still the tumult at St Giles', viii. 314; saves his life with diffi ulty, 315 Lindsay of Balcarres, John (Lord of Ses- sion), proposes that the clergy shall be represented in the Scottish Parliament, i. 66
Lindsay of Byres, Lord, 1616, created Earl
of Lindsay, 1633, but the patent sus- pended till 1635 (John Lindsay), visits Charles at Berwick, ix. 47; is vouched by Montrose as his authority for alleging that Argyle proposed to depose the King, 396
Lindsay, Sir James, is employed by the Pope to carry a message to James, i. 97 ; is sent by James to Rome, 224 Lindsell, Augustine (Bishop of Peterbo rough), becomes Bishop of Peterborough, vii. 314
Lindsey, Earl of, 1626 (Robert Bertie), commands the fleet after Buckingham's murder, vi. 363; fails to relieve Rochelle, 364; receives instructions as commander of the first ship-money fleet, 383; con- voys vessels to Dunkirk, and sails down Channel, 384; finds no enemy, 385; bad state of the provisions on board the fleet of, 388; end of the employment of, 390; convoys Spanish vessels to Dunkirk, viii. 156; is sent to command at Berwick, 385; the King offers the Commons a guard commanded by, x. 134; is made General of the King's army, 211. See Willoughby de Eresby, Lord Linlithgow, Charles orders the removal of
the Council and the Court of Session to, viii. 321; proclamation of Charles read at, 326
Lisle, Viscount,_1605-1618 (Robert Syd- ney), created Earl of Leicester, iii. 215. See Leicester, Earl of
Little Gidding, community established by Nicholas Ferrar at, vii. 263
Liveries, Statute of, enforced by Henry VII., i. 5
Lodgers, householders prohibited from taking, viii. 289
Loan, the forced. See Forced loan, the Loftus of Ely, Viscount, 1622 (Lord Chan cellor of Ireland), charges brought by Falkland against, viii. 20; is appointed a member of the Commission of Investi- gation into the case of the Byrnes, 23: is one of the Lords Justices, 27; gives Wentworth a lukewarm support, 37: Wentworth takes the Great Seal from, 71; is to be prosecuted in the Star Chamber, 72
Loftus, Sir Adam, gives money to the King, and becomes Vice-Treasurer of Ireland, viii. 194
Loix, Isle of, defeat of Buckingham's forces in retreating to the, vi. 197 London, City of, greatness of the trade of, i. 179; feeling in favour of the Dutch in, 214; attack of the mob of, on Gondomar's servant, iii. 135; ends money to James, 197: contest for the Recordership of,
216; James's visit to, after his illness, 296; attempt to raise a loan for Frede rick in, 332; attempt to raise a loan for the Palatinate in, 340; is urged to con- tribute to the repair of St. Paul's, 341; is asked by James to contribute to the Palatinate, 342; offers a voluntary sub. scription, 343; outbreak of the plague in, v. 337: refuses to lend to Charles, vi. 124, resists the requisition of ships for Willougby's fleet, but is obliged to fit them out, 132; again refuses to lend to Charles, 140; its ships ur.der Penning- ton's command, 151; mutiny in the ships of, 153; impossibility of borrowing money for the army at Rhé in, 193; is fined for failing to discover the murderers of Dr. Lambe, 320; Laud's unpopularity in, vii. 128; attempts to prevent over- crowding in, 161; orders to the Lord Mayor to keep down the price of corn in, 162; the country gentlemen ordered to leave, 240; authority of Laud over, 241 ; objects to the first writ of ship-money, 375; makes submission, 376; is fined in the Star Chamber for breaking the charter of the Londonderry Settlement, viii. 59; slowness of the sheriffs in as- sessing ship-money in, 93; growth of, 287; complaints of the increase of build- ings in, 288; proposal to divide the government of the new districts between Westminster and, ib.; demolition of new buildings in, 289; sanitary defects of, ib.; exaction of tithes due to the City clergy in, 290; new corporation for gov- erning the suburbs of, ib.; strength and organisation of, 301; is asked for a con- tribution for the war with Scotland, ix. 6: a loan demanded from, 26; fresh attempt to obtain a loan by threats from. 39; refuses to lend to the King, 98; at- tempt to enforce a loan from, by the impri- sonment of four aldermen, 130; abandon- ment of Charles's attempt to enforce a loan from, 136; attempt of the Lord Mayor personally to collect ship-money in, 153; failure to collect coat-and-con- duct money