moves his cavalry from Hull, and joins
Cromwell and Willoughby at Boston,
281; takes part in Winceby fight, 282;
recovers Gainsborough, and defeats
Byron at Nantwich, 346; influence of,
in the West Riding, 371; drives the
royalists out of the West Riding, and
takes part in the capture of Selby,
396; commands his father's horse at
Marston Moor, 440; cuts his way
through the enemy, 446; the Commons
vote for his appointment as commander
of the New Model Army, ii. 63; char-
acter of, 64; commission granted to,
144; ordered to relieve Taunton, 163;
is subjected to the Committee of Both
Kingdoms, 164; sends a detachment to
relieve Taunton, 165; ordered to besiege
Oxford, 169; forms the first siege of
Oxford, 171; ordered to abandon the
siege, 198; marches against the king,
ib.; allowed to march where he will,
200; approaches Daventry, 203; his
merits as a commander, 204; is joined
by Cromwell, 205; his conduct at
Naseby, 215; moves towards the West,
227; is ordered to act according to his
discretion, 228; distress in his army,
ib.; goes to the relief of Taunton, 229;
is opposed by the clubmen, 230, 231;
replies to the clubmen, 232; arrives at
Beaminster and learns that the third
siege of Taunton has been raised, 234;
out-manœuvres Goring on the Yeo,
236; prepares to attack Goring, 237;
defeats Goring at Langport, 239; be-
sieges and takes Bridgwater, 241,
242; his movements after the capture
of Bridgwater, 277; takes Sherborne
Castle, 279; besieges Bristol, 281;
summons Bristol, and announces his
political principles, 287; forwards to
Parliament the peace proposals of the
Prince of Wales, 316; his movements
after the surrender of Bristol, 340;
takes Tiverton, 342; resolves to winter
near Exeter, 343; occupies positions
round Exeter, 427; storms Dartmouth
and completes the investment of
Exeter, 431; advances against Hopton,
434; defeats Hopton at Torrington,
435; enters Launceston, 436; occupies
Bodmin, 437; offers terms to Hopton,
438; disbands Hopton's army, 439;
reduces Exeter and Barnstaple, 465;
instructed to forward letters from the
king to Westminster, 470; summons
Oxford, 484; accepts the surrender of
Oxford, 485; meets the king on the
way to Holmby, iii. 24; left in com-
mand of the army to be kept up in
England, 32; offers to despatch troops
to Ireland, ib.; disclaims knowledge
of the officers' petition, 38; ordered
by the Commons to suppress the peti-
tion of the soldiers, 40; informs the
Commons that they have been misin-
formed, 45; does not support the par-
liamentary commissioners, 47; asks
the officers to encourage volunteering
for Ireland, 48; goes to London for
medical advice, 49; ordered by the
Commons to return to head-quarters,
70; recommends a general rendezvous,
81; hesitates between Parliament and
the soldiers, 83; ordered by Parlia
ment to appoint a rendezvous on New-
market Heath, 97; ordered by the
Commons to take the king back to
Holmby, 98; receives a representation
from the Agitators on Kentford Heath,
100; visits Charles at Childerley, 105;
sends to Parliament an account of the
proceedings on Kentford Heath, 106;
signs the letter of twelve officers
to the City, 112; ordered by Parlia
ment to retreat, and to send the king
to Richmond, 122; allows Charles to
have his chaplains with him, and or
ders Whalley to attend him to Rich-
mond, 125; refuses to remove outside
a radius of forty miles from London,
126; orders Rossiter to come to head-
quarters, 129; in agreement with
Cromwell, 133; expresses readiness to
tolerate the Roman Catholics, 143;
speaks to Charles of the dangers of a
Scottish invasion, 154; appointed to
command all the forces in England
and Wales, 156; establishes his head-
quarters at Colnbrook, 170; Charles
appeals to the supposed cupidity of,
172; enters London, 175; appointed
Constable of the Tower, 176; accom-
panies the army through the City in a
carriage, ib.; declares that he has
fought for the Great Charter, 178;
objects to purging the House, 183;
demands money from the London
citizens, 195; forwards a petition ask-
ing for the release of prisoners who
have spoken words against the king,
196; asks Parliament to stop the libels
against the army, 200; recommends
the sale of the lands of deans and
chapters, 242; issues a manifesto to
the army, 253; instructs Hammond
to secure Charles, 286; succeeds his
father, 340, n. 2; see Fairfax, third
Lord
Fairfax, third Viscount, 1648 (Thomas
Fairfax), gives warning to Cromwell and
Ireton of the approach of a mob, iii.
