tereste material improvements, 292; offers to take the drainage of the Great Level into his own hands, 296; under. takes the work, 298; isolation of, 299; underestimates his difficulties, 300; his ignorance of the Scots, 304; directs the Scottish bishops to prepare a Prayer. book and Canons, 307; issues canons for the Scottish Church, 309; orders the adoption of the new Prayer-book, 312; orders the Scottish Privy Council to sup press disturbances, 317: finds himself unsupported by the Council, 319; orders the Council to postpone the enforcement of the use of the Prayer-book, but to take repressive measures, and to remove itself and the Court of Session from Edinburgh, 321; issues a proclamation declaring that he does not intend to break the laws of Scotland, and sends for Traquair, 326; issues a proclamation in defence of the Prayer-book, 327; post- pones a decision on the affairs of Scotland, 335 appoints Northumberland Lord Admiral, 338; sends Hamilton to nego tiate with the Scots, 339; gives Hamil. ton two alternative declarations, 342; instructs Hamilton to spin out his nego.
tions, 343; prepares for war, 344; re- fuses to accept the Covenant, 345; con- sults the English Council on the affairs of Scotland, 349; orders the formation of a committee for Scottish affairs, and finds that he has no money for carrying on a war, 350; authorises an Assembly and Parliament in Scotland, 360; offers a Covenant of his own, 361; abandons the Scottish Prayer-book, Canons, and High Commission, and issues his Cove- nant in a revised form, 363; summons an Assembly and Parliament to meet, ib.: objects to the claim of the Assembly to a Divine right, 366; informs Hamilton that he is preparing for war, 368; is driven into war with Scotland, 374: foreign relations of, 375; sends money to his nephew, 376; orders Gerbier to carry on a secret negotiation with the Princess of Pfalzburg, 377; protests against a statement of Cardenas, ib. ; remonstrates with Mary de Medicis on her proposed visit to England, 379; re- ceives Mary de Medicis, 380: is dis- pleased at Bernhard's success, 381; is inclined to negotiate with the Scots, 382; prepares for war, 383; orders an army to be raised, 384; numbers of the army of, 385; asks for a loan of Spanish soldiers, 386; repeats his request to the Cardinal Infant, 387; orders the publi- cation of Laud's Conference with Fisher, and issues a proclamation accusing the Scots of wishing to plunder England, 390; his plan of campaign, ix. 1; loses the fortresses in Scotland, 2; arrives at York and recalls some of the monopolies, 6: demands a general contribution, 7; treachery suspected in the ministers of,
ib.; advice given by Wentworth to, 8; draws up a proclamation offering land at low rents to the loyal tenants of rebels, 9; advances to Durham, 13; sends Aboyne to the Forth, 15; issues a fresh proclamation offering not to invade Scot- land, 16; orders Hamilton to negotiate and sends for reinforcements, 17; poor quality of the army of, 18; resolves to ad- vance to Berwick, and writes to Hamil- ton to be ready to join him at a mo- ment's notice, ib.; receives an answer to his proclamation, 21; arrives at Berwick and encamps at the Birks, 22; sends Arundel to read his proclamation at Dunse, 23: intends to take the aggres- sive, but is in difficulty for money, 24: demands a loan from the City, 26; de- spondency in the camp of, 29; summons Hamilton to Berwick, and acknowledges that Englishmen will not take his part against the Scots, ib. ; witnesses the arri val of Leslie's army at Dunse Law, 30: begs Wentworth to send a large force to Scotland, 33; cannot keep his army to gether, 35; receives overtures from the Scots, 36; takes part in the negotiation for peace, 38; dialectical skill of, ib.: presses the City to lend money, 39; ac- cepts the Treaty of Berwick, 40; disa grees with the Covenanters on the mode of providing pay for a force to be sent to aid his nephew, 42; dimculties in the way of the re-establishment of his au- thority in Scotland, 43; summons bi- stops to the Assembly of Edinburgh, 44 ; believes his conversation to be misre- presented in Scotland, 45; abandons the intention of visiting Edinburgh, and has an altercation with the leaders of the Covenanters, 46; gives instruc- tions to Traquair and returns to White hall, 47; orders the Scottish report of his conversations at Berwick to be burnt, and directs the bishops to protest against the legality of the Assembly, 48; his