Cassell's History of England, Vol. 2 (of 8) From the Wars of the Roses to the Great Rebellion

CHAPTER XX.

Chapter 201,887 wordsPublic domain

Reign of Charles I (_continued_).

Visit of Charles to Scotland--Laud and the Papal See--His Ecclesiastical Measures--Punishment of Prynne, Bastwick, and Burton--Disgrace of Williams--Ship-money--Resistance of John Hampden--Wentworth in the North--Recall of Falkland from Ireland--Wentworth's Measures--Inquiry into Titles--Prelacy Riots in Edinburgh--Jenny Geddes's Stool--The Tables--Renewal of the Covenant--Charles makes Concessions--The General Assembly--Preparations for War--Charles at York--Leslie at Dunse Hill--A Conference held--Treaty of Berwick--Arrest of Loudon--Insult from the Dutch--Wentworth in England--The Short Parliament--Riots in London--Preparations of the Scots--Mutiny in the English Army--Invasion of England--Treaty of Ripon--Meeting of the Long Parliament--Impeachment of Strafford--His Trial--He is abandoned by Charles--His Execution--The King's Visit to Scotland 550

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

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Dandy of the Time of Charles I. IX

Eltham Palace, from the North-east 1

The Duke of York Challenged to Mortal Combat 5

View in Lübeck: The Church of St. Ægidius 9

Clifford's Tower: York Castle 12

Rutland beseeching Clifford to spare his Life 13

The Quarrel in the Temple Gardens 17

Edward IV. 20

Dunstanburgh Castle 21

Great Seal of Edward IV. 25

Gold Rose Noble of Edward IV. 28

Preaching at St. Paul's Cross 29

Battle of Barnet: Death of the King-maker 33

Burial of King Henry 37

Louis XI. and the Herald 41

St. Andrews, from the Pier 45

Great Seal of Edward V. 48

Edward V. 49

The Tower of London: Bloody and Wakefield Towers 52

Great Seal of Richard III. 53

The Princes in the Tower 56

Richard III. 57

Richard III. at the Battle of Bosworth 61

Facsimile of Caxton's Printing in the "Dictes and Sayings of Philosophers," (1477) 65

Earl Rivers Presenting Caxton to Edward IV. 65

The Quadrangle, Eton College 68

Interior of King's College Chapel, Cambridge 69

Street in London in the Fifteenth Century 73

Cannon of the End of the Fifteenth Century 75

Great Seal of Henry VII. 77

Henry VII. 80

The Last Stand of Schwarz and his Germans 81

Penny of Henry VII. Angel of Henry VII. Noble of Henry VII. Sovereign of Henry VII. 85

Stirling Castle 89

St. Michael's Mount, Cornwall 92

Lady Catherine Gordon before Henry VII. 93

The Byward Tower, Tower of London 97

King Henry's Departure from Henningham Castle 100

Henry VII.'s Chapel, Westminster Abbey 101

Great Seal of Henry VIII. 105

Meeting of Henry and the Emperor Maximilian 108

Henry and the captured French Officers 109

Edinburgh after Flodden 113

Archbishop Warham 117

Hampton Court Palace 121

Henry VIII. 125

Great Ship of Henry VIII. 129

Stirling, from the Abbey Craig 132

Cardinal Wolsey 133

Silver Groat of Henry VIII. Gold Crown of Henry VIII. George Noble of Henry VIII. 136

Pound Sovereign of Henry VIII. Double Sovereign of Henry VIII. 137

Surrender of Francis on the Battle-field of Pavia 141

Martin Luther 145

The Trial of Queen Catherine 149

The Dismissal of Wolsey 153

The Tower of London: Sketch in the Gardens 157

Sir Thomas More 160

The Parting of Sir Thomas More and his Daughter 161

Anne Boleyn 165

Anne Boleyn's Last Farewell of her Ladies 168

St. Peter's Chapel, Tower Green, London, where Anne Boleyn was Buried 169

The Pilgrimage of Grace 173

Gateway of Kirkham Priory 176

Beauchamp Tower, and Place of Execution within the Tower of London 177

Thomas Cromwell, Earl of Essex 181

Catherine Howard being conveyed to the Tower 185

Capture of the Fitzgeralds 188

The First Levee of Mary Queen of Scots 192

View in St. Andrews: North Street 193

Francis I. 197

The Assassination of Cardinal Beaton 201

Edward VI. 205

Great Seal of Edward VI. 209

The Royal Herald in Ket's Camp 212

Old Somerset House, London 213

The Duke of Somerset 217

Silver Crown of Edward VI. 219

Sixpence of Edward VI. Shilling of Edward VI. Pound Sovereign of Edward VI. Triple Sovereign of Edward VI. 220

