Poland, contested election to the throne of, vii. 214; partitions of, viii. 85, 108 Pole, Sir Geoffrey, iii. 349 Pole, John de la, Earl of Lincoln, iii. 176 Pole, Michael de la, Earl of Suffolk, ii. 350-353 Pole, Reginald, iii. 333, 349; iv. 20; his attainder reversed, 88; received as Legate, _ib._; chief minister, 98, 99; suspected by the Pope, 102; deprived of the legation, 145; dies, 165 Pole, Sir Richard, iii. 349 Pole, William de la. _See_ Suffolk "Politicals," the, iv. 139, 141-143 Poll-tax, ii. 311; renewed under Richard II., 316; resistance to, 319, 321; in 1641, v. 363 Pont-de-l'Arche seized by Henry V., iii. 33 Pontefract, Thomas of Lancaster executed at, ii. 195; Richard II. imprisoned at, iii. 7; Pilgrimage of Grace at, 323, 324 Ponthieu, Harold wrecked on coast of, i. 159; Charles IV. demands homage of Edward II. for, ii. 197; granted in full sovereignty to Edward III., 266; seized by Charles V., 285 Pontigny, St. Edmund of Canterbury at, ii. 42 Pontlevoi, battle of, i. 212 Pontoise, negotiations between France and England at, iii. 35; relieved by Talbot, 56 Poor Laws, Elizabeth's, iv. 276, 277 Pope, Alexander, vii. 204, 217, 294-297 Popish Plot, the, vi. 294-298, 311, 313 Porter, John, v. 82 Portland, Breton descent on, iii. 16 Portland, William Henry Cavendish Bentinck, third Duke of, viii. 104, 180, 189 Portland, Richard Weston, Earl of. _See_ Weston Port Mahon taken by the French, vii. 248 Portmannimote, the, i. 296; of Oxford, 306, 309 Porto Bello, capture of, vii. 219 Portreeve, the, i. 315; of London, 303 Portsmouth, Robert of Normandy lands at, i. 200; Bishop Moleyns of Chichester slain at, iii. 63 Portsmouth, Louise de Quérouaille, Duchess of, vi. 176, 315, 321; vii. 5 Portugal annexed to Spain, v. 335; its colonies, 330, 336; revolts, vi. 190, 192; joins the Grand Alliance, vii. 119; conquered by Napoleon, viii. 185; Wellesley's campaigns in, 186-188, 190, 191 Portugal, Don Antonio of, iv. 367 "Post-nati," v. 162, 163 Powell, Vavasour, vi. 223 Powys conquered by Offa, i. 97; annexed by Llewelyn ap Jorwerth, ii. 55 Poynings, Sir Edward, iii. 181 Pragmatic Sanction, the, vii. 199, 200 Prague seized by Frederick II., vii. 225; battles of, v. 220; vii. 248 Prayer, Book of Common, iv. 49, 59; set aside, 76; adopted in Scotland, 118; retained in Essex, 144; restored, 158; declared schismatic by the Pope, 214; bill for its reform, 292; restored again, vi. 208; Scottish, of 1636, v. 327, 328 Preachers, "poor," ii. 317, 335; unlicensed, forbidden by Convocation, iii. 20, 21