in, ib.; the levy of soldiers resisted in, 160; rejects a demand for a loan made by Cottington and Vane, 174; persists in refusing to lend in spite of a promise that negotiations will be opened with the Scots, 177; refuses to lend after the Scottish invasion, 189: circulation of copies of the petition of the twelve peers in, 202; a petition simi- lar to that of the peers signed in, 205: its petition presented to the King, 207: disturbances in, 211; agrees to lend on the security of the peers, 212; reduces its loan, and chooses Alderman Wright as Lord Mayor, 214; attack by a mob on St Paul's Cathedral in, 215; refuses to elect its Recorder to the Long Par liament, 220; unpopularity of Strafford in, 221; alarm lest the King's review of troops at the Tower should be intended to
be followed by an attack on, 233: offers to lend money to Parliament conditionally, 236; petition for the abolition of episco- pacy numerously signed in, 247; stop- page of the payment of the loan offered by, 294; petition for the execution of Strafford signed in, 341; the supposed French attack on Jersey and Guernsey causes a panic in, 362; overtures of Charles to, x. 28; disturbances and fa- naticism in, 29; is ready to lend money for the suppression of the Irish rebellion, 70; petitions for the securing of Catholic lords, and depriving the bishops of their votes, 71; importance to Charles of securing popularity in, 82; royalist opinions of the wealthy citizens of, 83; organisation of the ceremonial for the King's entry into, ib; the King's en- trance into, 84; Charles is applauded by the citizens of, 85: Charles directs the Lord Mayor to quiet tumults in, 97; peti- tion against the votes of the bishops and of the Catholic lords, 98; interference of the Lord Mayor and Recorder with the petitioners in, 104; arrest of Prophet Hunt, and attack on Barebone's house in, 105; election of a Puritan Common Council in, 107; declaration of the Lord Mayor that unless Lunsford is dismissed from the Lieutenancy of the Tower he cannot answer for the peace of, 112; the Commons ask for the protection of the trained bands of, 132; Charles orders the Lord Mayor to keep the peace of, 134: the five members take refuge in, 138; re- fuses to surrender the five meinbers to the King, 142; the Commons meet in coin- mittee in, 143; panic in, 147; offers a guard to the Commons, 148; triumphal procession of the Commons from, 150; review of the trained bands of, 195 Londonderry, state of the settlement at, viii. 59 sentence in the Star Chamber on the City of London for abuses in the settlement of, 60; forfeiture of the lands held by the City of London in, 290; the City asks for the restitution of its lands in, ix. 236; is seized by the army, 254 Londoners' petition against episcopacy, the. See Root-and-Branch petition, the Long, Walter, being imprisoned, applies for a habeas corpus, vii. 90; is removed to the Tower, 94: is liberated on giving security for good behaviour, 110; returns to prison, 111
Longford, settlement of, viii. T
Lope de Vega, his verses on the Prince's visit to Madrid, v. 18
Lords, House of, position of, at the acces sion of James, i. 162; takes part, in 1604, in the controversy on Goodwin's case, 168; and in the inquiry into purveyance, 170; proposes to hold a conference on Sunday, 173: concurs in a petition on wardship, 175: blames the proposal of the Commons on the subject, 176; opposes the ecclesiastical policy of the Commons,
180; rejects a proposal for inflicting an extraordinary punishment on the Gur powder Plotters, 286; throws out a Bill on purveyance, 299; a petition on the grievances of the merchants in Spain for- warded by the Commons to, 351: Bill on impositions dropped in, ii. 83; con- sults the judges on the question of im- positions, 241; refuses to confer with the Lords on the impositions, 242: acquaints the Commons with Bishop Neile's regret for his speech, 245; old and new peers in, iv. 37; repudiates the answer of Bacon and Mandeville to the charges against the referees, 50; its unfitness for conducting a political trial, 68; evidence against Bacon laid before, 72; sentences Mompe-son, 84: sentences Bacon, 103; sentences Michell, 108; receives a charge against Sir J. Bennett, ib.; examines Yelverton, 111; sends Yelverton to the Tower, 113; considers Yelverton's insult to Buckingham, 