ii. 490

Cromwell's Interference on their Behalf, 494 Collections for them in England, 495

Pilkington, Bishop of Durham, i. 42

Pleydell, i. 114, 148

Pocock, Dr. Edward, ii. 109, 256, 264, 481

Popery, i. 49, 55, 133, 136, 162, 177, 180, 212, 236, 293, 374

Powell, Vavasour, ii. 68, 70, 115, 243

Prayer Book, i. 124, 197, 258, 404 MS. ii. 340

Presbyterians, Clergy, i. 163 Numerous in London, 228 Majority in Assembly, 273, 329 Attachment to League and Covenant, 321 Controversy with Independents, 334, 505 Their dependence on Scotch Army, 437 Negotiate with the King, 473 Presbyterians at Norwich, 505 Difficulty with the Army, 515 Loyalty to the King, 529 Not to Blame for Execution of Charles, 534 Denounce New Rulers, ii. 12 Intrigue with Prince Charles, 25 In Cromwell's First Parliament, 96 Their Form of Church Government, 165 Presbyterians in Lancashire, 167 In London, 174, 182 Occupy Cathedrals, 228 At Cambridge, 274 Manner of receiving the Lord's Supper, 392

Prideaux, Dr., i. 211, 251, 272

Pride's Purge, i. 531

Prynne, i. 26, 80, 330, 369, 395, 400, 444, 529; ii. 504

Puritanism, its Antiquity, i. 39 Under Elizabeth, 41, 45 Doctrinal and Ecclesiastical, 46 A Reaction against Anglicanism, 52 Its Onesidedness, 56

Puritans, their Conscientious Scruples, i. 48 Imprisoned and Exiled, 50 Petition against Popery, 231 Desire a Free Synod, 270 Sufferings of their Clergy, 431 Their Inner Church life, and Home Retirement, ii. 371, _et seq._

Pury, Alderman, i. 155

Pym, John.i. 65, 75, 78, 87, 113, 115, 132, 152, 257; ii. 159 His Speech against Popery, 83 Accuses Strafford of Treason, 89 Supports Bill against Bishops, 179 A Member of the Assembly, 272 His Death, 301 Funeral, 302

Quakers, Rise of Quakerism, ii. 349 Formed into a Sect, 359 Preachers, 359 Suspicions against Quakerism, 360 Persecuted, 362

Quarles, ii. 415

Quin, i. 235

Radcliffe, ii. 34

Rallingson, Richard, i. 372

Rawlinson, MSS., i. 26, 80, 359

Reeve, ii. 369

Reynolds, Sir John, ii. 146

Reynolds, Dr., i. 449, 496; ii. 249, 481

Rich, Earl of Warwick, i. 77

Rich, Earl of Holland, i. 77

Rippon, Roger, i. 356

Rives, Dr. Thomas, i. 362

Roberts, Lord, i. 133

Robins, John, ii. 369

Roborough, Henry, i. 278

Roe, Sir Thomas, ii. 480, 486

Rogers, John, ii. 227

Roman Catholics, in Ireland, i. 212, 218, 231, 376 In the Army, 242 Charles I. Intrigues with them, 475 Their Intrigues with Prince Charles, ii. 27 Deprived of Religious Freedom, 90, 479 Excluded from Parliament, 98 Lawyers and Priests, 122 Intrigues, 315

Roundhead, Origin of Title, i. 199

Rouse, i. 330 His Version of the Psalms, 451; ii. 393 Speaker of Little Parliament, 54 His Death, 291

Rowe, Colonel Owen, ii. 474

Royalists, their Army, i. 242 Their Lawlessness, 253 At Brentford, 255 At Bradford, 283 At Gloucester, 284 At Bristol, 288 At Oxford, 373 At Leicester, 427 Sufferings of Royalist Clergy, 431 Royalist Plots, ii. 110 Persecution of their Clergy, 111 In Bermudas, 474

Rudyard, i. 60, 85, 113, 155, 272, 330

Rupert, Prince, i. 247 At Harborough, 250 At Chalgrove Field, 281 At Oxford, 373 At Marston Moor, 425 At Naseby, 428

Russel, Sir William, i. 252

Rutherford, i. 329

St. John, Oliver, i. 64, 149, 179, 272, 330; ii. 1

Saltmarsh, John, i. 462

Sancroft, i. 492; ii. 266

Sanderson, i. 519; ii. 436 His Friendship for Hammond, ii. 324

Savoy, Duke of, ii. 490

Say and Sele, Lord, i. 75, 77, 145 Leader in Parliamentary Army, 241 His Exhortation to the Citizens, 254 Proposes Dissolution of Assembly, 444

