ABE

ABELL, Alderman, bargains on be-

half of the Vintners, 76
Aberdeen, nature of its Royalism, 159;
Montrose's first visit to, 161; his
second visit to, 223; Aboyne at, 237;
Montrose's third visit to, 242; the
Earl Marischal and Monro at, 386.
Aboyne, Viscount (James Gordon), es-
capes from Montrose, 205; proposes
to rouse the North, 216; taken by
the Earl Mareschal, 223; his recep-
tion by Hamilton, ibid.; his proceed-
ings at Aberdeen, 236; sends to
Hamilton for help, 237; defeated by
Montrose, 241; is chased through the
streets of Edinburgh, 247
Adkins, Alderman, imprisoned for re-
fusing to lend money to the King, 346
Aerssens, Francois van, arrives to ex-

plain the conduct of Tromp in the
Downs, 297

Airlie, Earl of (James Ogilvy), burning
of his house, 388

Aldermen committed to prison, 345;

set at liberty, 351

Anabaptists, attempts to suppress, 288
Antrim, Earl of (Randal Macdonnell),
proposes to raise a force for the West
of Scotland, 153; failure of his pro-
ject, 207

Archer, John, tortured and executed,
358

Argyle, Earl of (Archibald Campbell),

his authority in the Highlands, 160-
175; his character, 176; declares in
favour of the Glasgow Assembly,
177; refuses to come to Berwick,
248; his policy in the Scottish Par-
liament, 256; directed to defend the
Western Highlands, 367; argues that
Parliament may meet in defiance of
the King's demands, 369; his rule in
the Highlands, 386; his raid upon
Athol, 387; burns the House of

ARU

Airlie, 388; returns to the West,
389; talk of making him dictator,

404
Armstrong, Archie, discharged from his
post as the King's jester, 132
Army, the English, preparations for the
raising of, 191; its want of enthu-
siasm, 211; Verney's criticism of,
215; reinforcements ordered for,
219; good spirits of, 224; want of
discipline in, 226; numbers of, 227;
despondency of, 231; discomforts of,
232 preparation for collecting it
again, 303; condition of the cavalry
of, 371; dissatisfaction of the men
pressed for, 377; Catholic officers
distrusted by, 379; want of discipline
of, 380; mutinous conduct of, 394;
collects at Selby, 409; distribution
of, 417; review of, 429

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the Irish, Strafford's proposal to
levy, 305; alleged intention of em-
ploying it in England, 336; its ren-
dezvous at Carrickfergus, 407

the Scottish, expected to occupy the
border, 210; occupies Kelso, 229;
forces Holland to retreat, 230; en-
camps on Dunse Law, 233; Baillie's
description of, 234; prepares to in-
vade England, 400; encamps at
Choicelee Wood, 403; crosses the
Tweed, 413; its conduct in North-
umberland, 414

Arundel, Countess of, her conversation
with Con, 23

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- Earl of (Thomas Howard), sent to
strengthen the border fortresses, 149;
appointed to command the first army
against the Scots, 192; is the only
peer who wishes to act vigorously
against the Scots, 212; his proceed-
ings at Dunse, 225; appointed cap-
tain-general to the south of the
Trent, 416

ASS

Assembly of the Church of Scotland,
the, appealed to by the Covenanters,
146; is summoned to meet at Glas-
gow, 165; divine right claimed for,
167; electoral machinery of, 167;
its representative character, 169;
meets at Glasgow, 171; is dissolved
by Hamilton, 175; continues to sit,
and abolishes episcopacy, 177; ap-
pointed to meet at Edinburgh, 241;
bishops summoned to, 246; its pro-
ceedings at Edinburgh, 252.
Astley, Sir Jacob, sent to prepare for
war in the North, 189; his dis-
couraging report, 385; gathers troops
at Selby, 409; goes to Newcastle,
417; tries to rally the troops after
the rout of Newburn, 420

Athol, Earl of (John Murray), seized by
Argyle, 387

Aylesbury, houses burnt by mutineers
at, 349

BAILLIE, ROBERT, his opinion on

the riots at Edinburgh, 117; de-
scribes the army on Dunse Law, 232;
attacks Laud's system, 357
Balcanqual, Walter, Dean of Rochester,
writes The Large Declaration, 198;
made Dean of Durham, 199; flies
from Durham, 421

Balmerino, Lord (John Elphinston), re-
vises the Covenant, 126; argues that
Parliament may meet in defiance of
the King's commands, 369
Baner, General, his successes in Ger-
many, 259

Bankes, Sir John, his argument in the
ship-money case, 62

Bastwick, John, his early life and
Flagellum Pontificis, 4; his Apolo-
geticus and Litany, 5; his trial in
the Star Chamber, 6; execution of
the sentence on, 9; his imprisonment,

II

Bedford, Earl of (William Russell),
takes the lead in draining the Great
Level, 86; votes against interfering
with the Commons, 321; recom-
mended to go home, 423
Bellasys, Henry, attacks the military
charges, 327; is imprisoned, 344;
set at liberty, 351

Bellièvre, M. de, negotiates with Charles

on behalf of Tromp, 266; wishes to
support the Scots, 300; is recalled,
301
Berkeley, Justice, his opinion in the
ship-money case, 66

CAE

Bernhard of Weimar, his victories on

the Upper Rhine, 187; death of, 263
Berwick, Charles arrives at, 224; sig-

nature of the treaty of, 241; Conyers
commands the garrison of, 291
Bishops, Laud's opinion on the autho-
rity of, 8