pian for the reconstitution of the Lords of the Articles, 51; refuses to rescind the Acts in favour of episcopacy, 52; ob. jects to the constitutional and legislative changes voted in the Scottish Parlia- ment, 54; distributes honours amongst his supporters in Scotland, 55; hopes that Bernhard of Weimar will aid in the recovery of the Palatinate for his nephew, 56; again seeks help from Spain, 57: orders Pennington to prevent Tromp from searching English vessels, 58; offers to protect Oquendo's fleet, 59; offers terms to the Spaniards, 61; sends con- tradictory directions to Pennington, 62; makes offers to Richelieu, 63; expects that Charles Lewis will obtain the com- mand of Bernhard's army, 64; orders Pennington to protect Oquendo, 65; ad- vises Oquendo to prepare for the worst, 66; is angry at the Dutch victory in the Downs, 68; is displeased at his nephew's
imprisonment, 70; allows the prosecution of Lord Loftus of Ely, 72; takes Went- worth as his chief counsellor, 73; sends Loudoun and Dunfermline back to Scot- land, and orders the prorogation of the Scottish Parliament, 74; announces his intention of summoning a Parliament in England, 77; suspicions felt of his in- tentions to overawe the Short Parliament, 78; refuses to appoint Leicester Secre- tary, 86; appoints Vane Secretary, 87; refuses to give his eldest daughter to the son of the Prince of Orange, but offers his second daughter, 89; instructs Hop- ton on the language to be held by him on the fight in the Downs, go; believes Richelieu to be the cause of his Scottish troubles, ib.; obtains the letter written by the Covenanters to the King of France, 92; discusses his powers with the Scottish Commissioners, 93; gives them reason to think that he does not intend to allow the abolition of episco- pacy, 94; sends to Louis a copy of the letter of the Scots, which he considers to be treasonable, and imprisons the Scottish Commissioners, 97; orders the letter of the Scots to be read to the Short Parliament, 98; summons the Houses before him and orders Finch to explain that he is ready to give up ship-money if a fleet be supported in another way, 107; appeals to the Lords against the Commons, 108; gives his full support to Strafford, 110; agrees that the ship- money judgment may be reversed in the House of Lords, and declares that he will be content with eight subsidies, 113; dissolves the Short Parliament, 117; consults the Committee of Eight on the best mode of carrying on war against the Scots, 120; is estranged from the nation, 128; issues a declaration ex- plaining the dissolution of the Short Parliament, and imprisons members of Parliament, 129; threatens the Lord Mayor and imprisons four aldermen, 130; is disappointed by the silence of the Spanish ambassadors on the subject of a proposal of marriage, 131; hesitates to persist in measures of repression, 132; calls out the trained bands of the coun- ties round London, and tries to regain popularity, 135; abandons Strafford's policy of enforcing obedience, 136; visits Strafford when he is ill, 139; persists in the war with Scotland, 140; finds an in- sulting inscription on a window at White- hall, 142; orders the continuance of the sittings of Convocation, ib.; his deposi- tion canvassed in Scotland, 149; orders the Lord Mayor to distrain for ship- money, 153; thinks first of using force against the City, and then of negotiating with the Scots, 154; attempts to obtain a loan from France and Genoa, 157; want of enthusiasm in the army raised by, 158; places Catholics in m litary
command, 159; issues commissions of array for the army against Scotland 162; sets Loudoun at liberty, 168; orders the prosecution of the Lord Mayor and sheriffs for neglect in the collection of coat-and-conduct money, 169; orders the seizure of the bullion in the Tower, 170 resolves to debase the coinage, 171; continued irresolution of, 173; is angry with the renewed refusal of the City 10 lend, and insists on proceeding with the debasement of the coinage, 174; again proposes to negotiate with the Scots, 177 vacillates between a peaceful and a warlike policy, 182; announces his intention of going to York, 187; orders reinforcements to be sent to the army, and ship-money to be collected, 188; raises money on a consignment of pep- per, and induces the trained bands of Durham and Yorkshire to support him, 190; asks the Council what is to be done if the Scots march on London, 199; refuses to despair, 200; summons the