Commons considering the report of the committee on religion, 37; declares the King's resolution to protect the Custom House officers, 64; writes to forbid Charles Lewis to go to the Palatinate, 351; reads to the Council an exposition of the dangers of the kingdom, and calls on Charles to recover the sovereignty of the seas, 357; becomes a Commissioner of the Treasury, 379; urges on Lindsey the necessity of supporting the King's claim to the sovereignty of the seas, 385; his speech at the introduction into Oxford of the Caroline statutes, viii. 147; votes against war with Scotland, 350; is threatened with dismissal, ix. 85; ceases to be Secretary, 87; exposes the Queen's misrepresentation about the marriage treaty, 88
Colchester, Official's court of the arch- deaconry of, ix. 80
Coldstream, the Scottish army crosses the Tweed at, ix. 189
College of Physicians, the, reports on the causes of the plague, viii. 289 Coloma, Don Carlos, succeeds Gondomar
as Spanish ambassador in England, iv. 335 asks that Spanish ships may be sheltered in English ports, 376; is pre- sent when James swears to the public articles of the marriage treaty, v. 68; ssents to the agreement of Salisbury, 99; presents a pan for the pacification of Germany, 131; accepts James's de- clar. tion that he can grant no further concessions to the Catholics, 100; slips a paper into James's hand, 207; protests against the levy of soldiers in aid of the Dutch, 244; begs that three Dunkirk privateers in the Downs may receive the benefit of neutrality, 245; obtains per- mission for Rubens to visit England, vii. 102; is named ambassador to Eng- land, 105; is received at Whitehall, 170; swears to the treaty of Madrid, 176; takes leave of Charles, 177; Massinger's allusions to, 201
Colvill, William, is entrusted with letters from the Covenanters to foreign princes, ix. 91; is sent to France with a second letter, 92
Commendams, case of, iii. 13 Commerce, movement in favour of break- ing up the companies engaged in, i. 188; Act for throwing open, with France, Spain, and Portugal, 348; interference with the course of, between England and Holland, ii. 385; stoppage of, after the dissolution of 1629, vii. 82 Conimissions of array, issued for the army against Scotland, ix. 162; issued for an army against the Parliamentary Militia, x. 202; order given to put in execution, 205
Commissioners of the Navy. See Navy Commission
Commissioners, the Parliamentary. See Parliamentary Committee, the
Committee of defence, the, is ordered to direct the attention of the Lords to the state of the fortresses, and to consider the command of the trained bands, x. 2; recommends the appointment of an authority to put the kingdom in a state of defence, 3
Committee of Eight. See Committee of the Privy Council for Scottish affairs Committee of Estates, the, appointed by the Scottish Parliament, ix. 152; decides that half its members shall accompany Leslie's army, 182; examines Montrose, 396; imprisons Montrose and his con. federates, 397 Committee of Safety, the, is composed of Lords and Commoners, x. 209 Committee of the Privy Council for foreign affairs, appointment of, v. 323; proposed admission of Scots to, ix. 91
Committee of the Privy Council for Scot- tish affairs, divided state of opinion in, viii. 350; recommends Charles to select a force of 30,000 from the trained bands, 383; is consulted on the war with Scot- land after the dissolution of the Short Parliament, ix. 120
Committee of the Privy Council for Spanish affairs is consulted on the mar. riage treaty, iii. 58; listens to Buck- ingham's account of his proceedings in Spain, v. 143; questions about the treaties proposed to, 176; refuses to vote for war, 177; gives a temporising answer, 179; recommends the imprison- ment of Loudoun and Dunfermline, ix. 74; af er hearing Traquair's report, dis- cusses the mode of coercing Scotland, 75; debate on the mode of carrying on war with Scotland in, 120 Common Council, the. See London, City of
