Read Civil War: The History of England Volume III Online
Authors: Peter Ackroyd
Parliament Scout
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Partridge, John:
Calendarium Judaicum
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party politics: beginnings,
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Peacemaker, The
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Peacham, Henry:
The Complete Gentleman
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Pelham, Sir William,
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Pembroke, Philip Herbert, 4th earl of,
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Pembroke, William Herbert, 3rd earl of,
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Penn, Admiral William,
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Pennington, Vice-Admiral Sir John,
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Pepys, Roger,
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Pepys, Samuel: on posthumous praise for Cromwell,
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; describes Monck,
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; on popular oath,
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; on reintroduction of maypole,
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; on folly of marrying pregnant women,
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; on rainstorm after Charles II’s coronation,
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; deplores power of bishops,
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; on Charles II’s mistresses,
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; on Sedley’s outrageous behaviour,
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; diary descriptions,
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; on Great Plague,
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; and national shortage of money,
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; on fall of Clarendon,
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; on popular mistrust of Charles II,
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; on
École des Filles
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; develops navy,
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‘Petitioners, the’,
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Petre, Edward, SJ,
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Phelips, Sir Robert,
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Philip III, king of Spain,
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Philip IV, king of Spain,
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Pickering, Sir Gilbert,
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plague: (1603),
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; (1626),
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; London (1685),
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Player, Sir Thomas,
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poll tax: introduced,
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poor, the: increase in numbers,
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; welfare under Charles I,
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Popish Plot (1678),
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portents and prognostications,
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Portland, Richard Weston, 1st earl of,
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Portsmouth, Louise de Kérouaille, duchess of,
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Portugal: and marriage of Catherine of Braganza to Charles II,
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Pory, John,
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preaching: style,
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; as distributor of news,
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predestination: as doctrine,
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Presbyterians: James I’s hostility to,
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; Charles I’s concessions to,
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; at Westminster Assembly,
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; differences with Independents,
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; earl of Manchester embraces,
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; suppress printing,
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; Charles I negotiates with,
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; on Church rule,
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; plan disbandment of New Model Army,
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; eleven members charged,
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; hostility to army,
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; excluded from parliament by Pride,
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; Charles II promises support to,
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; in Cavalier Parliament,
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; adapt to Charles II’s regime,
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; prepare for separate church,
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see also
Church of Scotland
press: controlled,
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books; printing
Preston, battle of (1648),
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Pride, Colonel Thomas: ‘purge’,
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; raids bear-garden,
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print shops and booksellers,
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printing: suppressed (1643),
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Privy Council: legislative powers,
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; reformed,
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professions,
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prostitution: in London,
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Protestant Union,
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Protestantism: James I embraces,
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; and Bohemian crisis,
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; divisions,
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; persecuted in Europe,
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; under threat in France,
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; in Thirty Years War,
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; Louis XIII grants freedom of worship,
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; and Popish Plot,
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see also
Huguenots
Providence Island Company,
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Prynne, William: puritanism,
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; charged, sentenced and ears cut off,
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; satirizes Eucharistic rites,
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; prosecuted and punished with Bastwick,
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; released and returns to London,
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;
Histriomastix
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purge: as word,
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puritans: present millenary petition to James I,
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; religious beliefs and practices,
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; ordered to conform to Book of Common Prayer,
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; under Charles I,
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; anti-Laudian reaction,
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; women and,
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; clergy removed from livings (1662),
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Putney: Fairfax sets up HQ at,
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; debates (1647),
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Pye, Sir Robert,
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Pym, John: speaks against Catholic threat,
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; on parliamentary authority in religion,
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; supports Scots against Charles,
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; supports Providence Island Company,
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; petitions Charles to make peace with Scots,
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; leads ‘Protestant Cause’,
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; speaks in parliament,
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; Strafford threatens,
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; accusations against Strafford,
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; passes ‘root and branch’ petition,
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; reforms,
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; as chancellor of exchequer,
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; speeches published,
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; ten propositions,
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; alarmed at Charles’ proposed visit to Scotland,
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; as ‘King Pym’ and mastery in parliament,
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; pledges to suppress Irish rebellion,
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; and ‘Grand Remonstrance’,
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; blames Charles for Irish rebellion,
