Charles, 266; returns to the Isle of
Wight, 268; dismissed from Caris-
brooke, 285; sent by the Independents
to the king, 342
Berkeley, Sir Robert, employment of his
fine in payment of the army, i. 286
Berwick, projected seizure of, by the
Scots, iii. 332; seized by Langdale,
370; surrendered to Cromwell, 490
Bethel, Major, leads a charge at Lang-
port, ii. 239
Beverley, writ for a new election refused
to, ii. 314
Bewdley, Charles retires to, i. 415
Bideford, holds out for the Parliament,
i. 162; surrenders, 243
Birch, John, Colonel, brings on the
battle of Cheriton, i. 380; takes part
in the surprisal of Hereford, ii. 386;
joins in defeating Astley at Stow-on-
the-Wold, 452
Birmingham, sacked by Rupert, i. 124
Birr Castle, taken by Preston, i. 141
Bishop's lands, vested in trustees, ii. 527
Bishops, see Episcopacy
Blackheath, the Kentish insurgents ap-
point a rendezvous at, iii. 382
Blake, Robert, Colonel, takes part in the
defence of Lyme, i. 419; is governor
of Taunton, ii. 34; prepares to resist
a siege, 137; defence of Taunton by,
165; reduces Dunster Castle, 466
Blasphemy and heresy, ordinance against,
in committee, ii. 520; passes, iii. 369
Blechington House, taken by Cromwell,
Blewbury, Cromwell and Waller advance
to, i. 508
Bloody Tenent of Persecution, The, pub-
lication of, i. 339
Blue Boar, the, letter of the king's inter-
cepted by Cromwell and Ireton at, iii.
261
Boarstall House, attacked by Fairfax, ii.
199; surrenders, 485
Boconnock, occupied by the royalists, i.
436
Bodmin, Hopton retreats to, ii. 437; oc-
cupied by Fairfax, ib.
Bolingbroke, Earl of, 1624 (Oliver St.
John), votes for Fairfax's commission,
ii. 144
Bolton, stormed by Rupert, i. 429
Bolton Castle, reduction of, ii. 360
Boreman,Thomas, Captain, appointed one
of those in charge of the Isle of Wight
in Hammond's absence, iii. 520; de-
clares himself powerless to resist the
attempt to remove the king to Hurst
Castle, 522; admits that there is a de-
sign to carry off the king, 523
Boroughs, Jeremiah, one of the five Dis-
senting Brethren, i. 306
Boston, retreat of Willoughby to, i. 224;
meeting of parliamentary commanders
at, 281
Boswell, Sir William, intercepted letter
of, iii. 324
Boteler, William, his house plundered, i.
15
Bouillon, Duke of (Frederic-Maurice de
la Tour d'Auvergne), proposed as com-
mander of a force to be sent to England,
ii. 411
Bourchier, George, executed for a plot to
betray Bristol to Rupert, i. 114
Bourton-on-the-Water, arrival of Charles
at, i. 414
Bovey Tracey, Cromwell surprises Went-
worth at, ii. 428
Bow (in Devonshire), Sir Hardress
Waller at, ii. 428
Bow Bridge, occupied by Norwich's
troops, iii. 392
Bowes, Lambert quarters* soldiers at, iii.
