Army, the Irish, resolution taken to levy,
ix. 96; Strafford suggests the employ
ment of, in England, 122; feelings of
Englishmen at the prospect of an inva-
sion by, 126; is ordered to rendezvous
at Carrickfergus, 156; Strafford ap-
pointed commander of, 183; complaint
in the House of Commons of the pre-
ponderance of Catholics in, and of the
seizure of Londonderry by, 254; fresh
report of Erle on, 255; Vane declares
that it should be kept on foot till the
Scottish army is disbanded, ib. ; Erle re-
ports that Strafford is still in command
of, 289; alleged intention of landing it
at Milford Haven, ib.; charge brought
against Strafford of intending to bring
over, 318; Charles again refuses to dis-
band, 323; reiterated demand of the
Lords for the disbandment of, 325; fresh
charges against Strafford in connection
with, ib.; proposal to bring to Ports-
mouth, 343; Charles once more refuses
to disband, 344; Charles promises to dis-
band, 374 is to be brought together
again to seize Dublin Castle, x. 7; is
broken up, 10
Army, the Parliamentary, the Houses
vote for the raising of, x., 209; its levy
ordered, and Essex appointed general
of, 211
Army, the Scottish, is collected at Dunglas,
ix. 22; occupies Kelso, 27; encamps on
Dunse Law, 30; prepares for the inva-
sion of England, 169; is posted at
Cho celee Wood, 180; is believed in
Northumberland not to be ready to in-
vade England, 182; the way open for an
invasion of England by, 184: invades
England, and conducts itself well in
Northumberland, 189; routs Conway at
Newburn, 194; occupies Newcastle, 195;
occupies Durham and the line of the
Tees, 197; supplication that their griev
ances may be redressed with the advice
of an English Parliament sent to Charles
by, 201; demands a contribution from
Northumberland and Durham, 203; defeat
of a party of horse belonging to, 206; de-
mand of 40,000l. a month made for the sup-
port of, 211; agreement that the Northern
counties shall support, until peace is con-
cluded, 214; Charles unable to dissolve
the Long Parliament unless he can make
payment to, 219; hardships endured by
the Northern counties from, 294; receives
money assigned to the English army, 308:
day fixed on which it is to recross the
Tweed, x. 1; is reviewed by the King,
5; recrosses the Tweed, and disbands,
6; dismissal of the last remnants of, 20
Armyn, Sir William, is appointed a Parlia-
mentary Commissioner to attend the
King in Scotland, x. 4
Articles of Perth, the five, are proposed by
James, iii. 222; postponement of the
consideration of, 223; James's speech in
recommendation of, 228; postponement
of the consideration of four of, 229; oppo-
sition to, 234; adoption of, 236; enforce-
ment of, 237; fresh attempt to enforce,
vii. 274; receive Parliamentary confir
mation, 275; partial suspension of, 278;
continued opposition to, viii 305:
Charles abandons, 363; the Assembly of
Glasgow abolishes, 373
Articles, the Thirty-nine, partial subscrip
tion to, authorised by Parliament, i. 32;
declaration prefixed by Charles to, vii.
21; acknowledged by the Commons in
the form accepted by Parliament in
Elizabeth's reign, 41; dispute about the
authority ascribed to the Church in, 48;
are adopted by the Irish Convocation,
viii. 53
Artificers' petition, the, x. 162
Arundel, Countess of, accompanies Charles
and Henrietta Maria from Dover to Can-
terbury, V., 334; hurries on a marriage
between her son and Elizabeth Stuart,
vi. 72; speaks to Con of the improved
position of the Catholics, viii. 242
Arundel, Earl of, 1604 (Thomas Howard),
restitution of his title, i. 108; visits
Raleigh on board the 'Destiny,' iii. 57;
moves that the examinations in Bacon's
case may be brought in, iv. 89; asks
that Bacon may not be summoned to the
bar, 93; protests against a proposal to
deprive Bacon of his peerage, 102;
quarrels with Lord Spencer, 114; wishes
Yelverton to be condemned without being
heard, 115; is sent to the Tower, 116;
becomes Earl Marshal, 137; goes to
Ghent to attend the deathbed of his son,
v. 69; votes against war with Spain, 178;
opposes Buckingham, vi. 71; is sent to
the Tower for conniving at his son's
marriage, 72; his case taken up by the
Peers, 91; is removed to his own house,
92; Charles is angry at the message of
the Peers about, 108; liberation of, 115:
is sent back into confinement, 123; is
restored to his seat in Parlament at the
instance of the Lords, 231; proposes
