ship-money, 630; impeached, escapes, 649
Fingal, leader in Ireland, 654 Firearms introduced, 465
Fire of London, 738; attributed to the Papists, 757
Fisher, Bishop of Rochester, imprisoned, 394; refuses the oath to the Act of Succession, 395; Cardinal, 396; exe- cuted, 396
Fitzgeralds. [See Geraldines.] Fitz-Maurice, James, brother of Desmond, his insurrection, 537; restored, 538; defeated, pardoned, 539; goes to Spain, 540; organizes an expedition, 541; lands at Dingle, killed, 542 Fitz-William, Deputy of Ireland, 538 Fleetwood, inquires into the army griev- ances, 682; at the battle of Worcester, 697; succeeds Ireton, 700; objects to Cromwell's taking the title of King, 711; nominal head of the army, 717; the army demands more power for, 718 Fleming, Judge, his views of prerogative,
Forest laws extended, 628
Francis I., his genealogy, 373; his charac- ter, conquers Milan, makes peace, 374; aims at the Empire, seeks English alliance, 377; at the Field of the Cloth of Gold, invades Spain, 378; loses Milan, excites disaffection in Scotland, 379; quarrels with Bourbon, invades Milan, imprisoned, 380; alliance with Henry VIII., 381; remonstrates on the death of More, 396; alliance with the Turks, 416; war with England and Germany, 417; dies, 427
Francis II., betrothed to Mary, 427; mar-
ried, 490; becomes King, 495; dies, 501 Frederick of Saxony, befriends Luther, 384 Frederick V., marries Elizabeth Stuart,
596; King of Bohemia, 602; dethroned, 603; disbands his army, 610
Frobisher, Sir Martin, his expedition, 570,
GARDINER, Bishop of Winchester, opposes
Cranmer, 419; imprisoned, 437; be- friended by Somerset, 440; member of Mary's Council, 446; on her Church Commission, 447; discovers the Dudley conspiracy, 449; urges the execution of Elizabeth, 451; opposition to him, fails to pass his Bills for persecution, 452; begins his persecutions, 454 Garnet, sanctions the Gunpowder Plot, 589; imprisoned, executed, 591 Garrard, quoted, 628, 629 Gates, executed, 447
George of Denmark, joins William III., 785 Geraldines, their power, 402; intrigues with Spain, 403; subdued, 404; Sidney's plan to overthrow their authority, 536; their quarrel with the Butlers, 537; their insurrection, 537, 538; defeated, 543 Gerard, his plot, his execution, 705
Gilbert, Governor of Kilmallock, 538 Giustiniani, Venetian ambassador, quoted, 466, 469
Glamorgan, [See Herbert.]
Godfrey, Sir Edmundbury, murdered, 751 Godolphin, supports the Exclusion Bill, 757; supports James, 759; member of James's Cabinet, 762; one of the Com- missioners to William III., 785 Gondomar, Spanish ambassador, urges the Spanish match, 599; thwarts Raleigh's enterprise, 601
Goring, betrays the Army Plot, 651; Royal- ist commander, 675; besieges Taunton, 675; defeated, 676; trial of, 689 Grey, genealogy of, 355
Grey, second Marquis of Dorset (grandson of Elizabeth Woodville), general in France, 369; Wolsey, tutor to his children, 375 Grey, third Marquis of Dorset (son of the second Marquis), made Duke of Suffolk, 440; remains with his daughter Lady Jane, 445; takes up arms against Mary, 449; captured, 450; executed, 451 Grey, Lady Jane, Seymour her guardian, 429; her claim to the throne, 441; made Queen, her character, 444; Renard urges her execution, 447; her death, 451 Grey, Sir William de Wilton, suppresses insurrections, 433; commands at Calais,
Grey, Sir Arthur (son of William), Deputy in Ireland, 542; defeats the Spaniards in Smerwick, 543; dies, 570
Grey, Sir Thomas (son of Arthur), in the Bye Plot, pardoned, 586
Grey, William (of Werke), leader of the Association, 662
Grey, Forde (grandson of William of Werke), joins Monmouth, 767
