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.
219
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
ase 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.
260
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 difh.
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. Cone 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 Bain-
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 trench 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 59; 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;
orders 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 hear-
ing 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; con-
siders 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 of 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 scan-
dal 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 Buck-
ingham, 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; de-
clares his intention to prorogue Parlia-
ment, 323; states his case respecting ton-
nage and poundage, 324; prorogues Par-
liament, 325: his case against the Com-
mons, ib.; makes unpopular ecelesiasti-
cal appointments, 329; pardons Man-
waring, and gives him the living of Stan-
ford 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 Bucking-
ham, 356; abandons the idea, 357; has
no favourite after Buckingham, 359:
takes the direction of the government,
360; foreign policy of, 361; sends Lind-
sey to the relief of Rochelle, 363; sends
Morgan to relieve Glückstadt, and con-
verses 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 ne.
gotiation with France, 373; important
bearing of the dispute about tonnage
and poundage on the constitutional
claims of, vii. 2; wishes to
to an understanding with Parliament
on tonnage and poundage, 6; offence
given by the ecclesiastical appoint-
ments 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 inten-
tion 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 decla-
ration announcing his policy, 78; issues
a proclamation against rumours of his
intention to call a Parliament, 81; de-
termines to punish Eliot, 82; is dissatis-
fied with the answers of the judges to
Heath's questions on the case of the im-
prisoned members of the Commons, 89:
orders that all the judges shall be con-
sulted, 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 Palati-
nate, 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 wish-
ing to tyrannise over the French Pro-
testants, 102; is dissatisfied with Ru-
bens' 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,
105 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
and the States-General, 108; resolves to
br.ng the imprisoned members of Parlia-
ment before the King's Bench instead of
the Star Chamber, 109; proposes to the
judges the terms on which bail is to be
offered to the imprisoned members, ib.;
wishes Sir John Walter to retire from
the Bench, 112; suspends Walter, 113;
gives his confidence to Laud, 127; orders
Bishop Howson to proceed no further
against Cosin, 130; sends instructions
to the Bishops, 131; enforces his De-
claration on Religion impartially, 132;
protests against the doctrines of Dudley's
paper of advice, 140; revives the knight-
hood fines, 167; has no European policy
beyond a wish to recover the Palatinate,
169; receives Coloma at Whitehall, 170;
is dissatisfied at the refusal of Olivares
to engage to restore the Palatinate, and
knights Rubens, 171; draws back from
his demand that Spain shall give up the
fortresses in the Palatinate, 172; pro-
poses to Spain a league against the
Dutch, ib.; sends Anstruther to Ratis-
bon, and Vane back to the Hague, 173;
distrusts Richelieu, ib.; tries to stand
well with all Continental parties, 174:
hears that a treaty has been signed at
Madrid between himself and Spain, 175;
speaks coldly of the peace with Spain,
177; sends Anstruther to Vienna and
talks of assisting Gustavus, 178; dis-
believes a rumour that Hamilton is
meditating treason, 182; insists on
Hamilton's sleeping in his bedchamber,
and allows him to raise men in England,
183; does not countenance the schemes
of his mother-in-law, 185; refuses to
abandon Weston, 186; refuses permission
to Mary de Medicis to visit England, 187;
opens negotiations with Gustavus, 188;
offers to join Spain and the Emperor,
190; cannot make up his mind whether
to help Gustavus or not, 191; cruel
treatment of Eliot by, 193; refuses to
summon Parliament to ask for money for