modifications in the Commons' resolutions
on imprisonment, 259; wishes to find a
formula which will leave the King a
discretionary power of imprisonment in
cases of necessity, 277: draws up an
amendment to the Petition of Right,
279; proposes a declaration to the King,
288; is restored to favour, 335; is re-
stored to his place in the Council, 371;
is selected for an embassy to Vienna,
vii. 102; is sent by Charles to invite
Elizabeth to England, 208; argues in
favour of the eastern position of the
communion-table, 311; is selected to be
ambassador to Vienna, viii. 102; shows
his pictures and statues to Panzani,
136; receives instructions for his em
bassy to the Emperor, 158; arrives at
Vienna, 159; on the rejection of his
terms, asks to be recalled, 160; is re-
called, 163; returns to Englar.d, and
argues in favour of a French alliance, 202 speaks harshly to the Vintners' Company, 286; is entrusted with the fortification of the Border fortresses, 349; votes for war with Scotland, 350; appointed General of the army in the first Bishops' War, 385; disapproves of the letter written by the Covenanters to Essex, ix. 12; reads the King's procla mation at Dunse, 23; conferences for peace in the tent of, 38; is appointed to command the forces south of the Trent, 191; thinks it strange that the Scots should be asked to join in reformation of religion, 202; appointed Lord Steward of the Household and Speaker of the House of Lords, to preside over Strafford's trial during Lyttelton's illness, 302; protects Vane from improper questions, 320; is called upon by a mob to do justice on Strafford, 349
Ashburnham, John, is sent to Paris to make overtures of peace, vi. 181
Ashburnham, William, wishes the army to present a petition in support of the King, ix. 308
Ashby-de-la-Zouch, Henry Hastings at, x.
Ashley, Serjeant, argues that the question
of imprisonment is too high to be settled by a legal decision, vi. 257 Assembly of divines, nominated by the House of Commons, x. 190 Assembly of the Church of Scotland, the General, approves the second Book of Discipline, i. 47; negotiations of James with, 68; assents to the King's plan for a clerical representation in Parliament, 72; resists James's wish to appoint bishops, 76; James wishes to forbid the meetings of, 303; meets at Aberdeen, 306; is prohibited from meeting, 308; meets at Linlithgow, and gives no support to Melville and Forbes, ii. 30; accepts episcopacy, 102; authorises the preparation of a new Prayer Book, 221; meets at St. Andrew's, and agrees to one of the King's five articles, 229; meets at Perth, and adopts the others, 234; its meeting authorised by Charles, viii. 360; dispute as to the constitution of, 361; Hamilton's instructions about the elections to, 362; is summoned to meet at Glasgow, 363; election of, 365; representative character of, 365; meets at Glasgow, 368; elects a Moderator and clerk, 359; declares itself constituted, 370; is dissolved by Hamilton, but remains in session, 371; re-establishes Presbyterianism, 373: elections ordered for, ix. 44; Charles directs the bishops to protest against the legality of, 48; meets at Edinburgh, and abolishes episcopacy, 49; protest of Traquair of the sense in which the King consents to the abolition of episiopacy by, 50 Asti, Treaty of, iii. 49
Astley, Sir Jacob, sent to the North to
muster the trained bands, viii. 333, reports unfavourably of his soldiers, 164: gathers troops at Selby, 185; joins Con way at Newcastle, 192; attempts to rally his men on the hill opposite New burn, 194; evacuates Newcastle, 195: dislikes being superseded by Goring, 324 is sounded on the feasibility of bringing the army to London, 398: refuses to have to do with the second Army Plot, 400
Aston, Lord (Walter Aston), is sent as ambassador to Madrid, viii. 83; see Aston, Sir Walter
Aston, Sir Walter, sent as ambassador to Spain, iii. 326; inquires whether Philip IV. means to go on with the marriage treaty, iv. 190; repeats the words which had been used by Philip in assurance of his intention to proceed with the treaty, v. 52; objects to the proposal to educate the Electoral Prince at Vienna, 108; expresses astonishment at a letter of Philip III. read by Olivares, 112; see Aston, Lord
At a solemn music, Milton's lines, vii. 270 Athol, Earl of, 1629-1642 (John Murray), is attacked and imprisoned by Argyle, ix. 166
