the duke of Buckingham, 100.
the chief of the Scots, 101,
102, 103, 104. a general par-
don in Scotland advised, 105.
and to demolish Cromwell's
forts, 107. and for settling the
church, 107, 108. the king
confirms presbytery, 109. a
council for Scotch affairs at
Whitehall, 110. the committee
of estates meet, 112. a parlia-
ment called, 113. the king dis-
approves of the rescissory act,
119. is indifferent as to restor-
ing episcopacy, 131. angry at
the incapacitating act, 151.
gives himself up to pleasure,
164. maintains the indemnity,
165. his marriage, 166. sells
Dunkirk, 173. the ceremony
of his marriage, 174. Ireland
settled, 175. his declaration
for toleration, 194. endeavours
to skreen the earl of Claren-
don, 196. discontinues the ec-
clesiastical commission in Scot-
land, 213. augments the forces
there, 214. resolves on the
Dutch war, 218. the victory
over them not followed, 219.
the English fleet saved by
prince Rupert, 229. his acti-
vity and care at the fire of
London, 232. a rebellion in
the west of Scotland, 233,
234, 235. is defeated, and the
prisoners severely used, 235,
236, 237, 238. the Scotch
council changed, and modera-
tion shewn, 239. the Scotch
army disbanded, 243. the king
tries to regain the affections of
his people, 248. rides through
the city while the Dutch were
in the river, 250. is compared
by some to Nero, ibid. grows
weary of his wife and of lord
Clarendon, 251. seems to fa-
vour a comprehension, 253.
enters into the triple alliance,
254. offended at many of the
bishops, 258. will not own a
marriage with the duke of
Monmouth's mother, 260. sets
on lord Roos's divorce, 262.
rejects a proposal to send the
queen away by surprise, ibid.
goes to the house of lords,
271. and solicits votes, 272.
orders and indulgence in Scot-
land, 281. dislikes the act
against conventicles, 292. ob-
jects to bloody laws, ibid.
shuts up the exchequer, 306.
suspends the penal laws by his
declaration, 307. an attempt
on the Dutch Smyrna fleet,
ibid. complains to Sheldon of
the sermons against popery,
308. creates his mistress duch-
ess of Portsmouth, 337, 338.
jealousies of him, 344. divi-
sions at court, 346. and in
council, 348, 349. cancels his
own declaration suspending
the penal laws, 351. sends
plenipotentiaries to Cologne,
353, 354. calls a parliament
in Scotland, 362. mediates a
peace between France and
Holland, 367. he prorogues
the parliament in England,
368. and in Scotland, 369.
deals roughly with the Scotch
lawyers in appeals, 370. mar-
ries his niece lady Mary to the
prince of Orange, 410. his
easiness in signing papers,
417. refuses to see the Scotch
lords who come up with com-
plaints of Lauderdale, 419.
suffers the duke of Monmouth
to intercede for them, 420. his
going to Newmarket when the
popish plot broke out is cen-
sured, 427. refuses his assent
to the militia act, 437. his
sense of the plot, 437, 438.
his message to the commons against Mountague, 440. the parliament prorogued, 442. a reward offered for further discoveries of the plot, 449. a new parliament called, 451. he refuses Seymour for speaker, 452. disowns his marriage with the duke of Monmouth's mother, ibid. changes his council, 454, 455. debates in council about dissolving the parliament, 468. sends Monmouth to suppress the rebellion in Scotland, 472. when ill, sends for the duke of York, 474, 476. jealousies of him, 476, 478. sends the duke of York to Scotland, 480. asks a supply for Tangier, 483. a great reader of Davila, 486. summons a parliament at Oxford, 495. likes the scheme of a prince regent in lieu of the exclusion, 496. by his declaration complains of the three last parliaments, 499, 500. a pleasant saying of his, 507. charters of corporations surrendered, 527. changes in the ministry, and divisions, 531. the Rye-House plot, 545. a proclamation thereupon, 546. his concern for the duke of Monmouth, 549. sends to the common council of London to deliver up their charter, 568. calling a parliament proposed, but rejected, 568, 569. he pardons the duke of Monmouth, 573. forbids him the court, 575. a passage between him and the prince of Orange, ibid. his advice to judge Jefferies, 580. he determines that husbands in Scotland shall be fined for their wives going to conventicles, 582. abandons
tice in a trial of blood, 600. and in the marriage of the earl of Clancarty's son, 600, 601. employs papists in Ireland, and tries to model the army there, 601, 602. suspicions of his declaring himself a papist, 603. a new scheme of government concerted at lady Portsmouth's, 604. the king's fondness to her, 605. his sickness, 606. takes the sacrament in the popish way, 607. his death, 609. a remarkable story relating to it, 610. his character, 611. an attempt to resume his grants, II. 220, 567. his manners and address, 661. Charlton, I. 625. Charnock is sent over to king James, II. 148. engages in the assassination plot, 165, 171. is executed, and acquits king James of it, ibid. 172. Charter of London, arguments in the King's Bench concerning its forfeiture, I. 533. the judgment given, 535. Charteris, Mr. his character, I.
