CRO

vice-chancellorship, 304; promotion of
the relatives of, 319; grant of lands to,
320; munificent offer of, ib.; illness of,
326; revives the plan for placing the
Prince of Wales on the throne, ib.;
is said to be making fresh overtures to
Charles, 339; charges a mob in the
Strand, 340; conciliates the Presby-
terians, 359; urges the Commons to
come to an understanding with the
City, 361; distrusted in the army, 363;
takes part in a meeting for prayer and
consultation at Windsor, 364; urges
those present to search into the causes
of their misfortunes, ib.; ordered to
march into South Wales, 365; his part
in the decision to bring Charles to
justice, 367; urges his brother-officers
to spare the City, 368; reviews his
forces at Gloucester, 372; reaches
Chepstow, 381; besieges Pembroke,
394; his siege-train wrecked in the
Severn, 404; sends help to Lambert,
ib. recovers his guns and forces Pem-
broke to surrender, 418; marches to
the aid of Lambert, 419; attacked by
Huntington, 428; overtures of Lil-
burne to, 430; wants of the soldiers of,
431; discipline maintained by, 432;
reaches Doncaster, ib.; joins Lambert
and marches towards Lancashire, 437;
holds a council of war at Hodder
Bridge, 438; his strategy in the Preston
campaign discussed, 438, n. 2; quar-
ters at Stonyhurst, 439; defeats Lang-
dale at Preston, and drives the Scots
beyond the Darwen, 442; pursues the
Scots, 444; captures the Scottish in-
fantry, 445; turns northwards, and
gives a warning to Parliament, 446;
ascribes the victories of the army to
Divine favour, 465; is dissatisfied with
Vane's suffering principles,' 466;
pursues Monro, 487; obtains the
surrender of Berwick and holds a con-
ference with Argyle, 490; arrives in
Edinburgh and comes to an under-
standing with Argyle's party, 491;
returns to England, 492; arrives
at Knottingley, 493; prefers an
alliance with the Presbyterians to
one with the king, 511; justifies his
alliance with Argyle, 513; argues that
the dissolution of Parliament in Scot-
land may be an example to England,
514; is angry at the proposal merely
to banish Sir John Owen, 515; sends
an argumentative letter to Hammond,
516; declares against Charles, 517;
returns to Westminster and disclaims
all knowledge of Pride's purge, 540;
fails to induce Hamilton to betray his
associates, 543, 544; wishes the king's
trial deferred, 551; negotiates with
Whitelocke, Widdrington, and Lent-
hall, 553; approves of the overture

DAR

631

carried by Denbigh to the king, 556;
his probable motives for engaging in
another negotiation with the king, 557;
comparison between his character and
that of Charles, 558; explains his atti-
tude towards the king's trial, 559; his
possible influence over the preparation
of the Act appointing the High Court
of Justice, 563; objects to imposing a
date of dissolution on the House of
Commons, ib.; sits as one of the king's
judges, 565; declares that Charles's
head shall be cut off with the crown
on, 569; sees the king from a window
of the Painted Chamber, 570; his
alliance with Argyle breaks down, 578;
urges the condemnation of the king,
579; attempts to convince the Scottish
commissioners of the justice of punish-
ing the king, 580; is angry with
Downes's interruption, 586; insists on
the king's execution, 589; urges the
members of the Court to sign the
death-warrant, 591; his love of com-
promise, 603; story of his visit to
Charles's body, 604

Cromwell, Oliver, the younger, death of,
i. 369

Cropredy Bridge, battle of, i. 425
Crowland, secured by Cromwell, i. 166;
taken by the royalists, 374; recovered
by the parliamentarians, 396; seized
by royalists, 499

Culpepper, Sir John, sent to Westminster
to negotiate, i. 16; appointed master
of the rolls by the king, 85; said to have
opposed the king in the Oxford Par-
liament, 351; doubts the wisdom of
Charles's orders to Rupert, 434; sent
to the west with Prince Charles, ii.
134; adopts the sanguine views of
Digby, 320; sent to ask the queen to
allow the prince to remain in Jersey,
495; declared by Charles to be without
religion, 553; supports an understand-
ing with the Scots, iii. 422
Cumberland, Duke of, Rupert created, i.
352; see Rupert, Prince
Cumberland, Earl of, 1605 (Francis
Clifford), resigns the command of the
Yorkshire royalists, i. 82