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; prepares for war at home,
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; supports mob against bishops,
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; character and appearance,
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; impeachment charges against,
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; locks doors of Commons chamber,
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; fear of traitor’s death,
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; raises money in civil war,
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; rejects Essex’s proposed truce offer to Charles I,
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; death,
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Radcliffe, Sir George,
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Rainsborough, Thomas,
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Raleigh, Lady,
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Raleigh, Sir Walter: suspected of conspiracy,
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; forfeits Sherborne,
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; Prince Henry admires,
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; sails for Guiana,
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; executed,
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Ranters (religious),
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religion: divisions and controversies,
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; Westminster Assembly proposes reform,
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; enthusiasts and radicals,
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; under Cromwell and commonwealth,
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; under Charles II,
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; Charles II’s declaration of indulgence on,
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; proliferation of sects under Charles II,
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see also
Catholics; Protestantism
Reynolds, John,
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Rhé (island, France),
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Rich, Frances (
née
Cromwell; Oliver’s daughter),
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Rich, Sir Nathaniel,
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Rich, Robert,
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Richelieu, Cardinal Armand Jean Duplessis, duc de,
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Ripon,
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Rochester, John Wilmot, 2nd earl of,
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Roe, Sir Thomas,
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Rogers, Thorold,
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‘root and branch’ party,
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Rossingham, Edward,
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roundheads: as term,
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; army strength,
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; desecrate churches,
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; weapons and equipment,
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Roundway Down, battle of (1643),
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Rous, Francis,
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Rous, John,
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Royal Africa Company,
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Royal Charles
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royal forests: limited,
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Royal Society: Bacon’s influence on,
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; formed,
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; Newton and,
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; and economic improvements,
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royalists: pamphlets,
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; forces muster (1642),
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; supporters,
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; wartime strategy,
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; final defeats,
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; protest at Charles I’s execution,
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; conspiracies in London,
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; in Cavalier Parliament (1661),
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see also
cavaliers
‘Rump Parliament’,
see under
Parliament
Rupert, Prince, Count Palatine of the Rhine: commands cavalry in civil war,
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; plunder in war,
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; in Oxford,
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; moves to Bristol,
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; defeated at Marston Moor,
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; at Naseby,
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; surrenders Bristol,
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; Charles I dismisses,
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; cavalry raids from Oxford,
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; commands fleet under Charles II,
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Rushworth, John,
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Russell, William, Lord,
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Rye House Plot (1683),
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Sagredo, Giovanni,
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St John, Elizabeth,
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St John, Oliver,
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St Kitts: French occupy,
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St Martin (citadel, France),
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St Paul’s Cathedral (old): as meeting centre,
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; crowd destroys altar,
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St Winifred: shrine,
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Salisbury, Robert Cecil, 1st earl of (
earlier
viscount Cranborne): and accession of James I,
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; office under James I,
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; informed of Gunpowder Plot,
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; and taxation measures,
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; and ‘great contract’,
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; on national financial difficulties,
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; death,
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Sancroft, William, archbishop of Canterbury,
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Sandwich, Edward Mountague, 1st earl of,
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Sandys, Sir Edwin,
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Saye, William Fiennes, 1st viscount,
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science: and Royal Society,
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Scotland: James I visits (1617),
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; Charles I’s relations with,
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; opposes Charles I’s religious orders,
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; national covenant,
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; prepares for war against Charles I (1639),
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; preparations for second war and advance into England (1640),
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; negotiates with Charles I,
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; English parliament votes £300,000 to,
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; Charles I visits (1641),
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; solemn league and covenant with England,
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; volunteers support parliamentary cause in England,
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; readiness to negotiate with Charles I,
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; Charles I surrenders to,
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; returns Charles I to parliament for cash,
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; and Charles I in Isle of Wight,
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; ‘Engagement’ with Charles,
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; in second civil war,
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; proclaims Charles II king,
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; invites Charles II to visit,
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; Cromwell’s campaign in (1650),
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; Monck in,
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; ordinance incorporating into commonwealth,
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see also
Edinburgh
Scottish Church
see
Church of Scotland
Scroggs, William,
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Scrope, Philadelphia, Lady (
née
Carey),
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Sealed Knot (royalist conspiratorial group),
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Sedgemoor, battle of (1685),
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Sedley, Sir Charles,
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