HACKER, Francis, Colonel, charged with
the execution of the sentence on the
king, iii. 583, n. 1, 590; commands
the soldiers at St. James's, 592; on
the scaffold at the king's execution, 595
Halifax, the royalists fail to take, i. 101;
Sir T. Fairfax retreats to, 189; aban-
doned to Newcastle, 190
Hambledon Hill, occupied by clubmen,
ii. 278; captured by Cromwell, 279
Hamilton, Duke of, 1643 (James Hamil-
ton), sent as a prisoner to Pendennis
Castle, i. 349; is liberated and urges
Charles to accept the Newcastle pro-
positions, ii. 513; tries to induce the
Scots to abandon some of their preten-
sions, 522; his rivalry with Argyle, ib.;
obtains from the Scottish Parliament
a vote in favour of the king, 568; hesi-
tates to begin war, iii. 330; admits
that the clergy is more powerful in
Scotland than himself, 332; joins in a
formal invitation to the Prince of
Wales, 371; appointed to command
the Scottish army, 380; gains complete
control over the government of Scot-
land, 404; appoints a rendezvous at
Annan, 406; advances into England,
416; condemned by the General As-
sembly, 417; a cavalier's opinion on,
422; receives reinforcements and ad-
vances to Kendal, 433; orders Monro to
remain in the rear, and posts himself
at Hornby, 435; resolves to march
through Lancashire, 436; disperses his
army, 439; leaves Langdale unsup-
ported, 441; personal courage of, 442;
resolves to retreat after the battle of
Preston, 443; reaches and abandons
Wigan, 444; defeated at Winwick, 445 ;
orders Baillie to capitulate, ib.; capi-
tulates at Uttoxeter, 447; proposal to
banish, 508; vote for his banishment
repealed, 543; asks Cromwell to visit
him, ib.; refuses to give evidence
against his associates, 544; see
Hamilton, Marquis of; Scottish army
under the Duke of Hamilton
Hamilton, Marquis of, 1625 (James
Hamilton), urges Charles to raise a
party against Argyle, i. 145; gains over
the queen against Montrose, 146, 147;
dissuades Charles from prohibiting the
meeting of the Convention of Estates,
205; created a duke, 265; see Hamil-
ton, Duke of
Hamilton party, the, is prepared to
assist the king, iii. 193; opposes the
peace policy of the clergy, 329; has a
majority in a newly-elected Parlia-
ment, ib.; urges Charles to make
further concessions to the Presbyte-
rians, 330; dishonesty of the policy of,
371
Hamilton, Sir Frederick, his mission to
England, i. 392
Hammond, Henry, Dr., allowed to attend
the king as his chaplain, iii. 125; offici-
ates before the king, 131; expelled
from the University of Oxford, 305
Hammond, Robert, Colonel, carries a
letter for the council of war, to ask
Cromwell's appointment as major-
general, ii. 200; a prisoner in Basing
House, 346; takes part in the officers'
petition on service in Ireland, iii. 38;
summoned by the House of Commons,
43; appointed governor of the Isle of
Wight, 244; gives a vague promise to
protect Charles, 249; resolves to pre-
vent Charles's escape, 268; acts as a
spy on Charles, 270; secures Charles,
285; probably acts on instructions
from Fairfax, 286; ordered to dismiss
a number of the king's attendants,
297; attempts to seize the king's
papers, 334; urged by four colonels not
to allow the king to escape, 506; re-
called by Fairfax, 519; resolves to
obey the summons, 520; arrested and
sent to Reading, 521
Hammond, Thomas, Lieutenant-General,
takes part in the officers' petition on
service in Ireland, iii. 38; summoned
by the House of Commons, 43.
