of Cleveland, App. IV. xlix; speech in
conference with Charles II., App. VII.,

exxi.

Army, in a minority in the Council of
State, i. 177; disbanded, S. ceases to
hold his colonelcy, 249; Duke of York
Commander-in-Chief, resigns on the
passing of the "Test Act," ii. 141;
mustered at Blackheath for war with
Holland, 146; encamped at Yarmouth,
147; voted a grievance by House of
Commons, 155 (see Desborough, Fleet-
wood, Military Power).

Ashley, Anne, mother of S., i. 1, 5.
Ashley, Sir Anthony, maternal grandfather

of S., i. 1, 2; his career and pedigree, 3.
Ashley, Sir Francis, granduncle of S., i.
7-9; his sudden death, 11, App. I. ix.
Astrology believed in by S., i. 20.
Astrop mineral waters prescribed for S.,
i. 295.

Aubrey, John, on equestrian processions

of the Judges to Westminster, attempt
of S. to revive the custom, ii. 168.
Autobiographical sketch of S., from 1621
to 1645, diary, January 1646 to July
1650, i. App. II. xxv.

Autobiography of S., fragment from birth
(1621) to 1639, Preface, xiv, i. App. I. iii.

B.

Bahamas, the, granted by Charles II. to
S. and five others; his attention to the
affairs of the colony, i. 288; ii. 60.
Bankers, their advances to Government
(see "Stop of the Exchequer").
Banks, Sir John, his son placed by S.
under the care of Locke, ii. 235.
Barbadoes, plantation there belonging to
S., who binds two boys for the planta-
tion for seven years, i. App. II. xxxiv.
Barebone's Parliament nominated (see
Parliament).

Barillon, French Ambassador, his reports

to Louis XIV. on the marriage of Wil-
liam and Mary, ii. 247; his negotiations
to maintain the French alliance, 255;
bribes Buckingham and Opposition
members, 267; negotiates with Charles
II. as to French subsidies, 274; despatch
to Louis XIV. on the Privy Council,
App. VII. cix; his account of negotia-
tions for French subsidy, 305; letter
to Louis XIV. on proposals of Charles
II. for subsidy and treaty, 359; on views
of S. as to the Duke of York, 371; on
the designs of Monmouth and Duchess
of Portsmouth, 379; on conversation
between S. and Charles II. about Mon-
mouth and the succession, App. VII.

cxvi.

Baronetcy, institution of the order, i. 2.
Bath visited by 8, i. 83; App. II. xliii.
Bear baiting, bears killed by Col. Pride
for its suppression, i. App. IV. lxxi.
Bedine, a perjured witness in support of
Titus Oates, ii 287, 300.

Beer, "size" of, at Oxford University,
i. 17, App. I. xii.

Belvoir Castle, S.'s son married there to
Lady Dorothy Manners, ii. 36.
Bennet, Sir Henry (see Arlington).
Bishops excluded from the House of
Lords, i. 55; restored, 257; letter from
S. to Bishops as to sequestrated livings,
ii. App. IV. liv.

Black Bull Inn, Holborn, the property of
S., i. 7.

Blake, his defence of Lyme and Taunton,
i. 59, 72.

Booth, Sir George, his insurrection to
favour the Restoration, its defeat, i. 185;
8. arrested on a charge of participation
in it, 185; his acquittal, 186; complicity
of S. asserted by Ludlow, App. III. Ixi.
Bordeaux, M. de, French Ambassador, his
account of the ejection of the "Rump"
Parliament, i. 94.

Bowls, the game practised by S., i. 24,
App. I. xiv., App II. xxxviii, xliii,
Bradshaw, the regicide, attainted, his
body exhumed, i. 247.

Breda, S. sent there by Parliament to in-
vite Charles II. to return, i. 221; his
accident on the journey and its conse-
quences, 222; treaty of peace with Hol-
land signed there, 304.

Bribes given by Louis XIV. to Charles II.
to prorogue Parliament; to members
to espouse the French alliance (see
Louis XIV. and Parliament).