340; sends Cromwell into Wales, 365,
368; announces his intention of with-
drawing the regiments from Whitehall
and the Mews, 369; ordered to march
to the North, 373; attempt to explain
away the order given to, 374; asked to
revoke his orders withdrawing the
regiments at Whitehall and the Mews,
ib.; holds a rendezvous at Hounslow,
383; skilful strategy of, 386; marches
against the Kentish insurgents, 387;
defeats them at Maidstone, 389; dis-
perses their army, 390; marches through
Essex, 398; hopes to force his way
into Colchester, 400; repulsed, 401;
begins the siege of Colchester, 402;
asked to spare a troop of horse to
serve against Holland, 408; orders
Sir Hardress Waller to remain in the
West, 427; is joined by the Suffolk
trained bands and completes the cir-
cumvallation of Colchester, 453;
presses on the siege, 454; receives the
capitulation of Colchester, and argues
that soldiers of fortune' shall be
executed, 458; excuses the execution
of Lucas and Lisle, 462; assures the
superior officers of quarter for their
lives, 463; Milton's sonnet to, 466;
urged by Ludlow to stop the Treaty of
Newport by force, 470; summons a
council of officers to consider The
Remonstrance of the Army, and de-
clares against passing by Parliament,
498; recalls Hammond, 519; demands
money for the City, and announces
that the army will enter London, 530;
takes up his quarters at Whitehall,
531; asked to liberate the prisoners
after Pride's purge, 539; seizes money
in the City, 542; visited by four peers,
555; present at the first sitting of the
High Court of Justice, 565; his poli-
tical helplessness, 577; urged to sit
in the High Court of Justice, 579;
said to have entreated the Council of
Officers to spare the king, 589; see
Fairfax, Sir Thomas
Falkland, Viscount, 1633 (Lucius Cary),
nature of the royalism of, i. 7; sent
to Westminster to negotiate, 19; des-
pises the parliamentary army, 36;
reproves Rupert, 50; calls out for
peace at the siege of Gloucester, 241;
killed at Newbury, 250; character of,
256
Falmouth, Henrietta Maria sails from,
i. 457
Fanning, Dominic, intrusive mayor of
Limerick, ii. 541
Farmers of the customs, dismissed for
refusing to lend to Parliament, i. 96
Farnham, occupied by Waller, i. 286;
Waller retreats to, 401; Waller again
retreats to, 465; occupied and evacu-
ated by Goring, ii. 57; plan for sur-
prising the castle of, iii. 407; Charles
passes through, on his way from Hurst
Castle, 549
Farquharson, Donald, killed at Aberdeen,
ii. 186
Farr, Colonel, seizes the Essex Com-
mittee, iii. 395
Farringdon Castle, Cromwell fails to
take, ii. 158
Feilding, Richard, Colonel, surrenders
Reading, 150; condemned to death
and pardoned, 151
Feilding, Viscount (Basil Feilding), takes
part in the battle of Edgehill, 52, 53;
becomes Earl of Denbigh, 151; see
Denbigh, second Earl of
Fell, Dr. Samuel, as vice-chancellor of
the University of Oxford, resists the
visitation, iii. 141; deprivation of, 302
Ferrybridge, meeting of Leven, Man-
chester, and Fairfax at, i. 452
Fethard, Ormond's peace proclaimed at,
ii. 541
Fiennes, Nathanael, surrenders Bristol,
i. 210; condemned to death by a court-
martial and pardoned by Essex, 211;
restored to his seat in the House of
Commons, ii. 291; opposes Marten's
motion for a vote of No Addresses,
iii. 201; draws up a declaration in
support of the vote of No Addresses,
298; defends the king's final answer
from Newport, 531; said to have been
offered a secretaryship, 532; liberated
after Pride's purge, 539
Fife, Montrose's feint against, ii. 266;
slaughter of its levies at Kilsyth, 271;
abandons its resistance to Hamilton's
levies, iii. 405
Fifths, paid to wives and children of the
