tyranny of, ibid.; introduction of Danish cus- toms and laws by, ibid.; reproval of his flatterers by, ibid.; benefits effected by, 158; pilgrimage to Rome and death of, in 1035, ibid.; buried at Winchester, 159; union of the Saxon and Danish races accelerated by, ibid.
Canute, king of Denmark, invades England in 1069, and is forced to retire by William the Con- queror, i. 192, 193
Caractacus, opposition offered by, to the invasion of Plautius, i. 18; continued resistance of, to the Romans, 20; defeat of, 21; speech of, at Rome while a prisoner there, probably an historical embellishment, with a foundation on facts, ibid.; allusion of, to the houses of the Bri- tons, 9
Caradoc. See Caractacus.
Carausius, usurpation of, A.D. 286, i. 32; naval power of Britain during the reign of, ibid.; mur- dered by Allectus, ibid.; introduced Germans into Britain, 44
Carisbrook Castle, Charles I. imprisoned in, iv. 88; he attempts to escape from, 92 Carleon, description of, by Giraldus Cambrensis,
Carnac, Druidical remains at, i. 3 Carnutes, Cæsar's notice of, i. 13
Cartismandua, queen of the Brigantes, betrays Caractacus to the Romans, i. 21
Cassivelaunus, or Caswallon, opposes the advance of Cæsar, i. 7
Catherine of Aragon. See Henry VIII. and Wolsey
Caxton, William, commences printing in England,
about 1474, ii. 128; prints earl Rivers'' Dictes and Sayings of Philosophers,' which is presented to Edward IV., 171; notice of other works printed by, ibid.
Cecil, William, lord Burleigh, is arrested with Somerset, to whom he was secretary, iii. 35; caution of, during Northumberland's rebellion, 51; intrigues in favour of queen Mary, 53; ap- pointed to the Privy Council on the accession of Elizabeth, 107; occupations of, during the reign of Mary, 111; prepared scheme for the restora- tion of Protestantism, 112; principle of, with regard to the right of national intervention, 118; skill displayed by, in the treaty of Edin- burgh in 1560, 121; reasons of, for refusing Mary a safe conduct from France to Scotland, 125; intrigues carried on by, at the Scottish court, 137, et seq.; opinions of, as to the measures to be taken with Mary of Scotland on her taking refuge in England, 156; anxiety of, for the safo custody of Mary, 160; protest of, against the duke of Norfolk being tried for high treason, 161; opinion of, as to the inefficacy of penal laws against religious beliefs, 181; advises the Council to dispatch the warrant for Mary's execution, 200; complaint of, in 1569, of the decay of obe- dience in the people, 261; opposes the attack on Spain in 1596, but is overruled, 265; death of, in August 1598, 279
Cecil, Robert, earl of Salisbury, the rival of Essex and Raleigh, iii. 282; announces to the House of Commons in 1601 the queen's intention to abate monopolies, 292; causes James I. to be pro- claimed on Elizabeth's death, 307; entertains James at Theobalds, and becomes prime minis- ter, 308; remonstrates against Coke's unfairness on Raleigh's trial, 311; compelled by James to ne- gociate a treaty with Spain, 318; receives a com- munication from lord Mounteagle, with a letter that leads to the discovery of the Gunpowder Plot, 324; lesson of, to James as to his lavishness to Carr, 341; endeavours to procure from parlia- ment a fixed revenue for the king, 351; death of, in May, 1612, 359 Chambers, Richard, resistance of, to the payment of illegal customs' duties, iii. 407; refuses to pay Ship-Money, and is imprisoned, 419 Charlemagne, character of, i. 75; career of, 76 Charles I., visit of, when Prince of Wales to the court of Spain in 1623, to see his proposed bride, ii. 384; succeeds his father, March 27, 1625, 387; change in the manners of the Court on his
accession, ibid.; marriage of, with Heurietta Maria of France, 288; favour shown to the Roman Catholics by the king, ibid.; the first parliament meets, and demand redress of grievances, 389; it is dissolved, ibid.; writs issued under the privy seal, demanding loans from private persons, ibid.; failure of the naval expedition against Spain, 290; meeting of the second parliament, ibid. ; it impeaches Bucking- ham, ibid.; commits sir John Eliot to the Tower for his speech in the House, but releases him soon afterwards, ibid.; dissolves the parliament, 391; disputes of with the Lords as to infringements on their privileges, ibid.; subsidies illegally levied, and harsh measures pursued against such as resist, 392; dismisses the queen's foreign attendants, 393; war with France and its causes, 394; failure of the expedition to aid the Pro- testants in Rochelle, 395; meeting of the third parliament on March 17, 1628, 396; debates in, on the Petition of Right, 397; gives his assent to the Act, 398; prorogues parliament on its remon- strating against his arbitrarily levying customs' duties, ibid.; prepares a second