signs the marriage contract, 92; requires! Charles to dismiss his Protestant atten- dants, 103; forbids Charles to give a present to the Infanta, 113; Charles to return to England, 114; parts with Charles, 115; informs James that he is ready to do good offices for the ultimate restitution of the Palati- nate, 138; informs Bristol that he will try to get the Electorate for Frederick after Maximilian's death, 147; but will not take up arms, 148; replies to James's summons to take up arms for regaining the Palatinate, 154; protests that the restitution of the Palatinate was never intended to be a condition of the mar- riage, 155; receives Bristol at a final audience and goes to Seville, 165: promises Charles to support Frederick's claims, vii. 173
Philippsburg, is about to be surrendered to the French, vii. 350 Philips, Robert, is the Queen's confessor, vii. 106; informs the Queen that the Pope cannot help her unless Charles becomes a Catholic, ix. 251; begs Rossetti to support the Queen's request for money from the Pope, 310; is sent for by the Commons, x. 42; is impri- soned by the Lords, 54; is released, but forbidden to go near Whitehall, 98 Physicians, the College of, makes a report on overcrowding in London, viii. 289 Pierce, William (Bishop of Peterborough, 1630; of Bath and Wells, 1632) ap- pointed Bishop of Bath and Wells, vii. 314; sends a report to Laud of the feeling in Somerset about the wakes, 320; excommunicates the churchwar- dens of Beckington, viii. 116 Piers Ploughman, fable of the cat and the rats in, i. 4
Pigott, Sir Christopher, abuses the Scots, i. 330; is sent to the Tower, 331 Pilgrim Fathers, the, land at Plymouth in New England, iv. 165
Plague, the, ravages London in 1625, v. 337; many members of Parliament leave Westminster in consequence of, 349: breaks out at Oxford, 395, reappears in 1630, vii. 160; report of the College of Physicians on the causes of, viii. 289 Plague-rag, a, sent to Pym, x. 28 Plessen, Volrad de, his mission to England, iii. 292
Plumleigh, Sir Richard, appointed by Wentworth to suppress piracy in Ireland,
Plunder, introduction of the word, ix. 4 Plymouth, Raleigh sails from, iii. 113: the Pilgrim Fathers sail from, iv. 160; con. dition of the soldiers assembled at, vi. 10; arrival of three Dutch ships at, 11; Charles reviews the fleet for Cadiz at, 12; a storm delays the sailing of the fleet from, 13; wretched condition of the sol- diers at, 61; detention of Wilmot's force at, 191; detention of Holland at, 192;
arrival of recruits without money instructions at, 193; wretched condition of the soldiers and sailors at, 218; violence of the soldiers at, 247; a Spanish fleet off, ix. 59
Plymouth (in New England), arrival of the Pilgrim Fathers at, iv. 165 Pocahontas, story of, ii. 56; marries Thomas Rolfe, and visits England, iii. 156; dies, 157
Poll-tax Bill, a, discussed by the Com- mons, ix. 402; receives the Royal assent,
Pollard, Hugh, wishes the army to present a petition in support of the King, ix. 308
Poor, the, commission for the relief of, vii. 164
Popham, Sir John, (Chief Justice of the
King's Bench, 1592-1607), sentences Raleigh to death, i. 136: proposes that the Spanish trade shall be given to an open company, 348; is consulted by Raleigh on his title to Sherborne, ii. 43; takes an interest in colonisation, 51 Popish Impostures, Harsnet's, vii. 323 Popish plot, the. See Catholics Port Royal, French settlement at, captured by Kirk, vii. 155.