Hampden, Alexander, his part in Waller's
plot, i. 169; arrest of, 170; dies in
prison, 184
Hampden, John, Cromwell's conversation
with, i. 47; in the rear of Essex's
army, 49; checks Rupert's charge at
Kineton, 53; covers the retreat from
Brentford, 66; orders given him at
Turnham Green, 68; supports Pym's
overtures to the queen, 155; warns
Essex against a rash attack on Oxford,
175; death and character of, 168
Hampshire, Hopton in, i. 296; Waller's
successes in, 388
Hampton Court, Charles removed to,
iii. 187; Charles escapes from, 248
Hampton Court propositions, the, pre-
sented to the king, iii. 190; voted by
the Commons to be the basis of a
settlement, 362; both Houses agree to
present, 371
Harcourt, Count of, sent to England to
mediate a peace, i. 319
Harlech Castle, surrender of, ii. 521
Harley, Lady, besieged at Brampton
Bryan, 427
Harley, Sir Robert, destruction of monu-
ments by, i. 154
Harrington, James, accompanies Charles
to Hurst Castle, iii. 525
Harrington, Sir James, commands the
City regiments sent to help Manchester,
i. 497
Harrison, Thomas, Colonel, sent towards
Daventry, ii. 206; his rapturous expres-
sions at Langport, 240; calls for the
king's prosecution, iii. 246; mutiny in
the regiment of, 254; joins in a letter
from four colonels to Hammond, 506;
brings Lilburne to an understanding
with Ireton, 527; argues for dissolving
instead of purging the House of Com-
mons, 536; sets off to Hurst Castle,
547; his visit to Hurst Castle, 548;
convoys Charles from Farnham, 549;
sits as one of the king's judges, 565
Harvests, badness of, iii. 4
Hastings, proposal to land a French
army at, ii. 433
Hatfield, Charles removes to, iii. 131
Haverfordwest, taken by Gerard, ii. 172;
retaken by Laugharne, 260
Hawarden Castle, Brereton raises the
siege of, ii. 172
Hawes, Francis, Captain, appointed to
take part in the charge of the Isle of
Wight in Hammond's absence, iii. 520;
objects to offer violence to the king,
522
Hazlerigg, Sir Arthur, takes part in the
battle of Lansdown, i. 199; heads a
cavalry charge at Roundway Down,
203; appointed a member of the Com-
mittee of Both Kingdoms, 360; his
conduct at Cheriton, 383; urges Man-
chester to carry on the war vigorously,
509; speaks against fighting, 513; his
saying about Cromwell's nose, iii. 284;
appointed governor of Newcastle, ib.;
gives information of the intention of
the Scots to raise an army, 360; sends
a party to retake Tynemouth Castle,
433
Heads of the Proposals, The, analysis
of, iii. 159; anticipation of future con-
stitutional developments in, 162; hos-
tility of the king to, 163; communicated
unofficially to the king, 171; publica-
tion of, 174; negotiation for the
modification of, 186; republication of,
204; reported offer of the Independents
to treat on the basis of, 371
Heath, Sir Robert, made chief justice of
the King's Bench, i. 84; tries Lil-
burne, ib.
Helmsley, surrenders to Fairfax, i. 519
Helvoetsluys, the Prince of Wales at,
iii. 422; the prince's fleet blockaded
at, 483
Henderson, Alexander, comes to England
as a Scottish commissioner, i. 145;
prepares a draft of the Solemn League
and Covenant, 269; arrives in Eng-
land as a commissioner to the West-
minster Assembly, 275; clerical assist-
ant at the Treaty of Uxbridge, ii. 66;
Charles expresses a desire to see, 482;
holds a discussion with the king, 487;
death of, 488
Henderson, Colonel, his mission to Den-
mark, i. 45
Henderson, Sir John, commands the
royalists at Winceby fight, i. 282
Henley, meeting at, ii. 131
Henrietta Maria, Queen, her activity in
Holland, i. 42; hopes for assistance
from France and the Dutch, 74; re-
commends the employment of Irishmen
in England, 83; driven back by a
storm in an attempt to land in York-
shire, 108; lands at Bridlington Quay
and goes to York, 109; alleged plot
against, 110; wins over Sir H. Cholm-
ley, 122; sides with Hamilton against
Montrose, 147; Pym's secret negotia-
tion with, 155; sends arms to Charles,
ib.; hopes to advance southward, 157;
objects to abandon Orkney and Shet-
land, 163; proposed impeachment of,
170; reaches Newark, 187; receives
Hotham's promise to betray Hull and
Lincoln, 188; places her army under
Jermyn's command, 191; sets out for
Oxford, 192; is met by Rupert, 193;
meets Charles, and asks him to make
Jermyn a peer, 194; advocates a policy
of foreign alliances, 230; objects to the
siege of Gloucester and to giving a
good reception to the deserting earls,
236; seizure of the revenue of, 285;
favours Brooke's plot, 316; determines
to leave Oxford, 388; sets out for
Exeter, 390; proposes a marriage
between her eldest son and a daughter
of the Prince of Orange, 409; gives
birth to a daughter at Exeter, 456;
escapes to France, 457; urges Mazarin
to help Charles, 492; arrives in Paris,
and urges Mazarin to help Charles, ii.