expedition under Buckingham to relieve Rochelle, 399; Bucking- ham is assassinated, 400; the expedition sails, fails in affording relief, and Rochelle surrenders, 402; parliament meets, and makes fresh remon- strances against the king's arbitrary conduct, ibid.; progress of religious differences in the church, ibid.; a remonstrance carried in the Commons against popish innovations and arbi- trary taxation, 403; dissolves the parliament, and imprisons some of the members, 404; a force raised in Scotland to assist Gustavus Adol- phus, ibid.; jurisdiction of the Star Chamber extended, 406; continued exactions of, during the cessation of parliaments, ibid.; spirited re- sistance of individuals to them, 407; the impri- soned members refuse to plead in the King's Bench, and are recommitted, 409; Wentworth appointed Lord President of the North and Lord Deputy of Ireland, 410; prosecutions and severe punishments of the Puritan writers Prynne and Leighton, 411, 413; republication of the Book of Sports, 414; raises money by the sale of new monopolies, 415; issues a proclamation against the increase of houses in London, and raises money, in 1633, by extorting fines to avoid their being pulled down, 416; other arbitrary pro- clamations, and hackney-coaches forbidden, in 1635, to pass up and down London streets, 417; first project of Ship-Money, 418; the writs of Ship Money extended in 1636, 419; the judges give their opinion in favour of the writ, ibid. ; Hampden and many others refuse to pay, 421; judgment given against him in 1637, 422; in- creased resistance to the payment after the judgment, 423; prosecutions of Pryune, Burton, and Bastwick for their writings, ibid; patronage given by Charles to the Fine Arts, 424; despotic interference of, with private property in London, but not productive of any public improvement, 425; visit of Mary de Medicis to, in 1638, 426; employs Inigo Jones to build Whitehall, 427; note on the portraits of, by Vandyke and Mytens, 428; visit of, to Scotland in 1633, 429; with Laud endeavours to impose episcopacy on Scotland, 430; outbreak in 1637 against it, and adoption of the National Covenant, 431; meeting of the General Assembly, 433; the Covenanters take up arms, and seize Edinburgh and other places, 434; he advances to Berwick with an army, and er June 18, 1639, a pacification is agreed to, 435; calls a parliament, which insists on the discon- tinuance of arbitrary taxation, and the punish- ment of the judges, 436; it is dissolved after sitting three weeks, ibid. ; the Convocation grants money, and passes canons that render the church still more unpopular, ibid.; the Covenanters as- semble fresh forces in 1640, and cross the Tweed, 437; he assembles an army at York, advances to meet them, and is completely routed at New- burn, near Newcastle, ibid.; calls a Great Council of Peers at York, 438; agrees to a truce with the Scots, ibid.; summons a new parliament, which
meets in November 1640, ibid.; character of the House of Commons, 439; difficulty of relating its history, 441; opens the sitting in a tone of conciliation, 443; Strafford is impeached by the Commons, 445; Laud arrested and impeached by the Commons, 446; Finch, Windebank, and the Ship-Money judges impeached, 447; trial of Straf- ford, 450, et seq.; consents to his execution, 457; assents to the Act for preventing the dissolution of the parliament without its own consent, 459; the two Houses remonstrate against the queen quitting England, and she agrees to remain, 460; the Star Chamber and High Commission courts abolished by Act of par- liament, 461; visits Scotland, and endeavours to conciliate the nation, 462; breaking out of the Irish insurrection of 1641, 463; the rebels pretend to have the king's commission, 465; he returns to London, ibid.; magnificent entertainment given to, by the corporation of the city, 467; formation of parties for the ap- proaching struggle, 468; Hyde becomes the king's adviser, and lord Falkland is made secre- tary of state, 469; receives the Remonstrance from the Commons, and publishes an answer to it, drawn up by Hyde, ibid.; takes up his resi- dence at Whitehall for the Christmas of 1641, 470; popular tumults and cry against the bishops, 471; twelve bishops protest against the force_used towards them, and are committed to the Tower for treason, 472; the question of the militia raised in Jan. 1642; his rights invaded by the claims of the Commons, 474; refuses a guard to the Commons, and on Jan. 3, attempts to seize the Five Members, 475; despondency at White- hall, and tumults in the city, occasioned by the attempt and its failure, 478; leaves Whitehall and goes to Hampton Court, ibid.; refuses his assent to the militia bill, but assents to that for excluding the bishops from the House of Lords, 480; the queen leaves