Curl, Walter (Bishop of Winchester),
Cromwell's courtesy to, ii. 343

DALKEITH, Lady, has charge of the Prin-
cess Henrietta, ii. 465; carries her to
France, 573

Darley, Henry, proposes to impeach the
queen, i. 170

Dartford, the Kentish insurgents fall
back on, iii. 383

Dartmouth, holds out for the Parliament,
i. 162, 243; surrenders to Maurice, 279;
stormed by Fairfax, ii. 431; letters

DAU

from the queen and Jermyn intercepted

at, 432
Daubigny, Lady, her part in Waller's
plot, i. 172; denies knowledge of the
plot, 185

Davenant, William, sent to urge Charles
to yield to the Scots, ii. 553
Daventry, the king arrives at, ii. 197
Deal Castle, won by the royalists, iii.
384; blockaded by Rich, 394, 395;
failure of the Prince of Wales to re-
lieve, 450; surrender of, 467
Deane, Richard, Colonel, joins Cromwell
in negotiating for a settlement of the
nation, iii. 553

Deans and Chapters, lands of the, Fair-
fax asks for the sale of, iii. 242
Death-warrant of Charles I., iii. 583,
n. 1; few signatures appended to, 584;
difficulty of obtaining signatures to,
589; erasures in, 590; pressure em-
ployed to obtain signatures to, 591
Declaration against the army, the, is-
sued by both Houses, iii. 43; expunged
from the Commons' journals, 97; re- |
pealed by ordinance, 108

Declaration of the Army, the first, pre-
sented by the officers at Saffron Wal-
den, iii. 64

Declaration of the Army, the second,
political programme contained in, iii.
115; received by the Commons, 121;
the Commons reject the constitutional
proposals of, 126

De la Torre, Diego, Spanish agent in
Ireland, ii. 539; accompanies Rinuc-
cini to Kilkenny, 544

Delinquents, expenses of the war to be
borne by, i. 21; sequestration of the
estates of, 43; allowed to compound,
iii. 7; required to take the covenant
and the negative oath, 8
Dell, William, preaches a sermon ob-
noxious to the Presbyterians, ii. 572
Denbigh, surrender of the castle of, ii.
521

Denbigh, first Earl of, 1623 (William

Feilding), killed at Birmingham, i. 124
Denbigh, second Earl of, 1643 (Basil
Feilding), commands in Shropshire
and Staffordshire, i. 415; resigns his
command, ii. 145; visits Fairfax, iii.
555; failure of his mission to the king,
556; refuses to sit as a commissioner
at the king's trial, 560
Denmark, Charles asks help from, i. 45;
money and arms sent to Charles from,
74; proposed cession of Orkney and
Shetland to, 163; makes war against
Sweden, 318; abandonment of the
design to cede Orkney and Shetland
to, ib.

Denton, William, Dr., his information on
the motives of the Independents' re-
moval of the king, iii. 78, n. 2; assists
Lady Verney, 311

DIG

Deptford, Fairfax's soldiers push on to,
iii. 170; occupied and abandoned by
the Kentish insurgents, 383

Derby, Countess of, calls on Rupert for
help, i. 124; is besieged in Lathom
House, 372, 427-9

Derby, Earl of, 1642 (James Stanley),
fails to take Manchester, i. 38; hard
pressed in Lancashire, 157

Derby House, Committee of, see Com-
mittee of Derby House
Dering, Sir Edward, his house plundered,
i. 15; deserts the king and dies, 353
Desborough, John, Major, afterwards
Colonel, supports Bethel at Langport,
ii. 239; attacks the clubmen on Wim-
bledon Hill, 279; joins in a letter from
four colonels to Hammond, iii. 506
Devenish, Thomas, gives information on
Ogle's plot, i. 311

Devizes, Hopton besieged in, i. 202;
Wiltshire horse surprised near, ii. 137;
taken by Cromwell, 340
Devonshire, threatened by Hopton, i. 81;
Hopton's advance in, 88; Stamford's
arrival in, 98; Hopton subjugates the
greater part of, 162; Hopton's progress
through, 195; recruits offer themselves
to Fairfax in, 431; disaffection to Par-
liament in, iii. 427