Gustavus, ib.; opens fresh negotiations
with Gustavus, 194; rejects the terms
offered by Gustavus, and makes counter-
propositions, 196; orders Wake to pro-
pose to Louis a joint action in Germany,
197 receives St. Chaumont coldly, 199;
allusions of Massinger to, 201; on the
rejection of his terms by Gustavus recalls
Vane and Anstruther, 205; hopes that
Frederick will take the place of Gusta-
vus, 207; the nobles of the Spanish
Netherlands ask for the support of, 210;
expects to have a part of Flanders ceded
to him by Spain, 211; instructs Boswell
to be present at the conferences between
the States-General of the Spanish and
those of the independent Netherlands,
212; learns that Spain will not cede to
him territory in Flanders, 213; assures
Louis that he will concur in the libera-
tion of the obedient Netherlands, 2.4;
offers assistance to Oxenstjerna, 215;
offers to join France in the war in Ger-
many, 216; professes to abide by the
constitution, 221; refuses to allow Eliot to
leave the Tower, 226; orders that Eliot
shall be buried in the Tower, 227; visits
St. Paul's and appoints commissioners to
collect money for its repair, 245; enforces
his Declaration on religion at Oxford,
248; orders that the window broken by
Sherfield shall be replaced with white
glass, 257; issues an Act of Revocation
in Scotland, 277; offers compensation
to the tithe-owners, and partially sus
pends the Articles of Perth, 278; arranges
a commutation of tithes in Scotland,
279; alienates the Scottish nobility,
280; is crowned King of Scotland, 281:
orders the Prayer-book of the Scottish
bishops to be submitted to Laud, 282;
approves of Laud's advice to introduce
the English Prayer-book into Scotland,
283; takes down the names of voters in
the Scottish Parliament, 289: directs
the Scottish bishops to draw up a new
Prayer-book, and returns to England
after being nearly drowned at Burnt-
island, 290; directs the Scottish clergy
to appear in white, 291; is shown the
supplication of the Lords of the Opposi
tion, 294; orders proceedings to be taken
against Balmerino, 295; pardons Balme-
rino, 296; takes Hamilton for his ad-
viser on Scottish affairs, 297; promotes
Scottish bishops to places of authority,
298; appoints Laud Archbishop of Can.
terbury, 299; directs Laud to place re-
strictions on ordination, 303; and to
bring lecturers and chaplains to order,
304; supports Laud's objection to power
being given to laymen to appoint or dis.
miss ministers, 305; interferes to enforce
order in Paul's Walk, 308; removes the
suit about the position of the com-
munion-table at St. Gregory's to the
Privy Council, 310; announces his de-
cision, 311; forbids Richardson to put
any obstacle in the way of the Somerset
wakes, 320; orders the republication of
the Declaration of Sports, 321; orders
it to be read in churches, 322; spares
the lives of the Lancashire witches, 325:
suggests the plot of Shirley's Gamester,
331; sends Jermyn to prison and pardons
him at the Queen's request, 339; neglects
the League of Heilbronn, and consents
to Nethersole's proposal to raise a bene.
volence, 343 withdraws his consent,
ib.; gives instructions to Gerbier with
regard to the proposed revolution in the
Netherlands, 345; is betrayed by Ger
bier, 346; is courted by France and
Spain, 348; proposes to send Charles
Lewis with an army to the Palatinate,
but subsequently treats with Necolalde,
and proposes to send Charles Lewis to join
Feria, 349; makes offers to Spain, 351;
unreality of the schemes of, 352; urges
the League of Heilbronn to make peace,
354; maintains Portland against Laud
and Coventry, 356; resolves to levy ship-
money, 357; orders the seizure of Coke's
papers, 359; is pleased with Holland's
extension of the Forest of Dean, 364;
legal character of the absolutism of, 365;
is angry with the Dutch on hearing that
they wish the French,to join in an attack
on Dunkirk, 366; rejects overtures made
to him by France, and orders the pre-
paration of a treaty with Spain, 367;
proposes to arm a fleet to carry out the
treaty for partitioning the Netherlands,
368; issues the first writ of ship-money,
369; continues to hope to recover the
Palatinate, 372; urges Elizabeth to rely
on his diplomacy, 373; is his own foreign
minister, 379; orders Hopton to conclude
a treaty at Madrid, 380; names com-
missioners to treat with Seneterre and
l'ougny, but orders them to spin out
time, 381; obtains a copy of the treaty
between France and the States-General
