ABB

ABBEY lands, the, distributed by Henry
VIII., 400; Mary wishes for the re-
storation of, 422

Aberdeen, Montrose's victory at, 547
Abhorrers, party name of, 620
Addled Parliament, the, 486
Admonition to Parliament, An, 446
Adwalton Moor, battle of, 538

Agitators, choice of, 554; propose to
purge the House, 556

Agreement of the People, the, drawn up
by the Agitators, 556

Agriculture, More's views on the decline
of, 368; progress of, in Elizabeth's
reign, 464

Aix-la-Chapelle, peace of, 599
Alasco, opinions of, 418

Albemarle, George Monk, Duke of, as
George Monk, commands in Scotland,
575; effects the restoration, 576;
created Duke of Albemarle, 580; holds
a command in the battle off the North
Foreland, 592; advises Charles II. not
to dissolve Parliament, 599
Alençon, Francis, Duke of, Elizabeth
proposes to marry, 446; entertained by
Elizabeth, 454; attacks Antwerp, 455;
death of, 456

Alexander VI., Pope, character of, 375
Alford, battle of, 549

Allen, Cardinal, founds a college at
Douai, 453; plots to murder Elizabeth,
454

Alva, Duke of, his tyranny in the Ne-
therlands, 443; discusses the murder
of Elizabeth, 445; fails to reduce the
Dutch, 449

Amicable Loan, the, 372

Anjou, Henry, Duke of, see Henry III.,
king of France

Annates, first Act of, 388; second Act of,
390

Anne, daughter of James II., birth of,
608; deserts James II., 645; settlement
of the crown on, 647

II.

ASH

Anne Boleyn, appears at Court, 380; is
married to Henry VIII., 389; execu-
tion of, 395

Anne of Cleves married to Henry VIII.,
400; divorce of, 401

Antwerp attacked by Alençon, 455;
taken by Parma, 456

Appeals, Act of, 389; provision for the
hearing of, 391

Architecture, Elizabethan, 465; Stuart,
631, 632

Areopagitica, 546

Argyle, Archibald Campbell, Earl of,
execution of, 636

Argyle, Archibald Campbell, Marquis of,
opposed to Montrose, 547; execution
of, 595

Arlington, Henry Bennet, Earl of, secre-
tary to Charles II., 599; intrigues
against Clifford, 607

Armada, the Invincible, sailing of, 458;
destruction of, 462

Army, the New Model, formation of,
545; attempt of Parliament to disband,
553; choice of Agitators in, 554; gains
possession of the king's person, 555;
the heads of the proposals presented
in the name of, ib.; drives out the
eleven members, ib. ; turns against the
king, 556, 557; expels members by
Pride's Purge, ib.; its inability to
reconstruct society after the king's
execution, 560; overthrows Richard
Cromwell, restores and expels the
Rump, 575; brings back the Rump, ib.;
receives Charles II. on Blackheath,
578; paid off, 584

Army, the Royal, beginning of, 584
Army plot, the, 531

Articles, the ten, 395; the six, 399; the
forty-two, 420; the thirty-nine, ib.;
declaration of Charles I.,prefixed to, 512
Arundel Castle taken and lost by
Hopton, 542

Ashley, Lord, see Shaftesbury, Earl of

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Baxter, imprisoned by Jeffreys, 635
Beaton, Cardinal, burns Wishart, 412;
is murdered, 414

Bedingfield, Sir Henry, takes charge of
Elizabeth, 423.

Benevolences raised by James I., 497
Berwick, Treaty of, 526

Bible, the, Henry VIII. authorises the
translation of, 396

Bishops, nominated by congé d'élire,
391; first Bill for removing from the
House of Lords, 533; impeachment of
the twelve, 535; excluded from the
House of Lords, 536

Bishops' War, the first, 526; the second,

529

Blackwater, the, defeat of Bagenal on,

475

Blake, defends Taunton, 518; appointed
to command the fleet, 565; sent to the
Mediterranean, 571; destroys Spanish
ships at Santa Cruz, 573; death of,
ib.

