| Volume 1 | ||
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| Chapter I. THE TUDOR MONARCHY. | ||
| 499-1272 | National consolidation | 1 |
| 1272-1307 | Reign of Edward I. | 1 |
| English Parliamentary Government. | 2 | |
| 1307-1399 | The later Plantagenet kings. | 3 |
| 1399-1485 | The Lancastrian and Yorkist kings. | 4 |
| 1485-1509 | Reign of Henry VII. | 5 |
| 1509-1547 | Henry VIII. and the Papacy. | 6 |
| Aspirations of the Middle Ages. | 7 | |
| The New Learning and the Reformation. | 9 | |
| Henry VIII. and Protestantism. | 10 | |
| 1547-1558 | Reigns of Edward VI. and Mary. | 11 |
| 1558-1603 | Difficulties of Elizabeth. | 12 |
| Elizabeth and Mary Stuart. | 13 | |
| Elizabeth and the Catholics. | 14 | |
| Elizabeth and the Puritans. | 16 | |
| The Vestiarian Controversy. | 18 | |
| Elizabeth decides against the Nonconformists. | 19 | |
| Enforcement of Conformity. | 21 | |
| Presbyterianism. | 22 | |
| English Episcopacy. | 26 | |
| The Royal Supremacy. | 27 | |
| Grindal's archbishopric. | 28 | |
| The Prophesyings. | 29 | |
| Suspension of Grindal. | 31 | |
| The Nonconformists and the House of Commons. | 31 | |
| Whitgift's archbishopric. | 33 | |
| The Court of High Commission. | 34 | |
| The Separatists and the Marprelate libels. | 37 | |
| Reaction in favour of the Elizabethan Church. | 38 | |
| Hooker's Ecclesiastical Polity | 39 | |
| Ariosto, Cervantes, and Spenser. | 41 | |
| Death of Elizabeth. | 43 | |
| Chapter II. CHURCH AND STATE IN SCOTLAND. | ||
| 1560-1572 | Contrast between England and Scotland. | 44 |
| Knox and the Scottish nobility. | 45 | |
| 1572 | The Tulchan Bishops. | 46 |
| 1581 | The Second Book of Discipline. | 47 |
| Character of James VI. | 48 | |
| 1584 | Jurisdiction restored to the Bishops. | 50 |
| 1592 | Presbyterianism restored. | 50 |
| 1593 | Defeat of the Northern Earls. | 50 |
| James urged by the clergy to make full use of his victory. | 51 | |
| 1594 | Exile of the Earls of Huntly and Errol. | 52 |
| 1596 | Return of the Earls. | 52 |
| Andrew Melville. | 53 | |
| Quarrel between the King and the Ministers. | 54 | |
| Black's Sermon. | 56 | |
| Black summoned before the Council. | 58 | |
| Resistance of the Ministers. | 59 | |
| Banishment of Black. | 61 | |
| Tumult in Edinburgh. | 63 | |
| 1597 | James reduces Edinburgh to submission. | 65 |
| Proposed admission of representatives of the clergy to Parliament. | 66 | |
| James supported by the Northern clergy. | 66 | |
| Restrictions imposed on the clergy. | 69 | |
| Absolution of Huntly and Errol. | 70 | |
| Parliament supports the re-establishment of Episcopacy. | 71 | |
| 1598 | The Assembly agrees to appoint clerical representatives in Parliament. | 72 |
| James inclines to the re-establishment of Episcopacy. | 74 | |
| The Basilicon Doron. | 75 | |
| 1599 | Bishops appointed | 76 |
| The new Bishops not acknowledged by the Church. | 77 | |
| The English succession. | 77 | |
| The Infanta and the Suffolk line. | 78 | |
| James and Arabella Stuart. | 79 | |
| 160l | Drummond's mission to Rome. | 80 |
| James's signature to a letter to the Pope surreptitiously obtained. | 81 | |
| 1602 | The secret correspondence with Sir R. Cecil | 82 |
| Chapter III. JAMES I. AND THE CATHOLICS. | ||
| 1603 | Accession of James I. | 84 |
| Proceedings of the Council. | 85 | |
| James sets out from Edinburgh. | 87 | |
| Sir Walter Raleigh. | 88 | |
| Sir Robert Cecil. | 90 | |
| Lord Henry Howard. | 93 | |
| Raleigh dismissed from the Captaincy of the Guard. | 94 | |
| Quarrels between Scotch and English | 95 | |
| Grievances of the English Catholics | 96 | |
| Hopes of better treatment from James. | 97 | |