for the partition of the Spanish Nether-
lands, and orders attention to be paid to
the musters, 382; is anxious that his
agreement with Spain should not be
committed to writing, 383; issues in-
structions to Lindsey, ib.; receives no
money from the Spaniards, 384; rejects
Richelieu's compromise about saluting
his flag, 386; is left without allies, 387;
sends to Ireland the first draft of the
Graces, viii. 13; orders a committee to
be appointed to investigate the case of
the Byrnes, 23; relations of Went-
worth with, 37; promotes Lorenzo Cary
against Wentworth's wish, 38; orders
the dissolution of the Irish Parliament,
52; wishes to give to the Queen a
part of the fine imposed by the Star
Chamber on the City of London, 60;
rejects the French overtures about the
Palatinate, 83; remits Southampton's
fine, and issues a commission to take
compositions for encroachments on the
forests, 86; orders a wall to be built
round Richmond Park, 87; disapproves
of Laud's resistance to his plan, 88; Laud's
complaint of the selfishness prevailing in
the Court of, 89; refuses to punish Bagg,
91; consults the judges on the legality
of ship-money, 94; legal and political
view of his claim to levy ship-money,
95 offers to ally himself with the Em-
peror, and proposes an exchange of Lor-
raine for the Palatinate, 97; insists that
the French ambassadors shall give the
title of Electoral Highness to his nephew,
99; is gratified by Necolalde's use of the
title, and rejects the French proposals,
100; resolves to send Arundel to Vienna,
102; enforces the payment of ship-money,
ib.; refuses to excuse the children born
in England of foreign parents from using
the English Prayer-book, 121; appoints
Windebank to receive Panzani, 133;
authorises Windebank to treat on the
reunion of the churches, and selects an
agent to reside at Rome in the Queen's
name, 138; behaves reverently in the
Queen's chapel, 139; draws back from
Panzani, 140; makes Juxon Treasurer,
141; orders Laud to take proceedings
against Lady Purbeck, 145: refuses to
allow Lady Purbeck to return to Eng.
land, 146; proposes to visit Oxford,
148; visits Oxford, 150; want of enthu
siasm in the streets during the visit of,
153; orders copies of Selden's Mare
Clausum to be officially preserved, 154:
sends out the second ship-money fleet,
156; draws up Arundel's instructions,
158; refuses Arundel's request to be re-
called, 160; orders Leicester to make
overtures to Louis, 161; sends Winde-
bank for a short time to prison, and
carries on negotiations with France in a
hesitating way, 162; recalls Arundel,
163; continues vacillating, ib.; theory
on which his government rests, 182; does
not fulfil Wentworth's expectations, 183;
approves Wentworth's defence of his
government of Ireland, 197; is displease l
at Danby's protest against ship-money,
201; shrinks from summoning Parlia
ment, and from going to war, 202; de-
clares that he will take up his nephew's
cause against the House of Austria, 203;
proposes to lend ships to his nephew,
204; terms offered by Richelieu to, ib.;
consults the judges on the legality of
ship-money, 206; accepts Richelieu's
terms and prepares to send his nephew
to sea, 210; applies to Wentworth for
advice on the proposed alliance with
France, 211; is disappointed of the
French alliance, and turns to Spain, 217;
attempts to persuade the Dutch fisher-
men to take licences, 218; directs Ger-
bier to obtain the support of the Car-
dinal Infant, 219; orders an attempt
to be made to distribute licences to the
Dutch fishermen, 220; nature of the
government of, 221; does not share in
Laud's wish for the execution of the
laws against the Catholics, 235; his
friendly intercourse with Con, 236; de-
clares his intention of providing a remedy
against the Catholic conversions, 239;
struggle between Laud and the Queen
for influence over, 240; modifies his pro-
clamation against the Catholics, 241:
thinks of pardoning Williams, 252; leaves
Williams to the Star Chamber, 253:
wishes Con to procure the banishment
of Knott, 261; hastens on the publication
of The Religion of Protestants, 262; is
ready to have the legality of ship-money
argued in open court, 271; on the de-
cision of the judges in his favour, acts as
if there could no longer be any doubt as
to his right to ship-money, 280; levies
compositions for forest fines, 282; es
tablishes new corporations, 283; is in-
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