England, ibid.; he is refused entrance into Hull, 481; some peers and commoners join him at York, ibid.; he receives propositions from the parliament, 482; sets up nis standard at Nottingham, 495; attempts to negotiate with the parliament, 496; but it refuses unless the king's proclamations, declaring them traitors, are withdrawn, 497; marches on Shrews- bury, and publishes a Protestation,' iv., 2; the first encounter in the civil war takes place at Worcester, 3; want of money of, ibid.; Battle of Edgehill, Oct. 23, 1642, 4; marches upon London, 7; Parliamentarians defeated by the royal army at Brentford, Nov. 12, 1642, 8; the royalists retire, 9; the Londoners march to Turnham Green, and the royal army retires into winter quarters at Oxford, 10; the war spreads through England, 11; the queen lands with an army, 12; sufferings of the royalists at Oxford, 13; Reading surrenders to Essex, 15; proceedings of the war in other quarters, ibid.; Edmund Waller's plot, 16; defeat of the parliamentarians at Chal- grove Field, and death of Hampden, ibid.; the queen joins her husband, 18; various incidents of the war, 19; Rupert takes Bristol, July 27, 1643, 20; Gloucester besieged by Charles, August 10, 21; relieved by Essex, Sep. 5, 22; battle of Newbury, 23: anecdote of the king trying his fortune with lord Falkland, by the Sortes Vir giliana, 26; the Scots invade England, 31; he withdraws his troops from Ireland, who are afterwards defeated at Nantwich, 32; convokes a parliament at Oxford, Jan. 22nd, 1644, 33; is besieged by Essex and Waller in Oxford, and quits the city on June 3rd, ibid.; defeats Waller at Cropredy Bridge, 34; marches to the relief of York, 5; but is defeated at Marston Moor, July 2, ibid.; the queen leaves England, 36; he is defeated at the second battle of Newbury, 37; negotiates with the parliament, 38; treaty of Uxbridge, 39; victories of Montrose, 40; battle of Naseby, June 14, 1645, 43; the king's cabinet captured and opened, 45; surrender of Bristol, 47; Basing House taken, 48; Montrose defeats an army under Baillie, 52; Charles attempts to join him, but is defeated by Poyntz
at Rowton Heath, and retires to Wales, ibid.; Montrose defeated at Philiphaugh, ibid.; defeat of Digby at Sherborne, his cabinet taken, and its contents published, 53; the king sets out for Ox- ford, ibid.; desires his son to leave England, 54; overtures for pacification, 55; letter of, to the queen, ibid.; lord Hopton accepts the command of the western army, 56, but the army is soon after dissolved, and the war terminates in that quarter, ibid; prince of Wales leaves for Scilly, 57; the king's proposals to parliament being rejected, he negotiates, through Montreuil, with the Scots to take up his cause, 58; Fairfax gradually draws his troops round Oxford, ibid. ; injunctions of the king to his wife, ibid.; account of his flight given by Hudson and Ashburnham, 59; adventures on the way to the Scottish army, 60; the Scots endeavour to induce him to consent to the abolition of Episcopacy, 62; is surrendered by the Scots to the English commissioners, 63; capitulation of Oxford, 64; end of the first Civil War, 65; confinement of, at Holmby House, 66; is removed from Holmby by Joyce, 71; treatment of, by the army, 73; proposals of the Indepen- dents to, 75; he rejects them, 76; popular movement in London in favour of the king, 77; he is lodged at Hampton Court, 79; the Indepen- dents still endeavour to come to terms with, but he continues to treat with both parties, 80; a letter of, intercepted by Cromwell and Ireton, 81; escape of, from Hampton Court, 82; narra- tive of the escape, 84; goes to the Isle of Wight, 85; Berkeley's mission to the army, 87; Scotch and English negotiations with, 88; is imprisoned in Carisbrook Castle, ibid.; parliament declares against any further treaty, 89; royalist reaction 90; and riots, 91; his attempt to escape from Caris- brook Castle, 92; lord Goring rises in favour of, 93; Scotch army enters England under the duke of Hamilton, in aid of, ibid.; Cromwell marches from Wales, 94; and defeats them at the battle of Preston, 95; Cromwell's victory disarranges the king's schemes, 97; treaty of Newport, 98; skill displayed by, in discussion, and appearance of, at Newport, 98; concessions made by, at New- port, 99; letter of, to his son, ibul.; is carried to Hurst Castle, 102; is removed to Windsor by Harrison, 104; treatment of, 105; ordinance for his trial, ibid.; High Court of Justice appointed, 106; the king before the High Court, 107; trial of, Bradshaw presides, ibid.; is sentenced to bo executed, 109; sentence of condemnation, ibid. behaviour of, after condemnation, 110; his execution, Jan. 30, 1649, 111; remarks on, and his execution, 111; buried at Windsor Castle in St George's Chapel, 115