Portadown, drownings at, x. 67 Porter, Endymion, carries on a correspon. dence on the proposed visit of the Prince to Spain, and is selected to carry a message to Gondomar, iv. 370; sets out for Spain, 374; arrives at Madrid and asks Olivares to engage that Spanish troops will support Vere in the Palati- nate, 383; receives a sharp answer, 384; returns to England, 398; charge brought by Bristol against, vi. 96; is sent to Spain to propose peace, 333; returns from his mission, 373; is sent with a message to Cardenas, ix. 66; joins Jer- myn in instructing Chudleigh on the Army Plot, 324; laments Charles's in- capacity, x. 19
Por.er, Olive, carries off her father, and procures his conversion, viii. 238 Portland, Earl of, 1633-1636 (Richard Weston), overtures of Richelieu to, vii. 219; persuades Charles not to allow the raising of a benevolence for the Palatinate, 344; is named to treat with Necolalde, 349; takes part in a fishing company, ib.; charges brought by Laud and Coventry against, 355; Charles re- fuses to abandon, 356; investigation into the malpractices of the clients of, 362; defends himself against the charge of being implicated in the misdeeds of his dependents, 364; informs Joachimi that an attack on Dunkirk would be a breach of international law, 373; irre- gular receipts of, 377; his character as a financier, ib.; dies a Catholic, 378. See Weston, Sir Richard; Weston, Lord Portland Roads, a French and Dutch flect in, vii. 385
Portsmouth, Willoughby's fleet collected at, vi. 133; forces for the relief of Ro- chelle arrive at, 168; arrival of Charles and Buckingham at, 169; Holland sai s from, 192; Buckingham fails to satisfy the soldiers and sailors at, 218; bad condition of the fleet at, 344: mutiny at, 343; murder of Buckingham at, 349; execution of Felton at, 359; strengthen- ing of the fortifications of, ix. 200; Goring is Governor of, and offers to hold it for the Queen, 313; Goring returns to his post at, 317; Goring asserts that the Queen intends to take refuge at, 324: alleged intention of Charles and Hen- rietta Maria to take refuge at, 343; Pym declares his fear that the French are aiming at, 357: Goring denies a rumour that fresh fortifications had been raised at, x. 73; orders given to Pennington to send a ship to, 149; Charles expects to secure, 152; probable intention of Charles to betake himself to, 154; is held by Goring for the King, 216
Portugal declares its independence, ix. 48
Portuguese in the East, v. 237
Portumna, Wentworth's treatment of a jury at, viii. 62
Poslingford, proceedings of Francis Abbot at, viii. 112
Post, establishment of a, for private letters, viii. 292
Post-nati, the legal view of the position of, i. 326; Bacon's view of the naturalisation of, 333 view taken in the House of Commons on, 334; opinion of Coke in favour of, ib.; judgment in the Ex- chequer Chamber in the case of, 356 Potter, Barnabas (Bishop of Carlisle, 1629-
1642), warns Lady Hamilton against changing her religion, viii. 238 Potter, Dr. Christopher, replies to Charity Mistaken, viii. 260
Pougny, Marquis of, arrives as French
ambassador, and asks Charles to join France against Spain, vii. 367; refuses to give the title of Electoral Highness to Charles Lewis, viii. 99
Poulett, Lord, heads a petition against the wakes, vii. 319
Pound, Thomas, sentence in the Star Chamber on, i. 223
Præmunire, the statute of, appeal of Coke to, against the jurisdiction of Chancery, iii. 10; the King's decision on Coke's appeal to, 23
Prague, the battle of, iii. 383; the Peace of, v i. 388
Prayer Book, the Scottish, orders given for the preparation of, iii. 221; Hewat s compilation of, 227; instructions given by Charles to prepare another, viii. 307; revision of, in England, 309; character of, 310; unpopularity of, 311; is sent to Scotland, 313; tumult at St. Giles's in consequence of the reading of, 314: riots in Edinburgh caused by Charles's persis-
tency in requiring the use of, 320; Charles otters not to press, except in a legal way, 339; Charles agrees to the abandonment of, 36 abolished by the Assembly of Glasgow, 373
Predestination, the Calvinistic doctrine of, Montague's resistance to, v. 352; moral value of, vii. 8; Charles prohibits the preaching of, 22; Rouse's defence of, 35: Davenant preaches on, 132
Prée, La, Fort of, is battered by Bucking. ham's fleet, vi. 172; French soldiers cross over to, 195; troops come out from, to attack Buckingham's soldiers, 197 Pregion, John, is a witness in Williams's case, viii. 251
Presbyterianism in England, rejection of, i. 23 oath introduced into the Uni- versities against, 200, Leighton's advo- cacy of, vii. 146; opinion in London favourable to, ix. 243; general English. opinion on, 275; qualified approval of, in the House of Commons, 386; Milton's defence of, 390; attack of the Cheshire Remonstrance on, 392; the Commons refuse to adopt, 408
Presbyterianism in Ireland, Wentworth attempts to repress, viii. 54 Presbyterianism in Scotland, general ac- ceptance of, i. 22: its ascendency, 47; its struggle against James's bishops, 305; re-establishment of, 373; character of,
Press, the, Selden's opinion on the liberty of, vii. 51; the Star Chamber enforces the licensing of, 130; the unlicensed, viii. 225; Star Chamber decree against the liberty of, 234
Pressing men for the army, Selden calls in question the right of, vi. 249
Presteign, tithes taken for a church in London from, vii. 259
Preston, Dr. John, impugns Montague's doctrine, vi. 64; his relations with Buck- ingham, ib.
