ELD

vi. 165; commerce of, stopped by an
English squadron, 187

El Dorado, fable of, ii. 372

Elector Palatine. See Frederick IV. and
Frederick V.

Electress Palatine. See Elizabeth
Eliot, James, tells Charles that Purgatory
is in Spain, v. 44.
Eliot, John, elected to the Parliament of
1614, ii. 231. See Eliot, Sir John
Eliot, Sir John, is elected to the Parliament

of 1624, v. 185; character of, 186; speaks
in defence of liberty of religion, 187;
proposes to fit out a fleet by means of
the penalties of the Catholics, 191; calls
for a war with Spain, 199; proposes that
thanks shall be given to James and
Charles, 226; writes to Buckingham that
he is wholly devoted to him, 320; speaks
on religion, 342; denounces Wentworth
as Catiline, 350; contrast between
Wentworth and, ib.; remonstrates with
Buckingham on the demand for further
supply, 367; is shocked at Buckingham's
answer, 360; moves that the Lord
Keeper be asked who authorised him to
pass a pardon for a Jesuit, 397; com-
plains of the extent of the proposed war,
and of the little result apparent, 413;
acquits Buckingham of blame for the
delay of the fleet, 414; speech falsely
attributed to, 425; watches events, vi.
60; feels compassion for the soldiers at
Plymouth, 61; but does not break with
the Government, ib.; demands inquiry
into the Cadiz voyage and earlier dis-
asters, 62; objects to a grant of supply
till the inquiry is complete, 63; presides
over the committee appointed to investi-
gate the case of the 'St. Peter' of Havre
de Grace, 65; attempts to discover the
truth about the quarrel with France, 66;
only finds out part of the truth, 67; en-
courages the House to persist in its
inquiry into Buckingham's conduct, 79;
recites the foreign miscarriages and
domestic oppressions of the Government,
80; quotes precedents from the reign of
Henry III. and Richard II., 81; pro-
poses that a resolution for the grant of
subsidies shall be passed, but not con-
verted into a Bill, ib.; advises the Com-
mons to draw up a remonstrance, 83;
sums up the charges against Bucking-
ham, 103; compares Buckingham to
Sejanus, 105; is sent to the Tower, 109;
is charged with things extrajudicial to
the House, 112; is liberated, no proof
that he is in league with Blainville being
forthcoming, 113; is cleared by the
House, 114; refuses to appear against
Buckingham in the Star Chamber, 123;
is dismissed from the justiceship of the
peace, 125 is deprived of the Vice-
Admiralty of Devon, 144; is imprisoned
for refusing to pay the forced loan, 157;
argues against the loan in a petition to
the King, 212; declaims against arbi-

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trary taxation, 233; and against a power
assumed to alter religion, 234; compari-
son between him and Wentworth, 236;
produces a copy of Anderson's reports in
the handwriting of the Chief Justice,
244; objects to the grant of a supply
to enable Charles to send out another
expedition, 246; gives an account of the
violence of the soldiers at Plymouth,
247; resists Wentworth's motion for a
grant of five subsidies, 250; objects to
Coke's mention of Buckingham as a
mediator with the King, 252; protests
against the subjection of civilians to
martial law, 254; argues against Sir E.
Coke's proposal to fix the dates of the
payment of the subsidies, 255; wishes
the Commons to reject the Lords' pro-
positions, 264; supports the Bill of
liberties, 265; asks that the King's an-
swer to the Remonstrance may be dis-
cussed in committee, 272; moral worth
of, ib. ; attacks Wentworth for wishing
to come to an understanding with the
Lords, 284; moves the postponement of
the consideration of the King's first
answer to the Petition of Right, 297;
resolves to attack Buckingham, 298,
attacks the foreign policy and the mili-
tary administration of the Crown without
mentioning Buckingham's name, 299;
asks that a Remonstrance may be
framed, 301; is interrupted by the
Speaker in an allusion to Buckingham,
303; refuses to continue his speech, 304;
expresses satisfaction at the King's with-
drawal of his prohibition to discuss the
state of affairs, 308; is recommended by
Williams to the King, 340; argues on
Chambers's petition that the judges are
responsible, vii. 37; speaks on religion,
ib.; criticises the King's declaration on
religion, 38; wishes the House to define
its doctrine, 40; advises the House to
attack the Arminians, 42; accuses Heath
of stifling a charge against Cosin, 49;
attacks Neile, 50; advises that the
farmers of the customs be called to ac-
count, 59; urges the House to discuss
whether the Custom House officers are
delinquents or not, 61; opposes Pym's
motion that the question of the legality
of tonnage and poundage shall take pre-
cedence of the question of privilege, 62;
opposes May's view that obedience to
the King's commands is not delinquency,
63; insists upon calling the Custom
House officers to account, 64; resolves
to appeal to the country, 67; attempts
to speak to the question of adjournment,
68; proposes resolutions, 69; offers to
read his own motion, 70; proposes to
impeach Weston, 71; explains his pro-
posed resolutions, 72; declares that he
shall be ready to produce evidence
against Weston at the next meeting of
the House, 73; burns his resolutions,
74; is sent to the Tower, 77; refuses to

