ABBOT, Archbishop of Canterbury, recom-
mends Villiers, 598; refuses to license
Sibthorpe's sermon, 618; imprisoned,
liberated, 622

Acts of Parliament-Annates abolished,
393; of Appeals, 392; Association to
protect Elizabeth legalized, 552; Benefit
of Clergy, limited, 391; Colonial trade,
800; Conventicle, 732, renewed, 740, in
Scotland, 763; Corporation, 727; Dis-
solution of monasteries, 397, 484; Epis-
copal ordination in Scotland, 729; Five
Mile, 732; Habeas Corpus, 753; Images
forbidden in churches, 437; Indemnity
and Oblivion, 724, confirmed, 726, in
Scotland, 729; Large farms forbidden,
573, 628; Law of settlement, 802; Liturgy
altered, 492; Manufactures in villages
forbidden, 485; Mile, in Scotland, 729;
Monopolies abolished, 579; Navigation,
699, 799, 800; Persecuting statutes, 454,
repealed, 493; Poor Law, 573; Poynings'
Law, 362; Privilege of Clergy limited,
389; Rescissory, in Scotland, 728; Root
and Branch, 650; Settlement of pro-
perty, 723, 724, 750; Settlement of Ire-
land, 772, 773; Six Articles, 412; Suc-
cession, 394, 400; Supremacy, 395, 493;
Test, 745, 768; Thirty-nine Articles com-
pulsory on the Clergy, 523; Treason Bills
repealed, 427, 449; Triennial, 651, 733;
Uniformity, 430, its effects, 475, 494,
evaded, 513, enforced in Ireland, 535,
enacted by Charles II., 727; Vagrancy,

428

Agriculture, increase of pasture-land,
405, 406, 470; enclosures, 430, 471;
effect of the change on the poor, 430,
470; its good result in the end, 473; de-
scribed in the Italian Relation, 484; in-
crease of large farms, 572, 573; general
condition of, 793

Albany, made Regent, 373; retires, 379;
invades Scotland, 379
Albemarle. [See Monk.]

Albert, Archduke, succeeds Parma, 565;
captures Calais, 566

Alençon, proposed marriage with Eliza-
beth, 525; eager for it, 531; imprisoned,
joins the Huguenots, 531; deserts them,
532; becomes Duke of Anjou, supports
Orange, visits England, 533; second
visit to Elizabeth, the match broken

off, 547; the States offered him, dies,
551

Alfonso a Castro preaches against the
Reformation, 454

Allen, Archbishop of Dublin, murdered,
403

Allen, a Catholic refugee, his schemes, 546
Alva, in command of the Spanish army in

Italy, 459; meets Catherine de Medici,
504; his cruelties as Regent of the
Netherlands, 512; prevents war with
England, 525; makes a treaty with Eliza-
beth, 528; his heavy taxes; recalled, 529
Amboise, Peace of, 502

Amusements, 465, 486, 487
Amy Robsart, murdered, 500

Angus, Douglas, Earl of, marries Margaret,
widow of James IV., 372; comes to
England, 373; returns, 379; regent, 379;
exiled, 415

Angus, William, Earl of, assists in the
Raid of Ruthven, 545; exiled, 549
Anjou. [See Alençon and Henry III.]
Annates, threatened abolition of, 392;
abolished, 393

Anne of Brittany, deserted by Henry VII.,
359; marries Charles VIII., 360
Anne Boleyn, her family, 385; marries
Henry VIII., 392; her trial, 399; her
execution, 400

Anne of Cleves, marries Henry VIII., 413;
divorced, 414

Anne Askew, burnt, 419

Anne Hyde, marries James II., 730

Anne, daughter of James II., proposal to
make her successor, 776; under the
influence of the Churchills, 782; joins
William III., 785

Anthony of Bourbon, King of Navarre,
arrested, 500; genealogy of, 501; killed,
502

Antrim, ordered to attack the Scotch,
641; his part in the Rebellion, 654; his
efforts for Charles, 674

Antonio of Crato, his claim to Portugal,
547; assisted by Elizabeth, 563
Aprice, visits the monasteries, 397
Arabella Stuart, her claim to the throne,
576; the Main Plot in her favour, 586;
marries Seymour, 596; imprisonment
and death, 597
Archdukes, 589

Aremberg, ambassador to England, 585

Argyle, Earl of, signs the Bond of Craig-
millar, 507; tries to prevent Mary's
marriage with Bothwell, 510
Argyle, Earl of, Montrose jealous of, 652;
plots against him, 653; defeats Mon-
trose, 674; beaten by Montrose, 675; his
revenge on Montrose, 694; head of
Presbyterian party, 696; head of the
Covenanters, 728; executed, 729
Argyle, Earl of, refugee in Holland, 764;
his expedition and death, 765
Arlington, member of the Cabal ministry,
739; a Catholic, signs the Treaty of
Dover, 742; retires, 745

