Montfort, Simon of, Earl of Leicester, son of first Earl of Leicester, marries Eleanor, sister of Henry III., and widow of Earl of Pembroke, 117; boyhood passed in France, 117; leaves for crusades, distinguished career in Palestine, 118; returns in 1242, 118; works with Grosseteste in his reforms, 118; goes to Gascony for five years (1248–53) and deals with turbulent nobles, 118; saves Gascony for English crown, and restores order in the province, 119; Henry III.’s ingratitude, 119; recognized leader of the barons on his return to England, 120; successful in “Mad Parliament,” 1258, 122; as “foreigner” yields castles of Kenilworth and Odiham, 123; fresh difficulties with Henry III. in carrying out Provisions of Oxford, 124; civil war imminent, 1264; and many bishops and barons desert Simon, 125; offers £30,000 to king to make peace and adhere to Provisions of Oxford--proposal rejected, 126; Battle of Lewes won by Simon, 126; peace made, 127; draws up new scheme of reform, the precursor of later representative government, 129; fresh disturbances and defections, followed by renewal of war, 132; Battle of Evesham, and death of Simon, 134; interred in Evesham Abbey, 134 More, Sir Thomas, born 1478, member of Cardinal Morton’s household, leaves there for Oxford, and later studies law in Lincoln’s Inn, 193; friendship with Erasmus, 194; spends four years with Carthusians, 195; leaves Charterhouse, marries and enters parliament, 195; opposes Henry VII.’s exactions, 195; Under-Sheriff for the City, 196; embassies to Flanders and Calais, 197; enters Henry VIII.’s service, and rises rapidly to highest offices of State, 197; happy domestic life, 198; withholds support from king on his divorce from Catherine of Aragon, 203; resigns chancellorship, 205; declines to be present at Anne Boleyn’s coronation, 206; unsuccessful attempt to implicate him in the “treason” of Holy Maid of Kent, 206; finds himself unable to take oath denying papal supremacy, and is sent to Tower, 207; indicted for treason, 208; sentenced to death, 209; beheaded on Tower Hill, 210; beatified, 213 Mortimer, name by which Jack Cade was popularly known, 176 Mortimer, Roger, 132 Newton, Sir John, Governor of Rochester Castle, taken prisoner by Tyler, 149; sent with message from Tyler to the king, 154 Nicholas, papal legate, 86 Norfolk, Duke of, 202 Northampton, Council of, 48 Northampton, Marquis of (William Parr), 234 Oastler, 323 O’Brien, James Bronterre, 320, 321, 322 O’Connor, Feargus, 320, 323, 329, 330 Otho, papal legate, 109, 110 Overton, Richard, 284 Palgrave, Sir Francis (quoted), 22, 23 Pandulf, papal legate, 83, 94 Pankhurst, Mrs., 336