121; supports O'Hartegan's request
for French aid, 122; consults a com-
mittee of English and Irish Catholics,
123; hopes to obtain the services of
the Duke of Lorraine in England,
124; failure of her attempt to get help
in France, 159; terms of peace to be
submitted to, 319; the Scottish terms
of peace to be submitted to, 365; is
disinclined to come to terms with the
Scots, 375; asks the continental Catho-
lics for help, ib.; is on bad terms with
Rinuccini, 377; sends Sir Kenelm
Digby to Rome, and hopes that Maza-
rin will lend her troops, 378; approves
reluctantly of a negotiation with the
Scots, 383; urges the French court to
assist Charles, 410; expects help from
the French clergy, 411; talks of marry-
ing her son to the daughter of the
Duke of Orleans, ib.; her negotiation
with the Scots discovered by an inter-
cepted letter, 432; proposes a French
invasion, 433; favours an alliance with
the Scots, 441; urges the prince to
come to France, 495; has instructions
prepared for Bellièvre, 508; urges
Charles to accept Presbyterianism
without the covenant, 515; again
urges compliance with the Scottish
terms, 523; threatens to retire into a
nunnery, 553; urges Charles to abandon
the bishops and hold to the militia,
555; assures Charles that Mazarin will
help him, 558; derides Charles for
talking of abdicating, 571; fresh Pres-
byterian proposals sent to, iii. 26;
teaches the Prince of Wales to make
love to the Great Mademoiselle, 53;
mission of Dunfermline to, 98; tries to
pawn her jewels, 328; sends Winter
Grant to Ireland, 348; Irish commis-
sioners sent to, 355; makes arrange-
ments for a rising in England, 388;
raises money for Ormond, 413; parties
at the court of, 415; sends Fleming
to Scotland with a small supply of
arms and money, 417; her hopes of
aid from France cut short by the
Fronde, 483; negotiates with the Duke
of Lorraine for troops and with Venice
for money, and offers Irish soldiers to
Mazarin, ib.; hopes for assistance
from Ireland, 484; asks leave to visit
her husband, 561
Henrietta, Princess, birth of, i. 456; is to
remain under Lady Dalkeith's charge,
i1. 465; carried off to France, 573
Henry, son of Charles I., see Gloucester,
Duke of
Herbert, George, parody on his Sacri-
fice, i. 13
Herbert of Cherbury, Lord, 1629 (Ed-
ward Herbert), surrenders Montgomery
Castle, ii. 32
Herbert of Raglan, Lord (Edward So-
merset), raises a Welsh army, i. 88;
defeated by Waller at Highnam, 120;
lends immense sums to Charles, ii. 108;
created Earl of Glamorgan by warrant,
ib.; see Glamorgan, Earl of
Herbert, Sir Edward, refuses the at-
torney-generalship, i. 285
Herbert, Thomas, accompanies Charles
to Hurst Castle, iii. 525; remains in
attendance on Charles after his sen-
tence, 593; accompanies Charles to
Whitehall, 594; asks to be excused
from appearing on the scaffold, 595
Hereford, occupied by the parliamen-
tarians, i. 38; evacuated by Stamford,
88; taken by Waller, 152; abandoned
by Waller, 162; arrival of Charles at,
ii. 224; besieged by Leven; 254; pro-
gress of the siege of, 281; Charles
raises the siege of, 283; surprised by
Birch and Morgan, 386
Herefordshire, rising of countrymen in,
ii. 139; royalists defeated in, 224; de-
sertion of royalist levies in, 244;
plundered by the Scots, 282
Heresies, enumerated in
iii. 322
Herle, Charles, signs a declaration in
favour of toleration, i. 314
Hertford, Marquis of, 1640 (William
Seymour), holds out for the king at
Sherborne, i. 23; abandons Sherborne
and goes into Wales, 38; joins the
king at Oxford with Welsh levies, 100;
sets out from Oxford and occupies
Salisbury, 162, 163; joins Hopton at
Chard, 195; advances with him
towards Bath, 198; moves off towards
Salisbury, 202; his dispute with