Great Council, 201; complains of the timidity of the Privy Council, 202; holds a review of the army, 203; receives affa- bly the offer of the Yorkshiremen to pay their trained bands, and makes Strafford a Knight of the Garter, 204; hesitates to call a Parliament, and accepts Ha- milton's proposal to betray the counsels of the Scots, 206; receives petitions from London and from the clergy, and opens the Great Council, 207; announces that he intends to summon Parliament, and asks the Great Council to provide means for keeping the army on foot, 208; in- sists upon retaining power over the castles in Scotland, 209; wishes the negotiation with the Scots to be removed to York, 212; allows the negotiation to be con tinued at Ripon, 214; gives his consent to the agreement with the Scots, 215; his opinion on his prospects in meeting Parliament, 217; struggle for sovereignty between the Long Parliament and, 218; is prevented by the presence of the Scot- tish army from dissolving Parliament, 219; accepts Lenthall as Speaker, 220; sends for Strafford, 221; difficulty in trusting, 225; resolution of the Commons not to hold responsible, 226; orders Vane's paper to be burnt, 229; is ad- vised by Strafford to accuse the Parlia- mentary leaders, 231; reviews the sol- diers at the Tower, 232; wishes to be present at the meetings of the Eng'ish and Scottish Commissioners, 238; refuses to give up the incendiaries to the Scot- tish Parliament, 242; consents to a mar. riage between his eldest daughter and Prince William of Orange, and expects the Prince of Orange to assist him in his quarrel with Parliament, 244; declares that he will not allow Parliament to punish his servants, 245; offer of the Commons to provide for the subsistence
of, 250, is reported to have offered liberty of worship to the Catholics if he is successful by the Pope's aid, 252; tells Bristol that he means to resist Parlia- ment, ib.; promises the Scots not to employ anyone condemned by their Par- liament, 253; wishes to keep the Irish army together for future service, 255; has no feeling against asking for foreign aid, 257; declares that on three points he will not give way, ib. ; poverty of the Court of, 259; informs the Dutch am- bassadors of his wish for a political al- liance, 262; announces that the judges are to hold office on good behaviour, and appoints Lyttelton Lord Keeper, 263; appoints St. John Solicitor-Ge eral, 264; sends for the Houses on the occasion of the demand of the Commons for Good- man's execution, 265; declares that he will put away all innovations, but will not turn the bishops out of the House of Lords or assent to the Triennial Bill, 267; fails to impart confidence in his sincerity, 268; is asked to put Goodman to death, 269; throws over the Catholics, 272; gains a respite by the compromise in the Commons on the subject of epis copacy, 287; informs the Houses of the completion of the Dutch marriage trea- ty, 288; is said to intend to dissolve Parliament and liberate Strafford, ib.; unites the Commons against him by menacing them with an Irish army, 289; gives the Royal assent to the Tri- ennial Bill, 290; admits seven of the Opposition Lords to the Privy Council, 292; does not throw himself on the Peers' sense of justice, 293; fails to take the right course to save Strafford, 294; takes his seat in the House of Lords to hear the charges against Strafford read, 296; is indignant at the declaration of the Scottish Commissioners against episco- pacy in England, 297; is present at Strafford's trial, 303; is anxious to save Strafford, 308; listens to proposals for obtaining a petition from the army, 309; hears of the plot for bringing the army up, 312; wishes Percy and Suckling to confer together, 315; refuses to concur in the project of bringing up the army, 317; injures Strafford by taking no notice of the reiterated request of Parliament for the disbandment of the Irish army, 323; is pleased at the disagreement be tween the Houses on Strafford's trial, 327; listens to Pym's reply to Strafford's defence, and again refuses to disband the Irish army, 334; assures Strafford that he shall not suffer in life, honour, or for- tune, 340; sends money to the Northern army, and is believed to intend to put himself at its head, 342 ; alleged intention of, to take refuge in Portsmouth, then to summon the English and Irish armies to his aid, and to dissolve Parliament, 343; again refuses to disband the Irish army,
