Cassell's Illustrated History of England/Volume 3/Index

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Note—The dates affixed to the names thus ( ), represent in the case of the English kings the period of the reign, and in other cases include the years during which the persons named figure in this history.

Abbot, archbishop of Canterbury (1624), 100, 119, 125
Aids granted (1660), 418
Airdmoss, battle of (1681), 489
Alban, Francis (1687), 542
Alford, battle of (1645), 258
Algerine pirates (1620), 88
Armstrong, Sir Thomas (1684), 502
Anne of Denmark, wife of James I. (1603–1619), 4, 35, 80
——— of Austria (1625), 112
Aremburg, Austrian envoy (1603), 4
Argyll, earl of (1641–1660), 215, 257, 310, 422
———earl of (1681), 489, 513, 514, 515
Aruudel, lord (1626), 122, 4
Auborne Chase (1643), 238

Bacon, Sir Francis (1604–1621), 17, 42, 52, 62, 71, 84, 86
Balfour, Sir William, lieutenant of the Tower (1641), 208, 220
———of Burley (1679), 480
Bampton Bush, battle of (1645), 255
Bancroft, archbishop (1604), 18, 41
Barbadoes, royalists shipped to (1649), 312
Barillon, French ambassador (1685–1688), 508, 509, 510, 529, 531
Bass Rock, prison of the (1684), 502
Baxter, Richard (1654), 338
Bedford, earl of (1641), 208
Biddle, John, unitarian leader (1654),240
Bishops, seven, trial of (1688), 549
Blake, Robert, admiral (1644–1657), 244, 314, 322, 324, 326, 338, 344, 346, 352
Blood, colonel (1670), 453
Bloody assize (1685), 525, 528
Book of Sports (1617), 66
Bohwelt-bridge, battle of (1679), 480
Bradshaw, John (1649), 299
Breda, treaty of (1650), 315
Bye and Main conspiracies (1603), 5, 11, 13

Cabal, the (1668), 446, 447, 456
Cameron, Richard (1681), 489
Cameronians (1681), 489
Carew, Sir George (1603), 4
Cargill, Donald, Cameronian (1679–1681), 480, 489
Carsbrook castle, king Charles confined at (1647), 286
Carr, Robert (1607–1645), 46, 50, 52, 57, 59, 61, 62
Castlemaine, lady (1664), 434
Catesby, Robert (1604–1606), 20, 28
Catherine, queen of Charles II. (1662), 425
Catholics, persecution of the (1606), 33, 34
Catholic league (1619), 81
Cecil, son of Lord Burleigh (1603–1612), 2, 3, 5, 6, 12, 20, 34, 36, 40, 42
Chalgrove Field, battle of (1643), 236, 237
"Charles the Martyr,"day of humiliation appointed (1661), 424
Charles I. (1625–1649) ascends the throne, 110; marriage with Henrietta Maria, 111; his first parliament, 113; expedition against Spain, 117; his coronation, 119; Buckingham, 123; forced loan, 125; dismisses the queen's servants, 127; his reconciliation with the queen, 129; summons a parliament, 133; petition of right presented, 135; passed, 137; quarrels with the parliament, 143; dissolves parliament, 145; tyrannical proceedings, 153; visits Scotland, 155; excites religious disturbances in Scotland, 173; makes concessions, 177; preparations for war, 181; meeting of a new Parliament, 189; change of ministers, 201; impeaches the six members, 221; attempts to gain possession of Hull, 227; negotiations for peace, 251; offers to treat with the parliament, 258; surrenders to the Scots, 267; delivered up to the English, 275; attempts an escape, 285; trial and condemnation, 302–3; execution, 304
Charles II. (1649–1685) assumes the crown of Scotland, 315; visits the royal army at Leith, 317; crowned at Scone. 320; marches into England, 320; defeated at Worcester, 320; romantic adventures and escape, 320; offers a reward for the murder of Cromwell, 334; his destitute condition, 341; forwards letter to the Parliament, 370; returns to England, 370; restoration, 410; assembling of the two houses of Parliament, 411; the royal