416
Boynton, Matthew, carries over Scar-
borough to the king, iii. 426
Boys, John, Colonel, defends Donnington
Castle, i. 497; see Boys, Sir John
Boys, Sir John, refuses to surrender,
i. 510
Bradford, Sir T. Fairfax at, i. 101;
attacked by Newcastle, 189; capture
of, 190
Bradock Down, Hopton's victory at, i. 99
Bradshaw, John, President of the High
Court of Justice, iii. 567; wears a shot-
proof hat, 570; declares Charles to be
an elected king, 573; orders the clerk
to record the king's default, 576; his
speech when the king is brought for
the last time before the court, 585;
orders the sentence to be read, 586;
orders the king's removal, 587
Braintree, mutiny of soldiers at, iii. 82;
seizure of the county magazine at, 397
Brent, Sir Nathaniel, chairman of the
visitors of the University of Oxford,
iii. 140
Brentford, Rupert's attack on, i. 65, 66;
re-occupied by Essex, 69
Brentford, Earl of, 1644 (Patrick Ruth-
ven), Charles thinks of removing from
the command, i. 461; superseded by
Rupert, 511; his character as a com-
mander, 520
Brentwood, junction of Norwich and
Lucas at, iii. 396
Brereton, Sir William, successes of, in
Cheshire, i. 101; takes part in the
combat on Hopton Heath, 123; occu-
pies Wem, 290; opposed to Rupert in
Cheshire, 477; raises the sieges of
Chester and Hawarden Castle, ii. 172;
the Self-denying Ordinance dispensed
with in the case of, 219; joins in defeat-
ing Astley at Stow-on-the-Wold, 452
Bribes, taken in the House of Commons,
Bridge, William, one of the five Dissent-
ing Brethren, i. 306
Bridgwater, abandoned to the royalists,
arrival of the Prince of
Wales at, ii. 162; siege of, 241; taken
by Fairfax, 242
Brill, garrisoned by the king, i. 76
Bristol, Rupert fails in an attempt to sur-
prise, i. 114; secured by Waller, 120;
surrenders to Rupert, 210; dispute about
the governorship of, 230; Hopton
sent to secure, 410; the Prince of Wales
sent to, ii. 134; important position of,
280; besieged by Fairfax, 281; weak-
ness of the fortifications of, 288;
stormed by Fairfax, 290
Bristol, Earl of, 1622 (John Digby), re-
ceives information from Ogle, i. 310;
incites Mozley to betray Aylesbury,
313; makes overtures to the Indepen-
dents, 315; retires to Exeter, ii. 277
Broghill, Lord, 1628 (Roger Boyle), tells
a story about Cromwell's seizure of a
letter from the king, iii. 259
Brömsebro, treaty of, ii. 275
Brooke, Lord, 1628 (Robert Greville), at
the head of the association of War-
wickshire and Staffordshire, i. 90; sent
to the Midlands, 112; killed at Lich-
field, 113
Brooke, Sir Basil, joins in a plot for
winning the City for the king, i. 316;
his plot denounced, 317
Brown, Sir John, routs Digby's horse, ii.
354
Browne, Geoffrey, sent as commissioner
to the queen, iii. 355; urges the queen
to send Ormond back to Ireland, 413
Browne, Richard, Major-General, put at
the head of a force for the protection
of London, i. 423; has difficulty in
levying soldiers, 424; mutinous state
of his force, 454; his life endangered,
455; reduces Greenland House, 456;
occupies Abingdon with a mutinous
force, 465; asked to betray Abingdon,
ii. 56; drives back a royalist attack on
Abingdon, 57; ordered to join Fairfax
in investing Oxford, 169; takes part
in the siege of Oxford, 171; chosen
Sheriff of London and Middlesex, iii.
452; proposal to place him in com-
mand of the City trained bands, ib.;
his trial demanded by the Council of
Officers, 539; arrest of, 541, 543; de-
tained in prison, 544
Buckingham, Duchess
Brooke's plot, i. 316
Buckingham, Duke of, 1628 (George
Villiers), joins in Holland's rising, iii.
408; rides away from Kingston, 411;
escapes from St. Neots, 412
Bunratty Castle, seized by parliamen-
tary ships, ii. 423; continuance of the
siege of, 534; surrender of, 538
Burford, Charles passes through, i. 414
Burghley House, taken by Cromwell, i.
Burley, Captain, attempts to rescue
Charles, iii. 286; trial and execution
of, 291, 292
Burnet, Gilbert, Bishop of Salisbury,
story told of Cromwell by, iii. 104, n.
Burton, Henry, the church of St. Mary's
Aldermanbury closed against, ii. 371
Bury St. Edmunds, Fairfax's head-
quarters removed to, iii. 81; riot at,
374
Bushel, Brown, regains Scarborough for
the Parliament and loses it, i. 122.