Attainder of Strafford, the Bill of, proposal of, ix. 329; first reading of, in the Commons, 330; second reading of, 335 is discussed in committee, 336; third reading of, 338; is read a second time in the House of Lords, 341; St. John's argument on the legality of, 344; gains ground in the House of Lords, 345; is read a third time in the Lords, 361: deputations from the Lords urge Charles to assent to, 363; the Royal assent given to, 367
Aubrey, Christopher, charges Bacon with bribery, iv. 58
Augsburg, Peace of, ii. 88; entry of Gustavus into, vii. 197
Austria, spread of Protestantism in, iii. 262; Maximilian's invasion of, 367: rising of the peasants in, vi. 139
Austria, the House of, fortunate marriages of, iii. 261; renewed alliance between the two branches of, vii. 353
Aylesbury, burning of houses by mutineers at, ix. 133
Ayr, alleged to be the spot where the Irish army was to have landed, ix. 320 Aytona, Marquis of, overpowers the revo lutionists in the Spanish Netherlands, vii. 347
BABWORTH, Clifton's preaching at, iv. 147 Bacon, Sir Francis, his tract on the memory of Elizabeth, i. 12; distrusts Presbyterianism, 23; his scheme for the pacification of the Church, 146; political abilities of, 164 comments on the proposed title of King of Great Britain, 177; is capable of reconciling James
and the Commons, 194; becomes a
King's Counsel, 195; completes The
Advancement of Learning, 297; advo
cates the grant of supply, 298; hopes to
become Solicitor-General, 299; is passed
over, 300 speaks in favour of a union
with Scotland, 332; becomes Solicitor-
General, 340; gives advice on the plan-
tation of Ulster, 435; speaks at a
conference on the commutation of feudal
tenures, ii. 68; takes part in the debate
on impositions, 76, 78; his opinion on
Legate's case, 129; offers to become
Secretary after Salisbury's death, 146;
argues against Whitelocke, 189; his
theory of government, and moral cha-
racter, 191; advises the King to call
another Parliament, 201; gives his
opinion on the mode in which Parlia-
ment is to be met, 204; applies in
vain for the Mastership of the Wards,
206; advises the appointment of Coke
to the Chief Justiceship of the King's
Bench, 207; becomes Attorney-General,
208; gives a masque at Somerset's mar-
riage, 210; his opinion on the right way
of dealing with Sutton's Hospital, 214;
is permitted to sit as Attorney-General
in the House of Commons, 236; attempts
to persuade the Commons to give up
the inquiry into the Undertakers, 238;
failure of his attempt to reconcile the
King and the Commons, 250; his charge
against St. John, 269; is present at
Peacham's torture, 274; advises the
King on Peacham's case, 277; applies
to Coke for his opinion, 278; tries to
conceal Coke's opinion, 280; his view
of Owen's case, 304; takes part in the
examination of Cotton, 347; his opinion
on the evidence against Somerset, 348;
prepares himself to prosecute, 352; con-
ducts the prosecution of Somerset, 354;
writes to the King on the policy to be
adopted in order to meet Parliament
successfully, 366; advises a proclama-
tion to forbid the wearing of silk, 389;
view taken of the constitutional position
of the judges by, iii. 2; produces a writ
de rege inconsulto, 7; his argument
in support of it, 9; writes to the King
on Coke's attack on Chancery, 12;
directs Coke not to proceed with the case
of commendams, 14; gives an opinion
on the judges' oath, 17; becomes a Privy
Councillor, 19; his advice to Sir G. Vil-
liers, 28; assists Villiers, 31 ; obtains from
Montague an engagement to admit
Heath and Shute to Roper's office, 35;
converses with Raleigh on his scheme
for securing the Mexico fleet, 48; his
views on the Spanish alliance, 62; pro-
poses additional instructions to Digby,
63; becomes Lord Keeper, 78; takes
his seat in Chancery, 82; corresponds
with Buckingham, 83; hears of the
marriage proposed for Sir John V lliers,
88; quarrels with Winwood, 89; remcn-
strates with Buckingham, 90; writes to
the King and Buckingham about the
affair of Frances Coke, 93; is forced to
apologise, 91; cause of Buckingham's
dissatisfaction with, 96; is restored to
favour, 97; becomes Lord Chancellor,
and Lord Verulam, 102 (Lord Verulam,
1618-1621); appointed a Commissioner
to examine Raleigh, 141; draws up the
King's Declaration on Raleigh's pro-
ceedings, 152; becomes a Commissioner
of the Treasury, 189; draws Jaines's
attention to the state of the finances,