Grey of Groby, assists Pride, 686; chief of Anabaptists, 707
Grindal, Archbishop of Canterbury, en- forces the Act of Uniformity, 513; his character, 569
Guildford, Lord Keeper, his advice ne- glected, 762; dies, 768
Guise, Francis, Duke of, commanding in Italy, 459; massacres the Protestants at Vassy, 501; assassinated, 502
Guise, Henry, reconciled with Coligny, 526; murders Coligny, 527; his plans to invade England, 548; master of France, 558, 559; murdered, 564
Guises, genealogy of, 496; their hostility to England, 439; masters of France, 500; plots against the Protestants, 501; de- struction of the family, 502; regain power, 525; in favour with the mob, 526; hated by Catherine, 526; influence over Henry III., 531, 552; organize the Catholic League, 532; their plots against Elizabeth, 544, 547, 548; their fall, 564
HABEAS CORPUS, a writ of, demanded, 619; refused, 620; the subject discussed in Parliament, 622; Act of, passed, 753
Hales, Commissioner, quoted, 430, 431 Hales, Sir Edward, suit against, 771; flies with James II., 786
Halifax, his character, 753, 761; opposes the Exclusion Bill, 757; opposes Charles, 759; obtains Rochester's removal, 759; Lord President, 761; his opinion on Argyle's execution, 765; dismissed, 768; advises mediation, one of the Commis- sioners to William III., 785; joins Wil- liam, 786
Hamilton, Commissioner to Scotland, 639; his army, 641; Montrose jealous of, 652; plots against, 653; deprived of the Great Seal, 655; raises an army for Charles, 685; defeated, 686; executed, 689 Hammond, Governor of the Isle of Wight, 685; summoned to London, 685 Hampden, Edward, demands writ of Habeas Corpus, 619
Hampden, John, refuses to pay ship- money, 620; his calmness, 656; attempt to arrest him, 657; commander in the army, 660; remonstrates with Essex, killed, 662
Harrington's Nuga Antiquae quoted, 597 Harrison, brings Charles to London, 687; assists Cromwell, 703; imprisoned, 707 Haselrig, Sir Arthur, Charles I. attempts to arrest him, 657; member of Crom- well's Upper House, 712; opposes Richard Cromwell, 717; excepted from the amnesty, 723
Hastings, Sir Edward, brings Elizabeth to London, opposes Gardiner, 452 Hatton, Sir Christopher, dies, 570 Hawkins, Sir John, his privateering, 516; reveals the Spanish Plot, 524; improves the fleet, 560
Heath, Bishop of Worcester, imprisoned, 437
Heaveningham, demands a writ of Habeas Corpus, 619
Henderson, Presbyterian, 652; rewarded, 653
Heneage, clerical Commissioner, 406 Henrietta Maria, proposed marriage with Charles, 606; terms of the marriage treaty, 612; her chapels crowded, 619; her household dismissed, 621; goes to Holland, 658; returns, 662 Henry VII., his character, 356; suppresses the Yorkists, 359; establishes the Star Chamber, 359; his perfidy to Brittany, 359; makes treaties with France and Burgundy, 360; suppresses Warbeck, 361; negotiates with Spain, his economy, 362; severity to the nobles, alliance with Scotland, 363; with Spain, death of his wife, 364; proposals for a second mar- riage, 364, 365; his exactions, effects of his rule, dies, 365; his dislike to Henry VIII.'s marriage with Catherine, 367 Henry VIII., marriage with Catherine sug- gested, 364; his education, his beauty, marries Catherine, 367; his popularity, 368; his disinterested motives in joining