Byron, Lord, 1643 (John Byron), at the
head of an army partly composed of
English soldiers from Ireland, i. 290;
slaughters Brereton's men in Bar-
thomly church, 345; defeated at Nant-
wich, 346; urges Ormond to send Irish
troops to England, 347; engages the
enemy before the battle of Marston
Moor, 437; defeated by Meldrum, ii. 33;
looks again for help from Ireland, 140;
acquaints the king with the weak con-
dition of Chester, 327; awaits Hamil-
ton's army at Llanrwst, iii. 436; with-
draws to Anglesea and the Isle of
Man, 449; resolution of the Houses
that he shall be excepted from pardon,
510; see Byron, Sir John
Byron, Sir John, occupies and quits
Oxford, i. 33; enters Worcester, 35;
his conduct at Edgehill, 54; leads a
body of horse at Newbury, 249; made
Lord Byron, 290; see Byron, Lord
Byron, Sir Nicholas, expects succour
from Ireland, i. 129; leads a brigade
at Newbury, 249
CABINET system, the, germ of, i. 360
Callander, Earl of, 1641 (James Living-
stone), takes part in a negotiation with
Charles, ii. 255; offers Charles military
support if he will yield about religion,
522; appointed lieutenant-general of
Hamilton's army, iii. 386; his be-
haviour towards Hamilton, 416; insists
on Monro's being subordinated to
him, 435; is neutral on the question of
the direction to be taken by the army,
436; returns alone from Wigan, 439;
recommends Hamilton to withdraw to
the south of the Ribble, 440; escapes
to Holland, 448
Cambridge, the University of, Manchester
ordered to purify, i. 354; ejection of
members from, 355
Camerons, the, join Montrose, ii. 100
Campbell, Sir Duncan, commands the
Campbells at Inverlochy, ii. 104
Campden House, burnt, ii. 168
Canonteign, occupied by Fairfax, ii.
427
Cansfield, Sir John, drives back Balfour
in the second battle of Newbury, i. 505
Canterbury, injury to the cathedral at, i.
15; riot on Christmas Day at, iii. 281;
surrenders to Ireton, 394
Capel, Lord, 1641 (Arthur Capel), sent
with the Prince of Wales to the West,
ii. 134; sent to the queen to ask per-
mission to the prince to remain in
Jersey, 495; refuses to accompany the
prince to France, 496; sent to remon-
strate against the cession of the Chan-
nel Islands to France, 559; joins the
royalists at Chelmsford, iii. 396: as-
sured of quarter after the surrender
of Colchester, 463; resolution of the
Houses for the banishmenf of, 510
Capuchins, expelled from England, i. 118
Cardenas, Alonso de, attempts to per-
suade the English to relieve Dunkirk,
Cardiff, Charles sets out from, ii. 260
Carew, Sir Alexander, attempts to betray
Plymouth, i. 244; sentence and exe-
cution of, ii. 45
Carisbrooke Castle, Charles lodged in,
iii. 250; Parliament orders the deten-
tion of Charles in, 286; plot for the
king's escape from, 333; Charles un-
able to get through a window of, 336;
Charles freed from confinement in, 472;
guarded by the local trained bands, 523
Carlisle, besieged by David Leslie, i. 519;
surrender of, ii. 229; projected seizure
of, iii. 332; seized by the royalists,
370; Langdale driven into, 406; oc-
cupied by Hamilton, 416; surrendered
by the Scots, 490; Cromwell at, 493
Carlisle, Countess of, said to have in-
trigued with the eleven members, iii.
150; is the medium of communication
between the queen and the royalists,
388; Lauderdale's correspondence with,
Carlow, surprised by Preston, iii. 349
Carnarvon, Earl of, 1628 (Robert Dor-
mer), a moderate Royalist, i. 7; his
successes in Dorsetshire, 226; com-
plains of Maurice's plunderings, 231;
takes part in the siege of Gloucester,
240; killed at Newbury, 256
Carnwath, Earl of, 1639 (Robert Dalzell),
seizes the King's bridle at Naseby, ii.
214
Carrickfergus, surprised by Monk, iii. 489
Case of the Army truly stated, The,
presented to Fairfax, iii. 214
Cashel, refuses to admit Ormond, ii. 543;
Inchiquin storms the Rock of, iii. 351
Castle Dinas, Hopton's rendezvous at,
ii. 438
Castle Dor, surrender of Essex's infantry
at, i. 467
Castlehaven, Earl of, 1634 (James Tou-
chet), defeats Vavasour in Munster, i.