delinquent clergy, and of the owners of
sequestered estates, iii. 7, 9
Fifty subsidies, a forced loan of, i. 257
Firebrace, Henry, plans Charles's escape,
iii. 333
Fitzwilliam, Oliver, Colonel, sent to
Ireland to bring soldiers to England,
ii. 226
Fleet, the parliamentary, ships revolt
from, iii. 383, 384; supported by the
squadron at Portsmouth, 395; weak-
ness of, 403; disaffection in, 425;
desertion of the Constant Warwick
from, 427; separated from the royalist
fleet by a storm, 468; arrives in the
Downs, ib.; blockades the royalist
fleet at Helvoetsluys, 483
Fleet, the royalist, expels Rainsborough,
iii. 384; expected to return to its duty,
395; strength of, 403; crosses to
Goree, 404; Willoughby of Parham
vice-admiral of, ib.; welcomes the
Prince of Wales, 422; arrives off
Yarmouth, 423; sails for the Downs,
434; refuses to retreat to Holland,
467; sails up the Thames and returns
to Holland without fighting, 468;
blockaded at Helvoetsluys, 483; placed
under Rupert, 505
Fleetwood, Charles, Colonel, seizes club-
men at Shaftesbury, ii. 278; sent to
watch the king at Oxford, 428; elected
as a recruiter, 449; marches against
Oxford, 464; sent as a commissioner
to quiet the army, iii. 62
Fleetwood, Sir William, allowed to wait
on Charles at Newmarket, iii. 125
Fleming, Adjutant-General, resisted by
Poyer, iii. 325; driven out of Pem-
broke, 357; killed, 365
Fleming, Sir William, conveys to the
king an overture from some Scottish
lords, ii. 255; offers terms to the Scots
in Charles's name, 256; sent to Ams-
terdam to pawn the queen's jewels,
iii. 328; carries the offer of the Prince
of Wales to come to Scotland, 333;
carries back a formal invitation to the
prince, 371; returns to announce the
terms on which the prince will come,
Flint, surrender of the castle of, ii.
521
Forbes of Craigevar, Sir William, makes
a charge in the battle of Aberdeen,
ii. 96
Ford, Sir Edward, seizes Arundel, i.
Fortescue, Sir Faithful, deserts to the
king at Edgehill, i. 52
Forth, Earl of, 1642 (Patrick Ruthven),
appointed to command as general at
Edgehill, i. 51; appointed permanently
to the command, 59; influence of,
upon Charles's strategy, 79; comes
to Hopton's assistance, 378; takes the
command at Cheriton, 382; advises
the king on the campaign of 1644, 406;
probably suggests Charles's plan of
campaign in 1644, 413; created Earl
of Brentford, ib.; see Brentford, Earl
of
Fortifications, scheme for the demolition
of, iii. 31
Fountain, John, is imprisoned for refus-
ing to pay money to Parliament, i. 40,
41
Four Bills, the, drawn up by the Lords
in the form of propositions, iii. 264;
intended to test Charles's sincerity,
265; the Commons proceed with, 269;
passed, 270; presented to Charles,
271; rejected by Charles, 275
Fowey, secured by Essex, i. 464
France, Henrietta Maria hopes for
soldiers from, i. 75; state of, at the
accession of Louis XIV., 318; territorial
aggrandisement of, 319; in league
with the Prince of Orange, 410;
Charles hopes for assistance from,
492; Henrietta Maria pleads for help
from, ii. 121; occupies the Upper
Rhine, 122; gains ground in the
Netherlands and Germany, 275; the
Presbyterians hope for the support of,
319; the queen hopes for troops from
the Catholics of, 378; Henrietta Maria
receives an offer of money from the
clergy of, 411; proposal to send to
England an army from, 433; report
that he queen will obtain money and
troops from, 490; capture of Mardyk
and siege of Dunkirk by, 556; weakened
by the Spanish peace with the Dutch,
and by the Fronde, iii. 415; her
predominance in Germany secured by
the treaties of Westphalia, 483; con-
tinuance of the Fronde in, ib.
