THE FIRST VOLUME.

425

Corporation. See Charters; Towns.

Council of Thirty; created byCharles II., 231. Its dispersal, 249.

Country gentlemen. See Gentle-men.

Country party; its rise and compo-sition, 200. Its embarrassing si-tuation, 224. Its dealings with theFrench embassy, 224. 225.

Court; changes effected by the Re-volution of 1688 in the relationsbetween it and the higher classes,358.

Court of Charles II. described, 359.360.

Covenant, the; burned, 113. Ad-herence of the Scottish lowland-ers to it, 182. 183.

Covenanters, Scottish; their rebel-lion, fortitude, and sufferings,183. Murder the primate, 253.Defeated by Monmouth, ib.

Coventry, Sir John; assaulted, atthe instance of thecourt party, 201.Monmouth’s connection there-with, 246.

Coventry, Sir William, 218. note,241. note.

Cowley, 394. 401. note.

Cranmer, Thomas; his characterand services, 50. 51. Ills opinionsconcerning church government,54. 55.

Crimping and kidnapping, 330. 331.

Crofts, James, 246. See Monmouth,Duke of.

Cromwell, Oliver; his estimate ofHampden’s regiment, 112. Riseof his parly; his military genius,and successes, 114. 115. Cha-racter of his army, 118—121. Hisconquest of, and policy towardsIreland and Scotland, 121. 128.His aspirations for supreme pow-er, 129. His parliament (seeBarebone); his elevation to theProtectorate; firstHouse ofCom-mons, and scheme of representa-

tive reform, 132.133. His Houseof Lords, 133. Dissolution of hisfirst, and nomination and disso-lution of his second, House ofCommons, 134. His domestic andforeign policy, 135.136. His po-pularity amongst the continentalProtestants, 136. Exhumation ofhis remains, 153. His system ofchurch government, 156. Ilis con-nivance at theatrical exhibitions,161. Redemption of his namefrom obloquy, 189. Rejoicings atAmsterdam on his death, ib.

Cromwell, Richard; his accession,and character, 131.138. Ilis fall,140.

Cromwellians; their animosity to-wards the native Irish, 184.

Crown (see Prerogative); its relationto the Church, 53. 54. Its reve-nues, 282. 283.

Crusades; their beneficial effects, 1.

Cudwortb, 325.

Customs. See Revenue.

Danby, Thomas Osborn, Earl of;his administration, 221. 222. Hisforeign policy, 223. His agencybetween Charles and Lewis, 224.229. His impeachment, 232. Re-vial thereof in the new parlia-ment, and bis plea, 235. Ilis faithwith public creditors, 284. Hisgains whilst in power, 305.

DangerOeld; failure of his plots,254.

Danish invasions of Britain; theirinjurious effects on the progressof civilisation, 9.10.

Davenant, Charles, quoted, 309.

Defoe; his pamphlet referred to,415. note.

Derby, 334.

De Ruyter, 188. 215.

Desborougb, 142.

De Witt, 188. See Triple Alliance,199. Murder of, 215.