council, 411; abolishes feudal service, 411; proceedings against the regicides, 412; restores bishops and church property, 412; sells Dunkirk, 429; makes declaration of indulgence, 430; war with Holland. 435; holds parliament at Oxford, 437; secret treaty with Louis, 447; Thames blockaded, 443; dismisses Clarendon, 446; persecutes the Nonconformists, 448; the cabal, 446; declares war against Holland, 454; assents to Test Act, 470; becomes a French pensioner, 449; warned of danger, 466; Popish Plot, 467; pension lists, 476; gives his assent to the Habeas Corpus Act, 478; meal-tub plot, 483; bill of limitations, 485; Rye House plot, 493; attacked by apoplexy, 505; death and character, 507

Churchill, afterwards duke of Marlborough (1685–1688), 509, 519,552
Christian IV. of Denmark (1606), 34
Clarendon, lord chancellor (1644), 242
——— lord (1660–1668), 411, 413, 416, 420, 430, 444, 446
Claverhouse, Graham of (1679), 480
Claypole, lady, Cromwell's daughter (1658), 358
Clement VIII. (1603), 14
Cleveland, duchess of (1662), 424
Clonmel, siege of (1650), 314
Clubmen (1645), 254
Cobham (1603), 3, 11, 14
Colonisation scheme for Ireland, (1617), 69
Coke, Sir Edward (1603–1634), 9, 29, 56, 57, 58, 62, 71, 84, 88, 116, 135, 143
Coleraine taken by Coote (1680), 314
Convocation under James I. (1604), 15
Conway, lord (1640), 192
Copredy Bridge, battle of (1611), 243
Cork surrendered (1650), 314
Covenant, solemn league and (1638), 176, 240, 248
Covenanters, the (1638-1688), 176, 179, 240, 248, 261, 315, 442, 479, 480, 489, 502, 845
Coventry, Sir John (1670), 452

Cromwell, Oliver (1640–1658), enters the Commons, 189; raises a regiment, 233; takes Cambridge Castle by storm, 233; further successes, 237; wins the battle of Winceby-on-the-Wolds, 242; made lieutenant-general, 243; achieves a victory at Marston-Moor, 244; enters York, 244; gains victory at Newberry, 245; accused of insubordination, 246; victory at Islip Bridge, 254; at Bampton Bush, 255; at Naseby, 255; marches on Bristol, 256; captures Bristol, 260; takes Winchester, 262; discovers the king's letter, 285; suppresses mutiny, 287; victories at Carnarvon and Chepstow, 291; appointed lord-lieutenant of Ireland, 310; arrives in Dublin, 311; besieges Drogheda, 311; captures Wexford, 314; Ross surrenders, 314; takes Clonmel, 314; returns to England, 315; made commander-in-chief, 316; enters Scotland, 316; wins the battle of Dunbar, 317; wins the battle of Worcester, 320; received with acclamation in London, 321; dissolves long parliament, 330; summons the little parliament, 332; created lord protector, 334; serious accident, 340; interferes for the Vaudois protestants, 344, 345; favours the Jews, 346; refuses to accept the crown, 350; inaugurated as protector, 351; his death, 358

Cromwell, Richard (1658), 359, 360, 361

Dalkeith castle captured (1639), 181
Declaration of Indulgence (1686), 536
Denmark, George, prince of (1688), 360
De Ruyter, admiral (1651). 326, 435, 446, *455
De Witt, admiral (1651), 326, 446, 455
Digby, lord (1641), 208, 225
Digges, Sir Dudley (1630), 148
Doncaster, battle at (1645), 261
Donnington, Charles attempts to reduce (1644), 245
Don Pantaleon Sa executed (1654), 336
Drogheda, siege of (1649), 311
Drumclog, battle of (1079), 480
Dumbarton Castle captured (1639), 181.
Dunbar, battle of (1650), 317
Duudee, taken by Monk (1651), 320
Dunkirk, sale of (1662). 429
Dykvelt, ambassador for the prince of Orange (1686), 539, 540

