Astley, Sir Jacob, sheriff of Norfolk, i. 153 n.
"Athenæ Oxonienses," passage from,
Atkyns, Alderman, committed to the King's Bench, i. 113.
Aubigny, Lord, proposes having the Duke of Gloucester educated in the Roman Catholic religion at Rome, i. 264. Aylesbury, Lord, seconded Lord Danby's petition, ii. 274.
Bacon, Sir Nicholas, writs issued by him, ii. 23.
Balfour, Sir William, removed from the governorship of the Tower, i. 135 n.
Barbadoes planters, petition from, i.
Barnardiston, Sir Samuel, foreman of
the grand jury, ii. 302.
Barners, Josiah, described as fool of the play in "England's Confusion," i. 203.
Barillon, Louis XIV.'s ambassador,
confident of Lord Shaftesbury, ii. 283.
Beale, Dr. scandalous assertions made by, i. 101.
Bedford, John Neville, Duke of, temp. Edw. IV. allusion to, i. 189.
Earl of, signs the petition to the king, i. 117; one of the com- mittee to accompany the king into Scotland, 180 n.; opposes the Cor- poration Bill, 255; signs the peti- tion to the king, ii. 264. Bellasis, Mr. son of Lord Fauconberg, committed to the Gatehouse prison, i. 97 n. ; summoned before the coun- cil, 109; committed to the Fleet, ib.
Bellings, Mr. intrusted with a pro- position from Lord Aubigny to Charles II. i. 264 n. Bennet, Mr. procures copies of Sir Ellis Leighton's papers, ii. 66. Berkeley, Lord, one of the commission-
ers to the King from the peers, i. 242; seconded Lord Danby's peti- tion, ii. 274. Berkshire, Earl of, one of the Jan- senist party, ii. 66.
Berry, parliament resolved to discharge him, i. 207.
Bertie, Mr. Peregrine, votes against the Five-Mile Act, i. 308 n. "Bibliothèque Choisie,"extracts from, i. 4.6. 17.24.320 n.; ii. 45. 330 m.; 331 n.
Birch, Colonel, appointed one of the members of the council of state, i. 231.
Dr. Letter to, ii. 373.
MSS. Letter in, ii. 373. Blake (afterwards Admiral), defends the castle of Taunton, i. 152. Blaney, Mr. examination of, ii. 181. Bohemia, Queen of, sums voted to by the parliament, i. 248. Bolingbroke, Earl of, signs the peti- tion to the king, i. 117; opposes the Corporation Bill, 253; objects to Lord Shaftesbury's bill, ii. 123. Bonne, taken by the Prince of Orange,
Booth, Sir George, (afterwards Lord
Delamere,) denied admittance to the house of commons, i. 202; raises an army in Cheshire, 205; defeated by Major-gen. Lambert, ib.; one of the commissioners to the king from the commons, 243. Mr. a witness against Lord Shaftesbury, ii. 312.
Bordeaux, Mons. the French am- bassador, i. 233.; called home, 237 n.
Bowen, Mr. medal struck by him, ii. 305.
Brandenburgh, Elector of, alarmed at Lord Ashley's intelligence, i. 407; unites in a league against France, ii. 92; signs the indictment against the Duke of York, 239. Braganza, Duke of, obtains the king- dom of Portugal at the revolution, i. 356. Bridges, Mr. married the Countess of Shrewsbury, i. 394 n. Bridgman, Sir Orlando, appointed lord keeper of the privy seals, i. 326; national measures ascribed to him, 350; James the Second's opinion of him, ib.; affixes the great seal to the declaration, 413; Bishop Burnet's remark concerning him, 428 n.; his resignation, 429 n. Bristol, Earl of, signs the petition to the king, i. 117; his accusations
Brodie, Mr. remark in his "British Empire,' " i. 170 n. Bromley, Sir Thomas, writs issued by him, ii. 23.
Brook, Lord, prevented from depart- ing for America, i. 92 n.; his ca- binet searched for papers, 108; signs the petition to the king, 117; chosen one of the commissioners to the king from the peers, 242. Brounker, Mr. one of the council of trade, ii. 12.
Browne, Mr. clerk of the parliament, ii. 275.