| Lindsay's Mission. | 97 | |
| The Pope's Breves. | 98 | |
| Letters of Northumberland. | 99 | |
| The Monopolies called in. | 100 | |
| Spain and the Netherlands. | 101 | |
| The war party in England. | 102 | |
| Cecil's views on peace with Spain. | 103 | |
| The Dutch embassy. | 105 | |
| Rosny's mission. | 106 | |
| Treaty of Hampton Court with France | 107 | |
| Watson's plot. | 108 | |
| Information given by the Jesuits. | 113 | |
| The Recusancy fines remitted. | 115 | |
| The Queen refuses to receive the Communion. | 116 | |
| Cobham and Raleigh arrested. | 117 | |
| Evidence against them. | 118 | |
| Case against Raleigh. | 120 | |
| Raleigh's attempted suicide. | 121 | |
| Raleigh's trial. | 123 | |
| The verdict. | 135 | |
| Probable explanation of Raleigh's conduct. | 136 | |
| Trial of the other prisoners. | 138 | |
| Executions and reprieves. | 139 | |
| Negotiation with the Nuncio at Paris. | 140 | |
| James renews his assurances to the Catholics. | 141 | |
| Standen's mission. | 142 | |
| 1604 | Increase of Catholics in England. | 143 |
| Proclamation for the banishment of the priests. | 144 | |
| Chapter IV. THE HAMPTON COURT CONFERENCE AND THE PARLIAMENTARY OPPOSITION. | ||
| 1603 | Bacon's Considerations Touching the Pacification of the Church of England. | 146 |
| James's attitude towards the Puritans. | 147 | |
| The Millenary Petition. | 148 | |
| Answer of the Universities. | 150 | |
| James's proposals. | 151 | |
| Touching for the King's evil. | 152 | |
| 1604 | The Conference at Hampton Court. | 153 |
| Death of Whitgift. | 159 | |
| The House of Commons. | 160 | |
| The House of Lords. | 162 | |
| Meeting of Parliament. | 163 | |
| Sir Francis Bacon | 164 | |
| The King's speech. | 165 | |
| Cases of Sherley and Goodwin. | 167 | |
| Recognition of the King's title. | 170 | |
| Purveyance. | 171 | |
| Wardship. | 174 | |
| Proposed Union with Scotland. | 176 | |
| Church Reform in the House of Commons. | 178 | |
| The Apology of the Commons. | 180 | |
| Supply refused. | 186 | |
| The trading companies. | 187 | |
| Discussion on freedom of trade. | 188 | |
| The King's speech at the prorogation. | 190 | |
| Chapter V. THE ENFORCEMENT OF CONFORMITY. | ||
| 1604 | Misunderstanding between James and the House of Commons. | 193 |
| Bacon a possible reconciler. | 194 | |
| The Canons of 1604. | 195 | |
| Archbishop Bancroft. | 196 | |
| Proceedings against the Nonconformists. | 197 | |
| 1605 | The Northamptonshire petition. | 198 |
| Cecil's opinion on Nonconformity. | 199 | |
| Expulsion of the Nonconformist clergy. | 200 | |
| 1604 | James and the Catholics. | 201 |
| Act against Recusants. | 203 | |
| 1603 | The Spanish monarchy. | 204 |
| Lerma's foreign policy. | 205 | |
| Negotiations between England and Spain. | 206 | |
| 1604 | Conferences for a Peace. | 208 |
| The Treaty of London. | 214 | |
| The Spanish pensioners. | 214 | |
| Commercial treaty with France. | 217 | |
| The blockade of the Flemish ports. | 218 | |
| Difficulty of preserving neutrality. | 219 | |
| Proposed marriage between Prince Henry and the Infanta Anne. | 220 | |
| The Recusancy Act carried into effect by the judges. | 221 | |
| The priests banished. | 222 | |
| Pound's case. | 223 | |
| Recusancy fines required from the wealthy Catholics. | 224 | |
| Sir James Lindsay sent to Rome. | 224 | |
| 1605 | The Pope hopes to convert England. | 225 |
| James takes offence. | 226 | |
| The Recusancy fines levied. | 227 | |
| Cranborne created Earl of Salisbury. | 230 | |
| Difficulties in the way of toleration. | 231 | Chapter VI. GUNPOWDER PLOT. |
