at Whitehall, viii. 156; supports Leices ter's candidature for the Secretaryship, ix. 85; her friendship for Strafford, 86; her political alliance with Pym, 376; in- forms Essex that Charles is coming to the House, x. 136; wishes Charles to delay his departure from Whitehall, 149 Carnarvon, Earl of 1628 (Robert Dormer), criticises The Floating Island, viii. 150 Caron, Noel de, Dutch ambassador in England, is allowed to levy a regiment in Scotland, i. 207; asks James to sur- render the cautionary tons, ii. 383; proposes a negotiation about the disputes in the East, iii. 171; regrets the aliena- tion between England and the Dutch, iv. 226; death of, v. 312 Carondelet, Archdeacon of Cambrai, James
complains of Charles and Buckingham to, v. 194; has a private audience of James, 207; his secret intercourse with the King discovered by Williams, 210 Carr, Sir Robert, early life of, ii. 42; ac- quires the manor of Sherborne, 46; urges James to dissolve Parliament, 109; is created Viscount Rochester, 111. See Rochester, Viscount; Somerset, Earl of Carrickfergus, Wandesford expects the Irish army to rendezvous at, ix. 156; the infantry of the army at, 183 Cartignana, Count of, Savoyard am- bassador in England, ii. 137; returns to Turin, 140
Cartwright, Thomas, wishes magistrates to assist the clergy in maintaining disci- pline, i. 25; defends Presbyterianism against Whitgift, 27; attacks the Sepa- ratists, 38
Cartwright, William, his Royal Slave per- formed at Oxford, viii. 152
Carvajal, Donna Luisa de, lives in Eng- land, ii. 221; is imprisoned, 222; release of, 223
Carver, John, first governor of New Eng- land, iv. 162; death of, 168 Cary, Lorenzo, is promoted by Charles in spite of Wentworth's wish, vii. 38 Cary, Lucius, is dismissed from the Irish army, and challenges Sir Francis Wil- loughby, viii. 255; succeeds his father as Viscount Falkland, 256. See Falkland, Viscount
Cary, Sir Henry, is created Viscount Falk-
land, iv. 38. See Falkland, Viscount Casale, Richelieu raises the siege of, vii. 99 Castara, Habington's, vii. 340 Castelnaudary, defeat of Montmorency at,
Castle Chamber, the Irish Court of, pun- ishes the jurymen who acquitted Mead, i. 371; attempt to suppress recusancy by means of, 392; petition against the as- sumed jurisdiction of, 393; resistance to the Sues imposed by, 394; violent pro- ceedings of, 395; abandonment of the attempt to impose fines on recusants in, 399; the Galway jury summoned before, ul. 62
Castleton, Samuel, sent to the Spice Is lands, iii. 167.
Catalonia, rebellion of, ix. 348 Catesby, George, declares himself to be master of his own purse, vi. 202 Catesby, Robert, consults Garnet, i. hopes that the King of Spain will send an army to England, 140, 234. See Gun- powder Plot.