the Holy League, 368, 369; his disap- pointment, invades France, 370; refuses the demands of Scotland, 371; makes peace with France, 372; Wolsey gains his favour, 375; a candidate for the Empire, 377; visits Francis, visits Charles, 378; jealous of Francis, 378; revives the old claims on France, 380; alliance with France, 381; desires a divorce, 382; writes against Luther, Defender of the Faith, 384; loves Anne Boleyn, 385; his anger against Wolsey, favours Cromwell, 388; disputes the authority of the Pope, appeals to the Universities, 390; called Head of the Church, 390, 395; takes Anne Boleyn to France, marries her, 392; excommuni- cated, 395; persecutes More and Fisher, 395, 396; political character of his re- formation, 398; executes Anne Boleyn, 399; marries Jane Seymour, 400; climax of his power, 401; dislikes the disorders of the Reformers, 411; marries Anne of Cleves, 413; executes Cromwell, di- vorces Anne, marries Catherine Howard, 414; tries to win James V., executes Catherine, marries Catherine Parr, 415; war with Scotland and France, 416, 417; his old age, 419; dies, 420; character, 420, 421; his will, 423, 441; his display of wealth, 466; his love of building, 486; his sympathy with the people, 584 Henry II., of France, his character, 427;
alliance with England, 439; doubts as to assisting the Dudley conspiracy, re- ceives the exiles, 458; induced by Paul IV. to break the truce with Spain, 459; makes peace with Elizabeth, 494; dies,
Henry III., proposed marriage with Eliza- beth, 521; rejected, 523; defeated by the Huguenots, 530; becomes King, 530; refuses the sovereignty of the Netherlands, 552; his character, 556; league against him, 558; flies from Paris, 559; murdered, 564
Henry IV., genealogy of, 501; marries Margaret of Valois, 526; imprisoned, escapes, 531; threatened by Guise, 532; raises the South of France, defeats the Guises, becomes King, 564; character of, enters Paris, issues the Edict of Nantes, 565; his dealings with Elizabeth, 566; seeks the friendship of James I., 585; supports the Protestant Princes of Ger- many, assassinated, 596
Henry, son of James I., character of, dies,
Herbert, Sir William, opposes Somerset, 434; coins false money, 436; made Earl of Pembroke, 440
Herbert, Sir Henry (son of Sir William), betrothed to Lady Catherine Grey, 441 Herbert, Lord Glamorgan, negotiates with the Irish, 676: the treaty discovered, 677; imprisoned, 680
Herbert, Admiral, takes the letter of in-
Hooper, made Bishop of Gloucester, 437; burnt, 454
Hope, advises the renewal of the Cove- nant, 639
Hopper, Sir George, aids Wyatt, 450 Hopton, Royalist general, 661; defeats Stamford, 663; defeated, 677 Hotham, at Hull, 658, 659; his treason, executed, 663
Houghton, Prior of the Charterhouse, per- secuted, 395
Howard, Thomas, Earl of Surrey (second Duke of Norfolk), member of Henry VIII.'s ministry, 367; commanding at Flodden, 371; defeats Albany, 379; commanding in France, 379 Howard, Thomas, third Duke of Norfolk, head of the nobles in the Council, 377; his assistance needed against the Suf- folk rebellion, 387; chief Minister, 388; suppresses the Northern rebellion, 407; 408; head of the reactionary party, passes the Six Articles, 412; invades Scotland, 416; intrigues against Somer- set, 420; his execution ordered, 420; marches against Wyatt, 450
Howard, Henry (son of the third Duke),
Earl of Surrey, sent to Ireland, 403; defeated near Boulogne, 418; his in- trigues against Somerset, executed, 420 Howard, Henry, Earl of Northampton (son of Henry, Earl of Surrey), dies, 597 Howard, Catherine (niece of the third Duke of Norfolk), marries Henry VIII., 414; executed, 415
Howard, Lord William (brother of the third Duke), opposes Wyatt, 450; brings Elizabeth to London, opposes Gardiner, 452
Howard, Sir Charles, of Effingham (son
of William), persuades Elizabeth to sign the warrant against Mary, 557; his ex- ertions save the fleet, 560; supports Essex's policy, 571; made Earl of Not- tingham, 572
