CANTERBURY.

iv. 516.

CHARLES I.

Castelmaine, Roger Palmer, Earl of, ii.
47. James II.'s ambassador to Rome,
76, 265. His audiences with the
Pope; his dismissal, 269. Impeached,
iii. 511.

Canterbury, Archbishop of; his income, | Catalonia, French successes in (1694),
i. 309.
Capel, Sir Henry, Commissioner of the
Treasury, iii. 21. His jealousy of
Halifax, 408. Defends Clarendon in
the Privy Council, 605. One of the
Lords Justices of Ireland, iv. 369.
Captains, sea, under Charles II., i. 305.
Care, Henry, ii. 221.

Catharine of Portugal, Queen of Charles
II., i. 191.

Carey, Henry, a natural son of Lord Catinat, Marshal, leads French forces

Halifax, iv. 545.

Carlisle, Earl of, ii. 653.

Carmelites in London, ii. 98.

Carmichael, Lord, William III.'s Com-
missioner in the Scotch General As-
sembly, iii. 708.

Carrickfergus, taken by Schomberg, iii.

421. Landing of William III. at, 615.
Carstairs, a witness in the Popish plot,

i. 238. His death, 482.
Carstairs, William; his fortitude under
torture, ii. 460. His advice to Wil-
liam III., 488. His influence with
William in Scotch affairs, iii. 298.
Carter, Admiral, iv. 222. Killed in the
battle of La Hogue, 236. His funeral,

242.

Carthagena, sacked by the French, iv.
801.

Cartwright, Thomas, Bishop of Chester,
ii. 88. Takes part in a Popish pro-
cession, 272. At Chester, 295. Com-
missioner at Oxford, 301. A tool of
James II., 350, 359. Insulted by the
populace, 370, 387. Present at the
interview of the bishops with James,
480. Attends James II. to Ireland, iii.
166. His death, 221.

into Piedmont, iii. 710. Gains the
victory of Marsiglia, iv. 430. Joined
by the Duke of Savoy, 712.
Cavaliers, designation of, i. 101. Party,
how composed, 102, 103. Their ar-
guments, 104. Their early successes,
115. Under the Protectorate, 138.
Coalesce with the Presbyterians, 144.
Their renewed disputes with the
Roundheads after the Restoration,
156-160. Their Discontent, 232.
Cavendish, Lady, her letter to Sylvia,
iii. 2.

Celibacy of clergy, how regarded by the
Reformers, i. 78.

Celts, in Scotland and Ireland, i. 65.
Chamberlayne, Hugh, a projector of the
Land Bank, iv. 496. and note. His
miscalculations, 498. His persistence
in his scheme, 693.

Chambers; his share in the assassina-
tion plot, iv. 659, 665.
Chancellors, provision for, on their re-
tirement, v. 258.

Chaplains, domestic, i. 328, 329.
Charlemont, taken by Schomberg, iii.
586.

Charlemont, Lord, iv. 116.

Caryl, John, agent of James II. at Charleroy, taken by the French, iv. 414.

Rome, ii. 76.

Cassels; his share in the assassination
plot, iv. 655, 666.

Castile, supremacy of, over the Spanish
empire, v. 98. Strong feeling in,

against the partition of the Spanish
dominions, 143.

Charles I.; his accession and character,
i. 84. Parliamentary opposition to,
85. Reigns without Parliaments; vio-
lates the Petition of Right, 87. His
measures towards Scotland, 94. Calls
a Parliament, 95. Dissolves it, 96.
His scheme for a Council of Lords;

CHARLES II.

summons the Long Parliament, 97.
His visit to Scotland, 98. Suspected
of inciting the Irish rebellion, 107.
Impeaches the five members, 109.
Departs from London, 110. His ad-
herents, 114. His flight and impri-
sonment, 119. His deceit, 127. Ex-
ecuted, 128. Public feeling regard-
ing his martyrdom, iii. 508.

His

His

CHESTERFIELD.

mise without issue, v. 94. Intrigues
of the several claimants at his Court,
102. His physical and mental inca-
pacity, 102-104. Factions in his
Court, 104. Designates the Prince of
Bavaria as his successor, 143. Su-
perstitious terrors inspired by Cardinal
Portocarrero, 195. His visit to the
sepulchre of the Escurial, 196, 197.
Charles XI. of Sweden; his death, iv.

792.

iii. 437.

Charlton, Judge, dismissed by James II.,
ii. 82.

Charnock, Robert, ii. 290. Supports
James's attack on Magdalene College,
302. Becomes a Jacobite Conspira-
tor, iv. 570. Sent by his confederates
to St. Germains, 587. His share in
the assassination plot, 656. Arrested,
668. His trial, 672. And execution,
675. His paper justifying his conspi-
racy, 676.

Charter, the Great, i. 16.
Charterhouse, James II.'s attack on, ii.