Bridgman, Sir Orlando, appointed Lord
Keeper, ii. 1; deprived of the Great
Seal, 93; hesitates to seal the "Declara-
tion of Indulgence," 94; is succeeded
by 8, 93; causes of his removal, 95;
S. accused of urging his dismissal, 162;
the charge refuted, 163.

Bridgwater, Earl of, letter from him to S.,
ii. 362.

Bristol, Earl of, character of him by S.,
i. 26. App. I. xviii; his attempt to im-
peach Clarendon, 272; a promoter of the
Dutch war, 278.

Brodrick, his reports to Hyde on the
politics of S., i. 180, 181, 202.
Broghill, Lord, afterwards Earl of Orrery
(see Orrery).

Buckingham, George Villiers, Duke of,
released from prison by the aid of S., i.
155; his power after the fall of Claren-
don, ii. 2; caricatures Sir W. Coventry,
who is sent to the Tower, 3; his rivalry
with Arlington is supported by S., 4;
in favour of toleration of Dissenters, 5;
supports Charles II. in his desire for a
divorce, 8; supports a French alliance
against Spain, 10, and against Holland,
13, 15; promotes a fresh_negotiation
with France against Holland, 13; is sent
to Paris to negotiate, 23; his paramour,
Countess of Shrewsbury, pensioned by
Louis XIV., 24; urges 8. and Arlington
to form a French alliance, 22; his igno-
rance of the secret treaty promoted by

xxix, ii. 463; his campaign in Dorset-
shire, Devonshire, Cornwall, and Berk-
shire, ii. 61; his trial and execution, 77,
85.

Charles II., S. accused of being in his
interest, his denial, i. 179-181: sup-
posed letter from him to S., 182; his
hopes of a Restoration, 185; intrigues
for it, 205-212; supported by S. con-
ditionally, effected by Monk uncon-
ditionally, 220; King enters London,
221; the subject of Dryden's flattery
and satire, 224; his supremacy in the
Government, i. 232, ii. 13, 64; his fa-
vourites, and their opposition to Cla-
rendon, i. 233; discussions in Parlia-
ment on his revenue, speech of S., 250;
creates Hyde Earl of Clarendon, and S.
Baron Ashley, appoints the latter Chan-
cellor of the Exchequer and Under
Treasurer, 256; opposed to the legisla-
tion of the High Church party, his desire
for religious toleration, 262, 263, 270; his
marriage, 265; his desire to pass the
"Dispensing Bill," 267; his estrange-
ment from Clarendon, 272; S. rises in his
favour, 271; appoints him Treasurer of
Prizes in the Dutch war, 279; Clarendon
remonstrates, Charles confirms the ap-
pointment, 280-252; grants Carolina
and the Bahamas to S. and others, the
attention of S. to the affairs of the
colonies, 288; visits S. at Wimborne St.
Giles, 289; appoints him; a Treasury
Commissioner, 307; dishonourable pro-
posals to Miss Stuart, her marriage to
the Duke of Richmond, 309, 310; makes
Buckingham chiet favourite and leading
minister, ii. 2; his efforts for religious
toleration, 6; his desire for a divorce,
8; plan for legitimatizing Monmouth
supported by S., 9; his intrigues with
France, 14; declares himself a Roman
Catholic, his natural son a Jesuit, 16;
attempts to establish Popery in England,
17-24, 26, 78; supports Lord Roos's
Remarriage Act, attends the debate in
House of Lords, 42; at a wrestling
match in St. James's Park, 45; enforces
a "stop of the exchequer," its immediate
consequences, 56; the King's "explana-
tory declaration appeases discontent,
57; makes a "Declaration of Indul-
gence "for Dissenters and Roman Ca-
tholics, 71; his object in promoting the
Dutch war, 78; creates Ashley Earl of
Shaftesbury and Baron Cooper, 84; his
negotiations with the Pope to establish
Popery, 87, 89, 99; speech to Parliament
defending "Declaration of Indulgence,”
113; appoints S. Lord Chancellor, 93;
justifies the issue of new writs by S.,
120; dismisses him, 155; makes Lady
Castlemaine Duchess of Cleveland, and
Mademoiselle de Querouaille Duchess of
Portsmouth, 160; his lavish gifts to
them, 161; his opinton of S. as a judge,
178; his desire to restore him, 180, 182;