Catholics, the English, persecuted by Henry VIII., i. 10; and by Elizabeth, 14 grievances of, 96: expect better treatment from. James, 97: intention formed by James respecting, 100; the recusancy fines again collected from, 101; support James's title, 108; plot formed amongst, 109; receive a promise that the fines will be remitted, 115; are urged by the Pope to abstain from in- surrection, 140; James promises not to exact the fines from, 141; increase of, 143; banishment of their priests, 144: James's views on their treatment, 166; vacillation in James's intentions to- wards, 201; alarm taken by James at the increase in the numbers of, 202; Act of 1604 directed against, 203; the law put in force by the judges against, 221; attempt to deal with, by banishing the priests and sparing the laity, 222; are harshly treated in Lancashire, 223; the recusancy fines demanded from wealthiest, 224; the penal laws to be put in force against, 227; amount of the fines levied from, 228; Protestant view of the treatment of, 230; difficulties in the way of granting toleration to, 231; discontent among, 241; new laws against, after the Gunpowder Plot, 287; an oath of allegiance imposed on, 283; banish- ment of their priests, ii. 15; proposal to purchase toleration for, 18; persecution of, after the Gunpowder Plot, ; con- templated toleration of, 30; continued ill- treatment of, 164; improved prospects of, 257; milder treatment of, iii. 345; James professes to engage himself by letter on behalf of, 346; are accused of rejoicing at Frederick's defeat in Bohemia, iv. 29; James refuses to persecute. 34; prospects of toleration for, 289; release from im- prisonment of, 349 oath taken by the Privy Councillors not to exact penalties from, v. 69; discussion on the mode in which James is to give efect to the articles in the Spanish marriage treaty in relief of, 98; agreement made at Salis- bury for the relief of, 99; James signs a pardon and dispensation for, 125; delay in the issue of the Acts in favour of, 126; continuance of the delay in relieving, 142; accident at Blackfriars to an assembly of, ib.; James explains his treatment of, 183; Bil! for increasing the penalties of, 185; Eliot proposes to fit out a fleet with the fines of, 191; bitterness of feeling in Engiand against, 206; petition for the execution of the penal laws against 208;
Charles swears that they shall have no benefit by the French marriage treaty, 222; Janies confirms his son's declara- tion against, 225; refusal of the French Government to go on with the marriage treaty without including, 250; suspen- sion of the proceedings against, 263; signature by Charles of an engagement in favour of, 277; suspension of the penal laws against, 278; order given by Charles to stay all proceedings against, 326; are informed that they must not expect relief till after the session of Parliament is over, 329; Seymour moves that the 1ws be executed against, 342; Charles declares his intention of executing the laws against, 373; disappointment of Henrietta Maria at Charles's failure to observe his promises to, 376; protests of the French ambassadors in favour of, 377; Williams advises Charles on the best mode of dealing with, 395; attack by the Commons on the issue of pardons to, 397; declaration of Buckingham that the laws will be executed against, 419; protests of the Bishop of Mende and Father Berulle on behalf of, 422; banishment of the priests of, vi. 3; re- monstrances of Blainville on behalf of, 27; enforcement of the penal laws against, 32; are hindered from going to mass at Blainvi le's chapel, 70; attempt of Charles to buy off the opposition of Parlament by persecuting, 237; gracious reception by Charles of the petition of the Houses against, 246; the Commons complain of the favour shown to, 316; the Commons repeat their complaint of the lenient treatment of, vii. 57; con- verts to the doctrines of, viii. 127; im- proved condition of, 130; divisions amongst the clergy of, 131; numbers and moral position of, 132; Panzani's mission on behalf of, 133; Panzani re- ports the prevalence at Court of the doctrines of, 136; position of in Mary- land, 180; Laud wishes that the laws may be executed against, 235; efforts of Con on behalf of, 236; numerous con- verts added to, 238; struggle between Laud and the Queen on the proposed execution of the laws against, 239; Charles modifies his proclamation against, 241; contribute to the war against Scot- land, ix. 26; the Queen fears that the Short Parliament will persecute, 87; at- tempts made to get money from, 157: are placed in military command, 159; ill-feeling of the soldiers against, 172; supposed plot formed by, 227; are asked to fast in support of the Queen's inten- tion, 233; are dismissed from the army in the North, 243; liberty of worship offered by Charles to, 252; the Commons demand an account of the contributions of, 269; both Houses ask the King to execute the laws against, ib.; are thrown over by Charles, 272; demand of the