Queen Mary and the State Prisoners in the Tower 221

Great Seal of Philip and Mary 224

View from the Constable's Garden, Tower of London 225

Old London Bridge, with Nonsuch Palace 229

Lady Jane Grey on her way to the Scaffold 233

Archbishop Cranmer 237

The Place of Martyrdom, Old Smithfield 240

Mary I. 241

The Hôtel de Ville and Old Lighthouse, Calais 244

Shilling of Philip and Mary. Real of Mary I. 245

Elizabeth's Public Entry into London 249

Elizabeth 252

Autograph of Elizabeth 253

Mar's Work, Stirling 257

Great Seal of Elizabeth 260

Mary, Queen of Scots 261

The Murder of Rizzio 265

Holyrood Palace, Edinburgh 269

Mary Signing the Deed of Abdication in Lochleven Castle 273

Lord Burleigh 276

Farthing of Elizabeth. Halfpenny of Elizabeth. Penny of Elizabeth. Twopence of Elizabeth. Half-crown of Elizabeth. Half-sovereign of Elizabeth 277

The Duke of Norfolk's Interview with Elizabeth 281

The Regent Murray 284

High Street, Linlithgow 285

Kenilworth Castle 289

The House of the English Ambassador during the Massacre of St. Bartholomew 293

Murder of the Earl of Desmond 297

The Earl of Arran accusing Morton of the Murder of Darnley 300

Dumbarton Rock, with view of Castle 301

The Earl of Leicester 305

Trial of Mary Queen of Scots in Fotheringay Castle 309

Mary Queen of Scots receiving Intimation of her Doom 312

Sir Francis Drake 317

The Hoe, Plymouth 320

The Armada in Sight 321

Philip II. 325

Beauchamp Tower, Warders' Houses, and Yeoman Gaolers' Lodgings: Tower of London 329

The Quarrel between Elizabeth and the Earl of Essex 332

The Earl of Essex 333

Lord Grey and his Followers Attacking the Earl of Southampton 337

Elizabeth's Promenade on Richmond Green 340

Richmond Palace 341

Town and Country Folk of Elizabeth's Reign 345

State Trial in Westminster Hall in the Time of Elizabeth 349

John Knox 353

Reduced Facsimile of the Title-page of the Great Bible, also called Cromwell's Bible 357

Christ's Hospital, London 361

Latimer Preaching before Edward VI. 364

Roger Ascham's Visit to Lady Jane Grey 365

Edmund Spenser 369

The House at Stratford-on-Avon in which Shakespeare was Born 373

Shakespeare 376

The Acting of one of Shakespeare's Plays in the Time of Queen Elizabeth 377

Queen Elizabeth's Cither and Music-book 379

Holland House, Kensington 380

The Great Court of Kirby Hall, Northamptonshire 381

Entrance from the Courtyard of Burleigh House, Stamford 383

Elizabeth's Drawing-room, Penshurst Place 384

Soldiers of the Tudor Period 385

The Wedding of Jack of Newbury: The Bride's Procession 389

Ships of Elizabeth's Time 393

The First Royal Exchange, London (Founded by Sir Thomas Gresham) 396

Sir Thomas Gresham 397

The Frolic of My Lord of Misrule 401

Punishment of the Stocks 403

James I. 405

St. Thomas's Tower and Traitor's Gate, Tower of London 409

Sir Walter Raleigh 412

The Dissenting Divines Presenting their Petition to James 413

The Old Palace, Westminster, in the time of Charles I. 417

Great Seal of James I. 420

Guy Fawkes's Cellar under Parliament House 421

Lord Monteagle and the Warning Letter about the Gunpowder Plot 425

Arrest of Guy Fawkes 428

Pound Sovereign of James I. Unit or Laurel of James I. (Gold). Spur Rial of James I. (Gold). Thistle Crown of James I. (Gold) 432

Sir Robert Cecil, afterwards Earl of Salisbury 433

Shilling of James I. Crown of James I. 436

James and his Courtiers setting out for the Hunt 437

The Star Chamber 441

Flight of the Lady Arabella Stuart 444

Notre Dame, Caudebec 445

Sir Francis Bacon (Viscount St. Albans) 449

The Banqueting House, Whitehall 452

Greenwich Palace in the time of James I. 456

Sir Edward Coke 457

Andrew Melville before the Scottish Privy Council 461

Keeping Sunday, according to King James's Book of Sports 465

Parliament House, Dublin, in the Seventeenth Century 469

Sir Francis Bacon waiting an Audience of Buckingham 472

Arrest of Sir Walter Raleigh 476

Sir Walter Raleigh before the Judges 477

The Franzensring, Vienna 481

Interview between Bacon and the Deputation from the Lords 484

George Villiers, Duke of Buckingham 485

The Fleet Prison 489

Public Reception of Prince Charles in Madrid 493

Prince Charles's Farewell of the Infanta 497

The Royal Palace, Madrid 500

The Ladies of the French Court and the Portrait of Prince Charles 504

Henrietta Maria 505

Great Seal of Charles I. 509

Charles welcoming his Queen to England 512

Charles I. 513

Reception of Viscount Wimbledon at Plymouth 516

York House (The Duke of Buckingham's Mansion) 517

Trial of Buckingham 521

Interior of the Banqueting House, Whitehall 525

Sir John Eliot 529

Assassination of the Duke of Buckingham 533

Tyburn in the time of Charles I. 537

Three Pound Piece of Charles I. Broad of Charles I. Briot Shilling of Charles I. 540