Preston, Thomas, pardon of, v. 127
-, nonconformity of, viii. 112 Price, Dr., extraordinary story told of, vii. 56
Prideaux, John (Bishop of Worcester, 1641) appointed Bishop of Worcester, x. 41 Printing, liberty of. See Press Privas, capture of, vii. 102
Privilege of goods from arrest, Rolle's case raises the question of, vii. 32 is claimed by a vote of the Commons, f3 Privilege of person against arrest, i. 167; is vindicated by the liberation of Eliot in 1626, vi. 113; is left unmentioned by Heath in 1629, vii. 88; is appealed to by the imprisoned members, 91; is brought in question by Heath's information in the case of Eliot, Holles, and Valentine, 115; opinion of the judges on, 117,
Privy Council, the. See Council, the Privy Privy Seal loans, levied in 1625, vi. 3; pro- posal to levy in 1628, 226
Pr.ze law, a commission issued for inquiry
into, vi. 134: its difficulties discussed by Bassompierre, 142
Prizes, French, taken as carrying contra- band of war, vi. 40; sent to London, 41; orders given for the sale of goods from, ib.; release and re-seizure of goods from, 45 fresh capture of, by Denbigh's squad- ron, 142; clamour of the English mer- chants for the detention of, 145 Proclamations, complaint of the Commons against, ii. 86; acknowledgment by James that they can only enforce the law,
Prohibitions, dispute between the clergy and the judges on, ii. 35, 42; issued by the Court of King's Bench, against the Council of the North, vii. 238; refusal of the High Commission to recognise the right of the Common Pleas to issue, 251 Prophesyings, the, spread of, i. 29; Grindal draws up rules for the conduct of, 30; are suppressed by Elizabeth, 31 Protections, Bill for remedying the abuse of, x. 70
Protest of the bishops, the, is placed in the King's hands to be laid before the Lords, x. 122; probable authorship of, 123; im- peachment of the bishops who had signed it, 125
'Protestation of the House of Commons in defence of its privileges, iv. 261 Protestation protested, The, Henry Bur- ton's, x. 35
Protestation, the, proposed to the Com- mons, ix. 353; is drawn up, 354; is taken by the two Houses, 355; is circulated in the City for signatures, 356; the Lords throw out a Bill for making obligatory, 413 Protestation, the right of, claim laid by members of the House of Commons to, x. :6; refusal of the House to allow, 102; subsequent practice virtually admits, ib.; Proxies, order of the Lords that no peer shall hold more than two, vi. 68 Prynne, William, early life of, vii. 12; ap- pears as an author, 13; attacks Cosin, and asks for the silencing of the Armin- ians, 14; writes Lame Giles, his haltings, 247 attacks the stage, 327; publishes the Histriomastix, 328; attacks female actors, 329; is sent to the Tower, 330; proceedings in the Star Chamber against, 332; the sentence of the Court executed on, 333; tears up his letter to Laud, ib.; is brought again before the Star Cham- ber, 334; sentence on, not unpopular, ib. ; writes A Divine Tragedy lately acted, and News from Ipswich, viii. 226; is tried and sentenced in the Star Chamber, 228; stands in the pillory, 231; is im- prisoned in Jersey. 233; Wentworth's remarks on the case of, 352; the Com- mo s order the liberation of, ix. 236; en- ters London in triumph, 242; the Com. mons vote reparation to, 298 Public acts of the Church, discussion in the Commons on the nature of, vii. 41
Puck, origin of Shakspere's, viii. 42 Pularoon, is surrendered to Hunt, iii. 167; Courthope resists the Dutch at, 168; seizure of, by the Dutch, who promise to restore it to the English Company, 407 Puloway, struggle between the English and Dutch at, iii. 167
Puntal, Fort, resolution of Cecil's council o: war to attack, vi. 16: surrender of, 17; is abandoned by the English, 20 Purbeck, Lady, lives in adultery, viii. 144; is committed to prison, and escapes to France, 145; lives in Paris, 146 Purbeck, Viscount, 1619 (John Villiers), insanity of, viii. 145