Bruce, Lord, a commissioner to the
king from the commons, i. 242. Buckingham, Duke of, complained of as the author of the public griev- ances, i. 58; impeached by the commons, 61; charges against him, 61 n.; his assassination by Felton mentioned, 77; moves an address in the lords, 337 n.; anecdote of, 348 n.; one of the cabinet-coun- cil, 359; his correspondence with the Duchess of Orleans, 360 n. ; his treaty wth France, 389; proposi- tion of, 391; governed by the Coun- tess of Shrewsbury, 392; his con- test with the Earl of Shrewsbury, 393; one of the Cabal adminis- tration, 396; his answer when ex- amined by the house of commons, 396; his enmity to Lord Arlington, 397-; master of the horse, 397 n.; his embassy to France, 398; Lord Ashley's advice to him, 399; his justification, 401; dines with the king, 402; the king's answer to his complaints, 413n.; sent with a proposal of peace to the French, ii. 48; Colbert's communication respecting him, 53 n.; opposes the Test Act, 61; justifies his con- duct, 104; throws the blame on Lord Arlington, 104 n.; moves an address to the king, 158; throws his argument into a syllogism, 158 n.; sentenced to the Tower, 159; his petition to the king, 171; re- solution of the Lords concerning
him, 183; projected charge against him, 224; called an alderman, 225. Bulstrode, Sir Richard, extract from his memoirs, ii. 97.
Burleigh, Lord, mention of in Lord Shaftesbury's speech, ii. 19. Burnet, Bp. his unfavourable opinion of the Earl of Shaftesbury, i. 28; his mistakes corrected, 172; ob- servation of, 397; his account of Lord Shaftesbury's conduct, 421, 422; remark of, 428 n.; his re- mark upon Lord Shaftesbury's con- duct, ii. 22; speech of, 28 n.; re- flects upon Lord Shaftesbury for his speech, 41; his remark on Lord Clifford's speech, 54; on the Earl of Shaftesbury's, 55; his observa- tions on Lord Clifford's removal, 62 n.; extract from his history, 104; acknowledgment of, 115; re- marks upon him, 193; his account of his private interview with the king, 193 n.; his observations on Coleman's trial, 195 n.; passages in his history, 196, et seq.; his re- mark concerning petitions, 229; takes no notice of the indictment against the Duke of York, 240 n. ; observation in his "History," 300; his remarks concerning Lord Shaf- tesbury, 311 n.
"Burnet's History," extracts from, ii. 104. 115. 196; observation in, 300.
Burton, Mr. solicitor to the court, ii. 301.
Bury, Major-Gen. remark in " Eng- land's Confusion" concerning him, i. 203 n.
Button, Sir William, intrigues to pur- chase part of the Earl of Shaftes- bury's estate, i. 36.
Cabal, the, faction so called, i. 396. Calverly, Henry, signs the indict-
ment against the Duke of York, ii. 239.
Canary Company, dissolved, i. 333. Canterbury, Abp. of. See Laud. Capel, Arthur, (afterwards Lord,)
Carolina, South; see South Carolina. Castlemain, Earl of, project formed by, ii. 224.
Castleton, Lord, one of the commis- sioners from the commons to the king, i. 242.
Cavendish, Lord, his consultation
with Lord Shaftesbury, ii. 232; resigns his situation, 235; signs the indictment against the Duke of York, 239.
Cellier, Elizabeth, project formed by, ii. 224; attempts to assassinate Lord Shaftesbury, 226; executed for the murder of her husband, ib. "Character of a Disbanded Courtier," ii. 362. "Characteristics," Lord Ashley au- thor of, ii. 333.