East India Company (1612), 105
Edge Hill, battle of (1642), 232
Edinburgh Castle, capture of (1639), 181
Eliot, Sir John (1626–1629), 123, 134, 136, 142, 144, 147
Elizabeth, princess, daughter of James I. (1603), 4, 49
Episcopacy returned in Scotland (1661), 421
Essex, earl of (1642), 231, 238, 240, 244
Everard and Fitzharris, plot of (1681), 485
Execution of king Charles I. (1647), 304
Exeter, William of Orange enters (1688), 557

Fairfax, Sir Thomas (1643), 242, 248, 255, 260, 268, 274, 279, 281, 291, 296, 316, 338
Falkland, lord (1643), 239
Fawkes, Guido (1603–1606), 5, 21. 22, 29
Fawkes, lieutenant, tool of king Charles (1642), 228
Feiton, John, assassin of the duke of Buckingham (1628), 141
"Fifth Monarchy" men (1654–1660), 334, 350, 420
Fitzharris and Everard, plot of (1681), 485
Fire of London (1666), 440–441
Five Mile Act passed (1064), 431
Forced Loan (1620), 425
Frrederick of Nassau (1603), 4

Gamet, the Jesuit (1605–6), 29–32
Gerard, the Jesuit (1603), 6
German Union (1619), 81
Gibbons, Orlando, celebrated organist (1625), 112
Godfrey, Sir Edmondsbury, murdered (1678), 468
Goring, colonel (1641), 208, 209, 225
Gregory XV. (1623), 94–95
Gunpowder Plot (1604–6), 21–32
Gustavus Adolphus (1630), 149, 152
Gwynne, Nell, mistress of Charles II. (1662), 429

Habeas Corpus Act passed (1679), 478
Hackston of Rathillet (1679), 480
Haddock, Richard, clairvoyant (1604), 20
Hale, Sir Matthew (1654), 338
Hamilton, marquis of (1638–1648), 175, 176, 188, 198, 215, 240, 291
Hampton Court, king Charles sent to (1647), 280
Hampden, John (1626–1643), 125, 134, 165–7, 185, 221, 225, 237
Hampden, trial of (1683), 501–502
Harrison, colonel (1649), 298
Hazelrig (1642), 221, 356
Helvetsluys, William of Orange sails from (1688), 555
Henderson, Alexander, covenanter (1641), 215
Henrietta Maria, wife of Charles I. (1624–1660), 106, 111, 118, 119, 126, 140, 201, 226, 233, 237, 244, 251, 299, 303, 341, 417
Henry, prince, son of James I. (1603–1611), 4, 46, 47
Henry IV. of France assassinated (1610), 45
Henshaw, major, plots against Cromwell (1654), 335–6.
Herbert, Sir Edward (1623), 93
Herbert, Sir Edward (1642), 225
High Commission Court (1608–1688), 41, 42, 65, 142, 154, 101, 214, 632, 542, 545, 550, 554
Hollar, Winceslous, engraver (1645), 261
Hollis, Denzell (1641), 210–222
Holmby, arrest of king Charles at (1647), 276
Hotham, Sir John (1642), 227–231
Howard, Lady Frances (1613–1632), 50, 58, 62
Huguenots, rising of the (1624–1629), 107–149
Hull, attempt of Charles to possess himself of (1642), 227–8; invested by the royal forces (1642), 231
Huntingdon, capture of (1645), 260
Hyde, Ann, daughter of Clarendon (1660), 416
Hyde, Lawrence (1679), 482
Ireton, colonel (1645–1651), 255, 293, 315
Islip Bridge, battle of (1645), 254
James I. of England (1603–1625) enters England, 2; receives foreign embassies, 4; conspiracies against him, 5; gunpowder plot, 21–32; conference with puritans, 14; persecutes catholics and puritans, 33–34; attempts union of England and Scotland, 36; his favourites, 46, 56; transactions with Holland, 63; visits Scotland, 65; issues his Book of Sports, 66; attempts to colonise Ireland, 69; dispatches Raleigh to New Guinea, 74; puts Raleigh to death, 80; proposes matrimonial alliances for the prince of Wales with Spain, 90–106; with France, 107; His death and character, 110
James II.(1685–1688)ascends the throne, 567; levies duties without authority, 509; openly practises Catholicism, 509; applies for money to the French king, 509; holds parliaments in England and Scotland, 512; persecutes the covenanters, 513; his kingdom invaded by Argyll and Monmouth, 514; opposed both in lords and commons, 538; sends an ambassador to Rome, 540; dispensing power affirmed by the judges, 542; dispenses with the test, 536; proclaims liberty of conscience, 538; his progress through England, 542; attempts to impose catholics on the universities, 532–543; birth of a prince of Wales, 548; sends an embassy to William of Orange, 569; his flight stopped at Faversham, 564; brought back to Whitehall, 504; goes back to Rochester, 505; escapes to France, 567
Jeffreys, judge (1681–1688), 485, 495, 497, 498, 500, 503, 509, 525, 526, 530, 533, 542, 544, 564
Jenny Geddes, of the Tron Kirk (1637), 172
Jermyn, Queen's favourite (1641), 208
Johnson, Dr. S. (1686), 533–536
Jones, Inigo, architect (1645). 261
Jonson, Ben, poet and dramatist (1603), 4
Joyce, comet, arrests the king (1647), 276
Juxton, bishop (1641–1649), 206, 304
Ken. Dr., bishop of Bath and Wells (1617), 545
Killigrew, Sir William (1042), 225
"Killing no Murder" (1645), 348
Kilsyth, battle of (1645), 200
Kimbolton, lord (1641), 208, 222,`
"King's Evil," touching for (1660), 411
Kinnoul, lord (1650), 315–316
Kirke, colonel (1685), 625
Kirke's "Lambs" (1685), 525