196; his opinion on Suffolk's intercep-
tion of money intended for Ireland, 209;
supports Shute's candidature for the
Recordership, 217; calls attention to
the falling off of the recusancy fines, 282;
prepares a draft proclamation for sum-
moning Parliament, 378; speaks of the
prerogative as the perfection of the
common law, 380; his opinion of Cade-
net, 390; becomes Viscount St. Alban,
393 (Viscount St. Alban, 1621-1626);
Ben Jonson's lines on the birthday of,
ib.; writes the Novum Organum, 394;
philosophical and political position of,
395, foreign policy of, 397; is connected
with the grant of monopolies, iv. 2;
is consulted on the patent for inns, 3;
part taken by, in the monopoly of gold
and silver thread, 13. suggests that
bonds shall be taken not to sell unlicensed
gold and silver thread, 17; confirms
Yelverton's committal of the silk-mer-
cers, 18; protectionist policy advocated
by, 19; advises the withdrawal of some
of the patents, 20; tells Mandeville that
wood is dear at Newmarket, 24; replies
to the charges against the referees, and
is called to order, 50; asks the King to
protect him, 53; is blamed for his prac
tice in issuing bills of conformity, 57;
is charged with taking a bribe from
Aubrey, 58; and from Edward Egerton,
60; believes the charges to be trumped
up, 66; appeals to Buckingham for sup-
port, 67; illness of, 68; James recom-
mends the appointment of a new tribu-
nal to try the case of, ib. ; asks the Lords
for time to answer his accusers, 72; his-
tory of his connection with Lady Whar
ton's case, ib.; discussion of his alleged
corruption, 78; further charges brought
against, 81; regains his cheerfulness,
82; Buckingham abandons the defence
of, 87; his memoranda on his conduct,
88; has an interview with the King, ib.;
evidence reported to the Lords against,
89; writes to the King, 90; relinquishes
his defence, 91: submits to the Lords,
92; asks leave to explain special points
94 comments on the charges against
him, 95; acknowledges that he has been
guilty of corruption, 99; surrenders the
Great Seal, 101; is sentenced, 102; esti-
mate of the career of, 104; causes of his
failure, 105; monarchical theories of,
107; imprisonment and release of, 132;
writes the History of Henry VII., ib.:
jests at Mandeville's loss of office, 227;
refuses to sell York House, 277 is par-
doned, and has his fine remitted, but
is not allowed to live in London, ib.;
gives up his house, and is permitted to
come to London, 278; his name removed
by Charles from the list of Privy Coun-
cillors, v. 319; death of, vi. 121; extract
from his essay on innovations, 313
Baden-Durlach. George Frederick, Mar-
grave of, raises an army, iv. 294; joins
Mansfeld against Tilly, 309: is defeated
at Wimpfen, 310; offers to join Mansfeld
with an army, 313; is defeated at Heili-
genhafen, vi. 186
Bagg, Sir James, shares in victualling the
fleet for the expedition to Cadiz, vi. 23;
becomes a partner in the Vice-Admiralty
of Devon, 144; writes that he has no
money to buy provisions for the expedi-
tion at Rhé, 191; cannot account for
money owing to the soldiers, 218; case
of, in the Star Chamber, viii. 89; escapes
punishment, 91
Bailey, Captain, deserts Raleigh, iii. 114
Baillie, Robert, his position in the Scottish
Church, viii. 312; regrets the violence of
the rioters, 321; describes the condition
of the army on Dunse Law, ix. 31; pub-
lishes Ladensium αὐτοκατάκρις, 140;
compares the Protestation to the Cove-
nant, 354
Balcanqual, Walter (Dean of Rochester,
1625, of Durham, 1639), writes the Large
Declaration and becomes Dean of Dur-
ham, viii. 391; flies from Durham, ix. 197
Balfour, Sir James, is ordered to read the
King's proclamation at Edinburgh, ix. 13
Balfour, Sir William, is to be sent to Ger-
many to raise horse, vi. 224; is sent on
a complimentary mission to Mary de
Medicis, vii. 186; is ordered to admit
Billingsley into the Tower, ix. 348; refuses
him admission, 349; refuses a bribe from
Strafford, 366; tells Strafford that he
cannot see Laud without leave from Par-
liament, 368; resigns the Lieutenancy of
the Tower, x. 108
Ballad on the Laudian clergy, viii. 128
Ballard, a Jesuit, is struck by Sir E. Verney
at Madrid, v. 102
Ballot, proposal made in the Scottish Par-
liament to vote by, x. 21
Balmerino, 1st Lord, 1604-1612 (James
Elphinstone), disputes of, with the clergy,
308; is sent to England, ii. 31; ac-