dismisses him from the Privy Council,
and orders him to leave London, 198; dis-
cards Buckingham, 203; his secret per-
sonal treaty with Louis XIV., 210; bribed
by Louis XIV. to prorogue Parliament,
210; incensed by application of S. to the
King's Bench for release from the Tower,
239; his debts, supply granted, 240;
urged by Parliament to oppose France,
241; dissatisfied with amount of sup-
plies, 242; bribes offered by Spain
and Germany for English alliance,
243; refuses to submit to Parlia-
mentary dictation, 244; sends Courtin
to Louis XIV. for subsidy, obtains it,
and adjourns Parliament, 245; relaxes
severity of S.'s imprisonment in the
Tower, 249; offers alliance to France for
600,000Z., 268; applies for six million
francs annually for three years, 270;
speeches to Parliament, and amplifica-
tion of them by S., 113, 154, 274, 292,
298, 331, 372, 882, 404, App. V. Ixiii,
Ixxii; proofs that he was a Roman
Catholic, 289; his belief in the Popish
Plot, 292; alleged intent to murder him,
294; refused a subsidy by Louis XIV
305; disavows a marriage with Mon-
mouth's mother, 308, 364; account of his
character and conduct by S., 309–311; re-
fuses to approve of Seymour as Speaker,
316; pardons Danby, 318; urges him to
fly, and deserts him on his surrender,
319; remodels his Privy Council, with S.
as President, 323; speech to Parliament,
331; asserts his right to prorogue and
dissolve, 355, 356; sends for the Duke
of York, 356; dissolves Parliament
against advice of Council, S. enraged,
342; his illness, Duke of York sent for,
343; recovers, orders Monmouth to leave
England, 344; fresh intrigue for subsidy
from France, 345; treaty not concluded,
346; dismisses S. as President of the
Council, 347; further attempt to obtain
French subsidy, 359; is reconciled to
Monmouth, 360; agrees to send Duke of
York from England, 371; attends debate
on bill for his exclusion, 377; and on
proposal by S. for his divorce and re-
marriage, 380; prorogues and dissolves
Parlament, 386; meets Parlament at
Oxford, protected by guards, 401; ob-
tains subsidy for three years from France
on a verbal treaty, 402, 403; speech to
Parliament, on succession, 404; dis-
solves Parliament, 405; his conversation
with S. about Monmouth and the suc-
cession, 408, App. VII, exvii; reigns
without a Parliament, 469; refuses S.
leave to retire to Carolina, 419; anxiety
to strengthen evidence against him,
420; suggests and pays for Dryden's
satires on S, 429, 434; intrigues tó elect
sheriffs of London, 444; his misgovern
ment a justification of S.'s rebellion,
450; memorial to, from S.. as to religion,
land, and trade, App. II. v; advice

speech in Committee of Privy Council,
App. VII. cxix.

Cooper, Cecil, first son of S., i. 87.
Cooper, Sir George, his grateful letter to
his brother, S., ii. 262.

Cooper, Philippa, sister of S., i. 6.
Cooper, Sir John, father of S., i. 1; his
ancestors, 2.

Cooper, Sir William, gives bail for S. on
his release from the Tower, bail dis-
charged, ii. 441; letter to Stringer on
death, will, and funeral of S., 459.
Corfe besieged by the Parliament, i. 71;
S. ordered there, 74, 75, App. II. xxx,
xxxi.

Corporation Act passed by Charles II.'s
Parliament, opposed by S., i. 258, 260;
repealed in 1828, 300.

Coste, Peter, on Locke's friendship with
and opinions of S., i. 298, ii. 469.

Council of Officers, under Fleetwood, its
effect in the fall of Richard Cromwell,
i. 169-178 (see Desborough, Fleetwood,
Wallingford House).

Council of State appointed by Cromwell,
i. 94; S. added to it, 99, 102; his ap-
pointment renewed, 106; S. and other
inembers excluded from sitting, 124;
they apply to the Speaker, and are re-
ferred to the Council, 125; Richard Crom-
well recognized by it, 144; another
formed by the Rump Parliament, 176;
S. a member of it, 177, 182; superseded
by a "Committee of Safety," rival
council formed by Lambert's party, 191;
its proceedings, 199; a new council
appointed, 202, 213; S. again a member,
202 (see Privy Council).