| 1602 | Winter's mission to Spain. | 234 |
| 1603 | Catesby conceives the idea of the plot. | 235 |
| 1604 | Imparts it to Winter and Wright. | 236 |
| Fawkes and Percy informed. | 237 | |
| A house at Westminster taken. | 238 | |
| The mine commenced. | 239 | |
| 1605 | A cellar hired. | 241 |
| Fawkes sent to Flanders. | 242 | |
| Garnet, Gerard, and Greenway. | 243 | |
| Digby, Rokewood, and Tresham admitted. | 244 | |
| Preparations for a rising. | 245 | |
| Were the Catholic peers to be warned? | 246 | |
| Tresham turns informer. | 247 | |
| The letter to Lord Monteagle. | 248 | |
| The plot betrayed to the Government. | 249 | |
| Capture of Fawkes. | 250 | |
| Probable explanation of Tresham's behaviour. | 251 | |
| The conspirators' proceedings in London. | 253 | |
| Their flight to the North. | 257 | |
| The hunting at Dunchurch. | 258 | |
| Failure of the movement. | 259 | |
| The conspirators take refuge at Holbeche. | 262 | |
| Death and capture of the conspirators. | 263 | |
| Character of the conspiracy. | 264 | |
| Chapter VII. THE OATH OF ALLEGIANCE. | ||
| 1605 | Examination of Fawkes. | 265 |
| Thanksgiving for the deliverance. | 266 | |
| Tresham's imprisonment and death. | 267 | |
| 1606 | Trial and execution of the conspirators who had been taken. | 268 |
| The search at Hindlip. | 270 | |
| Capture of Garnet. | 271 | |
| His examination. | 272 | |
| His narrative of his connection with the plot. | 273 | |
| His trial. | 277 | |
| The doctrine Of equivocation. | 281 | |
| Garnet's execution. | 282 | |
| Trial of Northumberland in the Star Chamber. | 283 | |
| 1605 | Parliament opened and adjourned. | 285 |
| 1606 | On its reassembling a new Recusancy Act is passed. | 286 |
| The oath of allegiance. | 288 | |
| Canons drawn up by Convocation. | 289 | |
| The doctrine of non-resistance. | 290 | |
| The King refuses to assent to the canons. | 291 | |
| Effect of the oath of allegiance. | 292 | |
| Financial disorder. | 293 | |
| James professes a wish to be economical. | 295 | |
| Bacon's position in the House of Commons. | 297 | |
| Subsidies granted. | 298 | |
| End of the session. | 299 | |
| Visit of the King of Denmark. | 300 | |
| Chapter VIII. THE POST-NATI. | ||
| 1603 | State of Scotland after the King had left it. | 301 |
| Causes of his success against the Presbyterians | 302 | |
| 1604 | He intends to allow no more General Assemblies. | 303 |
| 1605 | He fears that an Assembly will attack the Bishops and Commissioners. | 304 |
| Presbyterian opposition. | 305 | |
| Meeting of ministers at Aberdeen. | 306 | |
| They declare themselves to form a General Assembly. | 307 | |
| False account of their proceedings sent to the King. | 308 | |
| Imprisonment of Forbes and five other ministers. | 309 | |
| They decline to submit to the Council's jurisdiction. | 370 | |
| 1606 | Trial of the ministers. | 311 |
| Their banishment. | 315 | |
| Imprisonment of eight other ministers. | 316 | |
| Position of the bishops. | 317 | |
| Andrew Melville and seven other ministers brought to London. | 318 | |
| His verses, imprisonment, and banishment. | 319 | |
| The Linlithgow Convention and the Constant Moderators. | 320 | |
| Causes of the King's success. | 322 | |
| Opening of the English Parliament | 324 | |
| Report of the Commissioners for the Union. | 324 | |
| Free trade and naturalisation. | 325 | |
| The Post-nati and the Ante-nati. | 326 | |
| The King urges the Commons to accept the scheme of the Commissioners. | 328 | |
| Debates on commercial intercourse. | 329 | |
| 1607 | Violence of Sir C. Pigott. | 330 |
| Debates on naturalisation. | 331 | |
| Speech of Fuller. | 331 | |