114; sentences Yelver- ton, 115; sentences Floyd, 123; judicial functions of, 124; dismisses the Bishop of Llandaff to the censure of the Arch- bishop of Canterbury, 125; releases Sir John Bennett on bail, ib.; exculpates Buckingham, v. 188; condemns the Spanish treaties, 189; discusses James's demand of a supply, 195; orders an in- quiry into insults to the Spanish em- bassy, 203; sentences Middlesex, 231; allows a Bill granting tonnage and pound- age for a year to drop, 365; is adjourned to Oxford, 373; reassembles at Oxford, 397 is summoned before the King in Christchurch Hall, 403; orders that no peers shall hold more than two proxies, vi. 68; asks the Commons to support the King's armaments, ib.; takes up Arundel's case, 91; demands an account of Arundel's absence, 92; acknowledges the writ sent to Bristol, 94; orders that the charges against Buckingham and Bristol shall proceed together, 95; Bristol defends himself before, 97; debate on Bristol's claim to use counsel debated in, 98; impeachment of Buckingham before, ib.; continues to urge the King to liberate Arundel, and refuses to imprison Buck. ingham, 108: sends a curt message to Charles about Arundel, 109; questions the accuracy of the report given to Charles of the words used by Digges, III; protest that Digges had said no- thing contrary to the King's honour argued in, 112; insists upon allowing counsel to Bristol, ib.; proposal to de- prive new peers of their votes in, 115: Arundel takes his place in, ib.; begs for a postponement of the dissolution, 120; insists upon the restoration to their seats of five excluded peers, 231; the Com- mons' resolutions on the liberties of the subject laid before, 253; inclines to sup- port the King, and consults the judges, 256; legal argument on the Commons'
esolutions before, 257: discusses the question of the King's power of com mittal, 258; draws up counter-proposi- tions to the Commons' resolutions, 259: spirit in which the propositions were adopted by, 261; report on the Petition of Right by a committee of, 276: at- tempts to modify the clause of the pe- tition relating to imprisonment, 277: an additional clause added to the petition by, 279: hesitates to proceed with the new clause after its rejection by the Commons, 281; sends the clause again to the Commons with an explanation, 282; is forced to abandon the clause, 286; asks the Commons to join in a pro- testation to satisfy the King, 287; adopts a declaration that its members had no intention of lessening the power which they were bound by the oath of supre- macy to defend, and accepts the Petition of Right, 289; directs the Lord Keeper to acquaint the King that its feeling is against a dissolution, 307; asks for a better answer to the Petition of Right, 308; gives sentence upon Manwaring, 312; suggestion that Catholic peers need not take the oath of allegiance in, ix. 88; refuses to adjourn on account of the sitting of Convocation, 101; questions Manwaring's appointment to a bishopric, 106; unpopularity of the bishops in, ib. ; obliges Bishop Hall to beg pardon of Saye, 107; the King appeals for support against the Commons to, 108; gives support to the King, 109; continues by a reduced majority to support the King, 111: Strafford appears in, 232; receives Strafford's impeachment, and commits him to custody, 235; the preliminary charges against Strafford laid before, 241; ship-money condemned by, 264: a congregation of Separatists brought before, 266; joins the Commons in ask- ing for the execution of the recusancy laws, 269; passes the Triennial Bill, 273: orders the arrest of Berkeley, 289; irri- tates the Commons by granting time to Strafford to prepare his defence, 291; grants Strafford another week, 292; anxiety of Charles to win votes in, 293: Strafford's answer read in, 296; joins the Commons in asking for the dispersion of the Irish army, the disarmament of the Catholics, and the dismissal of the Queen's Catholic attendants, 297: ap- points a committee on ecclesiastical in- novations, 298; urges the City to lend, and the King to disarm the Catholics and disband the Irish army, 325; al- lows both Strafford and his accusers to produce fresh evidence, 327; is irritated at the introduction of the Bill of At- tainder, 331; hears the legal argument on behalf of Strafford, 337; altercation between Savile and Strafford in, 339; reads the Bill of Attainder the second tine, 341; hears St. John's argument on