Common Prayer, the Book of, supporters and assailants of, ix. 274; proposal to make alterations in, and counter-propo- sal of Culpepper to punish those who y, x. 14 Commons, the House of, its increased powers under Henry VIII., i. 6: asks for further changes in the Church, 31; opposes Elizabeth on the subject of Church reform, 32: composition of, 160; official members elected to, 163: debates on Sherley's case of privilege in, 16 on Goodwin's case, ib.; on pur- veyance and wardship, 171; on the Court of Wards, 174; on the union with Scotland, 176; objects to the title of King o Great Britain, 177; is dissatis- fied with the Hampton Court settle- ment. 178; its ecclesiastical policy, 179; apology of, 180; omits to grant sub- sidies, 186; opposes the monopoly of the trading companies, 188; passes a Bill for opening trade, 189; is scolded by the King at the prorogation, 190; causes of the misunderstanding between the King and, 193; rejects a proposal for
inflicting extraordinary punishment on the Gunpowder Plotters, 286; questions the right of Convocation to legislate, 291; grants a supply, 297, 298; draws up a petition of grievances, 299; dis cusses the proposed commercial union with Scotland, 329; considers the ques- tion of naturalisation, 331; agrees to pass Bills for the abolition of hostile laws and extradition of criminals, 337: insists on freedom for all persons to trade with France, Spain, and Portugal, 348; case of the Trial' brought before, 349; forwards to the Lords the complaints of the merchants trading with Spain, 351; Salisbury seeks to influence elections to, ii. 63; takes into consideration the support of the Crown, 64; listens to Salisbury's demands, 65; condemns Cowell's Interpreter, 66; demands the commutation of feudal tenures, 68; proposes to enter into the Great Con tract, 69; is forbidden by the King to question his right to impositions, 70; receives permission to discuss the impo- sitions, 72; petition against recusants from, 73; debate on impositions in, 75; is almost unanimous against the King's claim to impositions, 81; draws up a petition of grievances, and grants a sub- sidy, 82; agrees to the Great Contract, 83 is dissatisfied with the King's answer to its grievances, 85; breaks off the Great Contract, 107; refuses to grant supply till the rumours about Underta ers have been inquired into, 236; receives the communion at St. Margaret's, and takes up the Bill on Impositions, 237; inquires into monopo- lies, ib.; gives up the inquiry about the Undertakers, and discusses the imposi- tions, 238; asks for a conference on impositions, 241; is indignant at Fishop Neile's attack, 243; is not contented with Neile's excuse, 246; review of the conduct of, in the Addled Parliament, 248; imprisonment of members of, 249; does not revive the quarrel about impo- sitions in 1621, iv. 27; Protestant feel- ing of, 28 objects to receive the com- munion in Westminster Abbey, 30; receives the report of the Council of War, 31; grants two subsidies, 32; complains of Gondomar's permission to export ordnance, 33; expels Shepherd, 34 is displeased with James's refusal to persecute the Catholics, 34; foreign policy of, 35; inquiry into the mono- polies, 39; violent proceeding against Michell in, 42; attack on Mompesson in, 43; its jurisdiction questioned, ib.; de- mands inquiry into the conduct of the referees, 48; brings charges against the referees, 50; sends charges against Mompesson to the Lords, 54; orders Phelips to lay before the Peers the evidence against Bacon, 66; resists James's proposal for a new tribunal to
inquire into Bacon's case, 71; sends up the Wharton case to the Lords, 78; is summoned to the Lords' bar to hear the sentence on Bacon, 103; hears the Lords' sentence on Michell, 108; charges Sir J. Bennett with corruption, ib.; re fuses to grant a further supply, and condemns the patent for alehouses, 110; abandons the charges against the referees, 111; violent language directed against Floyd in, 120; sentences Floyd, 121; its jurisdiction over Floyd ques- tioned by the King, ib.; refers Floyd's case to the King, 123; votes certain patents to be grievances, and passes a Monopoly Bill, 125; is ordered to adjourn, 126; dissatisfaction in, 127; Perrot's motion for a declaration about the Palatinate in, 128; makes a de lara- tion for the defence of the Palatinate, 129; adjournment of, 130; reassembles, 232; its attention called to the imprison- ment of Sandys, 233: considers a de- mand for money for the defence o the Palatinate, 234; resolves to vote supply, 241; draws up a petition on religion, 246; is ordered by the King not to meddle with his son's marriage, 250; prepares an explanatory petition, 251; sends a deputation to the King, 252; James's attack on the privileges o, 254; debate on the King's answer in 255; precedents on liberty of speech in, 256; is unanimous