259; successful campaign of, ii. 396
Catholics, the English, support the
king, i. 41; measures taken by Par-
liament against, 88; excluded from
toleration by the author of Liberty of
Conscience, 342; Charles consents to
the repeal of the laws against, ii. 127;
Charles offers freedom of conscience
to, 443; Fairfax and Cromwell offer
toleration to, iii. 143; agreement of the
king and the army leaders to grant
toleration to, 187; ask the House of
Commons for toleration, 211; debate
on toleration for, 212
Catholics, the French, the queen hopes
to obtain help from, ii. 378
Cavalry tactics, Cromwell's, adopted at
Auldearn, ii. 186
Cavendish, Charles, tries to regain
Gainsborough, 221; killed at Gains-
borough, 223
Caversham, taken by Essex, i. 149;
Charles lodged in Lord Craven's house
at, iii. 133
Cawood Castle, taken by Hotham, i. 39
Cecil, Captain, dissents from the Army
Remonstrance, iii. 508
Cessation, the Irish, i. 264
Chagford, Hopton's army repulsed at,
i. 99
Chalgrove Field, fight at, i. 176
Chaloner, Richard, collects money for a
royalist plot, i. 169; gives the king's
commission of array to Tompkins,
172; executed, 184
Chaloner, Thomas, absents himself from
Lilburne's committee on the Agree-
ment of the People, iii. 535
Channel Islands, the, alleged proposal to
pledge, ii. 411; Jermyn proposes to
cede, 559
Chard, junction of Hopton with Maurice
and Hertford at, i. 195; halt of Charles
at, 486
Charles I. (King of England, Scotland,
and Ireland), makes Rupert general of
the horse, i. 3; attempts to restrain
plundering, 15; sends Southampton
and Culpepper to negotiate, 16; sends
Spencer and Falkland to negotiate, 19;
increase of the army of, 22; leaves
Nottingham, and issues a manifesto to
his army, 28; occupies Shrewsbury and
Chester, 30; refuses to receive a peti-
tion from Essex, 37; sells a peerage,
41; asks the Catholics to support him,
ib.; marches from Shrewsbury, 43;
sends for help to Denmark, 45; ad-
vances to Edgehill, 48; his conduct
at Edgehill, 56; enters Oxford, 59;
marches towards London, 62; throws
delays in the way of negotiation, 63;
offers to negotiate, and orders an attack
on Brentford, 65; checked at Turnham
Green, 68; retires to Oatlands, 69;
is charged with duplicity, 70; with-
draws to Reading, 71; rejects the terms
of Parliament, and establishes himself
at Oxford, 73; receives money and
arms from Denmark, 74; issues a de-
claration against Parliament, 75; mili-
tary position of, 76; strategy of, 78;
congratulates Newcastle, 82, 83; re-
ceives a petition from the City, 94; his
answer read in the City, 95; receives
the parliamentary peace proposals at
Oxford, 103; makes counter-proposals,
ib.; comments on the articles of cessa-
tion, 110; intercepted letter from, 114;
criticises the proposals of the Houses,
and asks for the ships and forts, 116;
desires peace on his own terms, 119;
his final terms, 125; hesitates between
two policies, 127; issues a commission
of array for London, 128; resolves to
employ Irish Catholics, 129; receives
a petition from the Irish confederate
Catholics, 137; forbids Leicester to
go to Ireland, 138; orders the opening
of negotiations in Ireland, 139; finds
fault with the lords justices, 141;
authorises Ormond to treat for a ces-
sation and to bring over an Irish army,
145; rejects the mediation of the
Scottish commissioners, ib.; sends
noblemen to Scotland to oppose Argyle,
146; in want of ammunition, 155: re-
ceives the queen's convoy, 156; offers
to cede Orkney and Shetland to the
King of Denmark, 163; authorises the
collection of money for a plot in Lon-
don, 168; sends a message by Alex-
ander Hampden, 169; his connection
with Waller's plot, 172; his cause in-
jured by its discovery, 173; sends Taafe
to Kilkenny, ib.; declares that Parlia
ment is no longer free and invites Lords
and Commoners to sit at Oxford, 181;
meets the queen at Edgehill, 194;
prohibits his subjects from trading with
London, 212; declares that he will main-
tain the Protestant religion, ib.; com-
pelled to lay siege to Gloucester, 229;
appeases a quarrel between Rupert and