Puritan conformists, the, iii. 241 Puritanism, gains adherents in the course of Elizabeth's reign, 29; reaction against, at the end of the reign, 38; its demands at the beginning of James's reign, 148; its opinions maintained at the Hampton Court Conference, 153; ideas of, on the observance of the Sabbath, iii. 247; re- action in favour of, caused by James's interference with the Church, 349; atti- tude of Laud towards, vii. 249; attitude of the High Commission towards, 252; its view on the observance of the Sab- bath, 318; various shades of, viii. 244 encouragement given by Laud's system to, ix. 81; does not influence the agri- cultural poor, 158
Purveyance, discussed in 1604, i. 170; a Bill upon, thrown out by the Lords, 299; composition for, ii. 113
Pye, Sir Robert, warns Buckingham of his unpopularity, vi. 190
Pym, John, speaks against tolerating Ca tholics, iv. 242; political opinions of, 243; confinement of, 267; takes part in a peti- tion against the recusants, v. 343; moves for a committee on all questions relating to religion, vi. 60; charges Buckingham with obtaining honours for his kinsfolk, IOI; urges that the King's promise needs explanation, 273; professes himself un- able to understand the phrase 'sovereign power,' 280; carries the charges against Manwaring before the Lords, 312; replies to Manwaring's assertion of principle, 313; religious and constitutional opinions of, vii. 36; asserts the supremacy of Parliament in ecclesiastical matters, ib. ; o poses Eliot's proposal to call the Cus tom House ofhcers to account, 62; speaks on grievances in the Short Parliament, ix. 101; his views on parliamentary pri- vilege and ecclesiastical innovations, 102; parliamentary leadership of, 106; con- stitutional position of, 110; opposes an immediate grant of supply, 110; moves that Dr. Beale be sent for, III; intends to move the House to consider the case of the Scots, 116; his study searched, 129; takes part in a meeting of the oppo- nents of the Court, 198; joins St. John in drawing up the petition of the twelve peers, 199; is probably the adviser of the
circulation of copies of the petition of the twelve peers, 202; his position in the Long Parliament, 223; conservatism of, 224; be ieves in the existence of a plot for the suppression of Protestantism, 228; makes a copy of Vane's notes of Straf- ford's speeches in the Committee of Eight, 229; speaks of the state of the kingdom, and moves for a Committee of Inquiry, 230; moves that the doors be locked, 233; declares that the House cannot afford to give time to Strafford, 234; carries the impeachment of Straf ford to the Lords, 235; suggests that the losses of the country may be made good out of the estates of the authors of mischief, 236; recommends that the penal laws be put in execution, 239; takes a leading part in the collection of evidence against Strafford, 240; de- clares that the endeavour to subvert the laws is treason, 246; moves the impeach. ment of Laud, 249; complains of the intermission of Parliaments, 252; carries up the detached charges against Strafford, 269; is named by rumour Chancellor of the Exchequer, 273; wishes to reform, not to abolish, episcopacy, 281; his posi tion between the extreme parties, 284: proposes to compel the Londoners to lend, 295; opens the case against Strafford, 303; has no sympathy with the Irish Celts, 304; his conception of treason, 306; is informed of the Army Plot, 317; is anxious to prove that Strafford had advised the King to bring the Irish army into England, 319; has long had a copy of Vane's notes in his hands, 320; sus- pects that Strafford is feigning illness in order to create delay, 326; persuades the Commons to go on with the impeachment, 330; replies to Strafford's general defence, 333 questions involved in the charge brought against Strafford by, 335; would have been content to go on with the im- peachment, ib. ; with difficulty persuades the Commons not to interrupt the pro- ceedings before the Lords, 337; supports the Attainder Bill, 338; has interviews with the King, and is named by rumour Chancellor of the Exchequer, 340; moves an adjournment to prevent rash speeches, 347; declares his belief that the kingdom is in danger, 351; proposes an appeal to the nation, 352; reveals his knowledge of the Army Plot, 357; is a member of the secret committee for the investigation of the Army Plot, 358: obtains political information from Lady Carlisle, 376: his views on the retention of episcopacy, 385; brings forward the ten propositions, 401; again proposed as Chancellor of the Exchequer, 413; probably hears of the understanding between Charles and the Scottish Commissioners, 417; is a mem- ber of the Committee of Defence, x. 2; wishes to restrain the censure of the House to those who actually create dis