Charles II.; acknowledged by Scotland
and Ireland, i. 130. His restoration,
150. His character, 168, 171. Profli- Charles, Duke of Lorraine, takes Mentz,
gacy of his reign, 180. His govern-
ment becomes unpopular, 188, 189.
His marriage, 191. His revenge on
Sir John Coventry, 205. His league
with Lewis XIV., 206–211.
modes of raising money, 217. Thwarts
the foreign policy of Danby, 227. Con-
sults Sir William Temple, 240. Re-
sists the Exclusion Bill, 262.
politic measures, 265, 266. Violates
the law, 271. Factions in his Court,
279. His army, 295-298. State of
his navy, 299-305. Ordnance, 306.
His envoys abroad, 308. Entertained
at Norwich, 339. His Court; his affa-
bility, 366, 367. His laboratory at
Whitehall, 409. His habits, 429.
His sudden illness, 432, 433. Refuses
the Eucharist from Protestant bishops,
435. Absolved by Friar Huddleston,
438, 439. His interview with his
natural children, 439. His death,
440. Conflicting accounts of his death
scene, 441. note. Suspected to have
been poisoned, 442, 443. His funeral,
445. His dislike of Jeffreys, 453.
Papers in his writing published by
James II., ii. 44. His popular quali-
ties, iii. 50. Touches for the king's
evil, 479.

292.

Charters, municipal, seized by Charles
II., i. 270.

Chartres, Philip, Duke of, at the battle
of Steinkirk, iv. 280. At Landen,

408.
Chateau Renaud, Count of, commands
the French fleet in Bantry Bay, iii. 201.
Chatham; Dutch fleet at, i. 192.
Chatsworth, ii. 251.
Chaucer, i. 20.

Chelsea in 1685, i. 351.
Chelsea Hospital, i. 307.
Cheltenham, i. 346.

Cheshire, discovery of salt in, i. 317.
Contested election for (1685), 480.
Chester, James II. at, ii. 294. William
III.'s departure from, for Ireland, iii.

Charles II. of Spain, joins the coalition
against France, iii. 122. Justifies
his league with heretics, 126. His
imbecility, iv. 263. His expected de- Chesterfield, Philip, Earl of, joins the

601.

Cheyney, Graham, Viscount; his duel Clancy, a Jacobite agent, iv. 714, 715.
with Lord Wharton, v. 240.
Chiffinch, introduces Friar Huddleston
to Charles II.'s death-bed, i. 438. His
contract with Jeffreys, 453.
Child, Sir John, Governor of Bombay,

Clench, William, a Roman Catholic Colchester, Richard Savage, Lord, joins

COMMONERS.

CONVENTION.

bridge, 281. Against Magdalene Col-
lege, Oxford, 291. Further proceed-
ings in, 422. Abolished, 462.

Condé, the Prince of; his opinion of
William of Orange, ii. 166.
Conduit Street, i. 359.

Commoners, distinguished families of, Coningsby, Thomas, Paymaster-General

i. 38.

Commons, House of; its first sittings,

i. 17. How constituted, 39. Com-
mencement of its contest with the
Crown, 85. See Parliament.
Commonwealth proclaimed, i. 129.
Companies, projected (1692), iv. 320-

322.

Compounders, The, iv. 387. Advise
James II. to resign the crown to his
son, 392.
Comprehension Bill; its provisions, iii.
91. Resistance to, 92. Suffered to
drop, 99, 113. The object of it de-
feated by Convocation, 494.
Compton, Henry, Bishop of London;
tutor to the Princesses Mary and
Anne, ii. 32. Disgraced by James
II., 35. Declines to suspend Sharp,
92. Proceedings against him, 96.
Suspended from his spiritual func-
tions, 97. His education of the Prin-
cess Mary, 173. His communications
with Dykvelt, 253. Joins in the con-
sultations of the bishops, 351. Joins
the revolutionary conspiracy, 409.
Signs the invitation to the Prince
of Orange, 412. His suspension re-
moved, 467. Questioned by James;
his equivocation, 479. Takes part in
the conference of the bishops with
James, 495. Assists the flight of
the Princess Anne, 522. Waits on
William at St. James's, 587. Sup-
ports the Comprehension Bill, iii.
91. Assists at the coronation of Wil-
liam and Mary, 118. His claims for
the primacy, 487. His discontent at
being passed over, 488. Accompanies
William to Holland, iv. 1. His jea-
lousy of Tillotson, 35. Preaches at St.
Paul's on the Thanksgiving Day, 809.

under William III., iii. 618.

One of

the Lords Justices for Ireland, 676.
Orders the execution of Gafney, iv. 69.
Signs the Treaty of Limerick, 105.
Becomes unpopular with the Eng-
lishry, 364. His recall, 365. Prior's
ballad against, 365. note.
Consistory Courts, ii. 90.
Constantinople, English ambassador at,
in the reign of Charles II., i. 308.
Conti, Armand, Prince of, at the battle
of Steinkirk, iv. 280.
Conventicle Act, The, ii. 213.
Convention, The, summoned by the
Prince of Orange in 1688, ii. 598.
Election of Members, 608. Meets,
623. Debates on the state of the na-
tion, 628, 640, 644. The Commons
declare the throne vacant, 632. The
Lords discuss the question of a re-
gency, 633. The Lords negative the
clause declaring the throne vacant,
645.

Dispute between the Houses,
645, 647. The Lords yield, 653. Re-
forms suggested by the Commons
Committee, 654, 655. Adopts the
Declaration of Right, 658. Declares
William and Mary King and Queen ;
settles the succession, 659. Its ad-
herence to ancient forms and princi-
ples, 667, 668. Question of its con-
version into a Parliament, iii. 27. Bill
to that effect passed by the Lords, 30.
By the Commons, 31. See Parlia-
ment of 1689.

Convention, Scotch, iii. 248. Letter
of William III. to, 262. Its meet-
ing, 271. Elects the Duke of Hamil-
ton president, 273. Appoints a Com-
mittee of Elections; summons Edin-
burgh Castle to surrender, 274. Letter
of James II. to, 277. William's let-