Charles I. King, his treatment of the Parliament, i. 56; public griev- ances, 57; his orders to Penning- ton, 58; dissolves the parliament, 59; raises money by privy seals, ib.; calls a new parliament, 59; orders the managers of the Duke of Buckingham's impeachment to be committed to the Tower, 61; re- gard shown to him, 62; his haughty conduct, 63; dissolves the parlia- ment, 64; persists in his oppressive methods of obtaining money, ib.; public complaints against, 66; re- solution for calling a parliament made in council, ib.; his speech to the new parliament, 67; subsidies granted by him to, 69; sends a message to the parliament, 71, 72; petition presented to him, 75; his answer to it, 75 n.; further an- swer to it, 76; remonstrances of the house of commons to, ib.; pro-
rogues the parliament, i. 77; his repeated messages to the parlia- ment, ib.; his speech to the house of lords, 81; letter to the judges of the King's Bench, 62; pro- clamation respecting duties, 84; instance of the extent of his mercy, 84 n.; bad conduct of his foreign affairs, 85; deserts the French pro- testants, 85; the Duke of Rohan's letter to him, 86 n.; his answer to it, 89; proclamations published by him, 92; his conduct in Scotland, 93, 94; inventions for supplying him with money, 94 n; calls a new parliament, 100; his messages to Archbishop Abbot, 103 n.; par- dons Dr. Manwaring, ib.; not de- sirous of listening to the complaints of the nation, 104; message to the commons by Sir Harry Vane, 105; proposes a proviso, ib.; dissolves the parliament, 106; his reproachful language to the commons, 107; continues to act in defiance of his people, 108; convocation continued under the name of a synod, 109; his conduct disgusts the people, 112; unjustifiable expedients to raise money, 114; petitions pre- sented to him, 116, 117. 120; com- pelled to summon a parliament, 122; orders Felton's hand to be cut off previous to his execution, 124; remarks on his conduct, 126. 128; his journey into Scotland, 129; his conduct there, 130; state of af- fairs on his return, 132; his want of sincerity, 133; removes the go- vernor of the Tower, 135; remarks upon his conduct, ib.; approves of the Earl of Shaftesbury's plan, 139;
writes to him, 141; puts him- self into the hands of the Scotch army, 156; delivered up to the parliament, ib.; carried by Cornet Joyce to the army, 159; tried and executed, 161.
Charles II. King, his remark con- cerning Dryden's satire, i. 20; arrives in Scotland, 161; promises made by him, ib.; his compliance there, 162; quits presbytery, ib.; sends a declaration to the parliament, 240; commissioners sent to invite him to
return, i. 242, 243; his restoration, 244; acknowledges he owes it to the Earl of Shaftesbury, 246; finds the parliament more complying than he anticipated, 249; dissolves it, 250; his speech to the new one, 253; adjourns parliament, 256; his speech on their meeting again, 257; signs a commission for the sale of Dunkirk, 272; clamours against the treaty, 275; letters from the French king to, 277; per- nicious effects of the sale of Dun-- kirk, 279; publishes a declaration, 283; sells a part of the forest of Dean, 293; desirous of a bill to suppress seditious conventicles, ib.; commences a war with Holland, 294; his submission to France, 295; bill for liberty of conscience proposed to him, 298; his speech, 300; refuses to consent to a neu- trality in the Elbe, 312; the Eng- lish ships attacked by the Dutch in the Elbe, 312; his resentment of it, 313; threatens war against Ham- burgh, 314; dissuaded from it by Lord Ashley, 315; memorial of the English merchants, 316; his answer to Lord Clarendon, 324 n.; his measures against the papists, 332; orders the Canary patent to be given up, 333; revokes an order of council, 334; his popular lan- guage to parliament, 335; his mea- sures highly approved, 336; forms an alliance with Holland, 337; establishes committees of the coun- cil, 341; regulations concerning the navy, 343; his declaration to parliament, 344; favours the pro- testant dissenters, 345; his speech, 346 n.; peace with Spain pro- claimed, 347; his declaration against duelling, 349; terms of his treaty with the States, 356; a secret well-wisher to the French designs, 358; makes overtures to the French court, 360 n.; misapplication of his revenue, 362; his remark con- cerning Lord Ashley, 368 n.; re- ceives a letter from him, 369; his declaration to parliament, 376; Lord Ashley's representations to him concerning trade, 377; ap- points a council of trade, 381; re-