Howard, Thomas (fourth Duke of Nor- folk), proposal to marry Mary of Scot- land, 515 his character, 517; appre- hended, 518; joins the Ridolfi Plot, 522; executed, 524
Howard, Earl of Suffolk (son of the fourth Duke of Norfolk), Lord Chancellor, 597; procures the divorce of his daughter, 598
Howard, Frances, daughter of Suffolk,
marries Rochester, 597; murders Over- bury, 598; pardoned, 599
Howard, Thomas, Earl of Arundel, im- prisoned, 616; liberated, 622
Howard, William, Lord Stafford, son of Thomas, accused by Oates, 754; exe- cuted, 757
Howard, William (of Escrick), reveals Rye-House Plot, 759
Huguenots, open antagonism
Government, 500; massacred at Vassy, 501; helped by Elizabeth, 502; helped by the privateers, 516; obtain power, 521; sympathy with Orange, 525; Mas- sacre of St. Bartholomew, 526, 527; organize themselves as a republic, 531; crushed by the Guises, 532; make an organized rebellion, 558; their position under Henry IV., 564; toleration granted by the Edict of Nantes, 565; negotiate with Louis XIV., 613; ask English help, 621; Edict of Nantes revoked, 768 Huntly, defeated at Corrichie, 503; escapes after Rizzio's murder, 506; signs the Bond of Craigmillar, 507; his property restored to him, 510
Huntly, supports Charles I., 640, 641 Hyde, Sir Nicholas, Chief Justice, 620 Hyde, Edward, Earl of Clarendon, quoted, 627; Charles I.'s Counsellor, 655; Minister of Charles II., 707; advises the Declaration of Breda, 720: his Church views, 725; supports the Act of Indemnity, 726; his policy, 730; his ecclesiastical legislation, 732; opposition to him, 733; instrumental in the sale of Dunkirk, 733, 734; impeached, banished, 739
Hyde, Henry (eldest son of Edward), second Earl of Clarendon, Lord-Lieu- tenant of Ireland, 774; dismissed, 774 Hyde, Laurence (second son of Edward), Earl of Rochester, supports Charles II., 759; rivalry with Halifax, 759; his character, made Lord Treasurer, 761; head of the moderate party, 769; decline of his influence, 770; dismissed, 774 Hyde, Anne (daughter of Edward), mar- ries James II., 730
INCHIQUIN, Lord, defeats Taafe, becomes Royalist, 691
Incident, The, 653 Independents, persecuted, 568; influence of, 666; rise of, 670, 671; their motive in joining the army, 675; power in Parliament, 682; their objects, 683 Intercourse, the Great, 360, 469 Interim, The, 438
Ireland, supports Simnel, 358; supports Warbeck, 359; Poynings' Law estab- lished, 362; condition of, 401, 402; in- surrection of the Fitzgeralds, 403, 404; affairs in, 535-543; Tyrone's insurrection, 577-579; affairs in, 632-6.6; rebellion, 654, 655; truce with, 667; treaty with, 674; Irish war in Parliamentary hands,
680; Jones' campaign in, 691, 692; Crom- well subdues, 692, 693; settlement of, 772-774
Ireton, at Naseby, 676; inquires into the army grievances, 682; in Ireland, 692; takes command of the Irish war, 693; dies, 700
Isabella of Castile, her claim to the throne, 576
Italian Relation, quoted, 464, 467, 470, 474, 484, 485
JAMAICA, capture of, 708
James I., born, 507; Mary visits him, 510; made King of Scotland, 511; supported by Murray, 518; negotiates with Eliza- beth, 545; captured by the Protestant Lords, 546; escapes, offers assistance to Guise, 548; establishes the Episcopal Church, deserts his mother, 550; his selfishness, 556; quarrels with Philip, 558; his claim to the throne, 576; his negotiation with Cecil and Essex, 577; his views of royalty, 583, 584; comes to England, 585; his foreign policy, 585; his conduct to the Bishops, 587; dis- pleases Puritans and Catholics, 589; his character, 592; sympathy with the peasantry, 593; sends troops to aid the German Protestant Princes, 596; his love for favourites, 597; his foreign policy, 599; his dislike of Parliaments, 600; refuses to help the Elector Frede- rick, 602, 603; his speech on the Under- takers, 603; his arbitrary conduct, 604; sends Charles to Spain, 605; dies, 606 his conduct in Scotland, 606, 607; advises Frederick V. to disband his troops, 610