D'Ewes, Sir Symonds, joins the peace
party, i. 61; urges the Commons to
open negotiations, 91; thinks peace
may be secured, 115; complains of the

fiery spirits,' 116; suspects Pym of
inventing Waller's plot, 171; complains
of the treatment of the women's mob,
220; charges the Lords with cowardice,
359; complains of the ambition of the
clergy, 482

Dickson, David, rejoices in the execution
of Montrose's followers, ii. 384
Digby, Lord, 1641 (George Digby), quarrel
of Rupert with, i. 50; advocates a
policy of foreign alliances, 230; becomes
secretary of state, 288; supports Mont-
rose, 350; is confident of a victory at
Newbury, 502; tempts Browne to
betray Abingdon, ii. 56; warns Goring
against debauches, 138; is confident of
the effect of the king's march into the
north, 168; expects the royal army to
accomplish great things, 193; advises
the king to attack the Eastern Associa
tion, 202; his growing influence over
Charles, 253; urges the king to make
the Scots believe that he will abandon
episcopacy, 256; sanguine expectations
of, 274-5; complains of the general
despondency, 276; rejoices in Mont-
rose's victories, 284; continues to expect
success, 286; inspires Culpepper with
hopes of success, 320; urges Leven to
join the king, 321; explains away
Langdale's defeat at Rowton Heath,
325; thinks Montrose's defeat

at

633

DIG

Philiphaugh of no importance, 341;
continues to hanker after a junction
with Montrose, 349; advises Charles
to continue his march towards Scot-
land, 351; is sent in command of a
force intended to join Montrose, 352;
is defeated at Sherburn and escapes to
Skipton, 353; after various adventures,
escapes to the Isle of Man, 354; his
correspondence read in Parliament, 366;
arrives in Dublin and denounces Gla-
morgan, 408; reported to be about to
fetch the prince to Ireland, 490; urges
the prince to come to France, 495;
draws up instructions for Bellièvre,
508; arrives in Dublin, and directs
Ormond to obey the queen and prince,
537; accompanies Ormond to Kilkenny,
543; carries on a negotiation with
Preston, iii. 346; resolution of the
Houses that he shall be excepted from
pardon, 510

Digby, Sir John, takes Barnstaple and
Bideford, i. 243; ordered to abandon
the blockade of Plymouth, ii. 429
Digby, Sir John, commands at Newark,
i. 100

Digby, Sir Kenelm, arrangements for
sending to Rome, ii. 123; his mission
to Rome, 379; engages that Charles
shall repeal the penal statutes, 411;
articles brought from Rome by, 417
Directory, the, the Assembly asked to
prepare, ii. 12; ordinance for the es-
tablishment of, 51

Disbanded soldiers, see Reformadoes
Dissenting Brethren, the, opinions of,
i. 306; issue the Apologetical Narra-
tion,' 315; voluminous arguments of,
ii. 51; ask for congregational Presby-
terianism, 52; refuse to produce a
scheme of Church reform, 372; declare
for full liberty of conscience, 373
Dodington, Sir Francis, resolution of the

Houses excepting from pardon, iii. 510
Doncaster, Charles turns back at, ii. 261;

Cromwell waits for artillery at, iii. 432;
Rainsborough murdered at, 493
Donnington Castle, garrisoned by the
king, i. 257; abandonment of the siege
of, 497; summoned by Manchester, 510;
relieved by Charles, 512
Dorchester, surrenders to the royalists,
i. 226

Dorset, falls almost entirely into the
hands of the royalists, i. 226; the
clubmen of, ii. 277; book of the com-
mittee of, iii. 9

Dorset, Earl of, 1624 (Edward Sackvile),
the king's reproof to, ii. 361; attends a
council at Hampton Court, iii. 206
Douglas, Marquis of, 1633 (William
Douglas), declares for Montrose, ii.
355; fights at Philiphaugh, 336
Dover, Earl of, 1628 (Henry Carey), in-
tercepted letter of, i. 170

EAS

Dover Castle, surprised by the parlia-
mentarians, i. 15; Gibbons sent to re-
lieve, iii. 386; relieved by Rich, 394
Downes, John, Cromwell's interference
with, iii. 586

