dissolved, 103; Long, sum- moned 3d Nov. 1640, 104; sketch of, 104; votes against Bishops, 105; secures the Militia, 114; grand Petition of, 117; Charles I. attempts to seize Five Members, 119; goes to City for refuge, 119; how it raises army, 120; af fairs in July 1643, 162; takes the Scots Covenant, Sept. 1643, 169; affairs in 1644, 194; disagreement of Gene- rals, 195; affairs prosper, 247; new Members elected (Recruiters), 247; Army turns on it, 267, 268; de- clares against Army, 271, 272; votes lands to Crom- well, 307, 308; number of Members in 1648, 313 (see Members); purged by Pride, ii. 99, 100 (see Rump); -new one to be elected, iii. 107, 125; difficulties in choo- sing, 132; Little, summons for, 139; members of, 141, 142; meets 4th July 1653, 142; failure of, 178; doings and resignation of, 184-186; First Protectorate, assem- bles 3d Sept. 1654, 209-211; unsuccessful, 237; signs the Recognition, 268, 269; doings of, 269, 270; dis- solved, 311 Second Pro- tectorate, assembles 17th Sept. 1656, 388; doings in Sindercomb's plot, iv. 9, 210; doings of, 16-19; offers Cromwell title of King, 23, &c.; presses him to accept Carly le, Cromwell. IV.
Penn, Admiral, sails with the fleet, iii. 273; sent to the Tower, 337, 344-346. Penn, Quaker, iii. 344. Penruddock, Col., in arms,
316; beheaded, 317. Perth surrenders, iii. 80. Peterborough, Earl, notice of, ii. 143.
Peters, Rev. Hugh, chaplain of
train, 209; secretary to Crom- well, 235; his narrative of Basing, 238; at Putney, 286;
at Pembroke, ii. 3; in Ire- land, 149; Cromwell to be King, iii. 97. Petition, of Right, i. 57; alter- ed, 62; London, 105, 274; Buckinghamshire, 115; - Surrey, ii. 8; of Officers, iii. 125; and Advice of Parliament, iv. 23, 128, 129, 133, 137.
Phayr, Col., at execution of Charles I., ii. 103; at Cork, 202; Cromwell's letter to, App. C. iv. 357.
Plate fleet, prize of, iii. 441. Plot, Gunpowder, i. 37; of Army, 104, 113; Waller's, 156;-by Rev. C. Love, &c., iii. 66; Anabaptist, 192, 193; Royalist, 194, 205, 313; iv. 151, 164, 200; various Republican, iii. 204,287-294; Gerard's, 205, 208; in the North, 275; Penruddock's, 316; Sexby's, 381; - Sinder- comb's, iv. 8; Venner's, 38; Hewit and Slingsby's, 200,
Politics and Religion in 1642, i. 125.
Pomfret. See Pontefract. Pontefract, Cromwell at, ii. 78, 79.
Popery in 1623, i. 47; images
of, destroyed, 147; - well on, ii. 236; Cromwell to suppress, 244. Pope Alexander VII., Crom- well's opinion of, iii. 406. Popish States, War with, iii. 394-400. Portuguese Treaty, iii. 199,209; Ambassador's brother, 208; King, 369-372.
Potts, Sir John, letter to, i. 133. Powel, Presbyterian-Royalist Colonel, ii. 1, 2, 118.
Powel, Anabaptist, against Cromwell, iii. 192.
Power, definition of, iii, 189. Powick possessed by the Scots, iii. 88, 91.
Pownel, Major, at Preston fight, ii. 19.
Poyer, Col.,his doings in Wales, ii. 1-4; shot, 118. Poyntz, General, enlists sol- diers, i. 285; slashes the mob, 285. Prayer - meeting,
Castle, 1648, I. 320, &c. Prayers for the Parliament Army, i. 207; - an English troop interrupted at, ii. 321; Cromwell's last, iv. 224. Preachers, triers of. See Triers. Preaching, Cromwell on, ii. 364;iii. 33; iv. 109. Presbyterianism, Charles I. averse to, i. 186; and schism, 217; adopted by Parliament, 263; overthrown, 286. See Independents. Presentation, Cromwell's, to Rectory of Houghton Con- quest, App. C. iv. 378.
Proclamation by Cromwell, 1648, ii. 61; after Dunbar fight, 334; Edinburgh, 371. Protestation of Commons,
1641, i. 115, and App. C. iv. 313-316.
Prussian Monarchy, founder of, iv. 170n. Prynne, William, first appear- ance of, i. 69; his Histrio- mastix, 69; in pillory in 1633, 72; again in 1637,93; speech in pillory, 94; purged by Pride, ii. 100; assists Dr. Hewit, iv. 201. Puritan, Sermons, i. 8; history,
12; demands at Hampton- Court Conference, 36; char- acteristic, 49, 50; leaders, 52. Puritanism, our last heroism,
i, 2; faded, 9; Dryasdust on, 10; nature of, 78. Puritans, English and Scots, i. 104; become formidable, 112.