Frazer, Lord, 1637 (Andrew Frazer), his
conduct in the battle of Aberdeen, ii.
Frazers, the, join Hurry against Montrose,
ii. 182
Frederick Henry, Prince of Orange, see
Orange, Prince of
Freiburg, battle of, ii. 122
Fronde, the, the beginning of, iii. 415;
continuance of, 483
Fulford, occupied by Fairfax, ii. 427
Fuller, Thomas, character of, i. 325; his
plea for peace and the king, 326; his
sermon on Reformation, 327; flies to
Oxford, 328; becomes Hopton's chap-
lain, 329; his opposition to the
Puritans, ib.; calls the sectaries
Donatists, 367; relieved from taking
the covenant, ii. 465
Fyvie Castle, Montrose's defence of, ii. 99
GAGE, Henry, Colonel, relieves Basing
House, i. 498; joins in the relief of
Banbury, ib.; see Gage, Sir Henry
Gage, Sir Henry, relieves Basing House,
i. 518; killed, ii. 57; plan for employ-
ing in South Wales, 109; see Gage,
Henry
Gainsborough, surprised by Lord Wil-
loughby of Parham, i. 221; Crom-
well's victory at, 223; retreat of Crom-
well into, ib.; retaken by Newcastle,
224; recovered by Fairfax, 345;
abandoned after the relief of New-
castle, 374
Galway, taken by the confederates, i. 259
Gangræna, enumeration of heresies in
iii. 322
Gascoigne, Sir Bernard (Bernardo
Guasconi), condemned to be shot, iii.
459; reprieved, 460
Gauden, John, Dr., author of Eikon
Basiliké, iii. 600
Gayer, Sir John, active as lord mayor
in resisting the army, iii. 114; im-
peached, 204
Gell, Sir John, surrender of Lichfield to,
i. 113; takes part in the combat on
Hopton Heath, 123; fails to co-operate
with Cromwell, 166; joins Cromwell
at Nottingham, 186; his men undisci-
plined, ib.; joins Leven, ii. 230
General Assembly of the Church of
Scotland, see Scotland, the General
Assembly of the Church of
General Assembly of the Irish Confederate
Catholics, see Confederate Catholics,
General Assembly of
Gerard, Lord, 1645 (Charles Gerard),
collects troops in Shropshire, ii. 286;
supports Rupert's insubordination,
357; see Gerard, Sir Charles
Gerard, Sir Charles, commands the
royalists in South Wales, i. 486; ac-
companies Rupert to Oxford, 511;
defeats Laugharne, ii. 171; dismissed
and raised to the peerage, see Gerard,
Lord
Gerard, Sir Gilbert, urges the Commons
to levy taxes, i. 105
Gibbons, Major, sent to relieve Dover,
iii. 386; employed to suppress a dis-
turbance at Horsham, 407
Glamorgan, Earl of, 1644 (Edward
Somerset), character and aims of, ii.