the legality of the Bill of Attainder, 344 : alarm felt in, at the King's intrigues, 343: is beset by a mob demanding Strafford's execution, 349; sees to the safety of the Tower, 355; the Protestation taken in, 356; appoints a committee to examine the Army Plot, 358; pushes on the At- tainder Bill, 359: passes the Attainder Bill and the Bill against the dissolution of Parliament, 361; sends a deputation to urge the King to give the Royal as- sent to the Attainder Bill, 363; agrees to the withdrawal of the clergy from tem poral functions, but excepts the bishops' seats in Parliament, 378; discusses the Bishops' Exclusion Bill in conference, 382; throws it out, 383; does not adopt any particular plan of Church reform, 387 does not support Williams's scheme of Church reform, 409; throws out a Bill for making the signature of the Protesta. tion obligatory, 413; is recommended by the King not to oppose the Commons till his return from Scotland, 414; joins the Commons in asking the King to make Pembroke Lord Steward and Salisbury Lord Treasurer, 417; gives a day for the adjournment, x. 1o; adopts amendments to the Commons' resolutions on ecclesias- tical innovations, 15: orders Divine ser vice to be performed according to law,and refuses to communicate its resolution to the Commons, 16: appeals to the law, 17; adjournment of, 18; the second Bishops' Exclusion Bill sent up to, 38; the King's declaration that he will stand by the dis cipline and doctrine of the Church cir culated in, 39; is asked to suspend the bishops from voting on the Exclusion Bill, 40: postpones consideration of the suspension of the bishops, 41: imprisons Father Philips, 54; unpopularity of pro- tections given by members of, 70: the City petition for depriving bishops of their votes in, 71; agrees to the proposal that 5,000 Scots shall be sent to Ireland, ib. orders an inquiry into Beale's alle gations, 73; refuses to give powers to Essex and Holland in excess of those conferred by the King's commission, ib. ; amends the Impressment Bill, 95; is dis- satisfied with the King's speech on the Impressment Bill, 99; declares that no religion except that established by law in England is to be tolerated, 100; enters into a contest with the Commons on the Scottish army for Ireland, and th Im pressment Bill, 103; refuses to join in a petition for Lunsford's removal, 109; wishes to give Charles time to reconsider Lunsford's appointment, 111; intimida- tion of the bishops outside, 117; offers to join the Commons in bringing to justice Newport's accusers, and asks the Com- mons to support them in demanding a guard against riotous assemblages, ih.; most of the bishops absent themselves from, 118; is asked by Digby to declare
that Parliament is no longer free, 119: rejects Digby's motion, and attempts to mediate between the King and the Com- mons, 120; sides with the Commons after the protest of the bishops, 123: accepts the impeachment of the bishops who had signed the protest, and imprisons them, 125; refuses to ask that ssex may com mand the guard, 126; Mandeville and five members of the House of Commons charged with treason before, 130: ap points a committee to inquire into the legality of the proceeding, 131; places itself in opposition to the King, 132; joins the Commons in ordering Hotham to occupy Hull, 153; is agreed with the Commons in taking measures of defence, but objects to ask the King to ppoint Conyers Lieutenant of the Tower, 154; Byron refuses to answer a summons from, 155 objects to the form of the Commons' declaration for defence, 156; wishes to thank the King for his concilia- tory message, 159; refuses to join in the demand of the Commons for the fortresses and the militia, or to censure Lennox heavily, 160; resists the Commons, 161; presentation of the artificers' petition to, 162 joins the Commons about the mi itia, and passes the Bishops' Exclusion Bill, 163 accepts the list of Lords-Lieu- tenants sent up by the Commons, 165; the bishops deprived of their seats in, 166; accepts the Commons' resolution for putting the kingdom in a state of defence, 171; sentences Benyon to fine and imprisonment, 185; many Royalist peers abandon, ib.; sentences Sir Ed- ward Herbert, 194