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answer questions on his Parliamentary
conduct, 80; visits paid to him in the
Tower, 81; does not join the other
imprisoned members in applying for a
habeas corpus, 90; applies for bail at
the end of the term, 96; information in
the King's Bench against, 111; is trans-
ferred to the Marshalsea, 115; argument
of Heath against, ib. ; declines the juris-
diction of the Court, 119; fine imposed
on, ib.; is sent back to the Tower, 121;
fights the battle of his countrymen, 122;
rejoices at the successes of Gustavus,
190; disbelieves a rumour of a new
Parliament, and writes the Negotium
Posterorum, 191; draws up notes for
a speech, 192; stricter imprisonment
of, 193; writes the Monarchy of Man,
224; writes to Hampden on the state of
his health, 225; asks leave to go out of
the Tower, 226; death of, 227; is buried
in the Tower, 228

Elizabeth, daughter of Henry IV., pro-

posal to marry her to Prince Henry, i. 107
Elizabeth (Electress Palatine and titular
Queen of Bohemia), leaves England with
her husband, ii. 162; urges Frederick to
accept the Crown of Bohemia, iii. 309;
accompanies him to Prague, 316; hopes
for success after the battle of Prague,
iv. 175; gives birth to Prince Maurice
at Custrin, 176; is forbidden to visit
England, 182; begs her husband not to
join the Dutch army, 211; her health
drunk at the Middle Temple, 399; cor-
responds with Roe, vii. 98; refuses
Charles's invitation to live in England,
208; distrusts Richelieu, 350; appeals
to Charles after the Treaty of Prague,
viii. 83; sends her son to England, and
quarrels with Charnacé, for refusing to
give the title of Electoral Highness to
him, 99; is pleased at the conclusion of
the Treaty of Berwick, and hopes for the
assistance of a Scottish army, ix. 42
Elizabeth, Princess, (Daughter of Charles
I.), suggested marriage of, ix. 89
Elizabeth, Princess (Daughter of Fames I.),
proposed marriage between the Dauphin
and, i. 107; proposed marriage between
the Prince of Piedmont and, ii. 23;
proposed marriage between the Elector
Palatine and, 136; signature of her mar-
riage contract with the Elector Palatine,
141; rumoured intention of Philip III.
to propose for, 151; is betrothed to the
Elector Palatine, 160; marriage of, 161.
See Elizabeth, Electress Palatine
Elizabeth, Queen, suppresses the Roman
Catholic worship, i. 12; her rivalry with
Mary Stuart, 13; illtreats the Catholics,
14; opposes the Nonconformists, 19;
her weakness at the beginning of her
reign, 20; suppresses Nonconformist
worship, 21; supports Episcopacy, 25;
dislikes preaching, 30; suppresses the
prophesyings, 31; rejects the proposals
of the Commons for Church Reform, and