Charles II. leaves England for Scilly in 1646, iv. 57; goes first to Jersey, then to France, and after- wards to Holland, ibid.; is an exile at St. Ger- main's, 120; is proclaimed King of Scotland at Edinburgh on Feb. 5th, 1649, ibid.; commissioners from Scotland to Charles at the Hague, requesting him to return to his kingdom, ibid.; he refuses their proposals, and dismisses them, ibid.; urged by the marquis of Ormond to show himself in Ireland, but only goes as far as Jersey, in conse- quence of hearing of the fall of Drogheda, 124; double-dealing of, in negotiations with the Scot- tish Parliament, 128; gives Montrose a commis- sion to wage war in Scotland, ibid.; who is defeated at Craigchonichen, by colonel Strachan, 129; consents to proposals of Scottish Commis- sioners, and goes to Scotland, 131; political morality of, ibid.; supposed influence of the preachers upon the character of, ibid.; made to sign a declaration against Popery and Heresy in the Scottish camp, 133; battle of Dunbar, 135; crowned at Scone, 136; marches into England at the head of a Scotch army, 137; issues procla- mations, ibid.; battle of Worcester, in which he is totally defeated by Cromwell, 138; escape and adventures of, 140; and return to France, 143; settles at Cologne, and prepares for a landing in England, 190; Wilmot organises a general insur- rection throughout England in favour of, ibid.; which fails through Cromwell's politic measures
191; dissoluteness of, at Cologne, 199; Sinder- comb's plot in favour of, discovered, 205; meets his brother James at Calais, intending to proceed to England, 224; endeavours to persuade Monk to join his cause, ibid.; court of, at Breda, 232; the Presbyterians send a deputation to him, to offer the crown on conditions, 233; Monk gives in his adhesion to his cause, ibid.; letter of Charles to the new parliament in April, 1660, and Declaration from Breda, 235, 240; meeting of the Convention Parliament on April 25, 1660, 236; debates in the House on the Bill of Indemnity, ibid.; the regicides and others excepted from it, 237; he embarks for England, ibid.; and lands at Dover, 238; enters London amidst the general joy of the people, 239; the Convention Parlia- ment declares the Long Parliament to be dis- solved, and abolish knight-service and purvey- ance, 242; a large revenue settled on the Crown, 243; money granted to enable him to disband the army, 244; difficulties as to the Church and Crown lands, 245; Act of Indemnity and Oblivion passed, 246; number of exceptions to it, 247; the regicides tried and executed, 248; insulting dis- interment of Cromwell, Ireton, Bradshaw, and Blake, ibid.; the king's declaration respecting Episcopacy, 249; a bill, founded on the Declara- tion of Breda, brought into the House, and rejected, 250; the Convention Parliament dis- solved, Dec. 29, 1660, ibid.; the Navigation Act, and a Post-Office Act, re-enacted by the House before its dissolution, ibid.; insurrection of the Fifth-Monarchy men in April, 1661, suppressed, 251; proclamation of, against Quakers, Anabap- tists, and other sectaries, ibid.; the coronation, ibid.; a new parliament meets on May 8, and ultra-royalism of its character, 253; provisions of, for strengthening the prerogatives of the Crown, 255; passing of the Corporation Act, ibid.; and of the Act of Uniformity, 256; attempts to force Episcopacy upon Scotland, 258; the urgency of parliament for more punishments of the Revolutionists resisted by Charles and Cla- rendon, 259; Vane and Lambert tried and con- demned for high treason, 260; letter of the king, approving of Vane being "put out of the way," on account of his defence, 261; marriage of, to Catherine of Braganza, 262; presents his mis- tress, lady Castlemaine, to the queen, 263; sells Dunkirk to the French, 264; profligacy of the king and Court, 265; a dispensing power to relax the penal laws in ecclesiastical matters denied him by the parliament, 268; the Triennial Act repealed, ibid.; war with Holland commenced in 1665, ibid.; first appearance of the great Plague in 1665, 269, et seq.; the Five-Mile Act passed against the Non-conformists, 275; the Set- tlement Act of 1662 passed, 276; naval fight of four days with the Dutch, 279; the Licensing Act and restrictions on the Press, 281; the Great Fire of London, 282, et seq.; the king and duke of York set examples of activity, 284; change in the temper of parliament towards, 292; commis- sioners appointed to examine the public accounts, ibid.; his disgraceful state of indebtedness, 293; insurrection of the Covenanters in Scotland, sup- pressed by Dalziel, 294; state of the navy in 1666, 295; insurrection of the sailors for want of pay, 297; the Dutch attack and burn English ships in the Medway, in 1667, 298; peace concluded with Holland, 299; Clarendon deprived of office, ibid.; formation of the Cabal ministry, 302; character of the ministry, 305; principles of, and conduct of the king, ibid.; his desire to imitate Louis XIV., 306; general corruption of political parties, ibid.; constitutional restraints against his becoming despotic, 307; movements of the Cabal in favour of toleration towards non-conformists, ibid.; the House of Commons negative proposals for a union of Protestants, 308; conclusion of the Triple Alliance between England, Holland, and Sweden, in 1668, ibid.; the duchess of Orleans visits England, 309; secret treaty concluded with Louis XIV., on May 22, 1670, for the conquest of Holland, and the receipt of a pension, 310; the Commons vote a grant for a war against France,