Rupert, 230; accompanies the king to
Oxford, 231; takes part in the Treaty
of Uxbridge, ii. 66; attends a council at
Hampton Court, 206
Hertfordshire, petitions for peace, i. 95;
outrages by soldiers in, 149
Hewson, John, Colonel, directs Whalley
to resist the removal of the king's
chaplains, iii. 131; sent to enforce the
payment of money in London, 255; one
of the king's judges, 565
High Court of Justice, the, first and
second reading of the ordinance for the
erection of, iii. 561; act passed by the
Commons only for the erection of, 562;
meets in the Painted Chamber, 565;
its preliminary sittings, 567-9; sits
in Westminster Hall, 570; the king
brought in and charged before, 571;
its authority questioned by Charles,
572; the king a second time before,
573; the king a third time before,
576; dissensions amongst the members
of, ib.; rejects a proposal to put the
king to death as contumacious, and
hearsevidence in the Painted Chamber,
578; passes preliminary sentence, 581;
the king for the fourth time before,
585; sentences the king to death, 586
Highnam, Waller's victory at, i. 120
Hillesden House, taken by Cromwell, i.
365
Hodder Bridge, Cromwell holds a council
of war at, iii. 438
Holborn, Major-General, sent to relieve
Taunton, ii. 34; relieves Taunton, 38;
retreats from Taunton, 137
Holiday, a monthly, granted to the City
apprentices, iii. 153
Holland, arrival of the Prince of Wales
in, iii. 422
Holland, Earl of, 1624 (Henry Rich),
plays fast and loose with both parties,
i. 61; takes arms in defence of the
City, 67; urges the king to yield
something to Parliament, 119; his
anxiety for peace, 169; attempts to
draw over Essex to the peace party,
214; deserts the Parliament, 234; his
reception at Oxford, 236; returns to
London, 288; supports Montreuil's
negotiation, ii. 318; offers to mediate
between the Scots and the English
Presbyterians, 319; proposes that the
king shall go to the Scottish army,
360; is irritated at the refusal of the
Commons to grant him money, 387
takes part in a proposal of terms to the
king, iii. 26; appointed commander-in
chief of the royalist insurgents, 388;
fills up a blank commission in favour
of Norwich, ib.; his designs known to
the Committee of Derby House, 406;
takes the field at Kingston, 408; at-
tacks Reigate, and is driven back to
Kingston, 410; rides off in despair,
411; captured at St. Neots, 412; reso-
lution of the Houses for the banish-
ment of, 510
Holland, the States of, oppose the Prince
of Orange, i. 42
Holles, Denzil, his regiment at Edgehill,
i. 54; slaughter of his regiment at
Brentford, 66; joins the peace party,
71, 93; wishes to negotiate before
disbandment, 106; defends Essex,
484; Charles attempts to win, ii. 24;
takes part in a conference on impeach-
ing Cromwell, 25; makes a report on
Manchester's charge against Cromwell,
27; charges brought by Savile and
Lilburne against, 309; one of the
leaders of the Presbyterians, iii. 29;
draws up a declaration against the
army petition, 43; interrupted before
fighting a duel with Ireton, 45; his
evidence against Cromwell discussed,
103, n.; takes his seat in the House of
Commons, 467; urges Charles not to
waste time over the Treaty of Newport,
475; reports Charles's final answer
from Newport, 531; see Eleven Mem-
bers, the
Holles, leader of the clubmen of Dorset,
Holmby House, the Commons vote that
the king shall be removed to, ii. 573;
Charles's journey towards, iii. 24;
Charles's arrival at, 25; proposed re-
moval of Charles from, 84; mission
of Joyce to, 87; removal of Charles
from, 92; the Commons order Fairfax
to restore the king to, 98
Holt Castle, surrender of, ii. 521
Home, Earl of, 1633 (James Home), plays
a double game with Montrose, ii.