Bloody Assizes, the, 637

Bocher, Joan, burnt, 419
Bohemia, outbreak of the Thirty Years'
War in, 490

CAL

Boleyn, Anne, see Anne Boleyn
Bombay acquired by Charles II., 587
Bonner, Bishop, deprived of his see, 416
Booth, Sir George, defeated at Winning-
ton Bridge, 575

Bothwell, James Hepburn, Earl of,
career of, 439

Bothwell Bridge, defeat of the Covenan-
ters at, 620

Boulogne, taken by Henry VIII., 405;
surrendered by Warwick, 417

Bourbon, the Duke of, revolt of, 371;
death of, 374

Boxley, destruction of the rood of, 398
Breda, declaration of, 576; treaty of, 593
Brentford, Charles I. at, 537

Bridgman, Sir Orlando, declares that
the king's ministers are responsible,
581

Bridgwater taken by Fairfax, 549; Mon-
mouth at, 637

Brill seized by exiles from the Nether-
lands, 449

Bristol stormed by Rupert, 538
Browne, Archbishop of Dublin, destroys
relics and images in Ireland, 402
Browne, Robert, founder of the Separat-
ists, 470

Brownists, see Separatists

Bucer, Martin, teaches in England, 416
Buckingham, George Villiers, First

Duke of, becomes Marquis of Bucking-
ham and Lord Admiral, 488; accom-
panies Charles to Madrid, 497; be-
comes Duke of Buckingham, and advo-
cates war with Spain, 500; promises
money for foreign wars, 501; his
ascendency over Charles I., 502; tries
to pawn the crown jewels, 503; lends
ships to fight against Rochelle, 504;
impeachment of, 505; leads an expedi-
tion to Ré, 506; feeling of Wentworth
towards, 508; murder of, 510
Buckingham, George Villiers, Second
Duke of, in favour with Charles II.,
599; his sham treaty with France,
603; dismissal of, 608

Buckingham, Henry Stafford, Duke ot,
execution of, 369

Buildings, improvement in, in Elizabeth's
time, 465

Bunyan writes Pilgrim's Progress, 596
Burghley, William Cecil, Lord, as Sir
William Cecil becomes the chief adviser
of Elizabeth, 429; urges Elizabeth to
assist the Scotch Protestants, 433;
becomes Lord Burghley and discovers
the Ridolfi plot, 445; death of, 480
Burnet, Gilbert, his conversation with
William of Orange, 645,

Burton, sentenced by the Star Chamber,
521

Butler, author of Hudibras, 597

CAL

regaining, 436; the Armada takes re-
fuge in, 462; Cromwell's anxiety to
recover, 571

Calvin, his work at Geneva, 430
Calvinism influences Elizabethan Pro-
testantism, 430

Cambrai, league of, 363; treaty of, 383
Campeggio, Cardinal, appointed legate

to hear the divorce case of Henry
VIII., 382

Campion lands in England, 453; execu-
tion of, 454

Carberry Hill, Mary's surrender at, 439
Cardinal College founded by Wolsey,
377, 383; see Christchurch
Carisbrooke Castle, detention of Charles
I. in, 556

Carolina, colonisation of, 629
Cartwright advocates the Presbyterian
system, 446

Casket letters, the, 440

Castlemaine, Lady, uses her influence
against Clarendon, 594
Câteau Cambresis, peace of, 431
Catesby plans Gunpowder Plot, 483
Catharine of Aragon, marriage of, 363:
Henry VIII. grows tired of, 379;
divorce suit against, 382; is divorced,
389; the sentence of Clement VII. in
favour of, 390; death of, 395
Catharine of Braganza marries Charles
II., 587

Catherine de Medicis, widow of Henry
II., king of France, becomes regent,
433 takes part in the massacre of St.
Bartholomew, 449

Catherine Howard, marriage and execu-
tion of, 401

Catherine Parr, marriage of, 401
Catholics, Roman, laws directed against,
453, 454; their position at the end of
Elizabeth's reign, 475; increased per-
secution of, after Gunpowder Plot,
483; negotiation between James I.
and Spain for the relief of, 488;
tendency of Charles II. to support,
584; declaration for the toleration of,
issued by Charles II., 587; perse-
cuted about the Popish Plot, 616;
efforts of James II. in favour of, 634,
638, 640