knowledges that he had obtained surrep-
titiously a letter from James to the Pope,
32; is condemned to death, 33
Balmerino, 2nd Lord, 1612 (John Elphin-
stone), asks Rothes to show to Charles
Haig's supplication, vii. 293; shows the
paper to his notary, 294; is tried and
found guilty of concealing a libel, 295;
is pardoned, 296; takes part in the revi
sion of the Covenant, viii. 330; advocates
the holding of a session of Parliament in
defiance of the King's order to prorogue
it, ix. 150
Baltimore, 1st Lord, 1624-1632 (George
Calvert), is excluded from Charles's Privy
Council, v. 319; is asked for an opinion
on a peace with Spain, vi. 162; accom-
panies Buckingham to Newmarket, 163;
founds a colony in Newfoundland, visits
Virginia, and receives a grant of Mary-
land, viii. 177; death of, ib. See Calvert,
George; Calvert, Sir George
Baltimore, 2nd Lord, 1632 (Cecil Calvert),
takes up his father's project of settling a
colony in Maryland, viii. 177; his position
as proprietor of Maryland, 178; appoints
his brother as Governor, 180
Banbury, refuses to billet soldiers, vi. 228;
Puritanism of, viii. 93
Banbury, Earl of, 1626-1632 (William
Knollys), refuses to ask for ship-money
in 1628, vi. 227. See Wallingford, Vis
Banbury, the hundred of, refusal to pay
ship-money in, viii. 83
Bancroft, John (Bishop of Oxford, 1632),
becomes Bishop of Oxford, vii. 314
Bancroft, Richard (Bishop of London,
1597, Archbishop of Canterbury, 1604-
1610), his behaviour at the Hampton
Court Conference, i. 153; presides in
Convocation, and draws up canons, 195;
becomes Archbishop of Canterbury, 196;
directs that all curates and lecturers shall
accept the canons of 16. 4, 197; takes the
lead in drawing up the canons of 1606,
289; draws up Articuli Cleri, ii. 36;
asserts that the King may take causes
out of the hands of the judges, 38; takes
up the case of the ecclesiastical lawyers,
41; death of, 119
Banda Islands. the Dutch in, iii. 163
Bandino, Cardinal, announces to Gage the
terms on which the Infanta's marriage
will be allowed, iv. 351
Baner, General, gains a victory at Witt-
stock, viii. 163; marches through Thu-
ringia, ix. 56
Bankes, Sir John (Attorney-General, 1634 :
Chief Justice of the Common Pleas,
1641), becomes Attorney-General, vii.
366; argues for the Crown in Hampden's
case, viii. 275; gives a legal opinion on
the extent of the King's military autho-
rity, 350; becomes Chief Justice of the
Common Pleas, ix. 263; signs the pro-
testation of the peers at York, x. 205
Bantam, Dale's arrest at, iii. 179
Barbary Pirates, the, iii. 64. See Algiers
Barberini, Cardinal, is sent by Urban VIII.
to mediate between France and Spain,
v. 327 writes to Henrietta Maria on
behalf of Lady Purbeck, viii. 146; the
Queen demands money from, ix. 244
Barcelona, Treaty of, vi. 90
Barebone, Praise-God, dispersion of a con-
gregation of Separatists at the house of,
X. 105
Barnard, Robert, Cromwell speaks roughly
to, vii. 165
Barneveld, John Van Olden (Pensionary
of Holland), sent as ambassador to Eng-
land, i. 105; leads the peace party in the
Netherlands, ii. 21; opposes the Calvin-
ists, iii. 258; is driven from power, 259;
execution of, 260
Barnwall, Sir Patrick, imprisoned and sent
to England for petitioning against the pro-
ceedings in the Castle chamber against
the Dublin aldermen, i. 395; is released,
399; is sent to England, ii. 288
Baronet, money obtained by the sale of the
title of, ii. 112
Baronius's Church History, proposed pre-
sentation of, to James, i. 225
Barrington, Sir Francis, is imprisoned for
refusing to sit on the commission in
Essex for the forced loan, vi. 128
Bärwalde, treaty of, vii. 179
Basilicon Doron, the, i. 75
Bassompierre, Marshal, is to be sent to
England, vi. 137; arrives in London and
negotiates about the Queen's household,
141; and about commercial disputes, 142;
entertainment given by Buckingham to,
145; hints to Buckingham that his pre-
sence will not be acceptable in France,
147; returns to France, 150; is disavowed
by Louis, 152
Bastwick, John, writes Flagellum Ponti-
ficis, Apologeticus, and The Litany of
John Bastwick, viii. 227; is tried and
sentenced in the Star Chamber, 228;
stands in the pillory, 231; is imprisoned
in the Scilly Isles, 233; the Commons
order the liberation of, ix. 236; enters
London in triumph, 242; the Commons
vote reparation to, 298; is carried off as
a prisoner from Leicester by the King, x.