344; appears in the House of Lords to beg that some way of saving Strafford's life may be found, 346; authorises the Portuguese ambassadors to levy troops, and sends B llingsley to occupy the Tower, 348; talks of taking refuge with the Northern army, 357; gives Jermyn a licence to pass the sea, 360; offers to receive a deputation from the Houses about his assent to the Bill of Attainder, 363; learns that Goring has betrayed him, 364; takes the opinion of the judges and of some of the bishops, 365; mental conflict of, 366; consents to sign a commission giving the Royal assent to the Bill of Attainder, 367; writes to the Peers. ib.; effect of the Bill against the Dissolution of Parliament on, 373 is ob- liged to make appointments according to the wish of Parliament, 374; proposes to visit Scotland, 375; wishes to win over the leading Scots, 376; hesitates between the advice of Bristol and that of the Queen, 383; negotiation of the Irish Catholics with, 384; makes Digby a peer, 386; does not take interest in any scheme of Church reform, 387; asks Hyde to keep back the Root-and-Branch Bill, 388; tries to throw off the blame of com- plicity in Montrose's schemes, 398; en- gages in a second Army Plot, ib.; appends his initials to the petition entrusted to Legg, 399; responsible ministers pro- posed to, 401; consents to the disband- ment of the Northern army, and the dis- missal of Rossetti, 402; his last interview with Rossetti, 403; gives his assent to the abolition of the Star Chamber and of the High Commission, 404; issues a manifesto about the Palatinate, declares that he knows of no evil counsellors, and resolves to go to Scotland, 405; appoints Essex Lord Chamberlain, and listens to the advice of Williams, 409; his reasons for wishing to go to Scotland, 410; an- nounces his intention of going to Scot- land, 413; recommends the Lords not to oppose the Commons till he returns from Scotland, 414; is requested to remain in England, ib. passes a Bill declaring ship. money illegal, and another limiting his forest claims, 415; consents to delay his journey for one day, and promotes Bristol and his partisans, 416; passes a Bill for confirming the treaty with the Scots, and another declaring knighthood-fines ille. gal, 417; sets out for Scotland, ib. ; vacil- lates between two policies, 418; leaves England without a Government, x. 3; passes through the two armies, and enters Edinburgh,5; ratifies the Acts of the Set- tish Parliament, and tries to win over the Scots, 6; negotiates with the Irish Catholics, 7; advice of Nicholas to, 8; symptoms of a reaction in favour of, ib.; is unable, in his absence, to take advan- tage of the change of feeling, 9; is feasted in the Parliament House at Edinburgh,
18; is asked to appoint to offices in Scotland with consent of Parliament, 19: is mortified at finding that his proposals are objected to, 20; two letters of Mont- rose to, 22; is displeased with Hamilton, ib. receives a third letter from Mont- rose, which he resolves to lay before some of the Lords, 23: vindicates himself from complicity with the Incident, 25; asks that the inquiry may be openly con- ducted, 26 is defeated, 27; attempts to gain a party in England, and to obtain evidence of the part taken by the Parlia- mentary leaders in bringing the Sc ts into England, 28; writes to Nicholas to give assurance of his constancy to the dis- cipline and doctrine of the Church, 39; appoints new bishops, 41; offers religious liberty to the Irish Catholics, 46; as s the Scottish Parliament to assist in re- ducing the Irish Rebellion, 55; evidence of his part in the second Army Plot brought before the Commons, 73; pre- pares to return to England, 80; intentions formed by, 81; popularity needed by, 82: the wealthy citizens of London on the side of, 83; enters the City, and an- nounces that he will defend the Protes- tant religion as established in the times of Elizabeth and his father, 84; is feasted at Guildhall, 85; dismisses the Parlia- mentary guard, 86; receives the Grand Remonstrance, 88; takes up a position of resistance, 89; his commission alleged to be given to Phelim O'Neill, 92; ap- points Nicholas Secretary, and Lennox High Steward, and dismisses Vane, 94; directs the Lord Mayor to keep order in the City, 97; issues a proclamation com- manding obedience to the laws in favour of the true rellgion, 98; names a com- mission to bring his expenditure within the limits of his income, and summons absent members of the Commons to