ENG

appoints Whitgift Archbishop of Canter
bury, 33; difficulties bequeathed to he
successor by, 42; death of, 43; imposi
tions laid upon commerce by, ii. 1; her
reception of Raleigh after his return
from Guiana, 375; her treatment of the
claim of the House of Commons to
liberty of speech, iv. 256

Ellesmere, Lord, 1603-1616 (Thomas Eger-
ton), (Lord Chancellor), gives an opinion
that the King is half a priest, i. 157:
puts questions to the judges on the
legality of a petition in favour of the
Puritans, 198; directs the judges to en-
force the penal laws against the Catho-
lics, 227; favours Bacon's promotion,
300; finds fault with the merchants who
petition against the Union, 329; inveighs
against Whitelocke, ii. 188; refuses to
pass Somerset's pardon, 329; acts as
Lord High Steward at the trials of the
Earl and Countess of Somerset, 353;
gives his opinion on the preparation for
a Parliament, 366; asks for the opinion
of the law officers in his dispute with
Coke, iii. 17; agrees with Bacon's reply
to Coke, 18; illness of, 19; is created
Viscount Brackley, 26. See Brackley,

Viscount

Elphinstone, Sir James, becomes Secre
tary in Scotland, i. 75; obtains surrep-
titiously James's signature to a letter to
the Pope, 81; becomes Lord Balmerino,
308. See Balmerino, Lord
Elphinstone, Sir William, is injured in a
riot at Edinburgh, ix. 45

Endicott, John, tears the cross out of the
English flag, viii. 169

England, national consolidation of, i. 1;
Parliamentary system established in, 2;
establishment of a strong monarchy in, 3;
its attitude towards the Papacy, 7; pro-
gress of the Reformation in, 9; is threat-
ened by Spain and the Pope, 12; favour
shown to the Calvinist doctrines in, 18;
dislike of the Calvinist system of govern-
ment in, 23; character assumed by epis-
copacy in, 26; rise of the Separatists in,
37; growth of a feeling against Spain in,
iv. 346; recrudescence of hostility to
Rome in, v. 167; moral position of Pro-
testantism in, 168; influence of Calvinism
in, 355; strong feeling against Bucking-
ham in, vi. 188; diminution of warlike
feeling in, 373; relaxation of the feeling
of hostility to Spain in, 375; treaty of
peace signed by Louis XIII. with, vii.
100; contrast between the political feel-
ing of the South and North of, 229; feel-
ing against ship-money in, viii. 85; ex-
citement caused by the conversions to
Catholicism in, 244; local organisation
of, 300; unorganised condition of, ix.
78; elections to the Short Parliament in,
96; strong feeling against the Irish in,
126; the Scots not disliked in, 128; last
case of judicial torture in, 141; symptoms
of a reaction in favour of Charles in, x.