Hertford, 230; refuses to interfere with
Maurice's plunderings, 231; resolves
to besiege Gloucester, ib.; summons
Gloucester, 233; receives coldly the
deserting earls, 236; abandons the
siege of Gloucester, 241; temporary
despondency of, 242; attempts to out-
manoeuvre Essex, 244; marches to cut
Essex off from London, 245; fights the
first battle of Newbury, 249; retreats,
254; returns to Oxford, 257; orders the
arrest of four Irish privy-councillors,
260; refuses to allow Montrose to begin
war in Scotland, 265; seizure of the re-
venue of, 286; instructs Ormond to out-
wit Monro, 290; offers to receive 2,000
Irish soldiers in England, 292; sum-
mons Parliament to Oxford, 304; his
knowledge of Ogle's plot, 310; approves
of Brooke's plot, 316; offers liberty of
conscience to Vane, 322; sends Antrim
to Ireland, 350; opens the Oxford Par-
liament, 351; makes fresh overtures
for peace, 361; issues privy seals for a
loan, 362; in want of arms and money,
377; first suggestion of the dethrone-
ment of, 385; thinks of marrying his
son to a daughter of the Prince of
Orange, 386; summons Rupert to escort
the queen, 388; reviews his army at
Aldbourne, 389; refuses the presidency
of Munster to Inchiquin, 391; receives
the agents of the Irish Catholics, 392;
receives the agents of the Irish Pro-
testants, 393; prevented from grant-
ing the demands of the Catholics,
394; summons Rupert to help him,
405; takes Forth's advice on the con-
duct of the campaign of 1644, 406;
wishes to bring Irish soldiers to Eng-
land, 407; gives over the Irish ne-
gotiation to Ormond, 409; sends Goffe
to the Prince of Orange, ib.; his plan
of campaign, 410; marches out of
Oxford, 414; retires to Bewdley,
415; returns towards Oxford, and
marches to Buckingham, 422; hesi-
tates as to his course, ib.; engages
Waller at Cropredy Bridge, 425; asks
Waller to treat, 426; proposed deposi-
tion of, 431; sends vague orders to
Rupert, 434; bis movements after
the battle of Cropredy Bridge, 453;
resolves to follow Essex into the west,
456; sets out from Evesham, 457;
reaches Exeter, 458; arrives at Lis-
keard and makes overtures to Essex,
460; accepts the surrender of Essex's
infantry, 469; leniency of, ib.; returns
to Tavistock, 484; halts at Chard, 486;
poverty of, 487; advances from Chard,
and consults with Rupert, 491; pur-
sues Waller, 496; relieves Donnington
Castle, 498; withdraws his army after
the second battle of Newbury, 507;
reaches Oxford, and declares Rupert
general, 511; relieves Donnington
Castle, 512; retreats in safety, 513;
returns to Oxford, 519; receives the
peace commissioners, ii. 23; offers to
send Richmond and Southampton
with his answer, 24; orders the arrest
of three peers, 58; holds that Strafford's
blood is appeased, 59; treats the
parliamentary peace proposals with
contempt, 70; refuses to abandon
episcopacy, 73; proposes to go to
Westminster, 75; suggests a national
synod, 76; believed to have had a
hand in the Ulster massacre, 108;
gives a commission to Glamorgan, to
bring an Irish army to England,
109; refuses to allow Ormond to com-
mand the army of the Supreme
Council, 112; makes promises to the
Irish, 114; refuses to accept Ormond's
. resignation, and sends Glamorgan to
Ireland, 115; gives instructions to
Glamorgan, 117; promises to confirm
Glamorgan's actions, 119; gives Gla-
morgan a commission to levy troops,
120; distrusts O'Hartegan, 125; hears
that the Duke of Lorraine is coming,
126; urges Ormond to make peace
with the confederates, ib.; authorises
the queen to consent to the repeal of
the laws against the Catholics, 127;
gives Glamorgan a commission to
treat with the confederates, 128;
rouses the national spirit against him-
self, 130; his plan of campaign for 1645,
133; disarrangement of his plans by
Cromwell's raid round Oxford, 158;
his want of national feeling, 159;
assures Montrose that he hopes to join
him in the north, 160; unable to stir
from Oxford till Rupert brings horses,
161; calls Fairfax the 'rebels' new
brutish general,' 163; leaves Oxford,
and assembles a council of war at
Stow-on-the-Wold, 166; resolves to