in defence of its privileges, 257; protestation on behalf of the privi- leges of, 261: last sitting of, in the ses- sion of 1621, 264; character of the elec- tions to, in 1621, v. 181; refers Eliot's motion on liberty of speech to a com- mittee, 188; exculpates Buckingham, ib.; debate on the Spanish treaties in, 189; popularity of a war with Spain, and un- popularity of a war in Germany in. 191; draws up a petition for war with Spain, 192: discusses the King's speech on a war in Germany, 194; votes an address calling for war with Spain, 196; is dissatisfied with James's answer, 197; disapproves of a French marriage and of a Conti- nental war, 199; votes three subsidies and three fifteenths, 200; conditional nature of the grant made by, 202; refuses to inquire into the insults offered to the Spanish Embassy, 203; sends to the Lords a petition against recusants, 222; is satisfied with James's answer to the petition against recusants, 226; im peaches Midd esex, 230; agrees to a modification of the Monopoly Bill, 233; presents its grievances to James, 234; is dissatisfied at the close of the session of 1624. 235; growth of the influence of, ib.; full attendance in, at the opening of the session of 1625, 337; is asked for supplies by Charles, on the ground that it has brought him into war, 338 rejects Mallory's motion for an adjournment, 341; goes into committee on religion,
342; prepares a petition on religion, re- questing the enforcement of the law against the Catholics, and a conciliatory treatment of the silenced ministers, 344; the grant of one subsidy and one fif- teenth proposed in, 345; two subsidies voted by, 347; its want of confidence in Charles, ib.; considers Wentworth's dis- puted election, 349; refers Montague's New Gag for an old Gorse to Abbot, 353; inquires what steps Abbot has taken, 354 refers the New Gag and Appello Cæsarem to a committee, 55; report of its committee on Montague's books, 360; commits Montague to custody, 364; de- bate on tonnage and poundage in, ib; passes a Bill granting tonnage and pound- age for one year, 365; estimate of ex- penditure laid by Coke before. 371; de- clines to grant an additional supply, 372; is adjourned to Oxford, 373; re-assembles at Oxford, 397; prepares a petition against the grant of pardons to Catholic priests, 399; discusses Montague's case, ib. ; ques- tion of ministerial responsibility raised in, 400; is summoned before the King in Christchurch Hall, 403; is puzzled by the confused way in which the Kings demands are made, 406; the King's ministers inefficiently represented in, 407; Whistler's suggestion to consult the Lords on the proposed supply allowed to drop in, ib.; debate on foreign policy in, b.; is summoned to Christchurch Hall to hear a communication from Bucking- ham, 418 discusses the King's demand of an immediate supply, 423; hears of the delivery of Penningtons ships to the French, 428; complaints of neglect to stop piracy, ib.; adopts a protestation of loyalty, 431; last proceedings of, in the first Parliament of Carles, 432; its want of confidence in Buckingham justi- fied, 433; conservatism of, 434; pro- nounces against Montague, vi. 65; wishes to learn the advice given by the Council of War, 73: persists in requiring an answer, 74; difficulties of its position, 76; directs the King's Counsel to bring in a tonnage and poundage Bill, 77; loyal declaration of, 78; adopts Eliot's pro- posal to pass a resolution for the grant of subsidies, but not to convert it into a Bill, 81; informed by Coventry that they have liberty of counsel, not of control, 82; is told by Charles that Parliaments are to continue or not, according to their fruits, 83; resolves to draw up a remon- strance, ib.; determines to go on with the Remonstrance in spite of Buckingham's vindication of his conduct, 84; presents the Remonstrance to Charles, 85; orders a committee to consider the causes of evil, ib. votes the charges against Bucking. ham upon common fame, 86; impeaches Buckingham, 98; demands the imprison- ment of Buckingham, 108; refuses to pro- ceed with business till Eliot and Digges