Lords for the disarmament of, 325: are questioned on their behaviour, 374; charges brought against, 375; renewal of the persecution of, 411; renewed fear of a plot formed by, x. 72; hard con dition of, 97
Catholics, the Irish. See Ireland Cautionary towns, surrendered to the Dutch, ii. 383
Cavaliers, origin of the name of, x. 121: follow Lunsford to Kingston, 154; are dispersed by the Surrey trained bands 158
Cavan, Chichester's visit to, i. 404; treat- ment of the English settlers in, x. 66 Cavendish, Lord, buys the earldom of Devonshire, iii. 215
Cayenne, the, Raleigh arrives at the mouth of, iii. 116
Cecil of Essendon, Lord, 1603-1604 (Robert Cecil), his views on the peace with Spain, i. 103; is informed of Watson's plot, 114; his conduct towards Raleigh, 117; sup- ports Raleigh at his trial, 131; moves for a conference on purveyance, 170; advises James not to hasten the union with Scotland, 177; is unable to give good advice on ecclesiastical questions, 194; his opinion on the treatment of nonconformists, 199, 2co; takes part in the negotiation with Spain, 208; explains that the Dutch will not suffer from the treaty with Spain, 209; becomes Vis- count Cranborne, 214. See Cecil, Sir Robert; Cranborne, Viscount; Salisbury, Earl of
Cecil, Sir Edward, commands the English troops at the siege of Juliers, ii. 98; is a candidate for the command of the volun- teers for the Palatinate, and quarrels with Dohna, iii. 358; is a member of the Council of War, 388; speech in the House of Commons falsely attributed to, iv. 28; seconds Perr t's motion for the defence of the Palatinate, 129; is again member of the Council of War, v. 223; is appointed commander of the expedition against Cadiz, vi. 10; is dissatisfied with the force committed to him, 11; is pro- mised the title of Viscount Wimbledon, 12; maintains order with difficulty in the fleet at Plymouth, 14; by the ad- vice of a council of war he resolves to land at St. Mary Port, but on seeing Essex sail up Cadiz harbour orders the fleet to follow, 15; orders an attack on Fort Puntal, 16; marches towards the north end of the island, 18; lets his men get drunk, and returns to Puntal, 19; abandons the attempt on Cadiz, and sails to look for the Mexico fleet, 20; returns to England, 21. See Wimbledon, Viscount
Cecil, Sir Robert, Secretary of State to Elizabeth, i. 82; enters into a secret correspondence with James, 83; his character and position, 90; is raised to the peerage, 101. See Cecil of Essendon,
Lord; Cranborne, Viscount; Salisbury, Earl of
Celibacy, Massinger's opinion on, vii. 337; Panzani's report on English opinion on clerical, viii. 136
Cervantes writes Don Quixote, i. 41 Chaderton, Lawrence, takes part in the Hampton Court Conference, i. 153. Chalcedon, Bishop of. See Bishop, William, and Smith, William
Cham, surrender of, to the Bavarians, iv.
Chambers, Richard, is committed by the Council for contemptuous words, vii. 4; applies for a habeas corpus, and is bailed, ib.; is prosecuted in the Star Chamber, 5; addresses a petition to the Commons, 37; is sentenced in the Star Chamber, and refuses to acknowledge his offence, 85; brings an action against the Custom House officers, 86; questions the juris- diction of the Star Chamber in the Court of Exchequer, 114; postponement of the case of, 168; attempts to obtain a de- cision on the legality of ship-money from the King's Bench, viii. 103; pays ship- money and brings an action against the Lord Mayor, 281; postponement of the argument in the case of, ix. 161 Chancery, the Court of, attack by Coke on
the jurisdiction of, iii. 10; Bill for the reform of, iv. 109
Chancey, Sir William, case of, in the High Commission Court, ii. 122 Chaplains, position of, vii. 304 Charenton, visit of Holland and Carleton
to the Huguenot church at, vi. 52 Charity Mistaken, written by Knott, viii.