109; his commission to bring Irish
soldiers to England, ib.; great pro-
mises made to, III; sent to Ireland,
115; object of the mission of, 116;
his instructions, 117; receives from
Charles an engagement to confirm his
actions, 119; explains the meaning of
the engagement, 120; receives a com-
mission to levy troops, ib.; receives a
commission to treat with the confede-
rates, 128; assures Charles that he
will bring him 6,000 Irish, 129; is
wrecked on the coast of Lancashire,
ib.; sets out for Dublin, 226; is de-
layed on his way, 255; arrives in
Dublin, 395; sets out for Kilkenny,
397; difficult position of, 398; signs a
secret treaty, 399; defeasance of, 401;
distrusted by Scarampi, 402; is pro-
mised an army for England, 403;
agrees with the Supreme Council to
compel Charles to assent to its terms,
404; expects to gain the support of
Rinuccini, 405; is won over by
Rinuccini, 406; makes a second secret
treaty, 407; his treaty denounced
before the Irish Council, 408; his
treaty denounced in the English Par-
liament, 409; disavowed by Charles,
413; is liberated and goes to Kilkenny,
416; urges Ormond to satisfy Rinuc-
cini, 419; submits to Rinuccini, 420;
prepares to go to the Continent,
and enters into another treaty with
Rinuccini, 421; prepares to relieve
Chester, and learns that Charles has
disavowed him, 422; gives up hope of
conducting an Irish army to England,
425; letters from, intercepted at Pad-
stow, 440; proposed by Rinuccini as
lord-lieutenant, 544
Glamorganshire, conditions imposed on
Charles by the gentry of, ii. 254; un-
popularity of Gerard in, 260
Glasgow, Montrose at, ii. 328; a Parlia-
ment summoned to meet at, 329; Sir
James Turner quarters soldiers on
the householders of, iii. 405
Glastonbury, skirmish at, i. 195
Glemham, Sir Thomas, surrenders Car-
lisle, ii. 229; appointed governor of
Oxford, 292; sets at liberty plunderers
sent to him by Cromwell, 344; tells
the king that his enemies will quar-
rel, 361; bids farewell to the king,
472; proposed seizure of Lynn by,
564; joins Langdale in Scotland, iii.
333
Gloucester, Stamford retreats to, i. 88;
holds out for Parliament, 100; the
Welsh insist on besieging, 229; condi-
tion of the garrison of, 232; summoned
by the king, 233; beginning of the
siege of, 234; relief of, 241; Back-
house pretends willingness to betray,
305; failure of an attempt to supply,
377; receives supplies, 405; Cromwell
reviews his forces at, iii. 372
Gloucester, Henry, Duke of, proposal to
crown, ii. 144, 409; alleged intention
of the Independents to crown, 510;
increase of the household of, iii. 345;
project of placing him on the throne
revived, 421; takes leave of his father,
592, 593
Gloucestershire, royalist successes in, i.
100; Waller's successes in, 120
Glyn, John, objects to the peace pro-
positions of the Lords, i. 220; im-
prisoned and expelled from the House
of Commons, iii. 191; see Eleven
Members, the
Godolphin, Sidney, death of, i. 99
Goffe, William, Major, afterwards
Colonel, proposes a prayer-meeting,
iii. 221; declares that Heaven is
against Charles, 235; takes part in a
prayer-meeting at Windsor, 365; sits
as one of the king's judges, 565
Goffe, Stephen, Dr., sent to negotiate
a marriage treaty with the Prince of
Orange, i. 409; sent to ask Dutch as-
sistance for transporting the Duke of
Lorraine to England, ii. 125, 158
Goldsmiths' Hall, Committee at, see
Committee for Compounding
Good, William, takes part in the ejec-
tions from Cambridge, i. 354
Goodwin, Arthur, Colonel, occupies Ox-
ford, i. 33; sent to Westminster by
Essex, 152
Goodwin, John, present at the discussion
on the Lilburnian draft of the Agree-
ment of the People, iii. 546
Goodwin, Robert, sent to Dublin by the
English House of Commons, i. 137;
leaves Dublin, 141
Goodwin, Thomas, one of the five Dis-
senting Brethren, i. 306; is asked to
take part in Ogle's plot, 312
Gordon, Adjutant, his conduct at Kil-
syth, ii. 270
Gordon, Lord (George Gordon), takes
part with the Covenanters, ii. 91;
refusal of Covenanters to serve under,
92; joins Montrose, 174; leads a
charge at Auldearn, 186; remains
faithful to Montrose, 248; killed at
Alford, 253
Gordon, Lord Lewis, takes part with the
Covenanters, ii. 91; fights againsf
Montrose at Aberdeen, ib.; his con-
duct in the battle of Aberdeen, 95;
joins Montrose, 174; deserts Montrose,
180; joins Montrose and leaves him,
350
Gordon, Nathaniel, joins Montrose, ii.