return to their duties, 99; declares his readiness to assent to the Impressment Bill if a clause saving the rights of himself and his subjects is inserted, ib.; refuses to execute priests, 100; hesitates to pro- ceed against the Parliamentary leaders, 107; appoints Lunsford to the Lieuten- ancy of the Tower, 108; answers the Grand Remonstrance, ib.; dismisses Newport from the Constableship of the Tower, 111; dismisses Lunsford, and appoints Byron to the Lieutenancy, 112; alleged overtures to the rebels in Ireland from, ib.; scheme proposed by the Irish Catholics to, 113; proposes to send volun- teers to Ireland, and invites to dinner the officers who had chased the apprentices out of Westminster Hall, 120; orders a guard to be posted at Whitehall Gate, 122; takes the protest of the bishops from Williams, and orders it to be laid before the Lords, ib.; offers Pym the Chancellorship of the Exchequer, but changes his mind, and gives it to Cul-
pepper, making Falkland Secretary of State, 127; hears that the Parliamentary leaders mean to impeach the Queen, 128; resolves to secure the five members, 129; orders the Attorney-General to impeach them and Mandeville, 130; refuses a guard to the Commons except under his own authority, 131: orders the studies of Pym, Holles, and Hampden to be sealed up, 132; alienates the House of Lords by demanding the arrest of the accused members, ib.; takes counsel at night, 133: makes preparations to arrest the members in person, 134; his intention betrayed, 135; delays to act, 136; sets out from Whitehall, 137; orders his followers to remain outside the House of Commons, 138; enters the House, and asks for the five members, 139; declares that 'the hirds are flown,' 140; withdraws from the House, 141; seeks the members in the City, 142 issues a proclamation for the arrest of the members, 143; orders Man- deville and the five members to be pro- claimed traitors, and replies angrily to a petition. from the City in their favour, 147 alienation of the City from, 148; is anxious for the Queen's safety, 149: leaves Whitehall, 150; hopes to secure Portsmouth and Hull, 152; wishes Danish sold.ers to land at Hull, 153; goes to Windsor, and announces that he will have the five members tried in another way, 15; takes measures to secure Portsmouth, 156; converses with Heen- vliet, 157; expects the Prince of Orange to help him, 158; on his failure to secure Hull, sends a conciliatory message to the Houses, 159; returns an evasive answer to the demand of the Commons for the fortresses and militia, 161; learns that the Lords have joined the Commons, and that the Prince of Orange refuses to help him, 163; returns a more satisfactory answer about the militia, 164; places Conyers in charge of the Tower, and gives his assent to the Rishops' Exclusion Bill, 165; assents to the Bill for pressing, 166; takes leave of the Queen, and sends for the Prince of Wales, 168; accepts Hyde as his counsellor, 169; intends to go to the North, 170; refuses to remain near Westminster, 171; absolutely refuses to give up the militia, 172; assures the Houses that he alone can settle the af- fairs of Ireland, 172; gives his consent to the scheme for confiscating lands in Ireland, 173; rumoured intention to use military force, 177; his reception at York, 178; sends for Essex and Holland, 179; fails to secure support, ib.; a party of gentlemen leave London to join, 184: forbids the appointment of Warwick as commander of the fleet, and assures the Yorkshire petitioners that he only wants Parliament to be reasonable, 185; pro- poses to go with troops to Ireland, 186; calls upon Parliament to obey the law, and
quotes Pym, 189, is requested by Parliament not to go to Ireland, 190; resolves to demand entry into Hull, 191; is refused admission into Hull, 192; proclaims Sr J. Hotham a traitor, 193; prohibits the levy of the trained bands in Yorkshire without orders from himself, ib.; sends to Scotland for aid, 194; appeals to the gentry of Yorkshire, 195; orders the removal of the Law Courts, and surrounds himself with a guard, 196; summons a meeting on Heyworth Moor, 199; issues commissions of array, 202; appeals to the Scottish Council, and abandons his plan of a visit to Ireland, 203 ; declares that he takes arms in defence only, and sends Hastings into Leicestershire, 205; obta ns possession of Newcastle, 200; offers made to levy horse for, ib. ; receives money from Worcester and his son, 207; dismisses Northumberland, and