334
Honeywood, Sir Thomas, seizes the
Essex county magazine, iii. 392; joins
Fairfax, 399
Hooker, Richard, traces of Clarendon's
study of The Ecclesiastical Polity of,
ii. 501
Hopkins, William, Charles lodges at the
house of, iii. 472; Charles corresponds
about his escape with, 479, 482
Hopton, Sir Ralph, occupies Pendennis
Castle, i. 38; part assigned to him in
the campaign of 1643, 78; opens the
campaign in Cornwall, 79, 80; drives
the parliamentarians out of Cornwall,
81; advances towards Exeter, 88; re-
treats into Cornwall, 98; defeats Ruth-
ven at Bradock Down, 99; driven back
from Sourton Down, 152; defeats
Stamford at Stratton, 159; advances
through Devonshire into Somerset,
195; his correspondence with Waller,
196; advances against Bath, 198;
fights a battle on Lansdown, 199; dis-
abled by an explosion, 202; is carried
to Devizes, ib.; besieged in Devizes,
203; named governor of Bristol, 230;
accepts the lieutenant-governorship,
231; see Hopton, Lord
Hopton, Lord, 1643 (Ralph Hopton),
English soldiers from Ireland serve
under, i. 290; advance of, 294; mutinous
state of the army of, 296; takes
Arundel Castle, 297; advances to Win-
chester, 377; establishes his army near
Cheriton, 378; defeated at Cheriton,
382-4; sent to Bristol, 410; appointed
master of the ordnance, 462; sent to
the west with Prince Charles, ii. 131;
appointed commander-in-chief in the
West, 429; advances towards Torring-
ton, 434; is defeated at Torrington,
435; retreats to Stratton, 436; falls
back on Bodmin, 437; treats for a
surrender, 438; surrenders, 439; refuses
to accompany the prince to France,
496; resents a proposal to cede the
Channel Islands to France, 559; sup-
ports an understanding with the Scots,
iii. 422; see Hopton, Sir Ralph
Hopton Heath, Northampton killed at,
123
Hornby, Hamilton halts at, iii. 435
Horsham, disturbance at, iii. 407
Horton, Thomas, Colonel, sent to dis-
band Laugharne's regiments, iii. 358;
finds South Wales in a state of revolt,
365; defeats the Welsh at St. Fagans,
Hotham, Captain John, takes Cawood
Castle, i. 39; defeated at Pierce
Bridge, 82; grows lukewarm, 121, 122;
opens a negotiation with the queen,
164, 165; misconduct of, 186; arrest
and escape of, 187; accuses Cromwell,
ib.; re-arrested, 188; sentenced to
death, ii. 46; executed, 47
Hotham, Sir John, grows lukewarm in the
Parliamentary cause, i. 121, 122; is
ready to betray Hull and Lincoln, 165;
arrest of, 188; sentenced to death, ii.
46; executed, 47
Hounslow Heath, reception of the fugi-
tive members of Parliament by the
army on, iii. 175
Houses, the, see Parliament
Howley House, stormed by Newcastle, i.
189
Hudson, Michael, Dr., accompanies the
king to the Scots' camp, ii. 472; sent with
a message to Montreuil, 473; brings
back the terms of the Scots, 474; es-
cape and recapture of, 480; acknow-
ledges his mission to France, 492;
escape of, 563; announces a general
rising for the king, 564
Hull, the Hothams offer to betray, i. 165;
arrest of the Hothams at, 188; Lord
Fairfax invited to be governor of, 190;
Fairfax confirmed in the governorship
of, 221; besieged by Newcastle, 229;
Cromwell throws supplies into, 281;
stout defence of, 283; raising of the
siege of, 284
Humble Representation of the Dissatis-
factions of the Army, A, presented to
Fairfax on Kentford Heath, iii. 100
Huncks, Hercules, Colonel, charged with
the execution of the sentence on the
king, iii. 583, n. 1, 590
Hunsdon, Lord (John Carey), impeached,
Huntingdon, Charles hears of the battle
of Kilsyth at, ii. 262; plundered by
Charles's soldiers, 274
Huntington, Robert, Major, his evidence
against Cromwell discussed, iii. 63,
n. 1; Charles shows favour to, 145;
Cromwell's conversation with, 191;
presents to the House of Lords a nar-
rative assailing Cromwell, 428; at-
tacked by Lilburne, 429
Huntly, second Marquis of, 1636 (George
Gordon), holds a conference with Mont-
rose, 207; suppressed by Argyle,
395; gives up hope, ii. 80; attempts
of Alaster Macdonald to join, 84;
named by the king lord-lieutenant
of the North, 91; continues to keep
aloof from Montrose, 174; recalls the
Gordons from Montrose, 248; again
recalls the Gordons, 350; keeps his
forces together on the receipt of a
private message from the king, 513;
remains in arms after Montrose's de-
parture, 525; capture of the strong-
holds of, iii. 68
Hurry, John, Colonel, deserts to the
king, i. 176; is knighted, 182; see
Hurry, Sir John
Hurry, Sir John, plunders Wycombe, i.