ibid.; the Conventicle Act renewed, ibid.; re- newed persecution of non-conformists, 311; the king's French concubine, 312; growing discon- tent of the House of Commons at the king's foreign policy, 313; mutilation of sir John Coven- try, and passing of the Coventry Act, ibid.; attempt of Blood to steal the regalia, 314; he is pardoned and pensioned by the king, 315; the shutting up of the Exchequer, ibid.; publie alliance with France, and war with Holland, 316; Declaration of Indulgence in religion issued by, 319; unpopularity of the measure, 320; the par- liament declares that penal statutes cannot be suspended but by Act of parliament, ibid.; the Declaration is withdrawn, and the Test Act passed, 321; the Commons address the king against the marriage of the duke of York with Maria Beatrix of Modena, and they vote standing armies, the alliance with France, and the ministry, to be grievances, 322; they are prorogued, the Cabal ministry is broken up, and that of the earl of Danby formed, 323; composition of the House of Commons in 1673, ibid.; peace made with Hol- land, 324; enormous sums lavished by the king on the duchess of Portsmouth, 325; receipt of a pension from France by, ibid.; the licences of coffee-houses withdrawn, in order to suppress seditious discourse, in 1675, 326; they are re- opened, 327; parliament meets, and Bucking- ham, Shaftesbury, and two other peers, are sent to the Tower for maintaining that the long proro- gation amounted to a dissolution, 828; the king obtains a large grant from the Commons by means of bribery, ibid.; the prince of Orange arrives in England, in 1677, and marries the princess Mary, 329; contentions between the parliament and the king, 330; the statute inflict- ing the punishment of death for heresy repealed in 1678, 331; personal popularity of the king, 332; announcement of Titus Oates's Popish Plot, ibid.; excitement produced, and progress of the deve- lopment, 333; murder of sir Edmondbury God- frey, 334; the Commons pass an Act to exclude Catholics from both Houses, 385; the king's notion of the Plot, and his support of the queen against Oates's accusation, 336; sweeping com- mittal of prisoners, and chief justice Scroggs's intemperate behaviour on their trial, 337; con- victions obtained on doubtful or insufficient evi- dence, ibid.; the ultimate effects of the Plot, 338; disclosure to the public of the secret treaty between Charles and Louis XIV., 339; the king's letters read in the House of Commons, 340; in- dignation of the House, and Danby is impeached, 341; the parliament is dissolved, in 1879, and great excitement produced by the election of a new one, ibid.; the king affirms the illegitimacy of the duke of Monmouth, to satisfy his brother, before he consents to leave England, 342; a Cabinet government, on a scheme of sir W. Temple's, appointed to succeed Danby, 343; the Exclusion Bill read twice in the House of Com- mons, the Habeas Corpus Act passed, and the House prorogued, 344; and dissolved, 345; fresh prosecutions and convictions on account of the Popish Plot, ibid.; persecutions of the Cove- nanters in Scotland, 347; murder of archbishop Sharpe, 349; insurrection in Scotland, ibid.; Monmouth sent to quell it, 350; battle of Both- well Bridge, ibid.; origin of the terms Whig and Tory, ibid.; he is attended by James and the duke of Monmouth, rivals for the succession, on his illness in 1679, 351; sends Monniouth to Flanders, and James to Scotland, ibid.; alterations of, at Windsor Castle, 354; is urged by the duchess of Portsmouth and others to name the duke of Monmouth his successor, 356; the Bill of Exclu- sion again brought into the House, 356; it is passed, and carried to the House of Lords by lord William Russell, where it is rejected, 357; the earl of Stafford convicted and executed for parti- cipation in the Popish Plot, 358; levity of the king's behaviour, 859; the parliament impeaches chief justice Scroggs, ibid.; the parliament dis- solved, and another summoned to meet at Oxford, 360; he concludes a new treaty with France, and
