Commons, House of; its first sittings, 17. How constituted, 40. Com- mencement of its contest with the Crown, 87. See Parliament. Commonwealth proclaimed, 133. Conduit Street, 372.
Constantinople, ambassador at, 319. Convocation, subject to royal authority, 59.
Cornwall, tin of; copper, 328. Cosmo, Grand Duke; his travels, 340. note, 365. note. His praise of Eng- lish inns, 399. note. Cotton manufacture, 354. Covenanters, Scotch, 193. Covent Garden, 372.
Coventry, Sir John, Charles II.'s revenge on, 212.
Country gentlemen, 331.
Their rude- Their loyalty
and attachment to the Church, 334 -336.
Country party," the, 211. Opposes
the Cabal, 228. Difficulties of, 236. Its dealings with France, 237. Cowley, 415. His Ode to the Royal Society, 423.
Cranmer, Archbishop; his character, 53. His opinions of royal supre- inacy, 57.
Cresset, John; his pamphlet against
stage coaches, 395. note. Cromwell, Oliver, 121. At Marston
Moor, 122. At Naseby, 123. Cha-
racter of his army, 125. Suppresses risings, 127. Leaves Charles I. to his fate, 131. Combination of parties against; his conquest of Ireland, 134. Of Scotland, 135. His design on the crown, 138. His Protectorate, 139. His House of Commons, 140. His Upper House, 141. His energy, 142. His toleration; his foreign policy, 143. His death, 145. Treat- ment of his remains, 161. Honour paid to his memory, 199. Cromwell, Richard; his accession and character, 145. Calls a Parliament, 146. Unpopular with the army, 147 His fall, 148.
"Cromwellians" in Ireland, 194. Crusades, productive of good, 8. Cudworth, 344.
Cumberland, wild state of, 296. Customs, produce of, 298. Of Liver- pool, 357. Of London, 362. Cutlery, 355.
Dover, treaty of, 218. Drama, the, under Charles II., 417. Dryden, John; his sneers at the militia, 303. note. His testimony to Arch- bishop Tillotson, 345. note. At Will's Coffee House, 384. His Fables; price of the copyright, 418. His Absalom and Achitophel, 420. His Annus Mirabilis, 423.
Dugdale, a witness against Lord Stafford,
270. Against College, 275. Dunkirk, sale of, 197. Duval, Claude, 398.
Eachard, 340. note, 343. note. Election of 1660, 153. Of 1679, 245.
Elizabeth, Queen; her supremacy, how defined, 58. Difficulties at her ac- cession, 60. The leader of Protes- tantism, 63. Grants monopolies; her abandonment of them; her death, 65. Enfield Forest, 323.
England, early Christian, 6. 9. Danish invasions, 10. Under the Normans, 13. Power of (14th century), 18- 20. The laws binding on the Crown, 32. But violated by the Kings, 33. The effects of the civil wars partial, 36. Union with Scotland and Ireland, 65, 66. Diminished importance, 71. Long internal peace, 95. Origin and character of parties, 101. 105. Origin of the two great parties, 104. Their first conflict, 110. The civil war, 117-123. Military domination, 124. Commonwealth, 133. Under Cromwell, 143. Under Charles II., 186-190. War with the Dutch, 199. Indignation against Charles II., 200. Forms Triple Alliance with Holland and Sweden, 210. Its loss of power, 239. State of, in 1685, 290-443. Changes, 292. Popu- lation in 1685, 293-295. Rude state of the northern counties, 295. Rapid progress, 297. Revenue in 1685, 298. Military system, 301. The Kings Captains-General of Militia, 302. Army, 305-308. Navy, 309-316. Ordnance 317
Agriculture, 322. Wild animals, 323, 324. Agricultural produce,
326. Domestic animals, 327. Mi- neral produce, 328-330. Rent of land, 330. Growth of towns, 348. Country towns, 352. Manufacturing towns, 353-356. Watering places, 358-361. Kings of, after the Re- volution, 378, 379. Travelling, 386-391. First stage coaches, 392. Neglect of female education, 409 Decline of learning, 410. Scientific movement, 422-426. Fine arts, 427-429. State of common people, 430-440. Cost of food, 436. Pauperism, 436, 437. Fierceness softened by civilisation, 440. Past and present times, delusions regard- ing, 441, 442.