ENG
England, Church of, the course of the
Reformation in, i. 9; action of Calvinism
upon, 18; enforcement of conformity in,
21; position of the bishops in, 26; Whit-
gift defends the constitution of, 27; low
condition of the clergy of, 28; reaction
in favour of, 38; Bacon's scheme for the
pacification of, 146; enforcement of con-
formity in, 195; its relation to Puritan-
ism, 232; prospects of toleration in, 233;
difference of opinion between James and
the Commons on, ii. 85; converts to
Rome in, iii. 239; condition of Protes-
tantism in, ib.; Puritan conformists in,
241; school of Andrewes and Laud in,
243; discussion on the observance of the
Sabbath in, 247; spread of Arminianism
in, iv. 347; reaction in favour of Puri-
tanism in, 349; view of Buckeridge,
Howson, and Laud, that school opinions
are not condemned by, v. 401; and that
opinions like those of Montague's oppo-
nents ought to be silenced in, and that
Convocation, or a national synod, is the
proper judge of controversies in, 402;
issue by Charles of a proclamation for
the peace of, vi. 122; parties in, vii. 7;
dispute on doctrine in, 8; dispute on
ceremonies in, 9; Charles's declaration
prefixed to the Articles of, 21; Sibbes
dissuades Goodwin from separation from,
262; conflicting tendencies of thought
in, 269; results of Laud's appointment as
Archbishop in, 299; restrictions placed
on ordinations in, 303; attempt to di-
minish the influence of the laity in, 305;
opinion of Laud on the Royal authority
in, 306; metropolitical visitation in, viií.
107; various aspects of nonconformity
in, 111; result of the establishment of
Laud's system in, 120; becomes narrower
under Laud's guidance, 128; widespread
fear of Laud's system in, 129; Winde-
bank discusses with Panzani the terms of
its reunion with Rome, 135; discipline
in, ix. 79; records of an Archdeacon's
court in, 80; new canons of, 143; Rud-
yerd's account of the state of, 224; voices
raised for the overthrow of episcopacy
and the prayer-book in, 237; prospect of
an alteration of the ceremonies of, 262;
petitions against episcopacy in, 265;
order of the Lords on the public worship
of, 266; division of opinion on the re-
forms to be introduced into, 274; Hopton
moves that the Protestation shall declare
those who take it to be ready to support
religion as established in, 353; scheme
proposed by Vane for the government of,
390; clause in the Root-and-Branch Bill
providing for the government of, 407;
declaration of both Houses on the reform
of, x. 186

Epernon, Duke of, seizes the English wine
fleet at Bordeaux, vi. 146

Episcopacy, supported by Elizabeth, i. 25;
character assumed by it in England, 26;
low position of, in Scotland, 46; abolition

ERL

of, in Scotland, 47; restoration and
second abolition of, in Scotland, 50;
restored in Scotland nominally by
James, 77; acknowledged by the General
Assembly, ii. 102; established by the
Scottish Parliament, iii. 220; Leighton's
attack on, vii. 145; Neile argues in sup-
port of the Divine right of, 149; Laud's
defence of, 150; limitations proposed by
Charles in Scotland on, viii. 363;
abolished in Scotland by the Assembly
of Glasgow, 373; abolition of, confirmed
by the Assembly of Edinburgh, ix. 49;
protest of Traquair as to the sense in
which Charles assents to the abolition
of, 50; Montrose's position towards, 52;
Charles refuses to rescind the Acts in
favour of, ib.; the Scottish Parliament
abolishes, 54; Charles gives the Scottish
Commissioners reason to think that he
does not intend to consent to the aboli-
tion of, 94; Hall's argument in favour of
the Divine right of, 107; voices raised in
England for the overthrow of, 237; the
London petition for the abolition of, 247;
petitions against, 265; public opinion on,
274; speeches of Digby and Falkland
against the abolition of, 277; speech of
Fiennes in favour of the abolition of, 279;
Parliamentary parties begin to form on
the question of, 281; declaration of the
Scottish Commissioners against, 296;
understanding between Hampden and
Falkland on the reformation of, 347;
first reading of a Bill for the extinction
of, 382; schemes of Williams and Usher
for the modification of, 387; Rudyerd
and Dering wish to reduce to the primi-
tive standard, 388; want of enthusiasm
for, 389; Brooke's discourse on, x. 35;
London petition for the abolition of, 110.
See Root-and-Branch Bill, the; Bishops'
Exclusion Bill, the

Episcopacy by Divine Right, published by
Bishop Hall, ix. 107

Episcopalian party in the Long Parlia-
ment, the, strength and weakness of, ix.
282; expect to have a majority in con-
demnation of the declaration of the Scot-
tish Commissioners against episcopacy,
297; wishes to pay off the Scots, 300;
is in a minority, 380; takes up a position
in defence of the Prayer-book, x. 15; is
changing into a Royalist party, 32;
finally becomes a Royalist party, 59;
supports Vane's motion for a present
supply for Ireland, 69; carries a limita-
tion on the numbers of the Scots to be
sent to Ireland, 70; carries some amend-
ments of the Remonstrance, 71; has the
temporary advantage of standing on the
defensive, 104