Sayle, ii. 475

Scotch, i. 166, 400, 406, 408; ii. 32, 225 Their Army, i. 105 Commissioners, 107, 308 Desire for Unity of Religion, 165 Treaty, 166 Promote Presbyterianism in England, 228 Offer to be Mediators between the King and his Subjects, 232 Commissioners at Windsor, 232 Anxiety for Abolition of Episcopacy, 261 Desire for Union between the Two Countries, 263 Send Commissioners to Treat with the King, 264 Their Failure, 268 League and Covenant, 291 Treaty with the English, 297 Army in England, 424 Its Unpopularity, 438 Negotiations, 513 Proclaim Prince Charles King, ii. 21 Send Commissioners to the Hague, 23 Controversy as to whether they should Fight against Cromwell, 38 Crown Prince Charles, 39 Remonstrators and Resolutionists, 41, 117 Army with Charles in England, 42

Seaman, Dr. Lazarus, i. 329, 527; ii. 274

Searle, Colonel Daniel, ii. 470, 472

Sects, i. 190 Their Increase, 188 and Activity, 228 Numbers Exaggerated, ii. 365

Sedgwick, Obadiah, i. 250; ii. 229

Sedgwick, John, i. 250

Selden, John, i. 69, 82, 272, 330

Shelden, i. 519

Sherlock, Dr. Richard, ii. 301

Sherman, ii. 115

Sibbs, i. 53

Sibthorpe, i. 29

Sideserfe, i. 252

Sidney, Algernon, i. 437

Simpson, Sydrach, i. 332, 334; ii. 100, 269, 275

Sindercombe's Plot, ii. 137

Sion College, ii. 175-179

Skinner, i. 186; ii. 308

Skippon, i. 255, 437

Slingsby, His Letters, i. 189, 193, 195, 200, 205

Smith, i. 178

Smith, John, ii. 279

Smith, Captain John, ii. 446

South, Robert, ii. 255, 261

Southampton, Earl of, i. 133

Spang, i. 298; ii. 22

Spinage, William, ii. 287

Sprigg, Joshua, i. 428, 456, 459; ii. 365

Spurstow, Dr., i. 241, 281; ii. 277

Stapleton, i. 330

Staunton, Dr. Edmund, ii. 256

Sterne, i. 495

Sterry, Cromwell's Chaplain, ii. 402, 516, 520

Stoughton, Dr., ii. 456

Stoupe, ii. 503

Strafford, i. 27, 29 His Thorough Policy, 36, 78 Arrives in London, 86 Impeached, 89 Goes to the House, 90 How his Attainder may be Regarded, 137 His Execution, 141

Strange, Lord, i. 243

Strangways, Sir John, i. 115

Strickland, Sir William, ii. 148

Strode, Sir Richard and Sir John, i. 26

Stubbe, Henry, ii. 257

Stukely, Lewis, ii. 228

Suffolk, Countess of, ii. 424

Sutton, Dr., i. 39

Tawney, ii. 369

Taylor, Jeremy, i. 56, 337, 379; ii. 322

Terry, Edward, ii. 480

Thomas, William, i. 154

Thorndike, Herbert, ii. 335

Thurloe, Secretary of State, ii. 117-122, 489, 491, 498, 511, 512

Tillinghurst, ii. 62

Tithes, i. 367, 389 Rights of Tithe Property, 486 Government Refuse to Abolish Tithes, ii. 8 Parliament considers Question of Tithes, 50 Report of Tithe Committee, 59

Toleration--Principles of Independent and Episcopalian Toleration compared, i. 335 Episcopalian Writers on the Subject, 335-340 Independent Writers on Toleration, 341-345 Limits of Toleration, ii. 100 Toleration in England, under Cromwell, 143

Tombes, John, ii. 238

Tomlinson, ii. 55

Towers, John, i. 210

Travers, i. 43, 100

Trelawne, ii. 416

Tuckney, Dr., ii. 275

Twiss, Dr., i. 275, 292, 311, 328

Ussher, i. 125, 128, 140, 186, 376, 378, 527, 532; ii. 303, 304

Vane, Sir Henry (commonly called Sir Harry), i. 61, 66, 71, 75, 149, 321, 340, 529; ii. 131, 159, 288 Advocates Abolition of Episcopacy, 153 Member of the Westminster Assembly, 272 Member of the New Council of State, ii. 1 His Character, Religion, and Politics, 5 His Power declines, 18 Retires to Raby Castle, 1, 123 Imprisoned, 127