92; his conduct in the battle of Aber-
deen, 96; sent to gather forces, 249;
takes part in the battle of Alford, 252;
fights at Philiphaugh, 336; executed,
Goree, the royalist fleet at, iii. 404
Goring, George, Colonel, captured at
Wakefield and liberated, i. 163; joins
Rupert in the North, 429; routed by
Cromwell at Marston Moor, 446;
placed in command of the horse in
Cornwall, 462; occupies St. Blazey,
but permits Essex's horse to escape,
466. See Goring, Lord
Goring, Lord (George Goring), occupies
and evacuates Farnham, ii. 57; ravages
the western counties, and resolves to
besiege Taunton, 136; boastfulness of,
137; debauches of, 133; ordered to place
himself under Grenvile, 154; refuses
obedience, 155; ordered to join Rupert,
161; sets out for Oxford, 162; surprises
a part of Cromwell's horse, and arrives
at Faringdon, 163; despatched into
the West, 167; said to be ready to
change sides, 170; musters his troops
on Sedgemoor, 189; fails to defeat
Graves and Weldon, 190; intercepted
despatch from, 206; besieges Taunton,
229; misconduct of, 233; ill-treats the
clubmen, 234; raises the siege of
Taunton, ib.; outmanoeuvred by
Fairfax, 236; surprised by Massey,
237; takes up a position near Lang-
port, 238; defeated at Langport, 239,
240; declares that he is unable to
relieve Bristol, 287; his conduct after
his defeat at Langport, 315; ordered
to join the king, 320; makes difficulties |
about coming, 321; Charles expects
support from, 340; leaves England,
427
Goring, first Lord, 1628 (George Goring),
ambassador in France, i. 319; sends
arms to Oxford, 377; see Norwich,
Earl of
Gower, Sir Thomas, arrested, i. 110
Graham, Patrick, Montrose reaches the
house of, ii. 81; brings the men of
Athol to Montrose, 263
Grammont, Duke of, urges the Dutch to
join France against Dunkirk, ii. 555
Grant, Sir James, submits to Montrose,
Grant, Winter, sent by the Queen to
Ireland, iii. 348
Grantham, Cromwell's skirmish near, i.
167; junction of Cromwell and Mel-
drum at, 221
Grants, the, side with the Covenanters,
ii. 84
Gravelines, preparations for the siege
of, i. 410; surrenders to the French,
Graves, Richard, Colonel, sent to relieve
Taunton, ii. 165; commands the garri-
son at Holmby, iii. 88; flight of, 89;
proposal to place the London cavalry
under, 452
Great Mademoiselle, the, talk of marrying
the Prince of Wales to, ii. 411; courted
by the Prince of Wales, iii. 53
Great Seal, the Houses authorise the
use of the parliamentary, i. 293; the
House of Commons orders the making
of a new one, iii. 566
Greenland House, occupied by Brown, i.
456
Grenvile, Sir Bevil, supports Hopton, i.
80; takes part in the battle of Stratton, .
160; takes part in the battle of Lans-
down, 200; is killed, 201
Grenvile, Sir Richard, deserts to the
king, i. 376; falls back before Essex,
460; seizes Respryn Bridge and Lan-
hydrock, 463, 464; blockades Ply-
mouth, 486; ordered by Goring to join
in the siege of Taunton, ii. 136; refuses
to come, 137; approaches Taunton,
154; wounded before Wellington
House, 163; misconduct of, 232; sent
to serve under Goring, 233; asks to
be appointed commander-in-chief, and
refuses to serve under Hopton, 429;
imprisonment of, 430; resolution of
the House excepting from pardon, iii.
510
Grey of Groby, Lord (Thomas Grey),
commander of the Midland Association,
i. 90; refuses to join Cromwell against
Newark, 166; joins Cromwell at Not-
tingham, 186; makes Hamilton pri-
soner, iii. 447; sits as one of the king's
judges, 565
Grey of Wark, Lord, 1624 (William
Grey), reinforces Essex at the siege of
Reading, i. 149; pleads illness as an
excuse for not going as a commissioner
to Scotland, 209
Griffiths, Dr., his daughter killed at
Basing House, ii. 345
Grignon, Sieur de, French agent in
London, ii. 526
Grimston, Harbottle, urges Charles not
to waste time over the Treaty of New-
port, iii. 475
Grosvenor, Edward, Colonel, takes part
in the letter of four colonels to Ham-
mond, iii. 506
Guthry, Andrew, executed, ii. 391
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