John Selden 541

Scene in the House of Commons: The Speaker Coerced 545

Interior of Old St. Paul's 549

Dunblane 552

Archbishop Laud 553

John Lilburne on the Pillory 557

The Birmingham Tower, Dublin Castle 561

Sir Thomas Wentworth (Earl of Strafford) 564

The People Signing the Covenant in St. Giles's Church, Edinburgh 568

St. Giles's Church, Edinburgh, in the 17th Century 569

The Old College, Glasgow, in the 17th Century 573

Charles and the Scottish Commissioners 577

John Hampden 581

Guildhall, London, in the time of Charles I. 585

Advance of the Covenanters across the Border into England 589

John Pym 592

Arrest of the Earl of Strafford 593

Westminster Hall and Palace Yard in the time of Charles I. 597

Charles Signing the Commission of Assent to Strafford's Attainder 601

The Old Parliament House, Edinburgh 604

The Marquis of Montrose 605

LIST OF PLATES

DEPARTURE OF ENGLISH AND FRENCH FROM GENOA IN 1390 TO CHASTISE THE BARBARY CORSAIRS. (_From the Froissart MS. in the British Museum_) _Frontispiece_

THE CROWN OF ENGLAND BEING OFFERED TO RICHARD, DUKE OF GLOUCESTER, AT BAYNARD'S CASTLE, IN 1483. (_By Sigismund Goetze_) _To face p._ 50

CAXTON SHOWING THE FIRST SPECIMEN OF HIS PRINTING TO KING EDWARD IV., AT THE ALMONRY, WESTMINSTER. (_By Daniel Maclise, R.A._) " 64

THE GRAND ASSAULT UPON THE TOWN OF AFRICA BY THE ENGLISH AND FRENCH. (_From the Froissart MS. in the British Museum_) " 72

FROISSART PRESENTING HIS BOOK OF LOVE POEMS TO RICHARD II., IN 1395.--THE LANDING OF THE LADY DE COUCY AT BOULOGNE. (_From the Froissart MS. in the British Museum_) " 74

CARDINAL WOLSEY GOING IN PROCESSION TO WESTMINSTER HALL. (_By Sir John Gilbert, R.A., P.R.W.S._) " 118

CARDINAL WOLSEY AT LEICESTER ABBEY. (_By Sir John Gilbert, R.A., P.R.W.S._) " 154

SWEETHEARTS AND WIVES. (MOSS-TROOPERS RETURNING FROM A FORAY.) (_By S. E. Waller_) " 190

LADY JANE GREY'S RELUCTANCE TO ACCEPT THE CROWN OF ENGLAND. (_By C. R. Leslie, R.A._) " 222

CRANMER AT TRAITORS' GATE. (_By F. Goodall, R.A._) " 226

QUEEN ELIZABETH. (_By F. Zucchero_) " 246

THE PREACHING OF JOHN KNOX BEFORE THE LORDS OF THE CONGREGATION, 10TH JUNE, 1559. (_By Sir David Wilkie, R.A._) " 256

THE INVINCIBLE ARMADA. (_By Albert Goodwin, R.W.S._) " 312

"THE SURRENDER": AN INCIDENT OF THE SPANISH ARMADA. (_By Seymour Lucas, R.A._) " 322

A STORY OF THE SPANISH MAIN. (_By Seymour Lucas, R.A._) " 338

WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE. (_From the Painting known as the Chandos Portrait, and attributed to Richard Burbage, in the National Portrait Gallery_) " 374

MAP OF THE WORLD AT THE END OF THE SIXTEENTH CENTURY, SHOWING THE DISCOVERIES OF BRITISH AND OTHER EXPLORERS " 394

THE DEPARTURE OF THE "MAYFLOWER." (_By A. W. Bayes_) " 474

ILLUMINATED PAGE, WITH BORDERING. (_From the Froissart MS. in the British Museum_) " 512

VISIT OF CHARLES I. TO THE GUILDHALL. (_By Solomon J. Solomon, R.A._) " 582

STRAFFORD GOING TO EXECUTION. (_By Paul Delaroche_) " 604

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