- the Scottish, excite the jealousy of
the nobles, 97; their part in the or-
ganisation of the Church, 102; their
share in the preparation of the new
Prayer Book, 103; are attacked as
the authors of the change, 120; pro-
test against their remaining in the
Council, 122; accused before the
Edinburgh Presbytery, 170; are at-
tacked by Hamilton, 173; their de-
clinator read, 174; secretly protest
against the legality of the Assembly
of Edinburgh, 251; abolished by the
Assembly, 252; Charles refuses to
rescind the Acts against, 255; abo-
lished by Parliament, 257

Bocking, destruction of Communion
rails at, 399

Boteler, Lord (John Boteler), his change
of religion, 17

Breisach captured by Bernhard of
Weimar, 187

Brereton, Sir William, his account of
his travels in Scotland, 100
Brickmakers, Corporation of the, 72
Bridge of Dee, Montrose's victory at, 242
Bristol, Earl of (John Digby), advises
the King not to advance to Berwick,
219; asserts that the lords wish for
a Parliament, 236; urges Strafford
to recommend another Parliament,
353; gives an account of Strafford's
conversation, 354; assumes the lead-
ership of the Great Council, 434
Brooke, Lord (Robert Greville), refuses
to follow the King to the war, 192;
refuses the military oath, 212; votes
against interfering with the Com-
mons, 321

Buckinghamshire, slow payment of
ship money in, 358
Bullion, seizure of, 392

Burgess, Cornelius, carries the Ministers'
petition to the King, 433

Burton, Henry, his sermons, For God
and the King, 4; his trial in the Star
Chamber, 6; execution of the sentence
on, 9; his triumphal progress and
imprisonment, II

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CES

Cæsar, Sir Charles, buys the Master-

ship of the Rolls, 206

Canons, the new English, passed by
Convocation, 360

the Scottish, proposed by the King,
IOI; submitted to Laud and Juxon,
103; issue of, 104; are revoked by the
King, 164

Cardenas, Alonso de, is suspended from in-
tercourse with the Court, 183; refuses
the loan of Spanish troops to Charles,
193; applies for gunpowder, 264;
negotiates with Charles for aid to
Oquendo, 265; negotiates with New-
port, 268

Cardinal Infant, the (Ferdinand of
Spain), sanctions negotiation with
Gerbier, 182; refuses to send Spanish
troops to England, 193

Carlisle, garrisoned, 191

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Earl of (James Hay), votes against
his conscience, 324

-Lady, her relations with Strafford, 293
Carrickfergus, the Irish army at, 407
Catholics, the, Laud urges the persecu

tion of, 14; Charles's feeling towards,
15; their converts, 17; proclamation
against, 22; improved position of, 23;
their contribution to the Scottish war,
228; burning of the books of, 352;
proposal to get money for, 377;
appointed as officers in the army, 394
Chambers, Richard, brings an action

against the Lord Mayor, 69, 372;
postponement of the case of, 381
Charles I., his position after eight years

of unparliamentary government, I;
orders the publication of Laud's
speech, 9; his feeling towards the
Catholics, and his friendliness to-
wards Con, 15; hesitates to suppress
Con's proselytism, 19; issues a pro-
clamation against the Catholics, 22;
his opinion of Laud's character, 23;
his conduct in Williams's trial, 34;
undertakes to finish the draining of
the fens, 90; causes of his failure,
91; his love of art, 92; his policy in
Scotland, 97; purposes an alteration
of the worship of the Church of
Scotland, 99; writes to the Scottish
bishops about a new Prayer-book,
IOI; receives the news of the riots
in St. Giles', 112; cannot acknow-
ledge his mistake, 114; orders the
enforcement of the use of the Scottish
Prayer-book, 115; persists in de-
manding obedience, 117; directs the
removal of the Council and the Session
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from Edinburgh, 118; refuses to give
an immediate answer to the petition
about the Prayer-book, 121; seeks
the advice of Traquair, 122; issues a
proclamation in defence of the
Prayer-book, 123; asserts that he has
not consulted Englishmen on his
Scottish policy, 133; finds it difficult
to resist the Scots, 136; resolves to
gain time with the Scots, 137; de-
mands the surrender of the Covenant,
138; sends Hamilton a declaration,
141; orders Hamilton to obtain the
surrender of the Covenant, 142; pre-
pares for war, 144; permits Hamilton
to return, 145; declares that he will
only press the Prayer-book in a legal
way, 146; feels despondent, 149;
informs the English Privy Council of
the state of Scottish affairs, 150; his
treatment of Montrose, 157; au-
thorises the meeting of an Assembly
and Parliament in Scotland, and
orders the circulation of a new con-
fession of faith, 162; offers to limit
episcopacy, and directs that a new
covenant shall be signed, 165;
Charles declares that he is preparing
for war, 171; drifts into war, 179;
his foreign relations, 180; wishes to
support the Elector Palatine, 181;
carries on secret negotiations with
Spain, 182; allows Mary de Medicis
to land, 185; prepares for war with
Scotland, 189; asks for Spanish
troops, 193; orders the publication
of Laud's Conference with Fisher,
197; states his reasons for going
to war with Scotland, 198; rides into
York, 205; issues a proclamation
favouring the tenants of Scots in
rebellion, 209; advances to Durham,
213; sends Aboyne to the Firth of
Forth, 216; issues a second procla-
mation to the Scots, 217; allows
Hamilton to negotiate, 218; orders
reinforcements, 219; orders Hamilton
to return if necessary, 220; arrives
at Berwick, 224; his proclamation
described as a Satanic temptation,
225; financial distress of, 227; sends
for Hamilton, 231; finds that the
nobility do not wish to fight, 232;
sees Leslie's army on Dunse Law,
233; opens negotiations with the
Scots, 237; takes part in the discus-
sions, 238; is unable to keep his army
together much longer, 239; negotiates
for Scottish soldiers for the Palatinate,