215, 216, 248, 285, 293. refuses a bishopric, 300, 519. attends on the earl of Argile at his execution, 633. II. 675. Chatham, Dutch fleet sail up to, I. 242, 250. Cheyne, Dr. II. 724. Chiaus, a, sent by the sultan to Vienna, II. 393.
Chichely sends for our author to the house of commons, I. 483. Chiffinch, I. 507.
Child, sir Joseph, his death and character, II. 225. Chimney-money discharged in England at the revolution, II. 13. is established in Scotland soon after, 64. "Christianity not Mysterious,"
Christina, queen of Sweden, I.
81. her character of popes,
707. II. 199.
Chudleigh, I. 577, 623.
Church, high and low, two party
Church, The, a party watch-
word, II. 425, 542.
Church of England, remarks on,
II. 634.
Churchill, lord, sent ambassador
to France, I. 623. his charac-
ter, 765. goes to the prince
of Orange at Axminster, 791.
See Marlborough, earl of.
Churchill, lady, her character, I.
765. accompanies the princess
of Denmark to Northampton,
792. See Marlborough, count-
ess of.
Cibo, cardinal, I. 704.
Civil list granted but for a year,
II. 12, 38. for five years, 42.
for life, 208. a debt upon it
paid by a mortgage of part of
the revenue, 628.
Claget, Dr. I. 462, 674.
Clancarty, countess of, recom-
mends her son's education to
Dr. Fell, I. 601. he is taken
from thence, ibid.
Clare, earl of, deposes in favour
of Sidney, I. 571.
Clarendon, earl of, his history
faithful, I. 33, 60. for reject-
ing lord Antrim's petition, 40.
his character, 94. disgusts the
cavaliers, 98, 99. persuades
the king to observe the in-
demnity, 105. is for keeping
garrisons in the Scotch forts,
107. proposes a Scotch coun-
cil at Whitehall, 110. pre-
vents an attack on duke Lau-
derdale, 121. zealous for re-
storing episcopacy in Scotland,
131, 148, 151. against the in-
capacitating act, 152. tries to
support Middletoun, ibid. his
moderation, 159. his good ad-
vice in disbanding the old ar-
my, 161. and in maintaining
the indemnity, 165, 166. re-
fuses a present of ten thousand
pounds, 167, 173. visits none.
of the king's mistresses, 175.
makes good judges, ibid. ad-
vises the declaration as to ec-
clesiastical affairs, 178, 185,
186, 192. tries to divide the
papists, 194, 195. accused by
lord Bristol, 196. not consult-
ed as to the Dutch war, 200.
disgraced, 248, 249, 252. his
integrity, 254. impeached by
the commons, ibid. his con-
duct upon it, 255. goes be-
yond sea at the king's desire,
256. banished by act of par-
liament, ibid. 350, 477, 507,
619. said to write all the
king's speeches, 362.
Clarendon, earl of, his son, I.
159. his character, 257. the
commons' address against him
as favouring papists, 484, 507.
made lieutenant of Ireland,
654, 681. recalled, 682. re-
flects on king James, and joins
the prince of Orange, 794.
sent to treat with the lords
sent by king James, 795, 800.
reconciles himself to the Jacob-
ites, 807. for a prince regent,
S10. he opposes the govern-
ment, II. 29. corresponds with
king James, 69. is pardoned,
but confined to his house in
the country, 71, 700.
Clarendon, countess of, I. 231,
552, 75, 753.
Clarges, his character, I. 84, 98.
Claypole married Cromwell's
daughter, I. 83.
Clayton, I. 498, 504.
Clement, prince, chosen coad-
jutor to Cologne, I. 760, 770,
772, 773.
Clement XI. chosen pope, II. 251.
Clergy, English, king Charles II. reproves their conduct, I. 258. a great heat against them, 461. their controversy with the church of Rome, 673. by whom managed, 674. invite the prince of Orange to defend them, 701. welcome him here, 802. an ill humour spreads amongst them at the revolution, II. 11. they take the oaths with too many reservations, 28. instrumental to corrupt the people, 29. act contrary to their oaths, 101. oppose archbishop Tillotson, 117, 118. divisions among them, 215, 247, 249. irreconcileable to dissenters, ibid. raise a cry of the church in danger, 317, 364, 370, 379, 380, 435. their ill humour increases, 526. they espouse Sacheverel, 540, 543, 554. many incline to popery, 603, 604. Clergy, Scotch, pleased with Dalziel's cruelty in the west, I. 238. their behaviour blamed, 247. are ill used by the presbyterians, 248. move for a national synod, 370. insulted by the presbyterians at the revolution, 805. are in the interests of king James II. 23. which occasions the abolishing episcopacy in Scotland, ibid. 157. Cleveland, duchess of, I. 94, 263, 264, 422.
