Norris, Sir John, iv. 367, 368 North, Francis, Lord Keeper, vii. 10 North, Frederick, Lord, viii. 16, 28, 33 Northallerton, battle of, i. 217 Northampton reduced by Eadward the Elder, i. 119; John's deposition proclaimed at, 333; John and Langton at, 340; Essex musters the Parliamentary army at, vi. 2; Assize of, i. 255; battle of, iii. 75; councils at, i. 237; ii. 120; treaty of, ii. 205 Northampton, William Bohun, Earl of, ii. 237 Northampton, George Compton, fourth Earl of, vii. 23 Northampton, Henry Howard, Earl of, v. 191 Northampton, William Parr, first Marquis of, iv. 47 North folk, i. 42 North Foreland, battles off the, vi. 238, 239 Northmen, their temper, i. 100; attack Britain, 101; settle in Ireland, 103; victorious at Charmouth, _ib._; defeated at Aclea, _ib._; conquer Northumbria and East Anglia, 104; attack Wessex, 105; defeated at Ashdown, _ib._; invade Mercia, _ib._; Alfred's struggle with, 106, 107, 116, 117; attack Wessex, 118; character of their attack, i. 125, 126; fusion with English, 126, 127; their work in England, 129; settle in Iceland, the Orkneys and Hebrides, _ib._; again threaten England, 139; victory at Maldon, _ib._; bought off by Æthelred, 140; mercenaries in England, massacred, 141; settlement in Gaul. _See_ Normandy, Normans Northumberland granted to Henry of Scotland, ii. 134; lead-mines in, i. 30 Northumberland, John Dudley, Duke of (_see_ Warwick), iv. 65, 67-69, 71 Northumberland, Henry Percy, first Earl of, ii. 378, 380; iii. 12-14, 18, 19 Northumberland, Henry Percy, second Earl of, iii. 28, 73, 74 Northumberland, Henry Percy, third Earl of, iii. 80 Northumberland, Henry Percy, fourth Earl of, iii. 138, 172 Northumberland, Thomas Percy, seventh Earl of, iv. 268, 269, 274 Northumberland, Henry Percy, ninth Earl of, iv. 353, 358 Northumbria, kingdom of (Bernicia and Deira), i. 53, 60; greatness under Eadwine, 62-63; accepts Christianity, 64-65; greatness under Oswald, 67; Irish missionaries in, 69; struggle with Penda, 70-73; Cuthbert's mission-work in, 75, 76; monasteries in, 76, 77; religious strife in, 78-80; its power under Ecgfrith, 86, 87; struggle with the Picts, 88, 89; with Mercia, 89; schools and learning in, 91; repulses Æthelbald, 96; anarchy in, 97; submits to Ecgberht, 102; conquered by northmen, 104; submits to Eadward the Elder, 119; incorporated with Wessex and Mercia by Æthelstan, _ib._; rises against him, 120; against Eadmund, _ib._; against Eadwig, 137; earldom of, 146; revolts against Tostig, 160; against William I., 168; northern, conquered by the Scots, 146 Norway, its monarchy founded, i. 128, 129