Doyley, Charles, Colonel, tries to obtain
possession of Bristol, iii. 154
Dublin, arrival of a committee from the
English Parliament at, i. 138; distress
of Ormond's army in, 141; peace con-
ferences in, ii. 113; Owen O'Neill and
Preston propose to attack, 538; Or-
mond's peace proclaimed in, 539; Or-
mond resolves to make over to the
English Parliament, 544; failure of the
confederates to take, 576; refuses to
support Ormond's soldiers, iii. 30;
failure of the confederates to take, 348;
arrival of Michael Jones in, ib.
Dulbier, John, Colonel, besieges Basing
House, ii. 344; joins Holland's rising,
iii. 409; rides away from Kingston,
411; killed at St. Neots, 412
Dumfries, occupied by Montrose, i. 395;
Digby's horse routed near, ii. 354
Dumoulin, urges Ormond to make peace
with the Supreme Council, ii. 538
Duncannon, surrender of, ii. 396
Dundee, taken by Montrose, ii. 178
Dunfermline, Earl of, 1622 (Charles

Seton), consults with Loudoun, ii. 462;
sent to London by Charles, 523; goes
to England to open communications
between the king and the Scottish com-
missioners, iii. 69; accompanies the
king to Althorp, 88; urges Charles to
ask the parliamentary commissioners
to connive at his escape from Holmby,
89; brings a message from the king to
Parliament, and goes to France, 98
Dungan Hill, Preston posted on, iii. 349;
battle of, 350

Dunkeld, Montrose's army at, ii. 177;
junction of Montrose and Aboyne at,
265

Dunkirk, besieged by the French and
Dutch, ii. 556; surrender of, 558
Dunster Castle, submits to the king,
i. 195; surrenders to Blake, ii. 466
Dutch, the, see Netherlands
Dutch ambassadors, failure of the media-
tion of, i. 387; urge Charles to make
peace, 413; urge Parliament to accept
the king's terms, ii. 141

Duppa, Brian (Bishop of Salisbury), con-
sulted by Charles, ii. 552

Dyves, Sir Lewis, occupies Newport
Pagnell, i. 285; abandons Newport
Pagnell, 286; commands at Sherborne,

ii. 277

EASTERN ASSOCIATION, the, formation of,
i. 89; appointment of Manchester to
command the army of, 225; Lincoln-
shire added to, 280; Charles threatens

EAS

to invade, 486; calls on Manchester
for protection, 489; announces its
inability to pay its troops, ii. 16; en-
rolment in the New Model Army of
the soldiers of, 148; Fairfax ordered
to protect, 198; Cromwell raises volun-
teers in, 201; Digby advises the king
to attack, 202; Charles marches to-
wards, 262; growing royalist feeling
in, 562; fall of rents in, iii. 5; pre-
parations for a rising in, 328; royalism
in, 372

EasternCounties, see Eastern Association
Edgehill, Charles's position on, i. 49;

the royal army descends from, 51;
battle of, 52; meeting of the king and
queen at, 194

Edinburgh, outbreak of the plague at,
ii. 329

Edwards, Thomas, writes "Gangræna,"
iii. 322

Eglinton, Lord, 1612 (Alexander Mont-
gomery), holds out at Marston Moor,
i. 444; dispersal of a band levied by,
ii. 328; supports the Whiggamore
Raid, iii. 488

Eikon Basiliké, iii. 599

Elcho, Lord (David Wemyss), commands
the covenanting army at Perth, ii. 87;
is defeated at Tippermuir, 88; opposes
Montrose at Kilsyth, 269
Elders, elected in London, ii. 505
Elector Palatine, Charles Lewis, lands at
Greenwich, i. 479; possible intention
to place on the English throne, 480;
takes the covenant, ib.; offers em-
ployment in Germany to Cromwell, iii.
36; visits the army, 175

Eleven members, the, charge of the army

against, iii. 121; their suspension de-
manded, 128; renewed demand for their
suspension, 129; withdraw from the
House, ib.; the army offers to post-
pone the charge against, 131; articles
against, 150; ask leave to go abroad,
156; flight of six of, 181; accusation
of the ten survivors of, 292; abandon-
ment of the impeachment of, 391; re-
expelled, 543