Putney Church, Army-meeting at, i. 286. Pym, John, M.P., a Puritan, i. 52; speech by, 59; lives at Chelsea, 116.
Quakerism, germ of, ii. 134. Quakers, first Scotch, iii. 36. See Nayler, Fox, Penn. Queen of Charles I., doings by, i. 142. Queries to Edinburgh clergy, ii. 368; of Scotch Western Army, iii. 7.
Ragland Castle besieged,i.252; surrenders, 247. Rainsborough, Col., at Bristol siege, i. 225; deserted by the Fleet, ii. 15; assassina- ted, 79.
Raleigh, Sir Walter, execution of, i. 45.
Raleigh's History, Cromwell's opinion of, ii. 285. Ramsay, Rev. Robert,preaches before Cromwell, iii. 62. Rawlins, Captain of Parliament horse, i. 209.
Recruiters, new Members of Parliament, i. 247. Redbank, fight at, ii. 26. See Preston.
Reformers, true, i. 79. Remonstrance, against Buck- ingham, i. 61; against Laud, 64; and Petition of Ministers, 105; Grand, of Long Par- liament, 117; of Scotch Western Army, iii. 7, 12, 17. Resolutioner, Protester, iii. 17,
Riots. See Apprentices. Robinson, Luke, sent to Charles I., i. 254; coat, iv. 165. Robinson, Rev. Mr., Crom- well's letter to, ii. 108. Rochester, Earl. See Wilmot. Roghill, ii. 254.
Rolf, Major, accused, ii. 45. Rooksby, Major, killed at Dun- bar, ii. 342.
Ross Town, besieged, ii. 192; taken, 197.
Rothes, Earl, taken at Wor- cester, iii. 93. Rouse, Francis, Translator of the Psalms, i. 101; in Little Parliament, iii. 142; Speaker of Little Parlia- ment, 186; of Council of State, 197 n.; in Cromwell's First Parliament, 210; one of Cromwell's Lords, iv. 153. Rowe, Scoutmaster, character of, ii. 53. Royston, Army. Rump, doings of the, iii. 104- 108; must be dissolved, 133; dismissed by Cromwell, 136. Rupert, Prince, his father dies,
Sa, Don Pantaleon, beheaded, iii. 209.
Sadler, Adjutant, in Ireland, ii. 279.
Sadler, John, Cromwell's letter to, offering him Chief Jus ticeship in Munster, App. C. iv. 354.
Saffron Walden. See Army. St. Abb's Head described, 323.
St. Albans, Commission of Ar- ray at, i. 132. See Army. St. Fagan's, fight at, ii. 2. St. George's Hill, Levellers at, ii. 132.
St. Ives described, i. 83-85. St. James's, Fields, scene in,
House, bestowed on Cromwell, ii. 259. St. John, Oliver, character of, i. 95;ii. 42; related to Cromwell, i. 98; is Solicitor- General, 107; Cromwell's letters to, 167;- ii. 43; — with Cromwell at Aylesbury, iii. 96; character of, 105; at Conference at Speakers, 111- 115; ambassador to Holland, 118.
St. John, Mrs., Cromwell's let-
ter to, i. 98. St. Johnston ders, iii. 80. St. Neot's, fight at, ii. 13. St. Nicholas, Thomas, Crom- well's letter to, ii. 89; ac- count of, 90. Salisbury, Levellers at, ii. 137; insurrection at, iii. 315. Santa Cruz, Blake beats Span- ish at, iv. 85. Saunders, Col., notice of, ii. 5; Cromwell's letter to, 5; Scotland, iii. 74, 80. Savoy, Duke, persecutor, iii. 320.
(Perth) surren-
ceedings of, in England, 103; 104; demands, 106; assist English Parliament, 169; Army enters England, 1644, 180; at Marston Moor, 186, 187; Commissioners and Cromwell, 199; Army returns home, 249; Negotiations concluded, 260;-proclaim Charles II., ii. 191; assist Charles II., 221; their Cove- nant in 1650, 292, 293; — iii. 2, 3; call in Charles II., ii. 295; prepare to repel Crom- well, 302; Army skirmishes with Cromwell, 305, 306; Army, how officered, 208; their poverty, &c., described, 313; their Covenant com- mented on by Cromwell, 315; skirmish with Crom- well, 319; routed at Dunbar, 332, 333; Clergy and Crom- well, 354-371; Committee of Estates, Cromwell's let- ters to, ii. 54, 62, 71; — iii. 4, 39; divisions among, 2, 17; at Stirling, levying forces &c., 30; entrenched at Tor- wood, 69; invade England, 79-83; routed at Worcester, 87-94; Cromwell's opinion of, iv. 184.
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