Lake, Dr., bishop of Chichester (1687), 545
Lambert, general (1662), 427, 428
Laud, archbishop (1617–1645), 66, 142, 147, 153, 155–160, 191, 213, 215, 249, 250
Lauderdale, earl of (1661), 421, 423. 434, 478, 479
Leighton, Dr. Alexander, inhuman treatment of (1634–1640), 154–196
Leicester, earl of, lord-lieutenant of Ireland (1641), 219
Leslie earl of (1639–1650). 182, 192, 315, 316
Levellers (1608–1679), 38, 149, 284, 309
Lilbume, John (1643–57), 236, 309, 332, 352
"Lillibulero" (1688), 550
Limitations bill (1681), 485
Lisle, lady Alice (1685), 525
Liturgy enforced in Scotland (1637), 172–3
Little Parliament (1653), 332
Lloyd, Dr., bishop of St. Asaphs (1687), 545
Lloyd, Mr., attempts to criminate the queen (1678), 471
London, great disturbances in (1647), 280; great fire of (1666), 440, 441
Long Parliament (1640–1653), 195-330
Lotus XIXI. of France (1624), 106, 111
Louis XIV. (1645–1688), 424, 430, 434, 437, 443, 444, 447, 449, 455, 485, 509, 529, 531
Lowestoffe, naval battle off (1665), 455
Lunsford, colonel (1641), 221, 225
Luttern, battle of (1626), 125
Lyme Regis captured by the Parliamentarians 1641), 244

Madgeburg, destruction of (1631), 150
Maguire, Cornellius, baron of Inniskillen (1641), 218