Armada, prepared, 559; starts, 560; de-
feated, 561, 562; effects of its destruc-
tion, 563, 564

Arminianism, prevalence of, 612; sermons
of, 618; used by the Jesuits, 626;
opposed in Parliament, 627; becomes
the Court religion, 630

Army, change in the character of, 464,
465; beginning of a standing army,
465; introduction of firearms, 465;
condition of the army in 1640, 643;
armies collected by the Ordinance of
Militia and Commission of Array, 659,
660; the remodelled army, 673, 675;
its power, 681-684; quarrels with the
Rump, 718, 719; disbanded, 726;
Charles II. desires a standing army, 741,
748; James II. desires a standing army,
769; camp at Hounslow, 772, 779;
James incorporates Irish with his Eng-
lish regiments, 781; treason of his army,
784, 785; the militia in the hands of
the country gentlemen, 801
Army Plot discovered, 650, 651
Arnold, a Leveller, executed, 689
Arran. [See Stuart.]

Arran, Earl of, Regent, 416; overthrown
by Beaton, 417; restored, 425; resigns,
495; made Duke of Chatelherault, 495.
[Died 1575.]

Arran, son of the Duke, proposal to marry
Elizabeth, his character, 500; loses his
title, 550

Arthur, son of Henry VII., marries Cathe-
rine of Aragon, dies, 364
Articles, the Ten, published, 398; dislike
to them, 404; the Six, published, 412; re-
pealed, 427; their restoration demanded,
432; the Thirty-nine, made stringent on
the Clergy, 523; penalty for attacking,
589

Arundel. [See Howard.]

Arundel, Sir Humphrey, leader of the
Western rebellion, 432

Arundel, Sir Thomas, friend of Somerset,
sent to the Tower, 440

Arundel (Fitz Alan), 18th Earl of, joins

Mary, 445; arrests Northumberland,
446; assists Norfolk, 517; arrested, 524
Arundel, Henry (descended from Sir
Thomas), signs Treaty of Dover, 742
Ascham, Roger, his character and works,
477

Ascham, Anthony, murdered, 698
Ashburnham, Charles's flight with, 679
Ashley. [See Shaftesbury.]

Aske, Robert, leader of the Lincolnshire
rebels, 406; general of the Yorkshire
rebellion, 407; his patriotism, he sub-
mits, 407; his character and execution,
408
Association, The, formed, 659, 662; troops
of, 668, 676

Association Bond, signed, 552

Astley, Royalist general, defeated, 768
Aston, involved in the Dudley conspiracy,
457

Athole, Lord, tries to prevent Mary's
marriage with Bothwell, 510

BABINGTON, Anthony, his conspiracy,
executed, 555

Bacon, Sir Nicholas, Chancellor, 492;
moderator of religious discussion, 493
Bacon, Francis (son of Sir Nicholas), his
writings, 575, 791; Chancellor, impeach-
ed, 603: guilty of receiving bribes, 604
Bagnal, defeated in Ireland, 577
Baillie, beaten by Montrose, 675
Balance of power, desired by Henry VIII.,

369

Balfour, Lord, signs the Bond of Craig-
millar, 507

Balfour, Sir John, quoted, 636
Ballard, the Jesuit, instigates the Babing-
ton conspiracy, 555

Barebone, Parliament named after, 704
Barnevelt, death of, 607
Bastwick, punishment of, 631
Bath, Lord, joins Mary, 445
Battles-Alderne, 675; Alford, 675; An-
crum Moor, 418; Arques, 565; Ather-
ton Moor, 662; Benburb, 680; Both-
well Bridge, 755; Carberry Hill, 511;
Chalgrove Field, 662; Clontarf, 691;
Copredy Bridge, 669; Courtras, 558;
Corbiesdale, 693; The Downs, 701,
735; Dreux, 502; Drumclog, 755; Dun-
bar, 695; Dungan Hill, 691; Edgehill,
660 Flodden, 371, 372; Gemblours,
533; Gravelines, 461; Halidon Rig,
416; Ivry, 565; Jarnac, 521; Jemmin-
gen, 512; Kilsyth, 675; Langport, 676;
Langside, 512; Lutter, 611; Maidstone,
686; Marignano, 374; Marston Moor,
668; Montcontour, 521; Mousehold
Hill, 433; Muhlberg, 425, 438; Nant-
wich, 668; Naseby, 676; Newburn,
643 Newbury, 664, 670: North Fore-
land, 701; Pavia, 380; Philiphaugh, 677;
Philip's Norton, 766; Pinkie, 425, 426;
Preston, 686; Rathmines, 692: Ravenna,
369; Romagnano, 380; Rowton Heath,
677; Sampford Courtenay, 433;
Mary's Clyst, 433; St. Quentin, 459;
Sedgmoor, 767; Solway Moss, 416;
Southwold Bay, 744; Spurs, 370; Stow-
on-the-Wold, 678; Stretton, 663; Tip-
permuir, 674; Torrington, 677; Winceby
Fight, 663; Worcester, 697; Zutphen, 554

St.