are liberated, 109; prepares a petition in vindication of ts privileges, 10; is informed that Digges is released, and that Eliot is imprisoned on account of actions done out of the House, 112; suspends its sittings, 113; is informed that Eliot is liberated, ib.; clears Eliot, 114; declares tonnage and poundage il- legal without consent of Parliament, 115; demands an account of Buckingham's election as Chancellor of the University of Cambridge, but is ordered by the King to desist from further inquiry, 116; draws up a Remonstrance, 118; question of responsibility raised by its demand to the King to remove Buckingham from his presence, 119; end of the sittings of, 121 resolution of the leaders of, not to proceed against Buckingham in 1628, 230; Coke's Bill against prolonged detention in prison brought into, 232; debate on a proposal to grant supply in, 233 refuses to vote supply in consequence of the dis- covery of a party of Jesuits at Clerken well, 239; goes into a Grand Committee on Supply, 240; want of support for the King in, ib. passes a resolution against taxa- tion without a Parliamentary grant, 241; enters on a debate on the King's claim to imprison without showing cause, ib. ; dis- cussion on the genuineness of a copy of Anderson's reports in, 244; resolutions on imprisonment adopted by, 245; debate on the grant of supply in, 246; passes resolutions on confinement and billet- ing, 247; postpones the consideration of military grievances for that of civil ones, 250; passes in committee a resolution for five subsidies, ib.; Bill for securing the liberties of the subject proposed Ly Wentworth in, 251; debate on military outrages in, 253; sits, by the King's orders, on Good Friday, 254; debate on martial law in, ib.; asks the Peers to hear them before deciding on the resolutions on the liberties of the subject, 256; again refuses to discuss supply, 257; is informed by the Lord Keeper that Charles expects it to be content with his promise to ob serve the law, 263; resolves that a Bill founded on its resolutions shall be brought in, 264; debate in, on the Bill of Liberties, 265; is informed by Sir J. Coke that, whatever law might be made, it would be the duty of a Privy Coun- cillor to commit without showing cause, 267; directs the preparat on of a Remon- strance, 269; orders the presentation of the Remonstrance, 270; end of Went. worth's leadership of, ih.; discusses the King's offer to confirm Magi a Carta and six other statutes, 272; orders a Petition of Right to be prepared, and the resolu tions for five subsidies to be reported, 275; sends up the Pet tion to the Lords, 276; refuses to accept the King's offer to declare the cause as soon as convenient, 277; rejects the Loids' clause in amend
inent of the Petition of Right, 281; re- jects the clause a second time, 282; sup- ports Eliot against Wentworth, 286; rejects a proposal of the Lords for a joint committee on the Petition of Right, 287; listens to the King's first answer to the Petition, 297; agrees, at Eliot's motion, to discuss a Remonstrance, 301; is for- Hidden by the King to lay scandal on his ministrs. 302; bursts into ears, 303; inserts into its Remonstrance a clause condemnatory of Buckingham, 306; goes on with the Remonstrance and joins the Lords in asking for a better answer to the Petition of Right, 308; impeaches Manwaring, 312; passes the Subsidy Bill, 315; completes the Remonstrance, and complains that Calvinism is discoun- tenanced and Arminianism f voured, 316; decl tres Buckingham's power to be the chief cause of evil, 317; a tonnage and poundage Bill in committee in, 322; proposes to ass a Bill for a temporary grant of tonnage and poundage, ib.; draws up a Remonstrance on tonnage and poundage, 323; end of the session of, 325; its case against the King. 328; complains in 1629 of the enrolment of the first a swer to the Petition of Right, vii. 30; considers its privileges to be violated by the seizure of Rolle's goods, 32; is pleased with the King's speech, but postpones the consideration of tonnage and poundage, 34; takes into considera- tion the question of religion, 35; refers the question of religion to a committee, 36; goes into committee on the report from the committee on religion, 37; adopts a resolution against Arminianism, the sense of which it is unable to make clear, 41; resolves to inquire into recent Pardons, 44; orders further inquiry into the pardons, 47; challenges the authority of Convocation, 48; admits that Mon- tague is legally a bishop, 49; charges brought against Neile in, ib.; Cromwell's first speech in, 55; fresh charges brought against Neile and Cosin in, 56; takes up again the question of tonnage and pound- age, 57; sends one of the sheriffs of Lon- don to the