places Pennington in command of the fleet, 208; the Houses consider themselves at war with, 209; the Commons declare that war has been begun by, 211: goes to Beverley in the hope that Hotham will betray Hull, 212; goes to Lincoln, ib. ; answers sternly a petition for accommodation, 213; is driven back from Hull, and arrives at Leicester, 214; movements in favour of, 216; summons Coventry, 218; sets up the Ro al Standard at Nottingham, 219 Charles Emmanuel I., Duke of Savoy, proposes a marriage between his son and the Princess Elizabeth, ii. 23 renews the proposal with one for a marriage between his daughter and the Prince of Wales, 137, 153 is helped by James in his war with Spain, 321; sends Scarnaffissi to ask James for further assistance against Spain. iii. 49; makes peace with Spain, 52; offers Mansfeld's regiment to the Princes of the Union, 277 professes his desire to attack the House of Austria, 291; draws back, 294 Wake's mission to, v. 174: joins the League for the recovery of the Valtelline, and engages to attack Genoa, 265; asks James for ships and money to employ against Genoa, 301; mission of Walter Montague to, vi. 168; wants an English army to support him, 176; refuses to help Charles till St. Martin's is taken, 185; wishes to obtain part of the Duchy of Montferrat, 332; is compelled to separate himself from Spain, vii. 99 Charles Lewis, Elector Palatine 1632, support given by Charles to, vii. 215; proposal of Charles to send him at the head of an army first to the Palatinate, and then to join the Duke of Feria; 349; is forbidden to go to the Palatinate, 351: position assigned by the Peace of Prague to, 388 is directed by Charles to make a formal submission to the Emperor, viii. 83: visits England, 9): refusal of the French ambassador to give the title of Electoral Highness to, ib.; Necolalde gives the title to, 100; pro
posal for the marriage of, with the Emperor's daughter, 101; receives a degree at Cambridge, and confers degrees at Oxford, 151; is allowed a pension by the King, 164; proposed loan of ships to, 204; preparations made for sending to sea, 210; returns Holland, 219; buys the garrison of Meppen, but loses the place to the Imperialists, 376: proposal to send a Scottish army to the aid of, ix. 42; negotiates with Bernhard of Weimar, 57; sets out for Alsace, hoping to obtain the command of Bernhard's troops, 64; pa ses Paris in disguise, 69; is captured and imprisoned, 70; absents himself from the marriage of the Princess Mary, 348; manifesto in favour of, 405; accompanies the King to Scotland, x. 3; accompanies the King in the attempt on the five members, 137
Charles, Prince (Duke of York, 1605), proposal to marry the Princess Christina to, ii. 223, 314, 390, 396; is created Prince of Wales, iii. 35. See Charles, Prince of Wales; Charles I.
Charles (Prince of Wales, 1616), quarrels with Buckingham, and is reconciled to him, iii. 187; visits his mother before her death, 294: wishes his sister to be supported in Bohemia, 326; Gondomar's opinion of the character of, 347; is informed of the scheme of Gondomar and Buckingham for the partition of the Netherlands, 360; pays 5,000l. to the Benevolence. 373; is d stressed by the news of the Battle of Prague, 386; brings Bacon's petition before the Lords, iv. 93; speaks in Bacon's favour, 102; wishes the King to punish Yelverton, 113 character of, 365; influence of Buckingham over, 368; is not anxious to marry the Infanta, ib.; admits a Roman Catholic amongst the commissioners of his revenue, and promises to visit Madrid, 369; talks of taking the command of an army to recover the Palatinate, 372; opposes his father's wish to be content with Spanish promises, 373 signs the marriage articles as amended in Spain, 398; forms a plan for a journey to Spain, v. 1; ob tains his father's consent to the journey, 3; sets out from Newhall, 6; arrives in Paris and sees Henrietta Maria, 7; arrives in Spain, 9; reaches Madrid, 10; is supposed to intend to change his religion, 11; his first interview with Philip IV., 14; attempts made to convert, 16; is angry with Bristol for supposing that he intends to change his religion, 17; is lodged in the palace, and applauded by the people of Madrid, 18: admires the Infanta, 19; receives Pastrana, 24; is allowed to pay his respects to the Infanta, 29; is informed by Olivares that a dispensation will be granted for his marriage, 33; dines in
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