ceives a memorial from the French ambassador, i. 381; enters the house of lords suddenly, 385; sits daily in the house, 386; his disgraceful intrigue with France, 388; his zeal for the catholic religion, 389; con- trivance of, 390; sanctions the re- ceiving French gold, 392; his arbitrary schemes, 394; imitates the French court, 395; meets the Duchess of Orleans at Dover, 397; his treaty with France, 398; his determination not to recede from it, 399; delays introducing the catho- lic religion, 400; discovers his sen- timents on religion to Lord Ashley, 402; addressed by the two houses, 408; prorogues the parliament, 410; address presented to him, 411; his answer, ib.; prorogues the parliament, 412; shuts up the ex- chequer, 413; his answer to the Duke of Buckingham, ib. n; re- bukes Chancellor Finch, 423; prin- ciples of his court-popery the prin- cipal agent during his reign, 424; French mistress of state given to him, 425; issues a declaration of indulgences, 428 n. ; advised to re- move Lord Ashley, ii. 2; offers him the white staff, 4; appoints him president of the council of trade, 12; anecdotes of, 21, 22; writs issued by him, 22; acts by the influence of his brother, 26; his answer to the committee of the lords, 29; his speech to parlia- ment, 31; sends a proposal of peace to the French, 48; supply granted him, 50; Lord Shaftes- bury's advice to him, 51; his ap- plication to the house of lords, 54; anecdote of, 57; concerts a project with Lord Clifford, 58; cancels the declaration of indul- gence, 59; adjourns the house, 63; his unsteadiness of temper, 67; prevailed upon to prorogue the par- liament, 69; addressed by the commons, 70; advised to dissolve parliament, 72; resolves to pro- rogue it, 73; affected by Lord Shaftesbury's speech to him, 76; takes the seals from him, 77; dis- appointed in his expectations, 85; complains to the Earl of Oxford,
ii. 86; abandons his design of turn- ing catholic, ib. n.; presses Lord Shaftesbury to accept the French king's offer, 91; united to France by his own choice, 93; grants a tract of land to certain lords for the establishment of the colony of South Carolina, 94; his knowledge of Lord Shaftesbury's superiority, 102; addressed by the lords, ib.; by the commons, 103; prorogues the par- liament, 105; arbitrary proclama- tion of, 106; bribed by Louis XIV. 112 n. ; his remark concerning Lord Shaftesbury, 122; prorogues the parliament, 128. 155; remark in his speech, 132; Lord Shaftesbury and other lords committed to the Tower during the pleasure of, and the house of lords, 161; directs the houses to adjourn, 164; peti- tioned by the imprisoned lords, 171; petitioned by Lord Shaftesbury, 173. 178; addressed by the com- mons, 187; his observation to the parliament, 199; dissolves it, ib.; sends the Duke of York out of England, 200; his scheme for a new council, 208; proposes Lord Shaftesbury, 210; prorogues par- liament, 221; dissolves it, and summons another, 222; persuades his ministers to the dissolution, ib. n. ; his illness, 223; entirely guided by the Duke of York, 224; his promise to him, 229; petitions pre- sented to him, ib; incensed at them, 230; his proclamation against peti- tions, 231; sends the Duke of York back to Scotland, 240; per- mits the parliament to meet again, ib.; dissolves the parliament, and summons another, 259; petition presented to him, ib.; dissolves the parliament which met at Ox- ford, a week after it opened, 269; his order to the clerk of the parlia- ment, 273; libel against him, 276; resolves to govern without a parlia- ment, 281; declares the Duke of Monmouth's illegitimacy, 283; promptitude of, 284; remark of, 305; gives Dryden the hint for his poem, 306; plot against him, 322, 323; his visit to the Duchess of Portsmouth, 327; his severe laws against the nonconformists, 347.
Charles V. Emperor, anecdote of, ii. 89, 90. Chiffinch, Mr. delivers Lord Shaftes- bury's request to the king, ii. 91. Chichester, Dean of. See Hawkins, Dr.
Cholmly, Sir Henry, one of the com- missioners from the commons to the king, i. 243.
Civil war, review of the causes of the, i. 49.
Clare, Earl of, information lodged against in he Star-chamber, i. 93; presents a petition to the king, ii. 229; signs the petition to the king, 264. Clarendon Papers, extracts from, i. 219 n.; ii. 247 n.
Earl. See Hyde, Mr. Clarges, Mr. informs the Earl of Shaftesbury of General Monk's scheme, i. 234.
Clayton, Sir Robert, examined Fitz- harris, ii. 279; accused of perjury, 280.
Clerc, Monsieur Le, extracts from his
Bibliothèque Choisie," i. 4. 44; ii. 331 n.; his eulogium upon Mr. Locke, i. 17; upon the Earl of Shaftesbury, ib.
Cleveland, Duchess of, Phoenix Park granted to her, ii. 235. Clifford, Sir Thomas, afterwards Lord, Sir William Temple's insinuation against him, i. 27; carries a mes- sage from the lords to the commons, 294; his representations, 295; appointed with others to execute the office of lord high treasurer, 323; one of the cabinet council, 359; remark of, 360; in the con- fidence of the Duke of York, 387; his consultation with the king, 389; a member of the Cabal administra- tion, 396; dines withthe king, 402 ; proposition of, 414; closeted with the king, 415; influence of his de- signs, 417; bold design of, 426; presented with the white staff, ii. 5; swearing in of, 19; resolves to at- tack Lord Shaftesbury in the house, 28; expedient of, 52; approved of, 53; Rapin's account of his project, 56; importance of, 58; opposes the Test Act, 61; loses his white staff, 62; observations on his removal, ib. n.; one of the Jesuit party, 66.
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