Read Civil War: The History of England Volume III Online
Authors: Peter Ackroyd
Charles II, King: birth,
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; joins father at Greenwich (1642),
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; accompanies father to York,
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; in civil war,
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; letter of resolution from father,
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; exile abroad,
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; proclaimed king by Scots,
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; invited to Scotland (1650),
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; crosses into England,
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; crowned king of Scotland,
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; escapes to France,
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; correspondence with supporters in England,
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; moves from France to Spanish Netherlands,
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; Spain supports,
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; waits in Flanders to invade England,
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; and Monck’s position in London,
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; issues declaration from Breda,
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,
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; returns to England and restored to throne,
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; appearance and character,
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; bored by administrative business,
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,
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; diminished royal power,
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; practises king’s touch,
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; religious faith,
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; coronation,
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; marriage to Catherine,
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; mistresses and illegitimate children,
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; court libertinage and cynicism,
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,
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; petitioned by Quaker woman,
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; declarations of indulgence (on religious toleration),
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,
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; direct help in Great Fire of London,
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; arouses popular distrust,
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,
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; dismisses Clarendon,
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; forms cabal,
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; negotiates Triple Alliance,
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; relations with Louis XIV,
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,
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,
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,
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; expresses desire to convert to Catholicism,
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; receives subsidies from France,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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; declares war on Dutch (1672),
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; suspends repayment of loans (‘the stop’),
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; cancels declaration of indulgence,
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; prorogues parliament (1674 & 1675),
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,
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; closes coffee-houses,
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; secret treaty with Louis XIV,
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; differences with parliament,
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; parliament grants money for war against France,
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; ‘Popish Plot’ against life,
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; dissolves Cavalier Parliament ( January 1679),
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; dissolves privy council and forms new council,
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; prorogues parliament (1679),
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; fears for survival,
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; and James as successor,
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; proclaims Monmouth’s illegitimacy,
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; serious illness (1679),
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,
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; prorogues parliament (1680),
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; and exclusion crisis,
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; orders new assembly in Oxford (1681),
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; decides on personal rule,
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; Rye House Plot against,
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; final illness and death,
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; received into Roman Catholic communion,
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Chatham: Dutch penetrate defences (1667),
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Cheriton, battle of (1644),
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Chester: falls in civil war,
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Chesterfield, Philip Stanhope, 2nd earl of,
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Christian, duke of Brunswick,
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,
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Christian IV, king of Denmark,
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Christina, queen of Sweden,
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Christmas: abolished (1644),
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Church of England (Anglicanism): and authority,
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; Laud’s ‘Declaration’ on,
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; alliance with Crown in cleansing kingdom,
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; practices and rituals,
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; clergy required to take oath,
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; convocation supports Charles I,
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; reforms (1640),
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; imposed on nation,
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; in eighteenth century,
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; Danby champions,
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Church of Scotland: Charles I’s canons and Service Book for,
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,
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; and national covenant,
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; general assembly meets (1636),
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; bishops removed,
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;
see also
Presbyterians
Churchill, John (
later
1st duke of Marlborough),
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civil war (1642–6): beginnings and causes,
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,
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; divided loyalties,
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,
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; soldiers,
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; financing,
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; peace calls,
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,
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; conduct of and engagements,
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,
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,
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; siege warfare,
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; second (1648),
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; casualties,
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Clarendon, Edward Hyde, 1st earl of: on Digby,
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; on Charles I’s insecurity,
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; on Charles I’s unpopularity,
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; on Hampden trial,
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; on Charles I raising forces at York,
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; on Berwick peace negotiations,
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; serves in 1640 parliament,
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; on accusations against Strafford,
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; on Irish rebellion,
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; on parliament’s unpopularity,
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; on loss of navy to Charles I,
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; on beginning of civil war,
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; disparages Essex,
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; on Prince Rupert,
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; praises Cromwell as commander,
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; on Charles I’s trial,
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; on Cromwell’s assumption of power,
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; Broderick reports on disaffection to,
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; as Lord Chancellor under Charles II,
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; disparages Quakers,
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; mediates for Charles II,
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; on Charles II’s discomposure,
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; and sale of Dunkirk to French,
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,
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; fall from favour and dismissal,
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; exile,
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;
History of the Rebellion
,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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Clarkson, Laurence,
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Claypole, Elizabeth (
née
Cromwell; Oliver’s daughter),
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Claypole, John,
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Clement X, Pope: burnt in effigy,
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Cleveland, John,
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Clifford, Thomas, 1st baron,
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,
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Clotworthy, John,
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Clough, William,
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clubmen,
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Cobham, Henry Brooke, 8th baron,
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,
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coffee, 369 coffee-houses,