Equivocation, a treatise on, discovered in
Tresham's chamber, i. 267

Erle, Sir Walter, moves that tonnage and
poundage be granted for a year, v. 364;
applies for a habeas corpus, vi. 213;
complains of the outrages of the soldiers

pursues
arbour, 15:
reses 10 pay
My the Lords to
Nte a vote, 282;
A gaf Oxford, viii. 152;
command in the first
gives to the King
Muita to him by the Cove-
veces against interference
welido Coundos, 109; signs a letter to
Warriston, 179; takes part

EXC

the opponents of the
ens the Petition of the
.. becomes a Privy
reproves the Scottist
interfering with the
209; is appointed
400; thinks the In
pared at Westminster,
mmons propose to give
grained bands to.
by the Lords on his
he trained bands, 73.
af. from the Counci
Commons wish to have
e command of, 19; the
e King to give them a
e command of, 126: it
es to call, as a witness
members, 130; accom
to the City after the at-
e members, 142; wishes
stpone his departure from
is stopped by the House
Speying Charles's sum

him at York, 179; is a
Committee of Safety, 209:
12 command the Parlia
11: is declared a traitor
the Commons swear to
with. ib.; is suggested for
f the Northern army, 316;
stone dead hath no
s appointed Lord-Lien-
orkshire, 374 is to command
of the Trent, 413

the realm, the three, new expla

the, imposed by the canons
140 suspension of, 188
entenant, murder of, ix. 172

e: William Eure), refuses to obey
rer of the Court of Chancery, vil
stands a siege at Malton, ib.

Dr., imprisoned for preaching
inst the Spaniards, iv. 118; is again
imprisoned, 340

Everard, Sir John, removed from the Irish
Bench, i. 391; is elected Speaker of the
Irish House of Commons by the Catho
lics. ii. 200

Exchequer, the. See Finances
Exchequer, the Court of, Bate's case in,
ii. 6; decides in Rolle's case that goods
cannot be taken from the King by a re-
plevin, vii. 6; replies to a message of the
Commons on tonnage and poundage, 61;
Chambers brings an action against the
Custom House officers in, 86; question
about the jurisdiction of the Star Cham-
ber raised in, 114; postpones considera-
tion of the right to tonnage and pound-
age, 115; declares in favour of the King's
right to levy compositions for knighthood
and impositions, 167; case of the feoffees
for impropriations in, 258
Excise, an, proposal made for raising money
by, vi. 222; abandonment of the proposal
for, 225; commissioners appointed for

EXE

the consideration of, 227; Charles cancels
the commission for the consideration of,
318; proposal made in the Committee of
Eight to levy, ix. 75

Exeter, Countess of, charges brought by
Lady Roos against, iii. 191
Exeter, Earl of, 1605-1622 (Thomas Cecil),

interferes in his grandson's dealings with
the Lakes, iii. 190; compliments Buck-
ingham on his success at Rhé, vi. 190
Exeter, Earl of, 1640 (David Cecil), signs
the Petition of the Twelve Peers, ix. 199
Ex officio oath, the, introduction of, i. 36
Exportation of gold, fines imposed for the,
111. 323

Extemporary prayers, opposition roused
by the use of, x. 30

FABRONI, protests that Mary de Medicis is
not preparing to visit England, viii. 379
Faige, Captain, sent by Raleigh to Mont-
morency, iii. 109; is sent to fit out French
ships to join Raleigh, 110; is imprisoned
as a debtor, III

Fairfax, Viscount, 1640 (Ferdinando Fair-
fax), is one of the Parliamentary com-
missioners to attend the King at York, x.