turbance in a church, 15: listens to tu mours of plots, 29; his share of respon. sibility in the Parliamentary conflict, 33: considers a Bishops' Exclusion Bill a necessary preliminary to a satisfactory Church Reform, 38; a plague-rag sent to, ib.; loses the advantage of definiteness of plan, 39; stops a motion of Holles for charging with treason the bishops im peached for their part in the canons, and asks the Lords to suspend all the bishops from voting in the Bishops' Exclusion Bill, 40; reveals his knowledge of the second Army Plot, and gives his opinion that other plots are in existence, 42; moves an Additional Instruction for a re- sponsible ministry on pain of refusing assistance for the reduction of Ireland, 55; is obliged to change his proposal to a declaration that, if the request is not granted, the Commons will provide for Ireland without the King, 56; carries the instruction thus modified, 57; re- volutionary character of the proposal thus make by, ib.; justification of, 58; is the main author of the Grand Re- monstrance, 64; produces evidence on the second Army Plot, to influence the votes on the Grand Remonstrance, 74 speaks in the final debate on the Grand Remonstrance, 75; says that he has heard of conspiracy to accuse members of treason, and gives reasons for demand. ing a guard, 87; moves that the West minster justices be asked to set a guard on the House, 88; moves for a committee to throw upon the Lords the responsi bility of not passing necessary Bills, 93: moves that money be provided to hasten the troops to Ireland, 96; finds that the Lords will not give way to protestations, 104; reports on Lord Dillon's negotiation with the Irish Catholics, 113; refuses to blame the mob by which the bishops had been insulted, 118; moves that the City trained bands be sent for, 123; moves the impeachment of the bishops who had signed the protest, 125; his intention in impeaching the bishops, 126; the Chan- cellorship of the Exchequer offered to, 127; Charles resolves to impeach, 129: impeachment of, 130; complains that his study has been sealed up, 132; takes re- fuge in the City, 138; triumphant return to Westminster of, 151; declares that the armed gatherings of the Royali-ts are illegal, 157; assumes that the voice of the House of Commons is the voice of the nation, 184; Charles quotes from a speech of, 189; moves that measures be taken to oppose Hastings in Leicester- shire, 208; is a member of the Committee ol Safety, 209
QUEBEC, stormed by Kirk, vii. 155 Queen Mother, the. See Mary de Medicis Quiroga, gives information to Anstruther on the policy of Spain, vii. 187
RABY, Strafford offends Vane by taking a title from, ix. 87 Radcliffe, Sir George, becomes a member of the Irish Privy Council, viii. 37; re- commends Strafford to abandon his scheme for driving the Scots out of Ul- ster, ix. 213; says that, if the Scots are satisfied, the King may have what he pleases in England, 234; is sent for by the English House of Commons, 236; declares that, with his army, the King cannot want for money, 319 Raine, leaves money by will for the appoint. ment of a lecturer, vii. 305 Rainsborough, Captain, commands an ex. pedition against Sallee, viii. 270 Rainton, Alderman, imprisonment of, ix. 130; liberation of, 135
Raleigh, George, commands the land forces