Charlemont, massacre of Irish women at, x. 175
Charles III., Duke of Lorraine, mission
of Walter Montague to, vi. 168; does nothing to support Buckingham, 176; Gaston takes refuge with, vii. 184; attack of Richelieu on, 195; surrenders three of his fortresses to France, 198; is driven into exile, 347
Charles I. (King of England, Scotland, and Ireland, 1625), opinion of Ville-aux- Clercs on the character of, v. 317; de- fects of, as a ruler, 318; establishes him- self at Whitehall, 319; wishes James's Parliament to meet after the King's death, 320; keeps order in his Court, 321; is eager to fit out the fleet to be used against Spain, and engages to sup- ply money to the King of France, 323; gathers a land force, 324; is married by proxy, 325 orders all proceedings against the Catholics to be stayed, 326; his first interview with his wife, 333; his first matrimonial dispute, 334; enters Lon- don with the Queen, ib.; financial_en- gagements of, 336; opens his first Par- liament, 337; tells the Commons that they have brought him into the war, 338; makes a good impression on the Com-
mons, 339; makes no definite demand 340; is not opposed to persecution, 344 answers the grievances of the Commons, and proposes to end the session, 348; listens to Laud, 363; financial difficulties of, 365; resolves to ask for a further grant, 366; objects to the committal of Montague, as being his chaplain, 372; adjourns the Houses to Oxford, and an- nounces his intention of executing the recusancy laws, 373; domestic troubles of, 375; re nonstrates with the Queen on the arrangements of her household, 376; orders the liberation of priests to accom. pany Effiat to France, 377; is in diffi- culty about Pennington's fleet, 378; double-dealing of, 379; is urged by the French to allow the fleet to be used against Rochelle, 381; sends further instructions to Pennington, ib.; orders Pennington to return to Dieppe, and deliver his ships to the French, 382; is in a dilemma how to deal with the Catho- lics, 395; summons the Houses before him in Christchurch Hall, 403; asks for supply, and empowers Conway to explain his wants, 404; directs Sir J. Coke to give further explanations, 405; resolves to send the fleet to the Spanish coast, 406; sends a message to the Commons, begging for immediate supply, 423; in- sists upon dissolving Parliament, 430; dissolves his first Parliament, 432; con. tinues his confidence in Buckingham, 433; with the consent of the Privy Coun cil, banishes the priests and issues Privy Seals, vi. 3; is on bad terms with the Queen, ib.; wishes the Queen to admit English Ladies of the Bedchamber to her service, 4; agrees to the treaty of Southampton with the Dutch, and breaks openly with Spain, 6; resolves to send Buckingham to the Hague to pawn the Crown jewels, and to attend the Con- gress. 7 reviews the fleet and troops at Plymouth, 12; makes excuses for his treatment of the English Catholics, 27; hesitates to restore a ship seized by Sou- bise, and refuses to discuss with Blain- ville the question of the Queen's house- hold, 28; makes the Opposition leaders sheriffs, 33; declares that Wentworth is an honest gentleman, ib.; orders the issue of writs for a new Parliament, 37: informs the Bishop of Mende of his reso- lution to introduce English ladies into the Queen's household, 38; orders French prize goods to be sold, 41; hesitates whether he shall proceed with the sale, 42; wishes to come to a compromise, 43; resolves to relieve Rochelle, 44; insists upon the fulfilment by Louis of the terms of the Treaty of Montpellier, 47; is dis- pleased at the Queen's refusal to be crowned, 48; coronation of, 49; is dis- pleased with the terms granted by Louis to the Huguenots, 53; orders Holland and Carleton to insist on the recognition
of their master's mediation, 54: treats the offer of French co-operation with coolness, 55; insists that the Queen shall witness a procession in the company of the Countess of Buckingham, 56; for bids Blainville to appear at Court, and demands his recall, 57; opens his second Parliament 9; receives Riche- lieu's fresh overtures with coolness, 69; wishes Lord Lorne to marry Eliza- beth Stuart, 71; sends Arundel to the Tower, 72; assures Totness that the Com- mons shall not send him to the Tower, 75; demands justice on Clement Coke and Dr. Turner, 77; complains of the conduct of the Commons in attacking Buckingham, 78; urges the Commons to grant supply, 80; directs Coventry to inform the Commons that they have liberty of counsel, not of control, 82; tells the Commons that Parliaments are to continue or not according to their fruits, 83; allows the Commons to pro- ceed with their inquiry into the conduct of the Government, 85; does his best to alienate France, 88; receives Blainville at his last audience, 89; allows Arundel to go