Magus Muir, murder of Sharp on (1679), 480

Main and Bye conspiracies (1633), 5
Marlborough (Churchill), duke of (1685–1688), 509, 519, 552
Marston Moor, battle of (1644), 244
Marten, Henry (1642), 233
Mary de Medici (1624–1645), 106, 111, 201, 214
Mary of Modena, wife of James II. (1685), 532.
Massacre, great Irish (1641), 219
Maurice, prince (1642–1661), 231, 237, 244, 251, 255, 261
Maynard and Glynne, Strafford's accusers (1641), 205
Mazarine, cardinal (1645), 262, 266, 303, 424
Meal-tub plot (1680), 483
Melville, Andrew (1617), 64
Middleton, lord commissioner of Scotland (1661), 421–3
Mutiny bill passed (1660), 412
M'Mahon, Hugh (1641), 218
Monarchy, abolition of (1649), 305
Monk, general (1650–1670), 316, 320, 334, 364, 365, 368, 411, 440
Monmouth, duke of (1679–1685), 480, 482, 489, 490, 494, 504, 514, 515, 516, 518, 520, 521, 524, 525
Monopolies (1634), 153
More, M'Cullum (1685), 514
More, Roger, gentleman of Kildare (1641), 218
Montrose, duke of (1639–1650), 182, 215, 248, 257, 260, 310, 315, 316
Mounteagle, lord (1605), 25–26

Nantes, revocation of the Edict of (1685), 520
Napier, lord (1641), 214
Naseby, battle of (1645), 255
Newbury, battle of (1644), 245
Newbury, battle of (1643), 238
New York ceded to the English (1667), 444
Nonconformists, ejectment of (1664), 431
Northumberland, earl of, lord high admiral (1642), 227
Oates, Titus (1678–1685), 466, 312
O'Conolly, Owen (1641), 217
O'Dogherty, Irish chieftain (1617), 69
O'Neil, Sir Phelim (1641), 218, 219, 356
Ormond, lord (1641–1685), 215, '242, 811, 356, 411, 452, 509
Overbury, Sir Thomas (1610), 50, 51
Owen, Sir John (1649), 308

Peace, proposals of (1647), 269
Penn, William (1670–1688), 448, 449, 528, 548
Pension parliament (1661), 423
Percy, Thomas (1604–1606), 21, 28
Peters, Hugh, fanatic preacher (1645), 261, 281
Petition of Right, the (1628), 135
Philliphaugh, battle of (1645), 261
Plague in London (1603), 4
——— (1665), 436, 437
Plunket, Oliver, archbishop (1681), 488
Popish plot (1678), 467, 484
Pride, colonel (1649), 297, 316
Privilege of parliament (1642), 224
Progress of the Nation (1603–1660)—Constitution and laws, 370
———Religion, 376
———Arts, manufactures, and commerce, 380
———Revenue, money, and coinage, 383
———Agriculture and gardening, 386
———Literature, science, and fine arts, 386
———Music 395
———Painting, engraving, and sculpture, 395
———Costume, 405
———Condition of the people, 407
Progress of the Nation (1660–1688)—Constitution and laws, 372
———Religion, 576
———Science, literature, and art, 581
———Physical science, 592
———Painting, sculpture, and engraving, 597
———Coinage, 599
———Music, 599
———Domestic arts— furniture, 602
———Costume, 602
———Manners and customs, 604
———Growth of the revenue and commerce, 611
———Condition of the people, 617
Prynne, William, the puritan (1637–1654), 160, 162, 249
Pym, John (1638–1642), 185, 195, 203, 206, 309, 221, 225, 226, 242

Raleigh, Sir Walter (1603–1619), 3, 5, 11, 73, 8O
Regalia, attempt to steal the (1671), 453
Regicides executed (1660), 416
Remonstrances on the state of the kingdom (1641), 219
Reynolds Dr. (1604), 15
Richeleu, cardinal (1624–1631), 106, 107, 149
Rochelle, siege of (1627), 13
Rochester, earl of (1667–1680), 442, 504,508, 531, 537
Ross surrendered to Cromwell (1650), 314
Roundaway Tower, Waller defeated at (1643), 239
Rubens, Peter Paul (1630), 148
Rump, the (1658), 362
Rupert, prince (1642–1667), 231. 236, 244, 251, 255, 260, 261, 322, 440
Russell, lady Rachel (1683), 495
———lord William (1678–1683), 476, 499, 495, 496, 497
Rye House plot (1683), 492