receives a fresh subsidy, ibid.; the Oxford par- liament again introduce the Bill of Exclusion, 361; the House of Lords refuse to receive the impeachment of Fitzharris, ibid.; the House of Commons is suddenly dissolved, after sitting seven days, on March 28, 1681, 362; the king's Declaration, and the Whig Vindication, ibid.; trial of Plunket, the Roman Catholic archbishop of Armagh, for a Popish Plot, and of Stephen College for an attempt to seize the king's person, ibid.; both are convicted and hanged, ibid.; Dryden produces his "Absalom and Achitophel," after Shaftesbury's arrest for high treason, 364; Shaftesbury is indicted, and the grand jury throw out the bill, ibid.; manoeuvres of the Court to obtain the nomination of a sheriff of London, 365; the army establishment, 369; a quo war- ranto against the Corporation of London, which submits to conditions, ibid.; other corporations surrender their charters, 370; trial and acquittal of Count Königsmark for the murder of Thomas Thynne, ibid.; satisfaction of the king at the acquittal, 371; the Rye-House Plot, ibid.; trials and executions of lord William Russell and Alger- non Sidney, 372-375; persecution of the Cove- nanters in Scotland, 375; the University of Oxford publish a decree against seditious books, and its members preach passive obedience, 376; Evelyn's account of the king's amusements on Sunday, Feb. 1, 1685, ibid.; he is struck with apoplexy on Feb. 2, ibid.; receives the rites of the Roman Catholic Church, and dies on Feb. 6, 377; Chelsea Hospital, as founded by, ibid. Charles V., the emperor, succeeds his father Ferdinand in 1516, ii. 265; is chosen emperor in 1519, 281; meets Henry VIII. at Gravelines, and propitiates Wolsey, 286; leagues with Henry VIII. against Francis I. in 1521, 291; wins the battle of Pavia in 1525, and takes Francis prisoner, 301; releases Francis on very hard terms, 302; war of, against pope Clement VII., ibid.; attack and sack of Rome by the troops of, under the Constable de Bourbon, 306, 307; cha- racter of the armies at Rome, 308; is crowned emperor in 1530, 329; opposes the annulling of Henry VIII's marriage with Catherine, 330; objects to the removal of the divorce suit from Rome, 337; caution of, in negotiating the mar- riage of Philip with Mary, iii. 59; abdicates the crown in Oct. 1555, 96; dies, 106
Charter house, trial and execution of the prior and some of the monks of, for refusing to take the oath of supremacy to Henry VIII., ii., 358; con- tinued persecution of the remainder, 360. Chaucer's descriptions of the social state of Eng- land, temp. Edward III., i., 479, 480; costume described by, 480, 481; manners of the people, 482; satire of, on the state of the Church, 489; characteristics of, and his influence on English literature, ii. 11, 12
Chevalier, P., account of Druidical remains in Brit- tany by, i. 3
Christian Church in Britain, doctrinal dissensions in the, in the fourth century, i. 52; influence of, in Roman Britain, 53; disunited character of, 59; suppression of the Pelagian heresies in, as related by Bede, 60; conference and disagree- ment of, with Augustin, 68, 69 Christianity, first appearance and decadence of, in Britain, i. 14; doubtful statement of the intro- duction of, into Britain, by Lucius, who reigned A. D. 180, 50; certainly established in Britain as early as the beginning of the fourth century, 51; persecution of, under Diocletian and Maximian, ibid.
Chun Castle, an early British work, i. 9 Church, corrupt state of, in the time of Henry II., i. 280: state of, under Edward III., 488, 489; at- tempts of Wycliffe to reform, 489, 490; ill effects produced by its privileges of" benefit of clergy." and of sanctuary, temp. Henry VII., ii. 243, 244; position of, in the early part of the reign of Henry VIII., 276; the immunities of the clergy offensive to the laity, ibid.; persecution of Richard Hunne for heresy, and for having Wycliffe's books, 277; the Londoners declared by the
bishop to be in "favour of heretical wicked- ness, ibid.; the king maintains his prerogative against the claims of the clergy, 278; the clergy, in Convocation, participate with the Commons in the resistance to Henry the VIII.'s demand for a large subsidy, 297; archbishop Usher's scheme for the reformation of, iii. 473; conference of the bishops with the Puritan divines at the Savoy, in 1661, iv. 252; earnest desire of Clarendon to re- establish, in its ancient splendour, 253; resist- ance offered by, to the efforts of James II, to in- troduce Roman Catholics, 408; archbishop San- croft and six bishops petition to be excused compliance with the king's order for the clergy to read in churches the declaration for liberty of conscience, 425; they are committed to the Tower, 426; brought before the King's Bench to plead, and are held to bail, 427; tried for a libel and acquitted, 428; public rejoicings at their acquittal, ibid.; the bishops refuse to sign a declaration of abhorrence against the proceedings of William, 438
