ii. 287; committed to the Tower, 288; assertion respecting him in Macpherson's extracts, ib. n.; his cheerfulness, 289; copy of a letter concerning him, 290; petitions to be tried, 292; denied relief by Judge Pemberton, 293; petitions to the sessions at Hicks's Hall, 294; de- termination of the popish party with regard to him, 298; indicted for high treason, 302; his trial, 303; acquitted, 304; joy of the people, ib.; medal struck concerning him, 305; the ministry forbid anything in favour of him to be published, 307; tracts published under his cognizance, 308; copy of the paper produced against him, 309 n.; set- tles his estate, 311; Bishop Bur- net's remarks concerning him, ib. n.; endeavours to prosecute his accusers, 313; declines prosecuting them in any other county, 314; removes to a place of concealment, 316; his afflictions, ib. n.; his proposition to the patriotic party, 318; sends mes- sages to their meetings, 319; his proposal not agreed to, 320; Lord John Russell's remarks concerning him, 321; his principles justified by the revolution, 325; troubled by one of his relations, ib.; reasons for his going abroad, 326; Lord Mordaunt's information to him, 327; leaves his house, ib.; quits London, 328; detained at Har- wich, ib.; anecdote of him, 329; embarks at Harwich, ib.; his re- ception at Amsterdam, 330; made a burgess of that city, ib.; his sudden death, 331; remarks con- cerning him in the "Bibliothèque Choisie," ib. n.; respect to his memory, 332; interred at his seat, ib.; disposition of his will, ib.; his liberality to his grandson, 333; monument to his memory, ib., 334; retrospect of his character, 335, et seq.; his surprising cheer- fulness, 373; anecdote of him, 374; a patron of literature, ib. ; his power as speaker, 377; anecdote of him, 378; confined his opinions to him- self, ib.
Cooper, Sir John, father of the Earl
of Shaftesbury, i. 35; death of, 36.
Cooper, Sir William, made executor of Lord Shaftesbury's will, ii. 332. William, signs the indict- ment against the Duke of York, ii. 239.
Coote, Sir Charles, his promises to
the Earl of Shaftesbury, i. 213. Corfe Castle, surrendered to the Earl of Shaftesbury, i. 149.
Coriton, Mr. warrant issued against him, i. 79.
Cornish, Sheriff, the king's remark to him, ii. 279.
Mr. reproach on his jury,
Corporation Bill, opposed by the lords, i. 254.
Cosin, Bishop of Durham, his infor- mation to the king, ii. 282. Coste, Mr. passages in his charac- ter of Mr. Locke, i. 14. Court, views of the, in the adjourn- ments, ii. 164; artifices of, to divide the people, 285; resentment of the, 307; designs of, 315. Coventry, Mr. accompanies the Earl of Shaftesbury into Worcestershire, i. 43; supports the protestant reli- gion and appointed secretary of state, 405; receives the seals from Lord Shaftesbury, ii. 77; remark of, 127 n.
Sir William, appointed with others to execute the office of lord high treasurer, i. 323; turned out of his employments, 347 n. Cowper, Lord Chancellor, observa- tion of, ii. 13 n.
Crequi, Marshal, commands part of the French army on the Rhine, ii. 11. Crew, Sir Randolph, chief justice, removed from his place, i. 65 n.
Mr. (afterwards Lord,) com- mitted to the Tower, i. 109; ap- pointed one of the council of state, 231.
Cromwell, Oliver, prevented from de- parting for America, i. 92 n.; the principal contriver of the self-de- nying ordinance, 155; new-mo- dels the army, 156; makes it sub- servient to his designs, 157; Mr. Holles's design against him, ib.; frustrates it, 158; his speech to the Earl of Shaftesbury, 159; the king carried to the army through
his artifice, i. 160; parliament un- der his influence, ib.; commands conferred upon him, 161; his un- successful efforts to conciliate the Earl of Shaftesbury, 163; sum- mons a convention, 164; assumes the protectorship, 165; sends direc- tions to prevent the Earl of Shaftes- bury's return for Wiltshire, ib.; regulations made by him, ib.; re- quires a recognition to be signed, 166; finds the parliament will not agree to his measures, 167; dis- solves it, 168; plot against him defeated, ib.; his remark concern- ing the Earl of Shaftesbury, ib. meeting of another parliament, 169; his tyranny, ib. n.; design to make him king, 171; title of Lord Protector conferred on him, ib. inaugurated in that office, 172; his death, 174; character of him, ib. 175; left the protectorship to his son, 176.