Lords Justices of Ireland, the (Sir William Parsons and Sir John Borlase), find it difficult to manage Parliament, x. 45: are horrified to hear that the plantation of Connaught is abandoned, io.; fresh confiscations desired by, 49: receive intelligence of a plot to seize Dubl n Castle, 51 arrest the chief conspirators, 52 do not know how to deal with the Catholic lords, 53: project of supersed- ing, 113 summon the Catholic lords to Dublin, 114; behaviour of, to Ormond, 115; think that the spread of the re- bellion will lay open a great part of Ire- land to confiscation and the settlement of religion, ib.; send Ormond to relieve Drogheda, but order him not to follow up the enemy, 174 Lords-Lieutenants, a committee of the Commons recommends that the members of each county shall nominate, x. 157 Lords of the Articles, the Scottish, manner of the election of, vii. 287: necessity of reconstituting, ix. 50; reconstitution of,
53 Iorkin Thomas, is Charles's agent at the French Court, v. 381
Lorne, Lord (Archibald Campbell), wish of Charles to marry Elizabeth Stuart to,
vi. 71; quarrels with the Bishop of Gal. loway, viii. 316. See Argyle, Earl of Lorraine, armies of Mansfeld and Chris- tian of Brunswick threaten to enter, iv. 338; is ravaged by Mansfeld, 339; mis- Sion of Walter Montague to, vi. 167; is seized by Richelieu, vii. 347: Charles wishes France to surrender, in exchange for the Palatinate, viii. 97. See Charles III., Duke of
Lothian, Earl of, 1631 (William Ker), his opinion of Montrose, ix. 397
Loudoun, Earl of, by patent granted in 1633, but superseded till 1641 (John Campbell), is interrupted in Parliament by Charles, vii. 289: Charles complains to, ix. 45 visits Charles at Berwick, 47; is sent to England to plead the cause of the Scottish Parliament, 55; arrives in London, 73: is sent back to Scotland, 74 returns to England, and negotiates with Charles, 91; is committed to prison, 97; declares himself ignorant of French, 99; is set at liberty, 168: finds that the terms which he brings from Carles do not give satisfaction in Scotland, 169: takes the lead on the Scottish side at the Treaty of Ripon, 210; dis overs Savile's treachery, ib.; goes to Scotland charged with a secret commission from the King, 410; returns from Scotland, 414; in- formation brought by, 415; Charles pro- poses to make Chancellor of Scotland, x. 20; is accepted as Chancellor by the Parliament, 22
Louis XIII. (King of France, 1610-1643), his relations to the States-General, ii. 315: approves of the murder of Ancre, iii. 109; mediates in Germany, 364; accompanies Luynes against the Hugue. nots, iv. 290; refuses to accept Don- caster as a mediator, 291; makes peace with the Huguenots, 402; takes alarm at the power of Spain, v. 215; appoints La Vieuville as his minister, 216; sends Mariscot to the Elector of Bavaria, 218; is more anxious about the Valtelline than about the Palatinate, 219; receives Mansfeld and sends him to England, 221; insists on the insertion in the mar riage treaty of an engagement in favour of the English Catholics, 251; dismisses La Vieuville and appoints Richelieu his chief minister, 255; promises to support Mansfeld, 260; aims at the conquest of the Valtelline, 265; explains that Mans- feld will be used for the recovery of the Valtelline, 266; disputes with James about Mansfeld's passage, 267; gives a vague promise about the Palatinate, 270; promises to allow Mansfeld to land in France, 274: wishes Mansfeld to be em. ployed in the relief of Breda, 276; refuses to allow Mansfeld to land in France, 280; wishes to involve James in a war with Spain, 282; prohibits Mansfeld from landing in France, 286; neglects to Dull down Fort Louis, 304; cbtains from
England and the States-General the promise of a loan of ships to be used against the Huguenots, 305; intimates his wish that Charles shall not appear in person at his marriage, 306; refuses to engage in war with Spain, 331: opens negotiations with the Huguenots, 381; is reported to have made peace with the Huguenots, 386; the Huguenot deputies demand peace from, 392; wishes to play the first part in an alliance against Spain, vi. 24; refuses to allow Bucking- ham to visit France, 25: Buckingham is instructed to demand engagements in favour of the Huguenots from, 26; claims the restoration of the 'St. John,' 28; offers to receive Buckingham if the English