divide his army, 167; reaches Droit-
wich, and orders Ormond to consent to
the repeal of the penal laws, 168;
moves forward towards the north,
171; marches towards Leicestershire,
191; takes Leicester, 194; weak-
ness of his strategy, 196; arrives at
Daventry, and relieves Oxford, 197;
despises the New Model Army, 198;
finds fault with his council at Oxford
for meddling with military affairs, 202;
marches to Market Harborough, 205;
hesitates about his course, 206; re-
solves to fight a battle, 207; rides off
from Naseby, 214; reaches Hereford,
224; appeals to Ormond for Irish
troops, 225; instructs his son as to his
conduct in the event of being himself
captured, 227; receives at Raglan the
news of Goring's defeat at Langport,
243; confers with Rupert at Blackrock,
245; learns that Bridgwater is lost,
246; thinks of going into the North,
ib.; depressed by the lukewarmness
of the gentry of South Wales, 254;
sends for Ormond, 255; receives over-
tures from some Scottish lords, ib.;
refuses even to appear to abandon
episcopacy, 257; rejects Rupert's pro-
posal that he shall make peace, ib.; pre-
pares for martyrdom, 258; sets out from
Cardiff to join Montrose, 260; reaches
Doncaster, but is obliged to turn back,
261; hears of the battle of Kilsyth at
Huntingdon, 262; declares his resolu-
tion to stand by the Church and the
Crown, 273; forced to retire from
Huntingdon, 274; passes through Ox-
ford, 276; raises the siege of Hereford,
283; fails to obtain recruits in Wales,
285; effect of the surrender of Bristol
on, 291; commands Rupert to leave
England, and orders the arrest of
Legge, 292; again hopes to join Mont-
rose, 320; sets out from Raglan, 321;
enters Chester, 323; watches the defeat
of his followers from the walls of
Chester, 325; intends to go to Newark,
326; orders Culpepper to send the
Prince of Wales to France, 338;
reaches Newark and expects to be
joined by Goring, 340; sends for the
Duke of York, 341; listens to various
military schemes, 348; again marches
to join Montrose, 349; his advance
stopped, 351; returns to Newark and
refuses to receive Rupert, 355; sees
Rupert and sends him before a council
of war, 356; insolence of Rupert to-
wards, 357; postpones his departure
from Newark, 359; goes to Oxford,
360; vexed at his followers' desire
for peace, 361; deludes the Presby-
terians and Independents, 362; pro-
posal that the Scottish army shall give
a shelter to, 363; negotiates secretly
with the Independents, 375, 379; urged
by the Royalists to make peace, ib.;
alleged plot to deliver up, 380; pro-
poses to come to Westminster to nego-
tiate, 381; repeats his orders to the
Prince of Wales to leave England, and
directs the concentration of garrisons at
Worcester, ib.; wishes to come to terms
with the Scots, 382; joined by Rupert,
383; objects to employ Will Murray in
Scotland, ib.; retains his confidence
in Montrose, 384; invited to the Scot-
tish camp, 385; repeats his request
to be allowed to come to Westminster,
ib.;
offers further concessions, 386;
refuses to establish Presbyterianism,
387; proposes to tolerate Presby-
terianism, 388; contemptuous reply of
the Houses to, 389; makes a formal
overture to the Scots, 390; makes
offers on religion to Parliament, 391;
explains his position to the queen,
392; his relations with Glamorgan,
399; offers to allow the Catholics to
build chapels, 400; Glamorgan threat-
ens to use force against, 404; attacked
on account of Glamorgan's treaty, 409;
proposed deposition of, ib.; demands
an answer from Parliament, 410; dis-
avows Glamorgan, and offers to
abandon Ireland to Parliament, 413;
tries to explain his share in Gla-
morgan's mission, 414; assures Gla-
morgan of his favour, 416; thinks of
marching into Kent, and asks the
queen to send an army to Hastings,
433; his intrigues break down, 440;
refuses to make religious concessions,
441; appeals to the Independents, 442;
assures the queen of his dislike of the
Presbyterians, 443; offers freedom of
conscience to the Roman Catholics, ib.;
distrusts Montreuil, 451; causes of
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