182; deserts to Parliament, 487; sent
against Montrose, ii. 161; opposed to
Montrose, 176; goes into the North,
181; collects forces, 182; attempts to
surprise Montrose, 183; is defeated at
Auldearn, 186; joins Baillie, 247; leaves
Baillie, 248; allowed by Middleton to
leave Scotland, 524; captured after the
battle of Preston, iii. 444
Hurst Castle, orders given to remove
Charles to, iii. 521; Charles removed
to, 525
Hutchinson, John, Colonel, remonstrates
with Hotham, i. 186; supports Crom-
well against Hotham, 187; refuses to
betray Nottingham, 305; sits as one
of the king's judges, iii. 565
Hyde, Sir Edward, political principles of,
i. 127; advises that the deserting earls
should be well received, 236; sent to
the West with Prince Charles, ii. 134;
remonstrates with Goring, 155; argues
that the Prince of Wales ought to re-
main in his father's dominions, 485;
refuses to accompany the prince to
France, and resolves to have nothing
to do with foreign intrigues, 496; prin-
ciples of, 497; dissatisfied with Charles,
498; begins his 'History of the Great
Rebellion,' 499; character of the work,
500; his study of Hooker, 501; com-
ments on the Newcastle propositions,
509; resents a proposal to cede the Chan-
nel Islands to France, 559; opposes an
understanding with the Scots, iii. 423;
is treated rudely by Jermyn, ib.
IMPRESSMENT, employed to raise part of
the New Model Army, ii. 149
Inchiquin, Lord, 1635 (Murrough
O'Brien), asks for the presidency of
Munster, i. 391; is refused, 392; his
regiment before Lyme, 420; declares
for Parliament, ii. 113; takes offence
at Lisle's conduct, iii. 46; storms the
Rock of Cashel, 351; defeats Taafe
near Mallow, 354; thinks of changing
sides, ib.; declares for the king, 356;
signs a cessation with the Supreme
Council, 414
Independents, the ecclesiastical, growth
and opinions of, i. 106; dislike of the
covenant amongst, 307; propose terms
to the king, 310; draw back, 312; hope
that the Assembly will be conciliatory,
313; distrust Bristol's overtures, 315;
variety of opinions amongst, ii. 372;
religious practices of, iii. 321
Independents, the political, do not resist
the establishment of parochial Presby-
terianism, ii. 53; expect the Treaty of
Uxbridge to fail, 65; reject the tolera-
tion scheme of the Oxford clergy, 72;
intrigue of Lord Savile with, 170;
supported by the Erastians, 367;
Charles negotiates secretly with, 375,
379; ask the king to tolerate Inde-
pendency in Ireland, 380; the king's
deposition proposed by the leaders of,
409; Baillie's tirade against, 492;
growing strength of, 493; fear that
Charles will accept the Newcastle pro-
positions, 511; their policy in relation
to the Scots, 548; character of their
influence in the House, 520; wish to
keep the king at a distance from Lon-
don, 527; wish to disband Massey's
regiments, 529; make fresh offers to
the king, 551; favourable to Spain,
557; do not oppose an ordinance
against blasphemy and heresy, 571;
attempt to limit the ordinance against
lay preaching, 575; take refuge with
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