to his own house, and orders Bris- tol to remain at Sherborne, 92; accuses Bristol of having tried to pervert him, 93; accuses Bristol of high treason, 95; in- forms the Lords that he is able to bear witness to the falsehood of Bristol's charges against Buckingham, 97; con- tests the right of the Lords to allow Bris- tol the use of counsel, 98; his authority at stake in Buckingham's impeachment, 99 is angry at Eliot's comparison of Buckingham to Sejanus, 107; testifies Buckingham's innocence to the Lords, and objects to their message about Arundel, 108; sends Eliot and Digges to the Tower, 109; waives his pretensions to give evidence against Bristol, and re- leases Digges, 112; orders Weston to state that Eliot is imprisoned on acccount of actions done out of the House, ib.; liberates Eliot, having failed to discover proof that he is in league with Blainville, 113; asks the University of Cambridge to elect Buckingham Chancellor, 115; ord rs the Commons to desist from further inquiry into Buckingham's elec- tion, 116; threatens the Commons with a dissolution if they do not speedily grant a supply, 117; believes that to abandon Buckingham will be destructive of the constitution, 119; dissolves Parliament, 121; issues a proclamation for the peace of the Church, 122; calls in the Remon- strance of the Commons, and directs that Buckingham's case shall be tried in the Star Chamber, 123, attempts in vain to induce the City to lend him money, but obtains a small loan from the alder- men, 124; gets together a fleet to act against Spain, ib.; proposes a free gift to the country, orders tonnage and
poundage to be levied, and dismisses several justices of the peace, 125; orders musters to be held, 130; makes a forced requisition of ships for Willoughby's fleet, 132; financial distress of, 133; quarrels with his wife, 134; expels the Queen's French attendants, 136; rejects a proposal to debase the coinage, 138; hears of the Battle of Lutter, and resolves to send four regiments to Denmark, 140; arranges a new household for the Queen, and treats Bassompierre rudely, 141; determines to levy a forced loan, and issues a circular to the clergy, 143; is on better terms with the Queen, 145; dismisses Chief Justice Crew, 149; re- jects the French ultimatum, 152; be lieves Richelieu to have been bribed by the Pope, and himself to have been always in the right, 159; sends Penning- ton to attack the French shipping, 160; refuses to treat separately with Spain, 163; hopes to retrieve the defeat of Christian IV., 164; sends Morgan with four regiments to help Christian IV., 165; fails to obtain money on the security of a jewel sent by him to Denmark, 166; sends Walter Montague to stir up dis content in France, 167; goes to Ports mouth to review the fleet for the relief of Rochelle, and issues instructions to Buck- ingham, 169; is eager to support Buck- ingham, 177; urges the Lord Treasu.er and the Chancellor of the Exchequer to find money for the expedition, 178; re- peats his orders, 179; sends reinforce- ments to Rhé, 180; is informed that he has no allies, 185; seizes three Dutch East Indiamen, 188; is anxious lest Buckingham shall not be relieved in time, 192; assures Buckingham of the con- tinuance of his favour, 194; receives Buckinghain cordially, 201; orders Mon- taigne to license Manwaring's sermon, 209; financial straits of, 219; resists all entreaties to make peace, ib.; releases the prisoners confined for refusing to pay the forced loan, 225; orders writs to be issued for a new Parliament, and demands ship-money, 226; revokes his order for the payment of ship-money, 227; speaks at the opening of the Parliament of 1628, 231; thinks that he can buy off the opposition of the Commons by perse. cuting the Catholics, 237; lays the heads of his expenditure before the Commons, 239; is almost without support in the Commons, 240; receives graciously the petition of the two Houses against re- cusants, 246; asks for an immediate sup ply, and assures the Commons that he has no desire to entrench on their liberties, 248; is pleased by a vote in committee for five subsidies, 252; becomes less hopeful, 254; directs the Commons to remain sitting on Good Friday, ib.; grows impatient, and demands an im mediate supply, 255; tells the Commons