Cecil, Sir Edward, commands the Cadiz
expedition, 503

Chancery, Court of, proposal of the Bare-
bone's Parliament to suppress, 567;
reformed by Cromwell, 569; nature of
the decisions of, 605

Chantries, Act for the dissolution of,
412; their income vested in the king,
415
Charles I., intention of the Gunpowder
plotters to blow up, 483; proposals of
marriage for, 488; visits Spain, 497;
is eager for war with Spain, 500;
negotiation for marriage with Henri-
etta Maria, 501; becomes king and
marries Henrietta Maria, 502; ad-
journs his first parliament to Oxford,

CHA

651

ib.; dissolves his first parliament and
sends out the Cadiz expedition, 503;
meets his second Parliament, ib.; dis-
solves his second Parliament, 505;
orders the collection of a forced loan,
506; meets his third Parliament, 508;
consents to the Petition of Right, 509;
claims a right to levy Tonnage and
Poundage, 510; issues a declaration on
the Articles, 512; dissolves his third
Parliament, 513; his personal govern-
ment, 514; levies knighthood fines,
515; insists on the reading of the
Declaration of Sports, 517; levies
fines for encroaching on forests, 523;
levies ship-money, ib.; imposes a new
prayer-book on Scotland, 525; leads
an army against the Scots, 526; con-
sults Wentworth, 527; makes Went-
worth Earl of Strafford, and summons
the Short Parliament, 528; dissolves
the Short Parliament, marches again
against the Scots, and summons the
Long Parliament, 529; assents to the
Triennial Act, 530; signs a commis-
sion for Strafford's execution, 531;
visits Scotland, 532; returns to Eng-
land, 534; rejects the Grand Remon-
strance, 535; attempts to arrest the
five members, 536; fights at Edgehill,
537; his plan of campaign, ib.; be-
sieges Gloucester, and fights at New-
bury, 539; looks to Ireland for help,
541 sends Rupert to relieve York,
543; compels Essex's infantry to sur
render at Lostwithiel, and fights again
at Newbury, 544; is defeated at
Naseby, 548; attempts to join Mont-
rose, 549; sends Glamorgan to Ireland,
ib.; gives himself up to the Scots,
551; negotiates at Newcastle, ib. ; ex-
plains his plans to the Queen, 552;
conveyed to Holmby House, 553; con-
ducted by Joyce to Newmarket, 555;
attempt of Cromwell to come to an
understanding with, 555; takes refuge
in the Isle of Wight, and enters into
the Engagement with the Scots, 556;
removed to Hurst Castle, 557; trial
of, 559 execution of, 560
Charles II., as Prince of Wales, pos-
sesses himself of part of the fleet, 557;
lands in Scotland, 563; escapes to
France, 564; offers a reward for Crom-
well's murder, 569; issues the declara-
tion of Breda, 576; restoration of,
578; confirms Magna Carta, ib. ; cha-
racter of, 579; leaves the government
to Hyde, 580; revenue voted to, 582;
approves a scheme of modified episco-
pacy, 583; keeps a small armed force,
584; retains three regiments on paying
off the army, ib.; profligacy of the
court of, 586; issues a declaration in
favour of toleration, 587; marriage of,
and sale of Dunkirk by, ib.; dismisses
Clarendon, 594; favours the Roman
Catholics, 598; thinks of tolerating

CHA

dissenters, and supports Buckingham
and Arlington, 599; agrees to the
treaty of Dover, 600; supports the
Cabal, 602; extravagance of, 603;
issues a Declaration of Indulgence,
604; goes to war with the Dutch,
605; withdraws the Declaration of
Indulgence, 606; assents to the Test
Act, 607; dismisses Shaftesbury and
makes peace with the Dutch, 608;
supports Danby, 610; receives a pen-
sion from Louis XIV., 611; is inte-
rested in commerce, 612; refuses to
make war on France, 613; threatens
France with war, 614; dissolves the
Cavalier Parliament, 616; dissolves
the first Short Parliament, 617; sup-
ports his brother's claim to the crown,
against Shaftesbury, 618; prorogues
the second Short Parliament, 619;
dismisses Shaftesbury, 620; dissolves
the second and third Short Parlia-
ments, 621; plot to murder, 625;
death of, 627; constitutional progress
in the reign of, ib.