| And of Bacon. | 332 | |
| Coke's opinion. | 334 | |
| Proposal of the Commons. | 336 | |
| Fresh intervention of the King. | 336 | |
| Abolition of hostile laws and extradition of criminals. | 337 | |
| Prisoners to be tried in their own country. | 338 | |
| Bacon Solicitor-General. | 340 | |
| Relations between England and Spain. | 340 | |
| Sea-fight off Dover. | 341 | |
| Ill-treatment of Englishmen in Spain. | 342 | |
| Proposed marriage between Prince Henry and the Infanta Anne. | 343 | |
| Newce's arrest. | 344 | |
| Franceschi's plot. | 345 | |
| The trade with Spain. | 347 | |
| The Spanish company opposed in the House of Commons. | 348 | |
| The merchants' petition. | 349 | |
| Spanish cruelties. | 350 | |
| The Commons send the petition to the Lords. | 351 | |
| Salisbury advises patience. | 352 | |
| Northampton's contemptuous language. | 353 | |
| Parliament prorogued. | 354 | |
| Disturbances about enclosures. | 354 | |
| 1608 | The case of the Post-nati in the Exchequer Chamber. | 355 |
| The Post-nati naturalised by the judges. | 356 | |
| The Union abandoned | 356 | |
| Chapter IX. THE PACIFICATION OF IRELAND, | ||
| 1169-1529 | The Norman Conquest of Ireland. | 358 |
| Ireland in the Middle Ages. | 359 | |
| 1529-1598 | Ireland in the time of the Tudors. | 360 |
| 1598 | The defeat on the Blackwater. | 361 |
| 1599 | Essex in Ireland. | 362 |
| 1600 | Mountjoy in Ireland. | 362 |
| 1603 | Submission of the country | 364 |
| Grievances of the towns. | 365 | |
| Resistance at Cork. | 367 | |
| Proposed league between the towns. | 368 | |
| Mountjoy suppresses their resistance. | 369 | |
| He returns to England and becomes Earl of Devonshire. | 371 | |
| Sir George Carey Lord Deputy. | 372 | |
| 1604 | Sir Arthur Chichester Lord Deputy. | 373 |
| 1605 | Social condition of Ireland. | 374 |
| The septs and the chiefs. | 375 | |
| The Government wishes to introduce English customs. | 377 | |
| 1603 | Condition of Leinster and Munster. | 378 |
| Of Connaught and Ulster. | 379 | |
| The first circuit in Ulster. | 380 | |
| The Earl of Tyrone. | 381 | |
| Sir John Davies. | 382 | |
| 1605 | Proclamations for disarmament, and an amnesty. | 383 |
| Protection to be given to the tenants | 381 | |
| Chichester's visit to Ulster. | 386 | |
| Treatment of the Irish Catholics. | 388 | |
| The Dublin aldermen summoned before the Castle Chamber. | 392 | |
| Protest of the Catholics. | 394 | |
| 1606 | Proceedings against the Catholics in Munster | 395 |
| Chichester's views on persecution. | 396 | |
| 1607 | Relaxation of the persecution. | 399 |
| Indictment of Labor. | 400 | |
| Chichester's efforts to reform the Church. | 401 | |
| 1606 | Chichester's second visit to Ulster. | 402 |
| Wicklow made into shire-ground. | 406 | |
| Chapter X. THE PLANTATION OF ULSTER. | ||
| 1607 | Dissatisfaction of the Northern chiefs. | 408 |
| Tyrone's quarrel with O'Cahan. | 409 | |
| O'Cahan refers his case to the Government. | 411 | |
| Information given of a conspiracy. | 413 | |
| O'Cahan's case to be heard in London. | 414 | |
| The flight of the Earls. | 416 | |
| Precautions taken by the Government | 417 | |
| Chichester's views on the settlement of Ulster. | 418 | |
| Quarrel between O'Cahan and the Bishop of Derry. | 419 | |
| Sir George Paulet at Derry. | 420 | |
| O'Dogherty attacked by Paulet. | 421 | |
| The Assizes at Lifford and Strabane | 422 | |
| 1608 | Intrigues of Neill Garve. | 423 |
| O'Dogherty's rising. | 424 | |
| Defeat and death of O'Dogherty. | 428 | |
| The massacre on Tory Island. | 430 | |
| 1609 | Neill Garve and O'Cahan sent to England. | 431 |