that he is as careful of their liberties as they ar:, 257; orders Denbigh to sail at all risks, ib. ; orders Coventry to declare that his word must be trusted for the execution of the law, 263; wishes to know whether the Commons will rest on his royal word, 267; refuses to do more than to confirm Magna Carta and the six statutes, 270; loses patience at hearing that a Petition of Right has been prepared in the Commons, and thinks of dissolving Parliament, 275; argues in favour of his right to imprison without showing cause, and offers to disclose the cause as soon as is convenient, 277; considers it to be a point of honour to succour Rochelle, 291; is angry at Denbigh's failure. 292; orders Denbigh to refit his fleet, 293; questions the judges how far the Petition of Right will bind him, 294; asks the opinion cf the Council on the answer to be given to the Petition of Right, 296; gives an evasive answer to Parliament, 297; threatens a dissolution, 301; forbids the Commons to lay scandal on his ministers, 302; hesitates to resist both Houses, 307; withdraws his prohibition to the Commons to inquire into the state of affairs, 308; assents to the Petition of Right, 309; makes minor concessions, but refuses to dismiss Buckingham, 318; imposes a fine on the City for its failure to discover the murderers of Dr. Lambe, 320; answers the remon strance of the Commons, ib. ; refuses to allow the Commons to make a temporary grant of tonnage and poundage, 322; declares his intention to prorogue Parlia.ment, 323; states his case respecting tonnage and poundage, 324; prorogues Parliament, 325: his case against the Com mons, ib.; makes unpopular ecelesiastical appointments, 329; pardons Manwaring, and gives him the living of Stanford Rivers, 330; hopes to obtain from Spain a support for his foreign policy, 331; sends Carlisle to Lorraine and Italy, 332; informs the Prince of Orange that he wishes to make peace with Spain, 333; visits Southwick, 345; is unwilling to negotiate at once with France for peace, 347; hears of Buckingham's murder, 351; intends to erect a monument to Buckingham, 356 abandons the idea, 357; has no favourite after Buckingham, 359; takes the direction of the government, 360; foreign policy of, 361; sends Lindsey to the relief of Rochelle, 363; sends Morgan to relieve Glückstadt, and converses with Contarini on the terms of peace with France, 366; is on good terms with his wife after Buckingham's death, 367 rejects the French overtures, ib.; orders Lindsey to persevere, 368; im pression made by the fall of Rochelle on, 369; is reconciled to Arundel and Cottington, 371; delays sending aid to the King of Denmark, 372; hopes for a
Spanish alliance, and carries on a negotiation with France, 373; important bearing of the dispute about tonnage and poundage on the con-titutional claims of, vii. 2; wishes to to an understanding with Parliament on tonnage and poundage, 6; offence given by the ecclesiastical appointments of, 8; has no taste for dogmatic controversy, 20; issues a declaration to be prefixed to the Articles, 21; receives Abbot into favour, and grants pardons to Montague and others, 23; difficulties in the way of, 29; declares he has no intention of levying tonnage and poundage by prerogative, 33; denies that religion is in danger, 42, attack of the Commons on the ecclesiastical supremacy of, 43; orders the reprieve of a condemned priest, 57; declares that the Custom House officers have acted by his autho rity, and are not responsible to the Commons, 64; hopes that the Commons will reconsider their position, 66; orders an adjournment, 67; sends for the mace, 74; intends to force open the doors of the House of Commons, 75: dissolves Parliament and orders the imprisonment of nine members, 77; publishes a declaration announcing his policy, 78; issues a proclamation against rumours of his intention to call a Parliament, 81; determines to punish Eliot, 82; is dissatisfied with the answers of the judges to Heath's questions on the case of the imprisoned members of the Commons, 89; orders that all the judges shall be consulted, 90; consults the judges on the jurisdiction of the Star Chamber over the imprisoned members of Parliament, 92; wishes to delay the decision of the King's Bench in favour of bailing the prisoners, 94; orders that the prisoners shall not be produced in court, 95; his conduct to the judges, 96; treats with several powers for the recovery of the Palatinate, 97: negotiates with Sweden and Denmark, 98; professes to be ready to help the King of Denmark if he had the means, 99; abandons the Huguenots in the treaty of Susa between England and France, 100; suspects Richelieu of wishing to tyrannise over the French Protestants, 102; is dissatisfied with Rubens' statement that it will be difficult to restore the Palatinate, and allows Gustavus to levy soldiers in England and Scotland, ib.; sends Roe on a mission to the Baltic, and wishes success to the Dutch, 103; opens negotiations with Spain, 104 venality at the Court of, 1C5: objects to the coming of a bishop to preside over the Queen's priests, 106; urges Rubens to obtain the surrender of the fortresses in the Palatinate, and sends Cottington to Madrid with instructions to come away if it is not promised, 107: proposes to arbitrate between Spain
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