Vane, Sir Henry (the elder), i. 61

Vaudois, _see_ Piedmontese

Venn, Captain, i. 258

Venner, ii. 62

Verney, Sir Edward, i. 226

Vicars, his Chronicle, i. 312

Vines, i. 517, 527; ii. 269

Vink, Peter, ii. 187

Wales, ii. 14, 118, 243

Waller, the Poet, i. 154; ii. 522

Wallis, ii. 256

Walton, Isaak, i. 16, 424, 499

Walton, his Polyglott, ii. 261, 335

Walton, Valentine, i. 499

Ward, Seth, ii. 222, 256

Wariston, Lord, i. 290

Warner, Bishop of Rochester, ii. 308

Warr, Lord de la, ii. 447

Warwick, Sir Philip, i. 63, 70, 184

Webster, ii. 271

Wesleys, i. 159 John Wesley, 490 Educated at Oxford, ii. 285

Westfield, i. 186, 209, 272, 277

Whalley, Major-General, ii. 114, 116, 151

Wharton, Baron, i. 77, 444

Wharton, a Soldier, i. 248-252

Whitchcot, Governor of Windsor Castle, i. 535

White, John, i. 103, 159, 279

White, Jeremiah, ii. 401

Whitefield, Educated at Oxford, ii. 285

Whitelocke, Bulstrode, i. 18, 253, 264, 272, 408, 412; ii. 292 His Conversation with Queen Christina, i. 466 and with the Bishop of Upsala, ii. 144

Whitgift, i. 6, 17, 42

Widdrington, Sir Thomas, i. 161; ii. 288

Wilkins, Dr. John, ii. 256

Wilkinson, Henry, ii. 256

Wilkinson, Captain, ii. 475

Williams, Bishop of Lincoln, i. 3, 140, 145, 170 Presides over Committee for Innovations, 119 Created Archbishop of York, 186 His share in the Westminster Riots, 199 Joins in a Protest, 203 Close of his Life, 211 Effect of his Protest, 223

Williams, Sir Charles, i. 148

Williams, Roger, ii. 467

Willoughby, Sir Hugh, ii. 443, 470

Wills, Registration of, i. 483; ii. 83

Wilson, John, ii. 339

Wilson, Thomas, ii. 196

Windebank, i. 16; ii. 484

Winniffe, Thomas, ii. 307

Winter, Dr. Samuel, ii. 226

Winthrop, ii. 453

Wiseman, Sir Richard, i. 200

Wiseman, Thomas, his Letters, i. 165, 172, 189-191, 212-214

Witchcot, Dr., i. 492; ii. 275

Witchcraft, Belief in, ii. 383-387

Wood, Anthony, i. 272, 462; ii. 253

Worsley, ii. 122

Worthington, ii. 282

Wray, Sir John, i. 95, 132, 136

Wren, i. 131, 161; ii. 308

Wright, i. 351

Wyatt, Sir Francis, ii. 448

Wylde, i. 163, 395

Wyndham, Justice, ii. 212

Yelverton, Sir Christopher, ii. 306

Zanchy, Proctor, ii. 248

Zouch, ii. 260

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FOOTNOTES:

[1] Sir Henry Vane retired to Raby Castle after Pride's purge, of which he thoroughly disapproved, and took no part in public affairs until February, 1649, when the execution of Charles had taken place. Mr. Forster remarks: "It is a profound proof of Vane's political sagacity, that he disapproved the policy of that great act. Upon the question of its abstract justice, he never delivered an opinion."--_British Statesmen_, iii. 125.

[2] Neither Cromwell nor Elizabeth in this respect must be measured by the standard of judgment respecting political morality which is commonly recognized in our day. The fable of Reynard the Fox, the Life of Louis XI., by Comines, and the writings of Machiavel, are proofs of the high repute in which dissimulation was held in the middle ages and after the Reformation, as a quality essential to the government of mankind. See also _Bacon's Essays_.

[3] _Parl. Hist._, iii. 1009, 1010.

[4] On the 9th of March, the Duke of Hamilton, the Earl of Holland, and Lord Capel, were executed on Tower Hill in consequence of the decision of the preceding year that all who took up arms in the second war were traitors, and should suffer the penalties of treason.

[5] _Parl. Hist._, iii. 1303.

[6] _Parl. Hist._, iii., 1267, 1276.