Catholics are relieved from the penal laws, and if the old arrangement of the Queen's household is unchanged, 38: is irritated at the proposal that he shall play a secondary part in the league for the recovery of the Palatinate, 48; carries on negotiations with the Huguenots, 50; comes to an agreement with them, through the mediation of Holland and Carleton, 51; offers to release the Eng- lish ships detained in reprisal for the prize goods seized in England, 69; wishes to co-operate with England, 87: offers to recall Blainville, 88; finds the hope of an alliance with England slip- ping away, 89; accepts the Peace of Barcelona with Spain, 90; is angry at the expulsion of his sister's attendants, and resolves to send Bassompierre to England, 137; sends an ultimatum to Charles, 152; crosses the Alps to take part in a campaign in Italy, vii. 99: abandons the English Catholics in the Treaty of Susa, 100; refuses to dismiss Richelieu on the Day of Dupes, 184: expects the German Princes on the left bank of the Rhine to seek his protec- tion, 195; refuses to do anything for Frederick which will ruin the German Catholics, 198; takes Bernhard's army into his pay, 374: presses Charles to make a league with him, viii. 161; takes the field against a Spanish inva- sion, 164; birth of the son of, 381; first letter written, but not sent, by the Covenanters to, ix. 91; second letter sent by the Covenanters to, 92; Charles sends a copy of the first letter of the Covenanters to. 97
Louis, the Dauphin (afterwards Louis XIV.), birth of, viii. 381
Louth, misappropriation of the property of the Free School at, viii. III
Louth, county of, rebellion of a great part of the gentry of, x. 96
Louvain, the French abandon the siege of, vii. 387
Lowe, Sir Thomas, brings before the Commons the grievances of the mer chants in Spain, i. 349
Lübeck, peace of, vii. 101
Ludlow Castle, performance of the Comus at, vii. 335
Ludovisi, Cardinal, letter of Olivares to, V. 14 announces the decision of the Cardinals on the grant of a dispensa. tion for the Infanta's marriage, 33. Lumsden, Thomas, fined and imprisoned by the Star Chamber, ii 342 Lunsford, Thomas, complains of the con duct of his soldiers, ix. 160; is appointed Lieutenant of the Tower, x. 108: the Lords refuse to join the Commons in a petition for the removal of, 109; protest of the Commons against, 110; dismissal of, 112; drives a mob out of Westmin- ster Hall, 117; collects his followers at Kingston, 154; is supposed to have a design on Portsmouth, 155; accompanies Hastings into Leicestershire, 208 Lutheranism, character of, i. 16; influence in Germany of, iii. 273
Luttrell, Thomas, is a member of an Irish deputation to the King, and is sent to the Fleet, ii. 294
Lützen, battle of, vii. 207
Luynes, Duke of, rise of, at the French Court, iii. 109; is victorious over the French Protestants, iv. 290; insults Sir Edward Herbert, ib.; death of, 291 Lycidas, written by Milton, viii. 244; lines relating to Laud in, 245
Lynn, Brent's report of the metropolitical visitation of, viii. 109
Lyttelton, Edward, declares that the sub- ject will be in a worse position if the statutes are confirmed without explana tion, vi. 273; moves to send for those who had seized Rolle's goods, vi. 32; does not support Eliot in his resolution to appeal to the country, 67; asks in the King's Bench that the imprisoned mein. bers of Parliament may be bailed, 92; becomes Recorder of the City of Lon- don, 221; becomes Solicitor-General, 366. See Lyttelton, Sir Edward; Lyt- telton, Lord
Lyttelton, Sir Edward, argues for the Crown in Hampden's case, viii. 273; is made Lord Keeper, ix. 263. See Lyttel ton, Edward; Lyttelton, Lord Lyttelton, Lord, 1640 (Edward Lyttelton), is disabled by illness from presiding over the House of Lords during Strafford's trial, ix. 302; r fuses to seal a commis. sion for the Parliamentary Commis sioners, x. 4; votes against the refusal of the Lords to lay their resolution on Divine service before the Commons, 16: receives the protests of the bishops from Nicholas, 122; takes the Great Seal to York, 196. See Lyttelton, Edward; Lyttelton, Sir Edward
Macbeth, reference to touching for the King's evil in, i. 152; to Garnet's doctrine of equivocation, 282
Machiavelli, Wentworth adopts the maxims of, viii. 30
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