Auxerre, 90.

  Ayr, xvii.

  Ayrshire, xxix, xxxiv, 51, 52, 178.

  Aytoun, Peace of, 100.

  Badenach, Celts of, 41, 53.

Bailleul, estate of, 39.

Bakewell, 5.

Balliol, Edward, 64, 65, 66, 67, 69, 70, 72, 73, 75.
——­ John, 27, 34, 35, 37, 38, 39, 43, 45, 48, 50, 65, 79.

Banff, 40.

Bannockburn, battle of, xiv, xxiv, 55, 58, 61, 63, 66, 68, 74, 85, 88,
90, 93, 108. 
Barbadoes, 187.

Barbour’s Bruce, xxvi, xxvii.

Barton, Sir Andrew, 98, 103.

Bauge, battle of, 88, 89.

Beaton, Cardinal, 112, 114, 117, 118, 119, 120, 121.

  Beaufort, Joan, 89.

  Becket, Thomas, 26.

Berwick, 3, 39, 43, 51, 57, 58, 73, 76, 83, 91, 94, 96, 163, 173. ——­ county of, 69, 73, 82. ——­ pacification of, 163. ——­ siege of, 67, 68. ——­ Treaty of, 164.

  Bigod, Earl of Norfolk, 44.

  Biland Abbey, 58.

  Birnam Wood, 9.

  Bishops’ War, 164.

  “Black Agnes”, 71.

  Blair Athole, 169.
  ——­ Castle, 182.

  Blind Harry’s Wallace, xxvii, xxxiii.

  Boece, Hector, xxvii, xxviii, xxix, xxxi, 9, 200.

  Boniface VIII, 45.

  “Book of the Howlat”, the, xxxiii.

  “Book of Pluscarden”, the, xxx, 198.

  Borough-Muir of Edinburgh, 69.

  Bosworth, battle of, 97.

  Bothwell, 67, 70.
  ——­ Earl of, 136, 137, 138.
  ——­ Bridge, battle of, 178.

  Boulogne, 69.

  Bower, Walter, xxx, 198.

  Braemar, 87.

  Brankston ridge, 106.

  Breadalbane, Marquis of, 185, 186.

  Brechin, 39.
  ——­ Bishop of, 206.

  Breda, Conference at, 173.

  Bridge of Dee, battle of, 163.

  Brigham, Treaty of, 33.

  Brittany, 1.

Brockburn, 173.

Brown, Mr. Hume, x.

Bruce, Alexander, 51,
——­ Edward, 51, 55, 57.
——­ Marjory, 51, 59, 69.
——­ Nigel, 51.
——­ Robert I, xxiv, 45, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58,
59, 61, 62, 64, 65, 66, 72, 85, 86.
——­ Robert of Annandale, 32, 34, 35, 47.
——­ Sir Thomas, 51.

Bruces, the, 13, 18, 24, 48.

Bruges, 68.

Buchan, Countess of, 50, 51. ——­ earldom of, 53. ——­ Earl of, 88, 90. ——­ men of, 198.

  Buchanan, George, xxxii, 203.

  Bull, Stephen, 98.

  Burgh, Elizabeth de, 51.
  ——­ Hubert de, 28, 35.

  Burghead, xvii.

  Burgh-on-Sands, 52.

  Burgundy, Duchess of, 98.
  ——­ Duke of, 95.

  “Burned Candlemas”, 73.

  Burton, Mr. Hill, xiii, xxiv, xxvi, xxx, xxxi, xxxii.

  Bute, 193.

  Caesar, Julius, 1, 2.

  Caithness, xxiii, 87, 193.
  ——­ Bishop of, 206.