England, Church of; its origin, 52. Was a compromise, 53-55. Its liturgy, 53. Vestments, 55. Its re- lation to the Crown, 56. Its loyalty, 59. Its increased dislike of Puritans, 76. Its papistical tendencies, 79. Its ritual, how regarded by Reformers, 77. By Churchmen under James I., 80. Its condition at the Restoration, 163. Its zeal for hereditary mo- narchy, 185.
English architecture, early, 20. English constitution, 17. Development of, 25. Gradual growth, 26. Not accurately defined, 31. Ancient and modern, compared, 35-38. Good government under, 38. English history, early, misrepresented, 26. The causes of this, 28. English Kings; their prerogatives, 29. Evade the limitations of them, 32, 33. Their excesses tolerated, 34, 35. Of the House of Tudor, 40, 41. De- clared heads of Church, 56. Their ecclesiastical authority, 58. gularities in their succession, 74. English language, formation of, 18. Early authors in, 20.
English literature (under Charles II.);
French taste in, 412. Its immora lity, 413, 414. Comedies 417. De- dications. 419
Filmer his system, 72. His doctrines adopted by the University of Oxford, 280.
Finch, Lord Keeper, suggests the raising
of ship money, 93. His impeach- ment and flight, 101.
Finlaison, on English population, 294. Finsbury, 363.
Five Mile Act, 184.
Flamsteed, John, Astronomer Royal, 426.
Flanders, horses from, 327.. Fleetwood, 147.
Fowler, Dr. Edward, 344. Fox, George; his doctrines, 171. France, the conquest of, would have been ruinous to England, 15. Eng- lish wars in, 18. Successful resist- ance of, 21. Papal authority in, limited, 50. State of, under Lewis XIV., 206. War with Spain, 208. Power of, under Lewis XIV., 287. Ascendency of (1685), 412. Franche Comté, retained by France, 238.
French language and literature, influ- ence of, 412.
Henrietta, Duchess of Orleans, 214. Her death, 218.
Henry I., Beauclerc, 14.
Henry VIII., retracts his breach of he laws, 41. His Anglican Church, 51. His views of supremacy, 56. Hereditary right, not authorised by Scripture, 73. Nor by English his- tory, 74. Highwaymen, 396. Hobbes, Thomas, 187. Hogarth's Morning, 372. note. Holland, war with (1667), 199. Pros- perity of, 209. A member of the Triple Alliance, 210. Coalition of France and England against; Govern- ment of. 225. Repulses French inva- sion, 228. Makes peace with Eng- land, 233.
Hollis, Denzil, impeachment of, 112. Hooker; his tenets, 82. Hooper, Bishop, 52.
James I.; his zeal for English Church, 69. His extended dominions, 70. Diminished importance; his charac- ter and administration, 71. Conse- quences of his conduct, 72. Adopts doctrine of divine right, 73. His kingcraft, 75. His death, 86. Jaines, Duke of York, afterwards James II.; his character, 178. Becomes a Roman Catholic, 232. Resigns post of Lord High Admiral, 232. Marries Mary of Modena, 241. Retires to Brussels, 248. Sent into Scotland, 263. Attempt to exclude him from the succession (see Exclusion Bill). His government of Scotland, 281. His advice to Charles II., 286. Jeffreys, Sir George, afterwards Lord; his charge to the Bristol magistrates,
Jenkyn, William, 407. Jermyn Street, 371.