Bate, John, resists payment of the imposi
tion on currants, ii. 5; decision of the
Court of Exchequer against, 6
Bates, Thomas. See Gunpowder Plot
Bavaria, Duke of, Elector of. See Maxi-
milian
Baxter, Richard, early life of, v. 353; de-
scribes the ignorance of the mass of the
population, viii. 124; describes the Pu-
ritans known to him, 125; visits the
Court, 126; his first thought of Noncon-
formity, ib.
Bayley, Dr. Lewis, preaches a sermon in
which he attacks the Catholic Privy
Councillors, ii. 159
Beale, Dr. William, is sent for by the
House of Commons, ix. 111
Beale, Thomas, asserts that he heard per-
Suns talking of a plot to murder members
of the two Houses, x. 73
Beard, Dr. Thomas, is Cromwell's school-
master, vii. 54; is reprimanded by
Neile, 55
Beaulieu, Charles's visit to, vi. 4
Beaumont and Fletcher, immorality of the
plays of, vii. 327
Beauty of Holiness, the, Laud's idea of,
vii. 125
Beccles, Brent's report of the metropolitical
visitation of, viii. 109
Becher, Sir William, is sent to Rochelle to
offer Buckingham's assistance, vi. 172;
supposes that the Rochellese magistrates
have been bribed by Louis, 174; arrives
in England to beg for reinforcements for
the expedition to Rhé, 179; sails with
recruits and a little money, 180
Beckington, excommunication of the
churchwardens of, viii. 116
Bedell, William (Bishop of Kilmore and
Ardagh, 1629-1633, of Kilmore, 1633-
1641), converses with De Dominis, iv.
284; protests against the tyranny of the
ecclesiastical courts, viii. 41, and against
the ignorance of the Irish language in
the clergy, 42; resigns the see of Ardagh,
ib.; receives fugitives from Belturbet, 66
Bedford, Countess of, introduces the man-
ufacture of gold and silver thread, iv. II
Bedford, 3rd Earl of, 1585-1627 (Edward
Russell), hopes that Parliament may
have a successful meeting, iii. 230
Bedford, 4th Earl of 1627-1641 (Francis
Russell), lends to Somerset a copy of
Dudley's paper of advice, vii. 139; is
prosecuted in the Star Chamber, 140;
undertakes to drain the Great Level of
the Fens, viii. 295; fails to complete the
w rk, 296; arrangement made by Charles
with, 298; votes against interference
with the Commons, ix. 109; signs a let-
ter to Johnston of Warriston, 179;
takes part in a meeting of the opponents
of the Court, and is recommended by the
Council to return to his own county, 198;
signs the petition of the twelve peers,
199; asks the Council to support the pe-
tition, 202; Pym trusted by, 223; rumour
that he is to be Treasurer, 273; becomes
a Privy Councillor, 292; is informed of
the Army Plot, 317; is again by rumour
named as Treasurer, 340; death of, 361
Bedford, 5th Earl of, 1641 (William Rus-
sell), is appointed a Parliamentary Com-
missioner to attend the King in Scotland,
x. 4; protests against the refusal of the
Lords to communicate their resolution
on Divine Service to the Commons, 16;
declines to accompany the Parliamentary
Commissioners to Edinburgh, 18
Bedford Level, the, viii. 295
Bedfordshire, levy of soldiers resisted in,
ix. 160
Belhaven, Lord, 1633-1639 (Robert Dou-
glas), improbable story told f, vii. 278
Bellarmine, Cardinal, remonstrates with
Blackwell. ii., 20; enters into controversy
with James, 31
Bellasys, Henry, insults Wentworth, vii.
229; is forced to make submission, 230;
urges the abolition of the military
charges, ix. 114; refuses to answer ques-
tions about his conduct in Parliament,
129; is imprisoned, 130; liberation of, 135
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