| Scheme of the Commissioners in London for the settlement of Ulster. | 432 | |
| Difference between their scheme and that of Chichester. | 433 | |
| Bacon's views on the subject. | 435 | |
| Chichester's criticism. | 436 | |
| Publication of the scheme of the Commissioners. | 437 | |
| 1610 | Chichester's appeal on behalf of the natives. | 438 |
| The removal of the Irish. | 439 | |
| Discontent in Ulster. | 440 | |
| Material progress of the colony. | 441 | |
| Volume 2 | ||
| Chapter XI. THE NEW IMPOSITIONS AND THE TRUCE OF ANTWERP. | ||
| 1607 | Financial difficulties | 1 |
| 1591 | The Levant Company | 2 |
| 1603 | Imposition on currants | 3 |
| 1606 | Bate resists pavment | 5 |
| Bate's case in the Court of Exchequer | 6 | |
| 1608 | Salisbury becomes Lord Treasurer | 11 |
| The new impositions | 12 | |
| The debt and the deficit | 13 | |
| 1609 | Entail of the Cown lands | 15 |
| 1606 | Banishment of the priests. | 15 |
| Paul V. | 16 | |
| The Pope condemns the oath of allegiance | 17 | |
| Sufferings of the Catholics | 18 | |
| 1607 | The Pope again condemns the oath of allegiance | 20 |
| Negotiations for a peace in the Netherlands | 21 | |
| English dipomacy | 22 | |
| James's view of the negotiations | 24 | |
| 1608 | Opening of the conferences at the Hague | 26 |
| Spanish intrigues | 27 | |
| League between England and the States | 28 | |
| 1609 | The Truce of Antwerp | 29 |
| 1608 | Church difficulties in Scotland | 30 |
| Balmerino detected in obtaining surreptitiously the King's signature | 31 | |
| 1609 | Balmerino's trial and sentence | 33 |
| James appeals to Europe against the Pope | 34 | |
| Chapter XII. THE PROHIBITIONS, AND THE COLONISATION OF VIRGINIA. | ||
| 1606 | Coke on the Bench | 35 |
| 1607 | Fuller's case | 36 |
| Coke's conflict with the King | 38 | |
| 1608 | Fuller's submission and release | 40 |
| Dispute between Coke and Bancroft | 41 | |
| The question of prohibitions discussed before the King | 42 | |
| Rise of Robert Carr | 42 | |
| 1605 | Raleigh loses the manor of Sherborne | 43 |
| 1609 | Sherborne granted to Carr | 46 |
| Value of the estate | 47 | |
| 1585-1605 | Early attempts to colonise Virginia | 50 |
| 1606 | The first Virginian charter | 51 |
| 1607 | Landing of the first colony | 54 |
| Smith's adventures | 55 | |
| 1608 | Smith elected president | 56 |
| 1609 | The new charter | 57 |
| Lord De la Warr appointed governor | 59 | |
| Smith returns to England | 60 | |
| Arrival of De la Warr and Gates | 61 | |
| Administration of Dale | 62 | |
| Chapter XIII. THE GREAT CONTRACT. | ||
| 1610 | Parliament summoned | 63 |
| Opening of the session | 64 | |
| Salisbury's financial proposals | 65 | |
| Cowell's Interpreter | 66 | |
| Bacon's speech on tenures | 68 | |
| Offer of the Commons | 69 | |
| The Commons forbidden by the King to complain of the Impositions | 70 | |
| Excitement in the Commons | 71 | |
| The King gives way | 72 | |
| Prince Henry created Prince of Wales | 73 | |
| Salisbury bargains with the Commons | 74 | |
| The debate on the Impositions | 75 | |
| The Commons almost unanimous against the Crown | 81 | |
| The Bill on Impositions | 82 | |
| The Great Contract concluded | 83 | |
| The King's reply to the Petition of Grievances | 84 | |
| Prorogation of Parliament | 87 | |
| Chapter XIV. THE BREACH WITH THE C0MMONS. | ||
| 1555 | The Peace of Augsburg | 88 |
| 1582 | The Catholic reaction | 90 |
| 1606 | Parties in Germany | 91 |
| 1608 | The Protestant Union | 92 |
| 1609 | The Catholic League | 92 |
| The succession of Cleves and Juliers | 93 | |
| Strife between the pretenders. | 94 | |
| 1610 | Interference of foreign powers | 95 |