Jesus, Order of (Jesuits), statements of Oates regarding, 242. Jews, tolerated by Cromwell, 143. Inclosure Acts, 325. Independents, 120. "Indulgence" the 193.
Indulgence, Declaration of (under Charles II.), 224. Its unpopularity, 229. Revoked, 331.
Investiture, lay, contests about, 59. John, King; his loss of Normandy, 16. Johnson, Michael, the bookseller, 356. Ireland, Norman conquest of, 13. Union of, with England, 65. Long strug- gle in, 66. Celtic population of, 67 Treated as subject, 68. Continues Acknowledges Charles II.; Cromwell's conquest of, 134. Under Charles II., 193, 194 Lord Lieutenancy of, 322. Irish Church, 70. Irish rebellion, 108. Iron works, 329. Islington, 364.
"League and Covenant, the Solemn,"
Leeds, 354.
Lely, Sir Peter, 428. Lestrange, Roger, 407. Levees, 380.
Lewis XIV.; his character, 207. His power alarming to the Dutch, 208. Triple Alliance against, 210. views with respect to England, His ambitious projects, 215. policy towards England, 216. league with Charles II., 217. Invades Holland, 228. Repulsed, 228. intrigues against Danby, 241. ments English factions, 267. 287. Lincoln's Inn Fields, houses in, 370. Centre of, 372.
Liturgy, Laud's, for Scotland, 97. Liverpool, 357.
Loans, antiquity of, 300.
their movement premature,
London, indignation in, against Charles I., 113. The Plague and Fire, 200. Proceedings against the corporation, 275. Disfranchised, 279. Con- sumption of coal in, 330. The Lon- don clergy, 344. London in the. time of Charles II., 362-384. Po- pulation; customs, 362. The city;
architecture; the streets, 364. The merchants; change in their habits, 365. Festivities, 367. Power of the city, 368. The trainbands, 369. Fashionable part of, 370. Shop signs; by night, 375. Police; lighting, 376. Coffee houses, 381-384. Sanitary improvement, 425. 439. London Bridge, Old, 364. Londoners; their attachment to London, 367.
Luxemburg, besieged by Lewis XIV.,
Mackintosh, Sir James; his collection of Newsletters and other documents, 406, and note.
Magdalene College, Cambridge, MSS. at, 317. note. See Pepysian Library. Manchester, 353.
Manufactories, wages in, 433. Ballads
regarding, 434. note.
labour in, 435.
Marlborough, mound at, 301. note. Marston Moor, battle of, 122.
Mary, Princess (afterwards Queen); educated a Protestant, 219. Marries William of Orange, 236. Specimen of her English, 409. note. Marylebone, 363.
Massachusetts, charter of, question re- garding, 283.
Maurice, Prince, of Orange, 225. Mayor, Lord, of London; his state, 368. Medicine, science of, 425.
Middlesex, Presbyterianism in, 164. Militia, system of, 302. 304. Dryden's satire on, 303. note.
Milton, John; his remonstrance against censorship of the press, 258. His political works burned at Oxford, 280. His Paradise Lost, 416. Mings, Sir Christopher, 315. Mohawks, 375.
Monarchies, medieval, general character of, 29. Limited by facility of resist- ance, 35. Become absolute, 43. Monasteries, benefits of, 8. Abolished, 338.
Monk, George. See Albemarle. Monmouth, James, Duke of, married to Anne Scott, 259 His titles and popularity; rumoured legitimacy of, 260. Supported by the Protestant party, 261. His disgrace, 279. His house in Soho Square, 370.
Montague, Ralph; his share in the French intrigues against Danby, 241. Montague House, 371. More, Henry, 344.
Morton, Judge, 398.
Muggleton, Lodowick, 170.
Mulgrave, John Sheffield, Earl of, 313 Muns, 375.
Narborough, Sir John, 316 Naseby, battle of, 123. Nassau, House of, 225.
Nevison, William, a Yorkshire high. wayman, 397. Newsletters, 405.
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