Sales bill passed (1660), 412
Sancroft, archbishop (1685–1688), 509, 510, 533, 545, 564
Sancy, father (1625), 118
Saye, lord (1641), 208
Scone, Charles II. crowned at (1651), 320
Scottish church (1617), 63, 65
Sedgemoor, battle of (1685), 519, 520
Selden, John (1620–1629), 89, 134, 142
Self-denying ordinance (1644), 246, 243
Shaftesbury, earl of (1667–1683), 442, 444, 456, 458, 464, 468, 473, 482, 484, 486, 488, 491, 492
Sharp, archbishop (1661–1679), 423, 434, 458, 479, 480
Sherborne, battle at (1645), 261
Ship money, the demand for (1634), 164
"Short declaration and warning" (1650), 317
Spanish Plate fleet defeated (1656), 347
Spencer, Sir Robert (1603), 4
Sidney, Algernon (1678–1683), 476, 494, 495, 495, 497, 500
Six members, impeachment of (1642), 221, 225
Skippon, major-general (1642), 229, 231
Stafford, lord, executed (1680), 484
Strafford, lord (1603–1641), 1, 191, 194, 197, 205, 209, 215
Star chamber (1604–1641), 16, 142, 154, 161
Starling, Sir George (1641), 214
Stuart, Arabella (1603–1615), 9, 44, 45
———Sir Archibald (1641), 214
———Walter, messenger of Montrose (1641), 214
Sully, Rhosny, duke of (1603), 4

Taunton, battle of (1685), 516
Taunton captured (1644), 244
Tenison, Dr. (1685), 524
Test Act passed (1673), 456
Thames blockaded by the Dutch (1667), 443
Thanksgiving for the restoration appointed (1660), 412
Thirty Years War (1618–1648), 149
Thurloe, John, Cromwell's secretary (1643), 253
Tillotson. Dr. (1683–1688), 496, 536, 544
Tippermuir, battle of (1645), 257
Tiverton taken by the parliamentarians (1644), 244
Toleration opposed by the Puritans (1644), 243
Tongue, Dr. (1678), 470
Torbay, William of Orange lands at (1688), 556
Traqaair, earl of (1631–1640), 173, 176, 184, 214
Treaty between Scots and English (1647), 269
Trelawney, Dr., bishop of Bristol (1687), 545
Trial of king Charles I. (1649), 299, 303
Trial of the seven bishops (1688), 549
Temple, Sir William (1678), 477, 529
Tuam, archbishop of, killed (1645), 202
Turner, Dr., bishop of Ely (1687), 545
———Mrs., the poisoner (1610), 58, 59
Tyrone, Irish chieftain (1617), 68

Urban VIII. (1623), 95, 107, 111
Usher, archbishop (1641), 213
Uxbridge, treaty of (1645), 252

Vane, Sir Henry (1688–1662), 188, 190, 195, 206, 248, 279, 297, 429
Sir Henry, the younger (1641), 206
Van Tromp, admiral (1643–1688), 233, 324, 326, 435
Vauduis persecution (1655), 344, 345
Villiers, George, duke of Buckingham (1615–1628), 56, 71, 73, 92, 99, 100, 101, 104, 111, 117, 120, 128, 136, 140

Walters, Lucy, mother of the duke of Monmouth (1655), 342
Warwick, earl of, appointed admiral of the fleet (1642), 229
Wentworth, Sir Thomas (1629), 147, 165, 172, 186
Westminster, riots at (1642), 221
Westminster assembly (1644), 249
Westphalia, peace of (1648), 152
Westworth, Sir George (1641), 213
Wexford taken by Cromwell (1650), 314
Weymouth taken by the parliamentarians (1644), 244
White, Dr., bishop of Peterborough (1687), 545
Williams, bishop of Lincoln (1641), 212, 215, 222
William of Orange (1672–1688), 455, 460, 467, 488, 513, 521, 539, 551, 552, 554, 555, 556, 557, 562, 564
Winceby-on-the-Wolds, battle of (1643), 242
Winchester captured (1645), 261
Winter, Thomas (1603–1606), 5, 20, 29
Wolsey, Sir Charles (1654), 334
Worcester, battle of (1651), 320
Wotton, Sir Henry (1613), 50

York entered by the parliamentarians (1644), 244
Youghall captured (1650), 314