Cities and towns of England, condition of, temp. Richard I., i. 322
Clarence, George, brother of Edward IV., created duke of, in 1461, ii. 150; marries Isabel, daughter of the earl of Warwick, 157; joins Warwick in a rising against Edward, 158; Edward taken prisoner, but escapes, ibid.; is defeated at Stam- ford, and escapes to France with Warwick, 159; is reconciled to his brother, 164; is accused of participating in the murder of prince Edward, 167; endeavours to obtain in marriage the heiress of Burgundy, but is opposed by Edward, 175; is accused of treason, convicted, and dies in the Tower, on Jan. 16, 1478, ibid.; no foundation for the statements of his drowning, or that Glou- cester was implicated in his death, ibid. Clarendon, Constitutions of, passed in 1164, i. 286, 287; the pope refuses to confirm them, 287 Clarendon (sir Edward Hyde) earl of, becomes the adviser of Charles I. in 1641, iii. 469; draws up the answer to the Remonstrance of the Commons, ibid.; the Presbyterian party endeavour to obtain his expulsion from office as a condition of the Restoration, iv. 233; the Declaration from Breda written by, 235; double-dealing of, 245, 247; ad- dress of, as chancellor, to the parliament, 246; earnest desire to re-establish the Church of Eng- land, 253; maintains the principle of the Act of Oblivion and Indemnity, ibid,; marriage of his daughter to the duke of York, and his singular conduct, 254; opposes the desire of parliament for more punishments, 259; advises the sale of Dunkirk to the French, 264; the populace ac- cuse him of having been bribed, 265; is deprived of office in 1667, 299; character of, ibid.; he is impeached on Nov. 12, leaves the country, and is banished by an Act Dec. 29, ibid.; settles at Mont- pelier in France, 302
Claudius, invasion of Britain by, i. 17, 18; joins Plautius, takes Camalodunum and returns to Rome, 19
Claverhouse (John Graham, of) cruelties of, to- wards the Covenanters, iv. 347; is defeated by them at Drumclog in 1679, 349; behaviour of, at the battle of Bothwell Bridge, 350; causes Brown, "the Christian carrier" to be shot, and insults his wife, 351
Clergy, the position and condition of, in the 15th century, ii. 124; intercourse of, with the laity, ibid.; payment of curates, 125; dislike of, to the monastic orders, ibid.; influence of domestic chaplains, ibid. ; influence of, in the making of wills, 126, 127; injurious effects of the "benefit of clergy upon the morals of the people, temp. Henry VII, ii. 243; increased dissatisfaction of the people with the oppressions of, 324; statutes passed in the parliament of 1529 against eccle- siastical abuses, 325; resistance offered by them to, the passing of, 326; visited with heavy penalties for submitting to Wolsey as legate, 337; Act abolishing the payment of annates by, to the see of Rome, carried into effect in 1533, 339; ordered to preach at Paul's Cross that the pope hath no authority in the realm, 350; visitation
of the monasteries ordered in 1535, 366; delin- quencies of the monks, 367; dissoluteness of the inmates of religious houses exposed by the visita- tion commissioners, 410; occasional exceptions, 412; character of the parochial clergyman, 487; married clergy expelled from their livings in 1554, iii. 73; increased severity of the persecu- tion against married clergymen, 86; state of, at the commencement of the Civil War in 1642, 486; number ejected from their livings on the adoption of the Presbyterian Covenant in 1643, iv. 30; legal provision for, not interfered with during the Civil War, 245; the ejected ministers restored in 1660, ibid.
Clothing, dearness and scarcity of, in the 15th cen- tury, ii. 121
Coal-trade to France, and restrictions on exporta- tion, in the reign of Henry VIII., ii. 478 Cogidubnus, British legate at Chichester, under the Roman empire, i. 41
Coifi, chief priest of the Northumbrian Saxons, converted by Paulinus, destroys the idols, i. 73 Coins, ancient British, i. 15, note.
Coke, sir Edward, bitterness of his speech as at- torney-general against the earl of Essex, iii. 289; brutality of his conduct when prosecuting Raleigh, 312; as lord chief justice, issues a warrant to ap- prehend the earl of Somerset for the murder of Overbury, 365; dissatisfaction of James with his conduct on the trial, 368; opposes the arbitrary measures of the king, and is dismissed, 369; draws up a petition in the Commons, in 1621, against the growth of popery, 382; assists in the debate on the Petition of Right in 1628, 397; denounces the duke of Buckingham in the House of Commons, 398
Colchester, the ancient Camalodunum, i. 14; de- scription of the castle of, i. 19; supposed temple to Claudius at, ibid.