Cromwell, Richard, son of Oliver, suc- ceeds to the protectorship, i. 176; flattering situation of his affairs, 177; calls a parliament, ib. ; alarm- ed by the Earl of Shaftesbury's speech, 199; dissolves the parlia- ment and loses his power, 200.
Henry, second son of the
protector, i. 169. Cronstrom, A. his letter to Lord Ashley, i. 361 n.
Crown, clerk of the, examination of, ii. 272.
Culpeper, Lord, vice-president of the council of trade, ii. 12.
from, i. 360 n. ; ii. 86 n. 192 n. Dalrymple, Sir John, remark in his "Review of Events after the Re- storation," i. 251; published a letter from Ruvigny to Louis XIV. 388; his account of the secret treaty, 390; extracts the conduct of Lord Shaftesbury from a manuscript, ii. 26; quotes a letter, 304; observa- tion of, 358; biassed towards Tory principles, 359; his testimony re- jected, 360.
Danby, Lord-treasurer, swearing-in
of, i. 336; his advice to the king,
ii. 72; apprehensive of the meeting of parliament, 129; his information to the lords, 181; petition of, 273. Dangerfield, Mr. attempts to assassi- nate Lord Shaftesbury, ii. 225; reproached by Mrs. Cellier, 226; Rapin's account of him, 227; his confession, 228.
Darley, Mr. Henry, committed to the castle at York, i. 115 n.
Dartmouth, Earl of, his observation concerning the Earl of Shaftesbury, i. 32 n.
Delamere, Lord, opposes the Corpora- tion Bill, i. 255; signs a petition to the king, ii. 264.
Denbigh, Earl of, one of the commit- tee from the house of lords to the king, i. 143; resigns his commis- sion, 155.
Denham, Judge, i. 91 n. Dennis, Bernard, indictment against him, ii. 297. Desborough, Colonel, directs the Wal- lingford House administration, i. 200; remark concerning, in "Eng- land's Confusion," 203 n.; re- solution of the parliament to dis- charge him, 207. D'Estrades' Memoirs, extract from, i. 265.
D'Ewes, Mr. his journals, ii. 23 n. Dhona, Count, minister from Sweden, i. 338.
Digby, Lord, his remark on the con- vocation, i. 110 n.; affronts Lord Shaftesbury, ii. 130.
Diggs, Sir Dudley, committed to the Tower, i. 61; released, 62. Dives, Sir Lewis, completely routed by the Earl of Shaftesbury, i. 152. Dorchester, Marquis of, anecdote of, i. 349 n.
Dorset, Earl of, anecdote of him, i. 99 n.
Douglas, Colonel, his regiment sent to Ireland, ii. 206.
Downing, Sir George, Lord Claren-
don's behaviour to him, i. 330 n. Dryden, Mr. his " Absalom and Achi- tophel," a satire, i. 19; his cele- brated satire of the Medal, ii. 305; the hint given him by the king, 306; dedicates it to the Whigs, ib.; his contempt for Lord Shaftes- bury's son, 333 n; ridicules Lord Shaftesbury in his poem, 361; pu-
nished by the Earl of Rochester, ii. 375.
Dugdale, Mr. remarks on his evidence, ii. 197.
Duncombe, Sir John, one of the com- missioners to execute the office of lord high treasurer, i. 323; desists from paying money into the exche- quer, ii. 2.
Dunkirk, importance of, i. 263; treaty for the sale of to the French, signed, 275; made a free port by the French king, 279.
Durham, Bp. of. See Cosin, Bishop of Durham. Dysart, Countess of, married to the Earl of Lauderdale, i. 405.
Earle, Sir Walter, his assistance to the Earl of Shaftesbury, i. 140. Echard, Archdeacon, copied his cha- racter of the Earl of Shaftesbury from Father Orleans, i. 28; his observation on Lord Shaftesbury's removal, ii. 77 n.
Edward VI. King, encouraged the Reformation through religious mo- tives, i. 50.
Elizabeth, Princess, daughter of the Queen of Bohemia, i. 248. Elizabeth, Queen, re-established the reformed religion, i. 51; the bishops prohibited from alienating church- lands in her reign, ib.n; writs issued in her reign, ii. 23. Ellesmere, Lord, chancellor in the reign of James I. ii. 24. Elliot, Sir John, committed to the Tower, i. 61; released, 62; warrant issued against him, 79; summoned before the council, ib.; his answer to the question put to him by the council, 80; warrant issued for sealing up his study, 81; died in the Tower, 83.