James II., Duke of York, defeated by Turenne, 713; marries Anne Hyde, 730; a Catholic, 731; admiral, 735; contrast to Charles II., 742; fights against the Dutch, 744; resigns his admiralty, 745; leaves England, Exclusion Bill brought in, 752; exacts a declaration of Mon- mouth's illegitimacy, 754; his cruelty to the Covenanters, presented as a Popish recusant, 756; returns to Scotland, 757; Exclusion Bill rejected, 757; returns to the Council, 759; under obligation to Halifax, 761; collects the customs il- legally, 762; his objects, 763, 764; his cruelty to Monmouth, 767; his favour to Jeffreys, 762, 768; breaks the Test Act, 768; excites the opposition of Parliament and of the Church, 769; asserts his dispensing power, 771; interferes with the Oxford Colleges, 771; destroys the Act of Settlement in Ireland, favours Irish Catholics, issues a Declaration of Indulgence, 774; fears his Parliament, visits Oxford, 775; attempts to obtain a favourable Parlia- ment, 776; orders his Declaration of Indulgence to be read in churches, 777; tries the seven Bishops, 778; offends
both Church and army, 780; refuses help from Louis XIV., 782; his con- cessions, 783; narrow escape, deserted, determines to fly, 785; escapes, 786; captured, final escape to France, 787 James Edward, his birth, 778; taken to France, 785; ignored by Danby, 788 James III., of Scotland, supports War- beck, 361; his character and death, 363 James IV., marries Margaret, 363; quar- rels with Henry VIII., 370
James V., trained to hate England, marries Mary of Guise, rejects the offers of Henry VIII., 415; hated by his nobles, dies, 416
Jane Seymour. [See Seymour.] Jane Grey. [See Grey.]
Jeffreys, Judge, promoted, 762; his cruel- ties, 763; his Bloody Assizes, 768; head of the High Commission Court, 771; his conduct to the Universities, 775; Lord- Lieutenant, 776; advises the trial of the Bishops, 778; rescued from the mob, 786 Jermyn, his part in the Army Plot, 651 Jernyngham, favourite of Mary, 458 Jews, their return desired by Cromwell, 708
Joanna of Castile, marries Philip, 364;
Henry VII. proposes to marry her, 365 John, Don, of Austria, proposal to marry Mary, 517; Regent of the Netherlands, intends to invade England, 532 Johnston of Warriston, advises renewal of the Covenant, 639; made Lord of Session, 653; executed, 729
Jones, Michael, Presbyterian commander in Ireland, 680; defeats Preston, 691; defeats Ormond, 692
Joyce, Cornet, gets possession of Charles I., 682
Juliers and Cleves, disputed succession to, 595, 596
Juxon, Bishop of London, Treasurer, 631
KET, leader of the Eastern insurgents, 432; his conduct, 433; executed, 433 Keymis, his discoveries on the Orinoco, 600; his suicide, 601
Kildare, Earl of, supports Simnel, 358; summoned to London, 362; restored, 363; his position, hereditary Deputy, 402; three times recalled and rein- stated, 403
Kimbolton. [See Mandeville.] Kirkaldy of Grange, executed, 528 Kirke, his cruelties, 768; deserts to William III., 785
Knowles, Sir Francis, in Elizabeth's Coun- cil, 492
LATIMER, Bishop of Worcester, imprisoned, 447; burnt, 456; sermons quoted, 436, 465, 470-473, 476
Lamb, Dr., murdered, 625 Lambert. [See Simnel.]