| Projects of Henry IV. | 96 | |
| Murder of Henry IV. | 98 | |
| English and French intervention in the Duchies. | 99 | |
| Surrender of Juliers | 100 | |
| Treaty between England and France. | 101 | |
| Prospects of Episcopacy in Scotland | 101 | |
| The Assembly of Glasgow introduces Episcopacy | 102 | |
| Consecration of Bishops | 103 | |
| Opinion of the judges on the King's right to issue proclamations | 104 | |
| Opening of a new session of Parliament | 105 | |
| The Great Contract discussed | 106 | |
| Abandonment of the Great Contract | 107 | |
| Resistance to a demand for a supply | 108 | |
| 1611 | Dissolution of Parliament | 109 |
| Commencement of the quarrel between the King and tbe Commons | 110 | |
| Carr made Viscount Rochester | 111 | |
| The Baronets | 112 | |
| 1610 | Case of Arabella Stuart | 113 |
| 1611 | Her escape and recapture | 118 |
| Case of the Countess of Shrewsbury | 119 | |
| 1610 | Death of Bancroft | 119 |
| Expectation that he will be succeeded by Andrewes | 120 | |
| 1611 | Abbot becomes Archbishop | 121 |
| Chancey's case in the High Commission Court | 122 | |
| Abbot appeals to the Council against Coke | 123 | |
| Abbot and Laud at Oxford | 124 | |
| Theories of Laud | 126 | |
| Laud becomes President of St. John's | 127 | |
| Controversy between James and Vorstius | 128 | |
| 1612 | Proceedings against Legate and Wightman | 128 |
| Legate and Wightman burnt | 130 | |
| Lord Sanquhar's case | 131 | |
| Execution of Lord Sanquhar | 133 | |
| Chapter XV. FOREIGN ALLIANCES. | ||
| 1610 | Salisbury joins the opponents of Spain. | 134 |
| English merchants ill-treated in Spain | 135 | |
| 1611 | Marriages proposed for the Princess Elizabeth | 136 |
| Digby ordered to ask for the Infanta Anne for the Prince of Wales | 138 | |
| Breach of the negotiation with Spain | 139 | |
| Proposais from Tuscany | 140 | |
| The Elector Palatine accepted for the Princess Elizabeth | 140 | |
| 1612 | Illness of Salisbury | 141 |
| Salisbury's death | 142 | |
| Estimate of his career | 143 | |
| The Treasury put in commission | 145 | |
| Candidates for thè Secretaryship | 146 | |
| James resolves to be his own secretary | 148 | |
| Digby advocates the claims of the merchants in Spain | 149 | |
| Zuñiga's mission | 151 | |
| The Elector Palatine in England | 152 | |
| Marriages proposed for the Prince | 153 | |
| A French alliance suggested. | 154 | |
| Illness of the Prince | 157 | |
| Death of the Prince | 158 | |
| Northampton's slanderers fined | 159 | |
| Betrothal of the Prineess Elizabeth | 160 | |
| 1613 | Marriage of the Princess Elizabeth | 161 |
| League between the Statesand the Union | 162 | |
| James at the head of the Protestant Alliance | 163 | |
| Dissatisfaction of the Spanish Government | 164 | |
| Sarmiento sent as ambassador to England | 165 | |
| Chapter XVI. THE ESSEX DIVORCE. | ||
| 1606 | Marriage of the Earl of Essex | 166 |
| Conduct of Lady Essex | 167 | |
| 1613 | She thinks of procuring a divorce | 168 |
| Commission appointed to try the case | 170 | |
| Abbot's letter to the King | 171 | |
| Sentence in favour of the divorce | 172 | |
| Conduct of James and Andrewes | 173 | |
| Unpopularity of the sentence | 174 | |
| Overbury's connection with Rochester | 175 | |
| Overbury opposes the divorce | 176 | |
| Overbury sent to the tower | 178 | |
| Schemes of Northampton and Rochester | 179 | |
| A conspiracy to poison Overbury | 181 | |
| Overbury's death | 186 | |
| The Navy Commission | 187 | |
| Whitelocke's argument against it | 188 | |
| Mansell and Whitelocke charged before the Council | 189 | |
| Bacon's theory of government | 191 | |