Ely, Bishop of, his accusations, i. 189; spoke against the bill of re- peal, ii. 272. "England's Confusion," pamphlet so called, i. 203 n. Essex, Earl of, signs the petition to the king, i. 117; resigns his com- mission, 155; his friendship for Lord Ashley, 384; his report, 385;
the Earl of Shaftesbury's letter to, ii. 14 n.; story told by him, 89; admitted into the new council, 208; persuaded to the dissolution, 222 n; projected charge against him, 224; his consultations with Lord Shaftesbury, 232; frequently de- sired his advice, 235; design to impute the popish plot to him, 257; anxious for Simpson Tonge's exami- nation, ib.; presents a petition to the king, 259; signs the petition to the king, 264.
Este, Mary d', Princess of Modena, offer of the French king to, ii. 68. Estrades, Count d', invited to Eng- land, i. 265; extracts from his Me- moirs, ib. n. et seq.; his letter to the French king, 272. 274. Evelyn, Sir John, refused admittance into the house of commons, i. 202; appointed one of the council of state, 231; one of the council of trade, ii. 12.
Everard, Edmund, feigned consent to Fitzharris's proposal, ii. 276; dis- covers the design, 277; draws up the libel, 278.
Evers, Lord, signs the petition to the king, ii. 264.
Examen," by Roger North, ii. 18. 358; extract from, 22 n. Exchequer, declaration for shutting up, i. 413.
Eyre, Sir Samuel, lord chief justice, recommends Mr. Wyche to Lord Shaftesbury, i. 29 n.
Fagg, Sir John, Dr. Shirley's appeal against him, ii. 127. Fairfax, Sir Thomas, afterwards Lord, made general of the parliament's forces, i. 155; writes to the parlia- ment, 156; the king carried to the army without his knowledge, 159; resigns his commission, 161; re- mark concerning, in "England's Confusion," 203 n.; his influence on the soldiers, 213; intimates his desire for the restoration, 221; one of the council of state, 231; one of the commissioners to the king from the commons, 242. Falconbridge, Lord, mentioned in one
of Lord Shaftesbury's letters ii. 111; question of, 273. Falkland, Lord, introduces the Earl of Shaftesbury to the king, i. 138; one of the commissioners to the king from the commons, 242.
Faria, Francisco de, deposition of, ii.
Fell, Dr. Bishop of Oxford, i. 10 n. Felton assassinates the Duke of Buck-
ingham, i. 77; pressed to confess who instigated him to it, i. 123 n. Ferguson, Mr. conspiracy of, ii. 319;
his propensity for plots, 322; at- tends the meeting at Captain Wal- cot's, 324.
Fiennes, Mr. one of the committee to accompany the king into Scot- land, i. 130 n.
Finch, Sir John, speaker of the house of commons, i. 78; a mem- ber of the council for trade, ii. 12.
Lord, cool reply of, i. 83 n.
Lord Keeper, inquiry into his conduct, i. 125; Lord Shaftesbury's reply to, 423; observation of, in the lords, ii. 118.
Sir Heneage, attorney-general, ii. 18. Fitzgerald, engaged in the Irish rebel- lion, ii. 277; indictment against him, 297.
Fitzharris, Edward, Rapin's account
of him, ii. 276; gives Everard the heads for a libel, 277; sent to Newgate, 278; removed to the Tower, 279; impeached by the commons, ib.; executed 280; his advice to his wife, ib. Fitzpatrick, engaged in the Irish re- bellion, ii. 277.
Fitzwalter, Earl of, his friendship for Mr. Stringer, i. 22. Five-mile Act, i. 301. Fleetwood, Lieutenant-general, di- rects the Wallingford house ad- ministration, i. 200; parliament resolves to appoint him a commis- sioner of the forces, 207; appointed commander-in-chief of the forces, 208; examines the Earl of Shaftes- bury, 209; blamed for not securing him, 210.
Forrester, William, signs the indict- ment against the Duke of York, ii. 239.
Fountain, Serjeant, assists the Earl of Shaftesbury, i. 140.
Fox, Mr. "History of the early part
of the Reign of James 11." i. 398; admires Lord Shaftesbury's charac- ter, ii. 371. France, court of, apprehensions of, i. 331.
Frecheville, Lord, movement of, ii. 158.
Freke, Mr. friend of Lord Shaftes- bury, ii. 130.
Friesen, Baron de, first minister of the Elector of Saxony, ii. 6.
Garmers, Mr. syndic to the city of Hamburgh, i. 312.
Geere, Alderman, committed to the Gate-house, i. 113. Germany, Emperor of, his marriage, ii. 11; unites in a league against France, 92.