Clifford, I. 223. his character,
225, 251, 265. made lord treasurer, 307. one of the cabal, 308, 345. his zeal for popery, 308, 346. in the house of lords and cabinet council, 348, 349. is disgraced, 350, 355, 614. II. 684.
Cochran, sir John, I. 548, 629,
Cohorn, a great engineer, II. 153, 323, 348.
Coin, its ill state, II. 140. consultations to prevent clipping, 147. lord Somers's expedient, ibid. the coin rectified, 161. cost the nation two millions, 175.
Colchester, lord, joins the prince of Orange, I. 790. Coleman sent to draw lady Bellasis to popery, I. 353. his character, I. 368, 392. intrigues, 393, 394. conference with Dr. Burnet and others, 395. accused by Oates, 426. his letters confirm the popish plot, 427, 430. his trial, 436. and execution, 437. II. 684. Colledge, his trial and condem
nation, I. 504, 505. Cologne, elector of, puts his country into the hands of the French, I. 321, 323, 367. his death and character, 758. the state of Cologne at his death, 759. 761, 770, 772. his successor's conduct, II. 123, 289, 616.
Colt, sir William, II. 95.
Colvil, I. 157.
Comet appears just before the
Dutch war, I. 218.
Committee of council sent round
the west of Scotland, I. 288.
Comprehension attempted at the
restoration without success, I.
182. attempted in vain at the
revolution, II. 30, 31, 32.
happy it did not succeed, 33.
34.
Compton, Dr. made bishop of
London, his character, I. 392.
attends king Charles in his
last sickness, 606. is against
repealing the test, 665. re-
fuses to suspend Dr. Sharp,
675. brought before the ec-
clesiastical commission, 676.
suspended by them, 677. meets
at the lord Shrewsbury's, 712.
for the prince of Orange, 764.
conveys the princess of Den-
mark to Northampton, 792.
gives in a list of tories for the
lieutenancy of London, II. 40,
285. his death, 630.
Con, I. 440.
Condé, prince of, offers to turn
protestant, I. 72. makes the
Spaniards court Cromwell, ibid.
322. his character of the
French king and ministry,
333, 334, 376. admires the
prince of Orange, 377, 391,
404, 405. his character, 565.
Condom, bishop of, I. 656.
"Conduct of the Allies," a noted
pamphlet, II. 581.
Conference
at the Savoy, I.
179.
Conformity, occasional, debate
on, II. 401. bill against, 584,
585.
Coniers, I. 424, 426.
Conspirators met at West's cham-
bers, I. 542. rendezvous on
Turnham Green, II. 167. some
escape, the rest are seized,
168.
Conti, prince of, I. 405. II. 196.
a candidate for the crown of
Poland, 196, 197. his descent
there, 198.
Conventicles, an act passed to
punish them, I. 292.
Convention of estates turned into
a parliament, I. 88, 165. II. 5.
Convocation alter the common
prayer, I. 184, 186. give the
king four subsidies, 197. re-
ject the scheme for a compre-
hension, II. 33. prorogued for
ten years, ibid. 214, 249. meet
in 1700, 280, 281, 282. their
proceedings, ibid. Disputes
between the two houses, 282,
283. the lower house censure
books, 283, 284, 285. dissolved
by king William's death, 317,
345. the two houses renew their
disputes, 345, 346. the min-
istry interpose in vain, 346.
the lower house vote episco-
pacy of divine right, 346, 347.
meet in 1704, 380. and in
1705. 412, 413. further dis-
putes between the two houses,
441. the queen's letter to
them, 442. are prorogued, 443-
insist that they cannot be
pro-
rogued, sitting the parliament,
470, 471, 472. the prolocu-
tor's contumacy and submis-
sion, ibid. are prorogued, 525.
meet in 1710, 569. their li-
cence excepted against, 570.
a new licence, ibid. the repre-
sentation of the lower house,
570, 571. another of the up-
per house, 571. the opinion of
the judges as to their jurisdic-
tion, 572. the upper house
censure Whiston's doctrine,
572, 573. the lower house
concur, 573. carried to the
queen, ibid. their proceedings
in 1712, 602, 603. their cen-
sure on Whiston not confirmed
by the queen, 573, 603. the
bishops condemn the rebap-
tizing dissenters, 605. the
lower house do not concur in
this, ibid.
Conway, lord, I. 532.
Cook, the regicide, I. 46.
Cook, a presbyterian minister, I.
293.
Cook's (Coke's) opinion of treason
in lord Russel's case, I. 554.
Cook (Coke) sent to the tower, I.
667.
Cook, sir Thomas, governor of
the India company, II. 145.
examined as to 170,000l. said
|