Bedloe, reveals the Popish Plot, 751
Bellasyse, joins Rochester's party, 770;
head of the Treasury, 774
Berkley, Judge, imprisoned, 650

Berwick, Duke of, proposal to make him
James II.'s successor, 776; Lord-Lieu-
tenant of Hampshire, 776; accompanies
James on his flight, 787

Bible, its authority supersedes the Pope's,
398; churches supplied with, 410;
Coverdale and Tyndale's translations,
410 read by the lower classes, 411;
Authorized Version prepared, 587
Blake, on the Tagus, 698; his victories
over the Dutch, 701; watching for the
Plate fleet, 708; captures it, 709; cap-
tures a second fleet, 711; his body re-
moved from Westminster Abbey, 723
Bonner, Bishop of London, imprisoned,
437; member of Mary's council, 446;
on her Church commission, 447; assists
Gardiner in persecution, 454

Bothwell, at Rizzio's death, 506; in love
with Mary, signs the Bond of Craig-
miliar, 507; murders Darnley, 508;
acquitted, 509; marries Mary, 510;
defeated, escapes, 511

Boulogne, given up to the French, 435
Boyer, Mayor of Bodmin, leader of the
Western insurgents, 432

Bradshaw, pronounces sentence against
Charles, 687; his body hanged at
Tyburn, 723

Brandon, Charles, Duke of Suffolk, mar-

ries Princess Mary, 373; commands the
army in France, 379; his claim to the
succession, 382; suppressing a riot
against Wolsey's taxation, 387; sup-
presses the Lincolnshire rebellion, 406
Brereton, besieges Chester, 677

Bridgman, Sir Orlando, attempts a mea-
sure of toleration, 740

Bristol. [See Digby.]

Brittany, united to France, 360

Brook, opposes Charles, 641

Brooke, joins the Bye Plot, 586

Buckingham, Duke of, his dress, 466
Buckingham. [See Villiers.]
Burghley. [See Cecil.]

Burgundy, supports Warbeck, 360; com-
mercial treaty with, 360
Burgundy, Philip, Duke of. [See Philip.]
Burkes, in Galway, 402; their insurrection,
540, 541; vanquished, 543

Burnet, quoted, 728, 741; translates Wil-
liam's Declaration, 783

Burton's Leicestershire, quoted, 470, 471
Burton, punishment of, 631
Butler. [See Ormond.]

Byron, Royalist general, 667

CABAL ministry, 739

Calais, defences neglected, 459; loss of,
460; effect of the loss on the nation,
461; treaty as to its restoration, 494;
proposal to restore it, 501
Campion, a Jesuit, sent to England, 546
Canons, new body of, 589

Capel, Arthur, Charles intrigues with,
684; defeated, 686; executed, 689
Capel, Earl of Essex (son of Arthur), his
character, 753; objects to extreme
measures, 758; accused of complicity
in the Rye-House Plot, commits suicide,

759

Carew, Sir Peter, attempts to suppress
the Western rebellion, 432; joins Mary,
445; rebels against her, 449; escapes to
France, 450; colonizes Munster, 537
Carr, James I's favourite, made Earl of
Rochester and Somerset, 597; his mar-
riage and disgrace, 598

Cartwright, his works, 568; organizes the
Puritans, 570

Casimir, threatens to join the Huguenots,

531

Castlehaven, leader in Ireland, 654
Castlemaine, Lady, a Catholic, 731; favours
Buckingham, 738

Cateau-Cambrésis, Treaty of, 495
Catesby, implicated in Essex's treason,
578; author of the Gunpowder Plot,
589; killed, 591

Catherine of Aragon, marries Prince
Arthur, 364; marries Henry VIII., 367;
reasons for her divorce, 382; retires,
392; divorced, her courage, a centre of
Catholic reaction, 393; corresponds
with the Nun of Kent, 394; dies, 398
Catherine of Baganza, marries Charles
II., 734; accused of complicity in the
Popish Plot, 752

Catherine Grey, betrothed to Lord Her-
bert, 441

Catherine Howard, marries Henry VIII.,
41; executed, 415

Catherine Parr, marries Henry VIII.,
415; marries Lord Seymour, 429; dies,

429

Catherine de Medici, her behaviour to
Mary, 499; regent, her views, 501, 502;
meets Alva, 504; favours the Hugue
nots, 5:1; dislikes both extremes, 525;
plans the massacre, 527; urges Eliza-
beth's marriage with Alençon, 530
Catholic faith, the Holy League, 368;
effect of the great schism, 383; sale
of indulgences, 383; Wolsey's desire to
preserve, 384; complaints against, in
Parliament, 389, 391; in Convocation,
390; Catholic reaction, 393, 394; perse-
cuted, 395, 396; suppression of the