| Sir J. Cæsar's report on the Exchequer | 199 | |
| Efforts to improve the revenue | 200 | |
| Necessity of summoning Parliament | 20l | |
| Neville's advice | 202 | |
| Bacon's advice | 204 | |
| Bacon recommends that Coke be made Chief Justice of the King's Bench | 207 | |
| Coke's penal promotion | 208 | |
| Rochester marries Lady Essex, and is created Earl of Somerset | 210 | |
| 1614 | Star Chamber decree against duels | 212 |
| 1613 | Sutton's Hospital | 213 |
| The water supply of London | 214 | |
| The New River completed | 215 | |
| Chapter XVII. THE ADDLED PARLIAMENT. | ||
| 1613 | Digby discovers the Spanish pensions | 216 |
| Sarmiento's diplomacy | 218 | |
| James's foreign policy | 220 | |
| Affair of Donna Luisa de Carvajal | 221 | |
| Position of the negotiations with France | 223 | |
| The pensioners of Spain | 224 | |
| 1614 | Cottington urges Sarmiento to propose a Spanish marriage | 226 |
| James decides on summoning Parliament | 227 | |
| The Undertakers | 228 | |
| The elections | 230 | |
| Necessity of choosing a Secretary | 231 | |
| Appointment of Winwood | 232 | |
| Opening of the session | 233 | |
| Supply and grievances | 236 | |
| Impositions and monopolies | 237 | |
| Debate on the Impositions | 238 | |
| The Lords refuse to confer | 241 | |
| The Commons excited by Bishop Neile's speech | 243 | |
| The King intervenes | 244 | |
| The Bishop excuses himself | 245 | |
| The Commons demand his punishment | 246 | |
| Northampton foments the quarrel | 247 | |
| Dissolution of Parliament | 248 | |
| Imprisonment of members | 249 | |
| James complains to Sarmiento | 251 | |
| The Spanish marriage proposed | 252 | |
| Sarmiento's plans | 252 | |
| Discussions in Spain on the marriage | 255 | |
| Digby's mission | 256 | |
| His advice on the Spanish marriage | 257 | |
| Chapter XVIII. THE BENEVOLENCES AND THE IRISH PARLIAMENT. | ||
| 1614 | Death of Northampton | 259 |
| Suffolk appointed Lord Treasurer | 259 | |
| Somerset becomes Lord Chamberlain | 260 | |
| A Benevolence offered | 260 | |
| Appeal to the country for money | 261 | |
| The Duchies of Cleves and Juliers | 262 | |
| Spinola and Maurice invade the Duchies | 263 | |
| The payment of the Benevolence urged | 264 | |
| General disinclination to pay | 265 | |
| Deputations summoned to London | 266 | |
| Payment under pressure | 267 | |
| Letter of Oliver St. John | 268 | |
| Bacon prosecutes him in the Star Chamber | 269 | |
| His sentence | 270 | |
| Raleigh's Prerogative of Parliaments | 271 | |
| Peacham's seditious writings | 272 | |
| Peacham is committed to the Tower | 273 | |
| 1615 | Torture inflicted on Peacham | 275 |
| The judges consulted separately on the nature of his offence | 277 | |
| Coke's opinion | 278 | |
| Position assumed by Coke | 279 | |
| Peacham brings false charges against his neighbours | 280 | |
| Peacham's trial and conviction | 282 | |
| 1611 | Irish grievances | 283 |
| Proposal of summoning an Irish Parliament | 284 | |
| The new constituencies | 285 | |
| Alarm of the Catholics | 286 | |
| 1612 | Proposed legislation against priests and Jesuits | 287 |
| Petition of the Lords of the Pale | 287 | |
| 1613 | Protest of the Catholic Lords | 288 |
| Opening of Parliament | 289 | |
| Struggle in the House of Commons over the election of a Speaker | 289 | |
| Deputation to the King | 292 | |
| Talbot questioned | 294 | |
| Commissioners sent to investigate grievances | 295 | |
| 1614 | The King's decision | 296 |
| Chichester instructed to carry out the laws against recusants | 297 | |
| Withdrawal of he Bill against Priests and Jesuits | 298 | |
| The Irish Parliament at work | 299 | |