Court of Chancery (see Chancellor, Chan-
cery).

Court of Wards, abuses in, S.'s litigation
in it, i. 7, 10, 11, 70, App. I. vii; abo-
lished, speech of S., 250.

Courtin, M., French Ambassador, obtains
subsidy from France for Charles II.,
offers him a bribe to prorogue Parlia-
ment, ii. 227, 245.

"Coursing," an old custom at Oxford
University, i. 16, App. I. xi.
Coventry, Henry, sent to S. on his dis-
missal for the great seal, ii. 155; letter
to Sir J. Williamson on imprisonment of
S. in the Tower, 249; resigns as Secre-
tary of State, 359; violent speech against
S., 364; notices of, by Burnet and North,
App. III. xxiv.

Coventry, Margaret, first wife of S., her
marriage, his eulogium of her, i. 19;
her family, 21; her sudden death, 85.
Coventry, Sir John, assaulted and wounded,
letter to S. from him, "Coventry Act
passed, i. 33.

Coventry, Sir William, Commissioner of
the Treasury, his prominence in the fall
of Clarendon, i. 21, ii. 2; caricatured by
Buckingham, sent to the Tower, 3.
Cromwell, Henry (son of Oliver Crom-
well), letter from S. to him, i. 135.

Cromwell, Mary, statement that S. sought
her in marriage; its improbability, i.
120, App. III. lviii.

Cromwell, Oliver, remits the fine on
sequestration of the estates of S., i. 61;
sent to the relief of Taunton, 74; in-
crease of his power, 77; thanks S. for
advice to Denzil Holles, 78; ejects the
Rump Parliament, his motives, 90-93;
appoints a Council of State, 94; nomi-
nates the Barebone Parliament, 95; S.
and others deputed to ask him to join
it, 96; said to have offered S. the office
of Lord Chancellor, 103; zealously sup
ported by S. 103, 105; refuses to he
King, 104; made Protector, 105; his
"Instrument of Government" opposed
by Parliament, 105-110, 115-118; dis-
solves Parliament, 118; S. separates
from him, 119, 123; "Petition and Ad-
vice" to him to assume the title of King
refused, 130; "Peers appointed by
him, 133; debates thereon, dissolves
Parliament, 138; his death, 142; his
memory abused in a speech by S., 160,
App. IV. lxv; motives of S. for sepa-
rating from him, 163; his body exhunied
and hung at Tyburn, 237-247.
Cromwell, Richard, nominated as one of
"Cromwell's Peers," i. 133; named by
his father to succeed him, 142; recog-
nized by the Council as Protector, 144;
proclaimed, 145; summons "Oliver
Cromwell's Peers " to the "other
house," 147; bill in Parliament for his
recognition, 148; discussion on its termis,
149 bill to settle revenue on him,
opposed by S., 164; compelled by Fleet-
wood's party to dissolve Parliament,
170; his fall, 171, 173.

"Cromwell's Peers" summoned to the
"other house" (see "Other House,"
and Parliament).

Cronstrom, M., letter to S. on appoint-
ment as Chancellor, ii. App. IV. xlvii.
Cropredy Bridge, battle of, i. 58.

D.

Danby, Earl of (Sir Thomas Osborne),
created Viscount Latimer and Earl of
Danby, succeeds Clifford as Lord Trea-
surer, ii. 144; speech of S. on swearing
him in, 145, App. V. Ixxi; opposes Dutch
war and French alliance, 149; proposes
a non-resistance "Test Bill," 203;
opposed by S., 204; his reasons against
the bill, 205, App. VI. lxxvii; his sym-
pathy with Holland, 227; aids the King
in obtaining a subsidy from France, 245,
246; promotes treaty with Holland
against France, 255; bribe offered him
by Louis XIV., 256; his letter to Mon-
tagu, applying to France for large sub-
sidies, 270; intrigues of Duke of York
for his removal, 23; accuses Montagu
of Popish intrigues, his letters for

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