Tower, 58; breach of the privi- leges of, ib. sends a message to the Court of Exchequer, and summons the Custom House officers to the bar, 61; attempts to evade May's argument, 63; resolves that Rolle is to have privilege for his goods, 64; adjourns to consider its position, 65; resolutions on religion of the sub-committee of, ib.; attempts made to avert a rupture between the King and, 66; the Speaker held down in his chair by members of, 68; riotous pro- ceedings in, 69: Hobart locks the door of, 70; Eliot's resolutions read by Holles in, 75 end of the session of, 76; at the opening o' the Short Parliament Winde- bank reads the letter from the Scots to the King of France in, ix. 99; debate
on grievances in, ib.; petitions from the counties to, or; Pym's speech on griev ances in, ib.; appeal of Charies to the Lords against. 108; resolves to confer with the Lords on grievances, ib.; votes the interference of the Lords to be a breach of privilege, 110: sends for Dr. Beale, 111; resolves to clear up the ques- tion of the King's right to voluntary taxa- tion, 112; discusses the King's demand of twelve subsidies, 113; demand for the abolition of military charges made in, 114; proposed petition against the war to be made by, 116; the Short Parlia- ment dissolved on Vane's assurance that not one penny will be voted by, 117; temper of, at the opening of the Long Parliament, 218; support given by the Scottish army to, 219; chooses Lenthall as its Speaker, 220; listens to Irish grievances, 222; Pym's leadership of, 223; general complaint of grievances in, 224; resolves to spare the King and to call his ministers to account, 226; is afraid of a Catholic plot, 227; meeting of the Irish committee of, 230; resolves to examine into the case against Straf- ford, 231; alarm felt in, 233; names a select committee to prepare a charge against Strafford, 234; impeaches Straf- ford, 235; sends for Radcliffe, and orders the liberation of Prynne, Bastwick, Bur- ton, Leighton, and Lilburne, 236; finan- cial difficulties of, ib. ; appoints a fast, 237; attacks the monopolies, 238; loan offered by the members of, 239; takes alarm at the attempt to assassinate Hey. wood, ib. draws up a preliminary charge against Strafford, 240; two subsidies voted by, 242; sends for Windebank, 243; the Queen proposes to bribe mem- bers of, 244; Finch defends himself be- fore, 246 Finch impeached by, 247: first serious division of opinion in, ib. ; postpones the consideration of the Lon- don petition against episcopacy, and votes that no one is bound by the new canons, 248; proposes to provide for the King's revenue, and grants two more subsidies, 250; a Bill for Annual Parlia- ments brought into, 253; refuses to pay interest unless it is named damages, 255: negotiation of the Queen with the leaders of, 259; considers the demands of the Scots, 261; turns the Annual Parlia- ments Bill into a Triennial Bill, 262; demands Goodman's execution, 265; dis- trusts Charles's sincerity, 268; resolves to investigate the contributions of the Catholics, and presses for Goodman's execution, 269; fear of the Irish army felt in, 270; articles against Strafford voted in, ib.; votes a Brotherly Assist- ance to the Scots, and leaves Goodman in prison, 272; receives coldly the Queen's overtures, 273; the ecclesias- tical petitions debated in, 276; parties begin to form in, 281; a compromise
accepted at the end of the debate on the Londoners' petition in, 287; is unani- mous against the Catholics, 289; im- peaches Berkeley, ib.; asks the Lords to join in a petition against the Irish army, 290; objects to the delay in Straffo d's trial, 291; is irritated because the Lord- allow Strafford time to prepare for his defence, 292; rise of a feeling against the Scots in, 294; two more subsidies voted by, 295; dissatisfaction in, with the Scottish declaration against English episcopacy, 297; votes that reparation shall be made to Prynne, Burton, Bast- wick, Leighton, and Lilburne, 298; 1e- solves that bishops shall not sit in Parlia- ment or exercise temporal functions, 299; has difficulty in finding money for the Scots, 300; Pym opens the case against Strafford on behalf of, 303; growth of a desire for Strafford's blood in, 307; irri- tates the Northern army by transferring to the Scots money intended for its use, 308; the Army Plot revealed to the leading members of, 317; charge of in- tending to bring in the Irish army