in the expedition up the Orinoco, iii. 119 Raleigh, Lady, advances money for her husband's voyage, iii. 47; helps Penning- ton to borrow money, 108; visits her husband in the Gatehouse, 149 Raleigh, Sir Walter, is hindered from meeting the King, i. 88; his isolated position, 90; is dismissed from the Cap- ta ncy of the Guard, 94; wishes the war with Spain to be prolonged, 102; is summoned before the Council on sus- picion of a conspiracy, 116; denounces Cobham, 117; loses his patent for wine licences, and is expelled from Durham House, 120; writes to his wife, 121; is tried at Winchester, 123; verdict against, 135 is sentenced to death, 136; discus sion on the justice of the verdict against, ib.; is reprieved and sent to the Tower, 139; disposition of the property of, 140; his title to Sherborne questioned, ii. 43; hopes to recover his liberty, 44; loses Sherborne, 46: pleads for liberty, 49; writes the History of the World, 50; writes a pamphlet on the Savoy Match, 156; writes The Prerogative of Parlia ments, 271; character of, 370; meditates an expedition to the Indies, 371; hopes to reach El Dorado, 372; his first voyage to Guiana, 373; goes to Cadiz and sends Keymis to Guiana, 377; wishes to return to Guiana, 380; is released from the Tower, 381; declares that he will not in- fringe on the rights of the King of Spain iii. 39; inexpediency of the proposed voyage of, 41; commission given to, 42; projects of, 43; imperfect evidence of the existence of a gold mine in Guiana pos- sessed by, 45; prepares for his voyage, 47; talks of seizing the Mexico fleet, 48; pro- poses an attack on Genoa, 50; communi- cates with the French Protestants, 53; promises Arundel to return to England, 57; sets out from London, 58; difficulties of, 108; sends Faige to Montmorency, 100; sends Faige to fit out French ships to assist him, 110; his explanation of his intentions, 112; reaches the Canaries, 113; crosses the Atlantic, 115; prepares
to ascend the Orinoco, 117; remains at the mouth of the river, 119; hears that Keymis's attempt on the mine has failed, 125; proposes to attack the Mexico fleet, 127; writes home from St. Christopher's, iii. 129; returns to England, 130; is arrested, 137; attempts to escape, 138; has an interview with La Chesnée, 139; writes the apologv, 140; is examined, 142; Sir T. Wilson set as a spy over, 143; acknowledges his dealings with the French, and lays the blame on his sup porters, 144; discussion on the mode of trying, 145; is brought before commis. sioners, 147; appears before the King's Bench, 148; last hours of, 149; execu tion of, 151; popularity of, 152; the King's declaration of the proceedings against, ib.
Raleigh, Walter, commands a company in the expedition up the Orinoco, iii. 119; is slain a 1San Thomé, 123
Ramsay, David, claims trial by combat with Lord Reay, vii. 183
Ranelagh, Lord, 1628 (Roger Jones', fears for the maintenance of order in Con- naught, x. 112
Ratisbon, proposal to convoke an assembly at, iv. 192; announcement by the Em peror of his intention to hold an assembly at, 326; meeting of the assembly at, 404; transference of the Electorate from Frederick to Maximilian announced at, 405; negotiations about the Palatinate referred to a Diet to be held at, vii. 172; dismissal of Wallenstein at the Diet of, 174; is taken by Bernhard of Wein.ar, 38; is taken by the Imperialists, 372 Raville, Sieur de, negotiates with Mans. feld, on behalf of the Infanta Isabella,
Reay, Lord, 1614 (Donald Mackay), spreads a report that Hamilton means to make himself King of Scotland, vii. 182; names Ramsay as his informant, and claims a trial by combat, 183 Recordership of London, the contested election for, iii. 216
Recusants, the. See Catholics, the English Referees, the, are attacked by Bucking.
ham, iv. 45; Cranfield asks for inquiry into the conduct of, 46; wish of the Commons to call in question, 48; charges brought against, 50; refusal of the King to abandon, III
Reformation, the English, character of, i. 9 Rege inconsulto, writ of, iii. 7
Registrars of Chancery, the, misconduct of, iv. 56
Religion of Protestants, The, publication of, viii. 262
Religious liberty, want of desire for, in the Long Parliament, ix. 283 Remonstrance, the Grand, day fixed for the consideration of, x. 41; reading of, 59; analysis of, 60; plan of Church dis- cipline proposed in, 62; demand for a responsible ministry made in, 63; no
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