200

Fairfax, Sir Thomas, offers a petition to
Charles on Heyworth Moor, x. 200
Fajardo, Don Luis, is ordered to trans-
port men to the Netherlands, i. 340
Fakenham, Brent's report of the metropoli-
tical visitation of, viii. 109
Falkland, 1st Viscount, 1620-1633 (Henry
Cary), is appointed Lord Deputy of Ire-
land, viii. 9; banishes the priests, 10;
receives from England the first draft of
the Graces, 13; lays the Graces before
an assembly of the Irish nobility, 14; is
in despair at the state of Ireland, 15;
opens an Assembly of the Lords and
representatives, ib.; fails to obtain a
contribution from the Assembly, 16;
summons a Parliament, and afterwards
countermands the summons, 18; en-
gages in dispute with a minority of the
Council, 20; wishes to establish a plan-
tation in Wicklow, ib.; his treatment
of the Byrnes of Wicklow, 21; is sur-
prised by the appointment of a committee
to investigate the case of the Byrnes, 23;
his position shaken, 26; is recalled, 27 ;
death of, 256

Falkland, 2nd Viscount, 1633 (Lucius Cary),
early life of, viii. 255; his life at Great
Tew, 256; appreciates Ben Jonson, 257;
writes verses in praise of the King's
sovereignty of the seas, 258; engages in
religious controversy, ib. ; compared with
Chil'ingworth, 259; replies to Walter
Montague, 260; objects to impeaching
Strafford till the whole truth has been
discovered, ix. 234; speaks against ship-
money, 245; attacks Finch, 246; fears
that Presbyterianism will be tyrannical,
276; speaks for the reformation, and

FEL

against the abolition, of episcopacy, 278;
suggests a compromise, 287; declares
that the Lords had acted justly in giving
Strafford time to prepare his defence, 292;
supports the Attainder Bill, 338; comes
to an understanding with Hampden, that
episcopacy is to be reformed, 347; op-
poses the Root-and-Branch Bill, 382; is
a member of the Committee of Defence, x.
2; thinks that the English Parliament
should take no notice of the Incident,
32; his share of responsibility in the
Parliamentary conflict, 33; objects to
the Bishops' Exclusion Bill, 37; objects
to the employment of Scottish troops in
Ireland, 55; tells Cromwell that the final
debate on the Grand Remonstrance will
take time, 74: complains of the hard
measure dealt out to bishops and Armi-
nians, 75; his conversation with Cromwell,
78; becomes Secretary of State, 127;
signs the Protestation of the Peers at
York, 205

Falmouth, arrival of part of the Cadiz ex-
pedition at, vi. 13; Soubise brings a
French prize into, 28

Family of Love, the, x. 29

Faringdon, murder of Lieutenant Mohun

at, ix. 160

Farmers of the Customs, proposal of Eliot
to call to account, vii. 59; fine imposed
on, ix. 379

Fawkes, Guido. See Gunpowder Plot
Fawley, position of the communion-table
at, vii. 46

Fears and jealousies, the Parliament's de-
claration of, x. 172

Fees, custom of taking, iv. 79

Felton, John, murders Buckingham, vi.
349; surrenders himself, 350; motives
and conduct of, 352; popularity of, 353;
Townley's verses on, 354; is threatened
with the rack, condemned and executed,
359

Female actors attacked by Prynne, vii. 329
Female characters on the stage represented
by boys, vii. 328

Female Glory, The, of Anthony Stafford,

viii. 127

See

Fens, Greal Level of the, drainage of, viii.
294; riots in, 296
Fenton, Viscount, 1606-1619; Earl of Kel-
lie, 1619-1639 (Thomas Erskine), assures
Sarmiento that James wishes to go on
with the marriage treaty, ii. 368.
Erskine, Sir Thomas
Feoffees for impropriations, the, Heylyn
preaches against, and Noy exhibits an
information in the Exchequer against
vii. 258; are deprived of their patronage
by the sentence of the Court, 259; are
ridiculed in Strode's Floating Island,
viii. 150

Ferdinand, Archduke (Duke of Styria,
1590; King of Bohemia, 1617; King of
Hungary, 1618), proposed as the future
King of Bohemia, iii. 266; is accepted
as King, 267; character of, ib.; early