166; relations with Edward II., 184, 190; under Edward III., relations with the crown, 293; with the Church, 294; their decline, iii. 94-96; effect of the French war on, 103, 104; new race of, under Henry VIII., iv. 13, 41; the northern, plot against Elizabeth, iv. 266, 267; rise, 268; defeated, 269; "greater" and "lesser," ii. 145; of the Exchequer, i. 206; of London, 319 Barrier, the Dutch, vii. 102, 182 Barrow, Isaac, vi. 167 Bartholomew's Day, St., the English, vi. 209; the French, iv. 299 Basing House, siege of, vi. 42 Basle, treaty of, viii. 111 Bassano, battle of, viii. 123 Basset, Philip, ii. 66 Basset, Thomas, i. 345 Bastille, capture of the, viii. 83 Bastwick, John, v. 329 Bates's case, v. 161 Bath, the thegns of Wessex submit to Swein at, i. 143 Bath, Henry de, ii. 33 Battle Abbey, i. 164 Baugé, battle of, iii. 36 Bautzen, battle of, viii. 201 Bavaria, Maximilian, Duke of, v. 177, 219 Bavaria, Maximilian Emmanuel, Elector of, vii. 101, 102 Bavaria, Joseph, Electoral Prince of, vii. 92, 94 Baxter, Richard, his address to Richard Cromwell, vi. 147; his eminence as controversialist and pastor, 210; his account of the expelled clergy, 222; supports a scheme of comprehension, 252; refuses the Indulgence, vii. 22; his _Autobiography_, vi. 157 Bayeux surrendered to Henry V., iii. 33; northmen of, i. 155, 156 Baylen, surrender of French troops at, viii. 186 Bayonne submits to Charles VII., iii. 69 Beachy Head, battle of, vii. 75 Beaton, Cardinal, iv. 24, 33, 34 Beauchamp, Edward Seymour Lord, v. 66, 121 Beaufort, Edmund, Earl of Dorset, iii. 59; Regent of France, 60. _See_ Somerset