Empress of, her death, ii. 11. Gerrard, Sir Gilbert, one of the new council of state, i. 231; signs the indictment against the Duke of York, ii. 239; certificate in the possession of, 282.
Gibbs, Mr. letter to, ii. 290. Gloucester, Duke of, his request to the Earl of Manchester, ii. 29. Godfrey, Sir Edmondbury, murder of, ii. 192.
Goodenough, Mr. attends the meet- ing at Capt. Walcot's, ii. 324. Goodman, Dr. Bishop of Gloucester, suspended, i. 110 n.
Gorges, Lord, one of the council of trade, ii. 12.
Graham, Mr. a solicitor to the court, ii. 301.
Grammont, Count de, his Memoirs, i. 393 n.
Grand Jury, reasons of, for wishing to examine witnesses in private, ii. 302. Greenhill, Mr. lines addressed to, ii. 13 n.
Grenville, Lord, passage from his tract" Oxford and Locke," i. 10 n. Sir John, sent to the par- liament with a declaration from Charles II. i. 240; delivers it, 241. Grey, Lord, anecdote of, ii. 220; signs the indictment against the Duke of York, 239; signs the petition to
the king, ii. 264; his opinion of the dissolution, 281; his "Secret His- tory of the Rye-house Plot," 284 n. Grimston, Mr. debates upon the peti- tions, i. 100 n.
Sir Harbottle, one of the members of the council of state, i. 231; elected speaker of the house of commons, 240; Lord Shaftes- bury's representations to, ii. 82; his answer to them, 82 n. Grove, Mr. executed, i. 168. Guerdeau, Mr. first entrusted with the Earl of Shaftesbury's education, i. 35.
Guildford, Lord Keeper, manuscript of, ii. 26.
Habeas Corpus Act, drawn up by Lord Shaftesbury, ii. 218; disputes respecting it, 219; passed, 220. Hacker, Mr. tried and executed, i. 252.
Hacket's" Life of Williams," passage
Halifax, Lord, sent to propose peace with the French, ii. 48; remark concerning him in one of Lord Shaftesbury's letters, 111; his zeal for Lord Shaftesbury's release, 179; proposed as one of the lords of the new council, 210; treaty of Hol- land discussed at his house, 212; attached to the interest of the Duke of York, 215; persuaded to the dis- solution, 222 n.; projected charge against him, 224; speaks against the exclusion bill, 242; his pro- position, ib. n.; desires the bill to be committed, 271; opposed Lord Danby's petition, 274; his intimacy with Lord Hyde, 275; obtains a place for Mr. Keeling, 323. Hallam, Mr. observation of, i. 262. Hamburgh, senate of, defence of, i.
Hampden, Mr. prevented from de- parting for America, i. 92 n. Harley, Sir Edward, importunes Gen. Monk to make an apology to the city, i. 226; one of the council of state, 231; made governor of Dun- kirk, 237; resigns, 278; remark concerning him in the Dalrymple Papers, 279.
Harleian Miscellany, tract in the, ii. 289 n.
Harris, Benjamin, tracts of, ii. 307. Haslerig, Sir Arthur, prevented from
departing for America, i. 92 n.; resolution of the parliament to ap- point him a commissioner of the forces, 207; his interview with Monk's commissioners, 212; takes possession of Portsmouth, 213; jealous of Gen. Monk, 221; ap- pointed one of the commissioners to command the army, 225; de- signs to imprison the Earl of Shaf- tesbury, 229; his resentment on the secluded members being re- stored, 230; his design to make General Monk protector, 232. Hastings, the Hon. William, the Earl of Shaftesbury's sketch of his cha- racter, i. 307.
Hawkins, Dr. minister of the Tower, ii. 280.
Hawles, Sir John, remarks of, ii. 312. Hayman, Sir Peter, warrant issued against him, i. 79; summoned be- fore the council, ib. Haynes, Bryan, bill of indictment against him, ii. 294; stop put to any prosecution upon it, 297; pre- tends correspondence with Lord Shaftesbury, 312.
Heathcock, Captain, killed at Abbots- bury, i. 151.
Henry VIII. King, his reasons for
commencing the Reformation, i. 50. Herbert, Lord, a commissioner to the king from the commons, i. 242; signs the petition to the king, ii. 264.
Hereford, Viscount, one of the com- missioners to the king, from the peers, i. 242. Hertford, Earl of, signs the petition to the king, i. 117; recommends the Earl of Shaftesbury to the king, 138; warns the Earl of Shaftes-
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