Charles II., king of Spain, bad health
of, 592

Charles V., Emperor, as king of Spain
becomes the rival of Francis I., 366;
vast inheritance of, 369; is chosen
emperor, ib.; goes to war with France,
371; captures Francis I. at Pavia,
372; liberates Francis I., 374; allies
himself with Henry VIII., 405; makes
peace with France at Crêpy, 406; de-
fends Mary's mass, 417; abdication
of, 426

Charles IX., king of France, accession

of, 433; takes part in the massacre of
St. Bartholomew, 449; death of, 450
Charterhouse, the persecution of the
monks of, 393

Chaucer, influences of the Renascence
on, 367

Cheriton, battle of, 542
Chocolate, introduction of, 630

Christchurch, foundation of, 377, 383
Christian IV., king of Denmark, Buck-
ingham's overtures to, 501, 504; de-
feated at Lutter, 505, 506

Church of England, see England, Church
of

Churchill, Lord, see Marlborough, Duke
of

Clarendon, Edward Hyde, first Earl of,
as Edward Hyde is one of the leaders
of the Anti-Presbyterian party in the
Long Parliament, 533; becomes Lord
Chancellor after the Restoration, 580:
character of, ib.; created Earl of
Clarendon, 587; is falsely supposed to
be bribed, ib.; fall of, 594; escapes to
France, 595

Clarendon, Henry Hyde, second Earl of,
recalled from Ireland, 640
Claverhouse, see Graham, John
Clement VII., Pope, forms an Italian
league against Charles V., 374; ap-

COM

points legates to try the divorce suit
of Henry VIII., 382; revokes the
cause to Rome, 383; gives sentence
in favour of Catharine, 390

Clergy, the country, 633
Clifford, Thomas, Lord, a member of
the Cabal, 602; probable suggester of
the Stop of the Exchequer, 604; resig.
nation of, 607

Coaches, improvement in, 633
Coffee-houses, introduction of, 630
Coinage debased by Henry VIII., 409;
further debased by Somerset, 416
Coke, Sir Edward, takes part in drawing
up the Petition of Right, 508
Colchester, execution of the Abbot of,
400; reduced by Fairfax, 567
Colet promotes the study of Greek, and
founds St. Paul's School, 367
Coligny, murder of, 449

College invents the Protestant flail, 615
condemned to death, 622

Colonies founded in Virginia and New
England, 489; in Carolina, 629
Common Prayer, the Book of, beginnings
of, 409, 410; the first, of Edward VI.
415; the second, of Edward VI., 418
alterations in, in Elizabeth's reign
429; Strickland proposes to amend
445; generally accepted by the Par-
liamentary Presbyterians, 586
Commonwealth, the, establishment of
561

Commons, the House of, Wolsey's ap.
pearance in, 371; made use of by
Thomas Cromwell and Henry VIII.,
389; Elizabeth's relations with, 444:
Puritanism of, 445; growing strength
of, 468; its tendencies to Puritanism
rather than to Presbyterianism, 470;
attack on monopolies by, 478; quar.
rels with James I., 482; anxious to
go to war for the Palatinate, 490;
votes a small supply, 491; brings
charges against Bacon, 495; is eager
for war with Spain, 500; refuses sup-
plies to Charles I., unless spent by
counsellors in whom it confides, 502;
impeaches Buckingham, 504, 505;
insists on the Petition of Right, 508;
claims Tonnage and Poundage, 510;
religious ideas prevailing in, 511; its
breach with the king, 513; violent
scene before the dissolution of, 514;
formation of parties in, 532; scene in,
at the passing of the Grand Remon-
strance, 534; Presbyterian majority in,
546; new elections to, 551; a mob in
possession of, 555; the Agitators pro-
pose to purge, 556; Pride's purge of,
557; declares itself supreme, ib.; con-
stitutes a high court of justice, 558; dis-
solved by Cromwell, 566; inquires into
the expenditure of the crown, and im-
peaches Clarendon, 594; impeaches
Danby, 616; the Exclusion Bill in,
617, 621; Tory majority in, 636;
James II. attempts to pack, 641; dis-