Elizabeth, Princess, kept as a hostage,

i. 60; proposed marriage for, ii. 111;
visits her father at Hampton Court,
iii. 231; takes leave of her father, 592,
593

Ely, Cromwell stops the use of the
Prayer Book in the cathedral of, i.
363

Ely, the Isle of, Cromwell sent to secure,

ii. 192
Emery, Sieur d' (Michel Particelli), sup-
ports Henrietta Maria, ii. 411
Engagement between Charles and the
Scots, the, signature of, iii. 272; buried
in the Castle garden, 275; scheme of
settlement of, 277; removal from office
of the supporters of, 491

ESS

Enghien, Duke of (Louis de Bourbon),
gains the victory of Rocroy, i. 318;
captures Thionville, 319; sent to help
Turenne, ii. 121; defeats Mercy at
Freiburg, 122; takes part in the victory
of Nördlingen, 275; besieges Dunkirk,
556
Episcopacy, the Commons propose to
abolish, i. 22; bill for the abolition of,
98; proposal of the peace party for
the modification of, 310; its abolition
proposed at Uxbridge, ii. 70; Charles
refuses to abandon, 73; Charles rejects
Digby's proposal to make the Scots
think he will abandon, 257; Charles
proposes to retain in certain dioceses
488; Charles's arguments for support-
ing, 516; ordinance for the abolition
of, 527; Charles's reasons for support-
ing, 579; The Heads of the Proposals
admit the continuance of, iii. 159;
Charles's offers at Newport about, 477,
478
Erastianism, spread of, ii. 368; Baillie
laments the prevalence of, 369

Erle, Sir Walter, abandons the siege of
Corfe Castle, i. 226; declares against
the army, iii. 94

Ernely, Sir Michael, defeated by Mel-
drum, ii. 33

Essex, few royalists in, i. 14; petitions
for peace, 95; petitions against the
army, iii. 34; the disbandment of the
army asked by the clergy of, 50; ex-
pected royalist rising in, 333; petitions
for the King's restoration from, 372;
arrival of Norwich in, 392; seizure of the
county committee of, 395; rising in,
396; movements of the royalists in,
397; march of Fairfax in, 398
Essex, Earl of, 1604 (Robert Devereux),
takes leave of the Houses, i. 24; takes
command of the parliamentary army,
25; reviews his army at Northampton,
32; sends to London for money, 33;
occupies Worcester, 36; reaches Kine-
ton in pursuit of the king, 48; his
conduct at the battle of Edgehill, 54;
retreats to Warwick, 59; returns to
London, 62; thanked by Parliament,
63; ordered to take the field, 64; com-
mands at Turnham Green, 68; throws
a bridge of boats over the Thames, 69;
establishes himself at Windsor, 73;
blamed by Marten as inactive, 84; lays
siege to Reading, 149; reduces Read-
ing, 151; demands pay for his army,
152; his want of authority, 156; ad-
vances against Oxford, 175; being
blamed by the House of Commons
offers to resign, 182; condition of his
army, 192; proposes to offer peace on
the terms of the Treaty of Oxford, ib.;
fresh cavalry to be raised for the army
of, 209; caricatured in London, 211;
demands reinforcements, and that his