| Irish complaints | 301 | |
| 1615 | Dissolution of Parliament and recall of Chichester | 302 |
| Chapter XIX. THE OPPOSITION TO SOMERSET. | ||
| 1615 | 0wen's case | 304 |
| 1614 | Building fines | 305 |
| The Brewers | 306 | |
| The Treaty of Xanten | 307 | |
| The whale fishery and the East India trade | 309 | |
| 1599-1615 | Early history of the East India Company | 310 |
| 1615 | Roe's embassy | 312 |
| Rivalry between the English and the Dutch in the East | 312 | |
| Negotiations at the Hague | 313 | |
| 1614 | The French marriage treaty | 314 |
| The French States-General | 315 | |
| Sarmiento hopes that the Prince will visit Madrid | 316 | |
| Digby's negociations at Madrid | 316 | |
| First appearance of Villiers at Court | 317 | |
| 1615 | Somerset's behaviour to the King | 319 |
| The King's visit to Cambridge | 320 | |
| Cotton's negotiation with Sarmiento | 321 | |
| Intrigues against Somerset | 322 | |
| Villiers made Gentleman of the Bedchamber | 323 | |
| The articles of the Spanish marriage treaty sent to James | 323 | |
| James hesitates to accept them | 324 | |
| The articles accepted as the basis of the negotiation | 326 | |
| Somerset is to conduct the negotiation | 327 | |
| Somerset's dissatisfaction with the King | 327 | |
| The Chancellor refuses to pass his pardon. | 329 | |
| James orders the Chancelor to seal it, but neglects to enforce his command | 350 | |
| Chapter XX. THE FALL OF SOMERSET. | ||
| 1615 | Winwood informed of Overbury's murder | 331 |
| Confession of Helwys | 332 | |
| Weston's confession | 333 | |
| Commissioners appointed to investigate the affair | 334 | |
| Somerset's behaviour | 335 | |
| James refuses fo interfere | 336 | |
| Trial of Weston | 337 | |
| Proceedings in the Star Chamber | 341 | |
| Trials of Mrs. Turner and Helwys | 342 | |
| Trial of Franklin | 343 | |
| Sir Thomas Monson's trial postponed | 344 | |
| Information extracted from Cotton on Somerset's relations with Sarmiento | 345 | |
| 1616 | The Earl and Countess of Somerset indicted | 347 |
| Bacon's conduct in the affair | 348 | |
| Somerset threatens to accuse the King | 351 | |
| Trial of the Countess of Somerset | 352 | |
| Trial of the Earl of Somerset | 353 | |
| The Countess pardoned | 360 | |
| Somerset's life spared | 361 | |
| Sir Thomas Monson pardoned | 363 | |
| Chapter XXI. TWO FOREIGN POLICIES. | ||
| 1615 | Discussion in the Privy Council on the summoning of Parliament | 364 |
| Bacon encourages James to call a Parliament | 366 | |
| James resolves to proceed with the Spanish marriage | 368 | |
| The design of summoning Parliament abandoned | 369 | |
| 1594 | Raleigh's early projects | 370 |
| El Dorado | 372 | |
| 1595 | Raleigh's first voyage to Guiana | 373 |
| The gold mine on the Orinoco | 374 | |
| Raleigh's return | 375 | |
| 1596 | Voyage of Keymis to Guiana | 377 |
| 1603 | Explorations of Leigh and Harcourt | 378 |
| Raleigh's imprisonment | 379 | |
| 1612 | Raleigh proposes to send Keymis to Guiana | 380 |
| 1616 | Raleigh released from the Tower | 382 |
| Treaty for the surrender of the Cautionary Towns | 382 | |
| 1613 | The cloth manufactory | 385 |
| 1614 | Cockaine's proposais | 386 |
| 1615 | The new company | 387 |
| 1616 | Distress in the clothing districts | 388 |
| Bacon's proposals | 389 | |
| James resolves to break the negotiation for a French marriage | 390 | |
| Hay's mission to Paris | 391 | |
| Embarrassment of James | 392 | |
| Sale of peerages | 393 | |
| Hay's negotiation | 394 | |
| The French marriage broken off | 396 | |
| Carleton in Holland | 396 | |
| The Dutch decline to execute the Treaty of Xanten | 397 | |