Conan, the leader of the British forces under Maxi- mus, founds a colony in Brittany, A. D. 388, i. 54 Constantine, accession of, to the government of Bri- tain, i. 32; prosperous state of Britain under,
Constantine, raised to the imperial throne by the aid of the army in Britain, A. D. 306, i. 51; the civil government of Britain remodelled by, ibid.; death of, A. D. 337, 52
Constantius, the emperor, supports the authority of Paulus, i. 53
Contemporary sovereigns, table of, i. 491, 492; ii. 500; iii. 499; iv. 451
Coracle, description of, i. 9
Corn law, the first passed in England in 1463,
Courts of Law, established by Henry II., i. 283 Covenanters, under Baillic, are defeated by Mont- rose in 1645, iv. 52; obtain the rule in Scotland, after the capture of Hamilton, in 1648, 95; their exultation at the defeat and capture of Montrose, in 1650, 129; insurrection of, in the West of Scot- land, in 1666, 294; cruelties practised towards, ibid.; resistance of, to the Black Indulgence, 347; attempt of Lauderdale to reduce, by military force, 348; cruelties exercised towards, ibid.; murder of archbishop Sharpe, 349; defeat Claver- house at Drumclog, ibid.; are defeated at Both. well Bridge on June 22, 1679, ibid.; moderation of Monmouth towards, 350; receive the name of Whig, ibid.; cruelties inflicted on, by the duke of York and Claverhouse, 351; a Test Act passed against the Covenant in 1682, 366; fresh cruelties committed upon, 367; renewed and illegal perse- cutions of, in 1683, 375; fresh laws obtained against them by James II. in 1685, and the sol- diery let loose upon them, 384 Covered ways, or roads, of the Britons, in Wiltshire, continued existence of, i. 11 Cranmer, Thomas, sent with the ambassador to the crowning of the emperor Charles V., in 1530, ii. 329; writes a book to prove the invalidity of the king's marriage to Catherine, 330; unfeeling remark of, concerning the burning of Frith, 338; returns to England, and is made archbishop of Canterbury, 344; requests Henry's licence to pronounce on the divorce, and obtains it, 345;
holds a court at Dunstable, Catherine refuses to appear, and he pronounces sentence of divorce on May 23, 1533, ibid.; description of the coronation of Anne Boleyn by, 346; endeavours ineffectually to exempt sir Thomas More from taking an oath as to the illegality of the king's first marriage, 356; his letter to the king in favour of Anne Boleyn, 375; dissuades the king from putting the princess Mary to death, 382; servility of, 405; opposes the Act of the Six Articles, but ulti- mately submits to it, 420; consents to the Act declaring the marriage of Henry to Anne of Cleves invalid, 427; his opinion of Cromwell, 429; discovers to the king the profligacy of Cathe- rine Howard, 432; accused of heresy, but relieved by the king. 448; causes the Paraphrase of the New Testament by Erasmus to be translated into English, iii. 8; prepares the Book of Common Prayer, 12; signs the death-warrant of lord Thomas Seymour, 18; writes to Warwick and the confederated lords that Somerset is secured, 35; amount of participation of, in the burning of Joan Bocher, 39; book of Canon Laws issued by, 40; committed to the Tower on the accession of Mary, Nov. 14, 1553, 57; pleads not guilty to the charge of high treason, and withdraws his plea, 59; condemned for heresy at Oxford, 73; he recants, 91; publicly withdraws his recanta- tion, and declares his repentance for having made it, 92; is burnt on March 21, 1555, 93 Crayford, chalk caves at, i. 9
Cressy, battle of, on Aug. 26, 1346, i. 460-462; won by the steady bravery of the yeomen of England, 463 Criminal laws, extreme severity of, temp. Henry VII., ii. 253, 340-342; statute for the punish- ment of offences against property, passed in 1545,
Cristall, sir Henry, Froissart's account of his cap- tivity among the Irish, ii. 385
Cromlechs, supposed purpose of, i. 10 Cromwell, Oliver, first appearance of, in the House of Commons, in 1629, iii. 403; presents a petition from Lilburne, imprisoned by the Star-Chamber, to the Long Parliament, in 1640, 444; seizes the magazine at Cambridge, and stops the transmis- sion of the University plate to the king, 492: letter of, to the Commissioners at Cambridge, iv. 20; character of, 29; hazardous situation of, at the skirmish of Winceby, ibid.; distinguished services of, at the battle of Marston Moor, 35; let- ter of, to his brother, concerning the battle, 36; brings a charge against the earl of Manchester, 37; thinks the army ought to be re-modelled, ibid.; great importance of his military services, 41; active measures of, against the royalists, 42; letter of, announcing the result of Naseby battle, to the Speaker of the House of Commons, ibid.; commands the right wing at battle of Naseby, 43; his conduct in it, 44; letter of, to Fairfax, announcing that he had taken 200 clubmen, 47; invests Bristol in company with Fairfax, ibid.; his account of the surrender, 48; Winchester sur- renders to, ibid.; batters down Basing House, 48; his discipline of the Ironsides, 68; wishes to prevent the army being disbanded, in opposition to the Presbyterians, 69; organisation of the Adjutators, 70; leaves London, and joins the army, 71; waits on Charles at Royston, ibid.; proposals of, and of the Independents, to Charles, 75; the king rejects them, 76; Crom- well and Ireton endeavour to serve the king, 79; they intercept a letter of the king's, 81; he breaks off his intercourse with the king, 82; conduct of, towards the Levellers, 87; suspi- cion that Charles made his escape from Hamp ton Court at the instigation of, 87; tries to effect a reconciliation between the Presbyterians and Independents, 89; leaves London, to quell an outbreak in Wales, 91; takes Pembroke, 93; marches against the duke of Hamilton, 94; and defeats him at Preston, 95; enters Scotland, ibid.; the victory throws both king and parlia ment into alarm, 97; returns from Scotland, 100; letter to Hammond, 101; arrives in London, 104; extraordinary religious enthu
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