Lambert, Parliamentary general, 686; at Dunbar, 696; defeats the Protesters,
697; at Worcester, 697; objects to the title of King, 711; suppresses a riot, taken prisoner by Monk, 719; escapes, reimprisoned, 720; excepted from the amnesty, 723; imprisoned for life, 727 La Rochelle, siege of, 613, 621, 624 Laud, Archbishop of Canterbury, licenses Sibthorpe's sermon, 618; made Bishop of London, 626; Charles's adviser, 630; aims at the pre-eminence of the Church, 631; suppresses the Irish Puritans, 633; his measures in Scotland, 637; his new canons, 643; impeached, 649 Lauderdale, Charles's agent, 684; Secre-
tary for Scotland, 728; supersedes Mid- dleton, 729; member of the Cabal ministry, 739; remains in office, 745; connives at Louis XIV.'s intrigues, 748; persecutes the Covenanters, 754 Lauzun, escorts the Queen and Prince to France, 785
Lawson, Commander of the fleet, 719 League of Cambrai, 368, 375
League, the Holy, 368; dissolved, 372 Learning, of the Church, 474, 480; of the laity, 384, 476, 477; Greek admitted to the universities, 476; foundation schools, 478; of Henry VIII., 367; of Edward VI., 441, 477; of Lady Jane Grey, 444, 451, 477; of Elizabeth, 477, 490; of Cromwell's son, 477
Legh and Leyton, visit the monasteries, 397, 480; quoted, 478, 479, 481, 482 Leicester. [See Dudley.] Leighton, punishment of, 631 Lennox, Earl of (father of Darnley), goes to Scotland, 503; demands Bothwell's trial, 509; Regent, 520; murdered, 525 Lennox. [See Stuart.]
Lenthall, Speaker, removed, 703; re- turns, 718
Leopold, Emperor, receives Juliers and Cleves, 595
Lerma, suggests the Spanish match, 599 Leslie, Alexander, Scotch commander, 640; his skill, 641; made Earl of Leven, 653; assembles an army against Charles, 664; enters England, 668; at Marston Moor, 669; at Dunbar, 694
Leslie, David, conquers Montrose, 677; at Dunbar, 694, 695;
Levellers, rise of, 684; spread of, 689; suppressed, 690, 691; bitterness of, 705 Lilburne, his pamphlets, 689
Lindsay, outlawed, 507; assists in the Raid of Ruthven, 545 Lindsay, Royalist general, 659
Literature of the Elizabethan period, 574,
Littleton, becomes a courtier, 625; counsel against Hampden, 630; flies to Charles,
Liturgy, ordered to take the place of the Breviary, 419; approved by Parlia- ment, 430; its removal demanded, 432; order to destroy all except the Prayer
Book, 437; revised, 492, 494; pro- tected by the new Canons in James I.'s reign, 589; the Service Book en- forced in Scotland, 638; a Directory appointed in the place of the Prayer Book, 666; proposal to revise the Liturgy, 725; amended by Convocation, 727 Lockhart, ambassador to France, 711; acknowledges the Rump, 718 Lockyer, the Leveller, shot, 690 London, description of, 485, 486; trade of, 798; condition of, 800, 801
Louis of Nassau, defeated, 512; captures Mons, 526 killed at Mook Heath, 529 Louis XII., his war in Italy, 368; makes peace, 372; marries Princess Mary, 372; dies, 373
Louis XIV., negotiates with the Hugue- nots, 613, 621; his respect for Cromwell, 713; his ambition, his marriage, 734; negotiates with Holland, 735; pensions Charles II., 736; invades the Nether- lands, 740; his projects, secret negotia- tions, 742; distrusts Charles, 746; bribes him, 747-749; reveals the Secret treaty, 750; pensions James II., 762; persecutes the Huguenots, 768; champion of the Jesuits, 770; excites the anger of Holland and of the Pope, 781; his offer of help to James rejected, 782; receives James courteously, 787 Lovel, his insurrection, 358 Lowdon, Scotch Commissioner, arrested, 642; Lord Chancellor, 653
Ludlow, Parliamentary general in Ireland,
Maitland of Lethington, received into favour, 507; signs the bond of Craig- millar, 507; character of, supports Mary, 518 corresponds with Elizabeth, 520; dies, 528
Major-generals, Cromwell's, appointed, 707; withdrawn, 709 Malary, imprisoned, 604
Malby, President in Connaught, 540; lays waste the Burkes' country, 541; kills Fitz-Maurice, 542
Mandeville (Lord Manchester), attempt to arrest him, 657; leader of the Associa- tion, 662; at Marston Moor, 668; sum- moned to the West, 669; his quarrel with Cromwell, 670, 671; excluded by
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