EVE

position as commander-in-chief may be
recognised, 213; concessions to, 214;
refuses to join the peace party, 216;
gives commissions to Manchester and
Waller, 225, 226; appointed to relieve
Gloucester, 237; his march to Glou-
cester, 239-42; occupies Tewkesbury,
244; makes for Newbury, 245; his
plan of battle, 248; fights the first
battle of Newbury, 249; pushes on to
Reading, 257; his reception in London,
278; abandons Reading and falls back
on Windsor, 279; makes demands on
the City, ib.; occupies Newport Pag-
nell, and fortifies St. Albans, 286; re-
mains at St. Albans, 293; vote increas-
ing the army of, 295; takes offence
with Vane, 322; sends to Parliament
a letter from the Oxford Parliament,
353; becomes a member of the Com-
mittee of Both Kingdoms, 360; en-
trusted with an attack on Oxford, 375;
distrusted by the Committee of Both
Kingdoms, 398; remonstrates with the
Lords, 399; is unable to stir, 402; joins
Waller in occupying Reading, 407;
occupies Abingdon, 410; moves to Is-
lip, 413; holds a council of war at
Stow-on-the-Wold, 415; resolves to
march into the West, 416; ordered to be-
siege Oxford. 417; defies the Committee
of Both Kingdoms, 418; relieves Lyme
and takes Weymouth, 420; persists in
going to the West, ib.; his defects as
a commander, 421; refuses a safe-con-
duct to the queen, 457; resolves to march
into Cornwall, 458; reaches Lostwith-
iel, 460; refuses to treat for peace,
462; outmanoeuvred, 463; blocked up,
464; escape of the cavalry of, 467;
flight of, 468; surrender of the in-
fantry of, 469; thanked by the House
of Commons, 481; writes a querulous
letter from Portsmouth, 484; delay in
equipping the infantry of, 488; equip-
ment of the infantry of, 490; ordered
to join Manchester and Waller, 491; is
unable to leave Portsmouth, 493;
joins Manchester, 498; left ill at
Reading, ib.; is present at a confer-
ence on impeaching Cromwell, ii. 25;
proposal to exempt from the Self-deny-
ing Ordinance, 31; resents the pressure
put on the Lords to pass the ordinance
for Laud's attainder, 44; supports the
rejection of the names of Independent
officers, 142; surrenders his command,
145; death of, 530; funeral of, 531;
destruction of his effigy, 533
Evelyn, Sir John, Charles refuses to ne-
gotiate with, i. 63; speaks against
allowing the king to come to West-
minster, iii. 478

Everard, gives information of a plan for
an attack on the City, iii. 361
Evesham, arrival of Charles at, i. 415;

FAI

635

Charles sets out from, 457; stormed
by Massey, ii. 190

Ewer, Isaac, Colonel, said to be in fa-
vour of an attack on the City, iii. 361;
presents the Army Remonstrance to the
House of Commons, 508; appointed to
take charge of the Isle of Wight, 520; ac-
companies Hammond to Windsor, 521;
sits as one of the king's judges, 565
Excise, proposed by Pym, i. 117; ordi-
nance for the levy of, 209; granted to
Charles by the Oxford Parliament,
362; estimate of the amount of, iii. 3;
riot at Smithfield against, 29
Exeter, threatened by Hopton, i. 88;
holds out for the Parliament, 162; sur-
renders to the royalists, 243; Hen-
rietta Maria at, 456; arrival of Charles
at, 457; misconduct of Goring at, ii.
136, 315; the Prince of Wales at, 316;
Fairfax occupies positions round, 427;
surrenders on special conditions, 465
Expenditure, private, increase of, iii.
319

Eyre, Thomas, Colonel, receives Charles
at Hurst Castle, iii. 526

Eyre, William, Colonel, attempts to rouse

the soldiers to support the Agreement
of the People, iii. 253

Eythin, Lord, 1642 (James King), acts as
Newcastle's military adviser, i. 283;
character of, 372; his altercation with
Rupert, 441; takes refuge on the Con-
tinent, 448

FAIRFAX, Lady, betrays her husband's
secrets to the king, iii. 203; makes a
disturbance at the king's trial, 571,

572

Fairfax, second Viscount, 1640 (Ferdi-
nando Fairfax), agrees to suspend hos-
tilities, i. 38; is defeated at Tadcaster,
and retreats to Selby, 82; besieged in
Leeds, 122; hard pressed by New-
castle, 186; defeated at Adwalton
Moor, 189; takes refuge in Hull,
where he is invited to assume the
governorship, 190; confirmed by Par-
liament in the governorship, 221; is
master of the East Riding, 371; takes
part in the capture of Selby, 396; re-
fuses to consent to the deposition of
the king, 432; posted on the right at
Marston Moor, 440; defeated, 443;
asks for a settlement of church govern-
ment and peace, 451; sent to besiege
the Yorkshire fortresses, 452; takes
Helmsley, 519; urges Leven to march
to Manchester, ii. 172; death of, iii.
340, n. 2

Fairfax, Sir Thomas, successes of, in the

West Riding, i. 101; besieged in Leeds,
122; surprises and loses Wakefield,
163; escapes from Adwalton Moor,
189; takes refuge in Hull, 190; re-