[7] _The Essex Watchmen to the Inhabitants of the said County._ London, 1649. This publication, referring to the clause in the agreement, "so it be not compulsory," declared that "this one little parenthesis was the fly in the box of ointment," which made it "an abhorring in the nostrils of every one who is knowingly judicious and pious." The ministers lamented that, in consequence of those five fatal words, heads of families would be prevented from obliging their children and servants to attend public worship; and thus, they said, an inlet was opened for domestic profanity. In their estimation, not to compel people to be religious was to grant them "liberty to apostatize, and cast off the profession of Christianity;" and before concluding their testimony, they denounced toleration as a satanic engine "for demolishing the beauty, yea, the being of religion."

[8] The Act for the abolition and sale is printed in _Scobell_, p. 16. Date, April 30, 1649. There were surveys and valuations made accordingly, of which some records are preserved in the Lambeth Library. As these surveys are often referred to, the following description of them is given from the _Catalogue of the Lambeth MSS._:--

"Surveys of the possessions of bishops, deans, and chapters, and other benefices, were made in pursuance of various ordinances of Parliament during the Commonwealth, by surveyors appointed for that purpose, acting on oath, under instructions given to them, as may be seen in _Scobell's Acts and Ordinances_, A.D. 1649, p. 19, &c. The original surveys were returned to a registrar appointed by the ordinances, and duplicates or transcripts of them were transferred to the trustees or commissioners nominated for the sale of the possessions, who held their meetings in a house in Broad Street, in the City, where these documents remained until after the Restoration." It was afterwards ordered that these records should be delivered to Juxon, Archbishop of Canterbury, to take care of the same, and by him they were deposited in the Lambeth Library. "Some of them were afterwards sent by his Grace to the bishops and deans and chapters to which they belonged, so that the collection in the Lambeth Library is not complete. What remain are bound up in twenty-one large folio volumes, in alphabetical order, of the different dioceses or counties to which they relate. A minute index to the whole, in one folio volume, exhibits the name of every place surveyed. Besides the above, there are surveys of the possessions of the see of Canterbury kept separate from the possession of the other sees, deans and chapters, &c., with indexes in alphabetical order, which are bound in three volumes; of these the second contains original surveys, as far as folio 73, from thence to the end are copies."

Several interesting extracts from the survey are contained in _Lyson's Environs_. Take the following as illustrative of the religious affairs of the parish of Walthamstow:--

"The commissioners appointed to enquire into the state of ecclesiastical benefices, in 1650, found by their inquest that the vicarage of Walthamstow was worth £40 per annum, including the tithes and glebe. John Wood was then vicar; he had been put in by the committee of plundered ministers; 'but (says the inquest) he is now questioned for his abilities; and certain articles have been exhibited against him to the committee, and he is disliked by the greater part of the inhabitants, who will not come to church to hear him; whereby there is great distraction in the parish.' The jurors report that it was not known in whom the patronage of the vicarage was vested, it having been long in suit, and then as yet undetermined."--_Lyson_, iv. 221.

[9] See _Bentham's Ely Cathedral_, sect. vi.

[10] In the powers for sale of Deans and Chapter lands (passed July 31st, 1649), "rectories, parsonages, and vicarages" are excepted.--_Scobell_, 69. In connexion with this, however, may be mentioned "an Act" passed, April the 26th, "for settling the rectory or parsonage-house of Burford, Oxon., and some of the glebe land on W. Lenthall, Esq., now Speaker, and his heirs."--_Parry_, 504.

[11] _Scobell_, 40. One hundred pounds a year at that time was a large salary. It must have been as good as five hundred now, seeing that Sir Henry Slingsby kept an establishment of thirty servants on £500 per annum.--_Brodie's British Empire_, iv. 245.

[12] _Cromwell's Letters and Speeches_, i. 435. _Whitelocke_, 399.

[13] _Parl. Hist._, iii. 1305.

[14] _Parl. Hist._, iii. 1323, _et seq._

[15] _Scobell_, 104.

[16] _Ibid._, 111.

[17] April 5, 1650. _Scobell_, 111.

[18] _Ibid._, 119.

[19] _Scobell_, 123. In the Windsor churchwardens' accounts for 1652-3 there are several entries of persons fined for swearing.--_Annals of Windsor_, ii. 268.

[20] _Scobell_, 124. Milton praises this Act in his Treatise of Civil Power in Ecclesiastical Causes.--_Political Works_, i. 548.

[21] _Scobell_, 121. May 10, 1650. The _Parliamentary History_, vol.