brought against Strafford on behalf of, 318; is alarmed at the danger of the intervention of the Northern army, and passes a resolution that officers are not to command an attack without orders from the King on the advice of Parlia- ment, 325; want of unanimity in, 326; withdraws from the trial in consequence of the decision of the Lords to allow Strafford to adduce fresh evidence, 327; statement on Vane's notes made in, 328; a Bill of Attainder proposed in, 329; reads the Bill of Attainder a first time, but is persuaded by Pym to go on with the impeachment, 330; Bill of Attainder read a second time in, 335; Bill of At- tainder in committee in, 336; declares Strafford a traitor, 337; passes the At- tainder Bill, 338; is disappointed at Charles's repeated refusals to disband the Irish army, 344; renewed dissatis- faction of, 345: a dissolution expected by, 346; passes the Bishops' Exclusion Bill, 347; silence in, at the news of Suckling's levy, 350; excited discussion in, 351; appoints a committee to draw up a Pro- testation, 353; accepts the Protestation, 355 invites the Londoners to sign the Protestation, 356; Pym reveals his knowledge of the Army Plot to, 357; resolves that to counse! bringing in a fo- reign force is to be a public enemy, and forms a committee to examine the Army Plot, 358; panic in, 359; a Bill against the dissolution of Parliament brought into, 360; gives a courteous answer to the demand of the Scots for an ecclesi- astical union, 377; growth of the Root- and-Branch party in, 378; the confisca- ion of Church property mooted in, 379; votes that the customers shall be fined, ib.; effect of the vote of the Lords in
favour of retaining the Bishops in their House upon, 381; the Root-and-Branch Bill brought into, 382; argues with the Lords in favour of the Bishops' Exclusion Bill, z. Bills for limiting the preroga- tive brought into, 383; report of the Com. mittee on the Army Plot read in, 384; a riot in. 385; quality of the Presbyterian- ism of, 386; the Root-and-Branch Bill in committee of, 387; proposed new form of Church government accepted by, 390; lay preachers reproved by, 395; sends up a Bill making the signature of the Protestation obligatory, 413; orders the impeachment of thirteen bishops, and votes that all who refuse the Pro- testation are unfit to bear office, ib.; is irritated by the opposition of the Lords, 414; holds a sitting on Sunday to re- monstrate against the King's proposed journey to Scot and, 415; persuades the Lords to join in a request that Fembroke may be Lord Steward and Salisbury Lord Treasurer, 417; Root-and-Branch Bill dropped in, x. 1; does not accept the King s offer of a general pardon, ib. ; declares Suckling, Percy, and Jermyn traitors, appoints a committee of defence, and considers the command of the trained bands, 2; adopts the first ordinance, 4; objects to the leave given to the Spanish ambassador to levy troops in Ireland, and fixes a day for the adjournment of, 10: end of unanimity, ib.; cause of the division in, 11; resolutions on ecclesias. tical innovations in, 14; orders on lec- turers passed in, 16; resents the refusal of the Lords to impart to it their resolu- tion on Divine service, but appeals to the patience of the nation, 17; adjournment of, 18; effect of the news of the Incident on at its re-assembling, 32; is guarded by the Westminster trained bands, ib. ; the second Bishops' Exclusion Bill in, 37; asks the Lords to suspend all the bishops from voting in their own case, 40; expresses a desire that the King will regard the wishes of Parliament when he makes appointments, 41; is irritated by the appointment of new bishops, and fixes a day for considering the Remon- strance, ib. examinations about the second Army Plot read in, and fresh plots suspected in, 42; hears of the Irish rebellion, 3 votes money and men to suppress the rebellion, 54; offers to pay 1,000 Scots in Ireland. 55; Pym propo-es an additional instruction to the Com- mittee in Scotland to be given by, ib. ; demands that unless a responsible minis- try be granted it will provide for Ireland without the King, 56: revolutionary cha racter of the proposal made by, 57; pro- poses to entrust Essex with authority over the trained bands, 59; the Grand Remon. strance read in, ib.; worse news from Ireland received in, 64; votes that an English and a Scottish army shall be sent
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