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; closed by Charles II and reopened,
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Coke, Sir Edward: dispute with James I over law,
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; and Overbury murder,
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; James I rebukes and dismisses,
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; hostility to Spain,
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; imprisoned,
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; on Charles I’s finances,
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; criticizes Buckingham,
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,
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; bill prohibiting detention without trial,
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Coke, Roger:
A Discourse of Trade
,
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Colchester, Lord (1688),
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Colchester, siege of (1648),
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Coleman, Edward,
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Collection of Anecdotes and Remarkable Characters, A
,
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committee of safety: formed (1659),
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Commons, House of: on established church,
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; business under James I,
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; and taxation under James I,
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; and financing of James I,
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,
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,
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,
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; opposes Buckingham,
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; claims authority to determine country’s religion,
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; ‘Grand Remonstrance’ (religious manifesto),
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; inactivity,
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; and Charles I’s visit to Scotland,
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; sends declaration to counties,
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; Vote of No Addresses on Charles I,
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; call for treaty with Charles I,
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; differences with Lords,
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; in exclusion crisis,
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;
see also
parliament
Conventicle Act (1664),
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‘Convention Parliament’,
see under
Parliament
Conway, Edward, 2nd viscount,
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,
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,
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Cook, John,
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Cornbury, Edward Hyde, viscount (
later
3rd earl of Clarendon),
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Cornwallis, Sir Charles,
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Corporation Act (1661),
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Cottington, Sir Francis, baron,
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,
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Cotton, Sir John,
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council of the north: abolished,
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,
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council of state: Cromwell forms,
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,
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,
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,
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counties: government and administration,
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court of highs commission (religious): abolished,
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Coventry, Sir Henry,
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Coventry: parliamentary prisoners in,
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Cranfield, Lionel,
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Cromwell, General Lord,
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Cromwell, Henry (Oliver’s son),
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,
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Cromwell, Oliver: as member of 1628 parliament,
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; criticizes Laud,
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; Philip Warwick describes,
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; on ‘Grand Remonstrance’,
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; low estimate of parliamentary army,
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; forms elite regiment,
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; engages royalist force at Grantham,
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; favours religious toleration and plurality,
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,
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; as Independent,
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,
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,
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; and Charles’s advance on Gloucester,
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; in committee of two kingdoms,
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; promoted lieutenant-general of eastern association,
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,
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; background, character and religious faith,
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,
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; victory at Marston Moor,
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,
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; appearance,
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; differences with Manchester,
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; forms New Model Army,
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; as second-incommand of New Model Army at Naseby,
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; on victory over royalists,
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; collapse and neardeath,
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; Lilburne writes to and praises,
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; and army discontent,
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; in new general council of army,
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; and removal of Charles I from Holmby House to London,
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; in New Model Army’s march on London,
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; negotiates with captured Charles I,
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; at Putney debates,
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; openly breaks with Charles I,
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,
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; throws cushion at Ludlow,
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; subdues rebels in Wales,
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; commands at battle of Preston,
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; considers fate of Charles I,
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; at Charles I’s trial,
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; heads council of state,
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; made commander-in-chief of army,
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; optimism,
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; Lilburne attacks,
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; travels to Ireland and suppresses rebellion,
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; campaign in Scotland (1650),
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; illness in Scotland,
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; final battle at Worcester,
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; returns to London and rewarded,
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; aims and reforms,
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,
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; dissolves parliament (1653),
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; dominance and authority,
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,
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; reconstitutes parliament,
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; as Lord Protector,
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,
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; abused,
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; administration and ordinances,
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; assassination attempts on,
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,
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; calls parliament (1654),
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; venture in West Indies,
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; orders reform of manners,
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; depression,
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,
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; proposed as king but declines,
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; posthumous reputation,
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; enjoys festivities and pleasures,
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; health decline and death,
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,
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; dissolves parliament (1658),
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; openly criticized,
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; Marvell’s poems on,
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; funeral,
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Cromwell, Richard (Oliver’s son): succeeds father,
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,
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; abdicates,
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; declines army request for commanding officer,
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; rumoured return to office,
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; flees to exile in Europe,
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customs and festivals,
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Cutpurse, Moll,
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Dade, William:
Prognostications
,
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Danby, Thomas Osborne, 1st earl of (
later
marquess of Carmarthen and duke of Leeds),
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,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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; released from Tower,
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; invites William of Orange to invade,
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Davenant, John, bishop of Salisbury,
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Davenant, Sir William,
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;
Salmacida Spolia
(masque),
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;
The Tragedy of Albovine
(play),
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