Index of Gardiner's History of England

Abbot, George (Bishop of Lichfield and Coventry, 1609; of London, 1610 ; Archbishop of Canterbury, 1611)

• appointed Archbishop,
• supports the High Commission against Coke,
• opposes Laud at Oxford,
• writes to Ellesmere on Legate's case,
• betroths the Princess Elizabeth to the Elector Palatine,
• is dissatisfied with the case of Lady Essex,
• writes to the King against the Essex divorce,
• popularity of, in consequence of his resistance,
• refuses to appear at Somerset's marriage,
• obtains an order for the arrest of Luisa de Carvajal,
• urges the Queen to take the part of Villiers,
• appointed a commissioner to examine Raleigh,
• becomes a Commissioner of the Treasury,
• opposes the reading of the Declaration of Sports,
• is present at Queen Anne's deathbed,
• writes to Naunton in defence of intervention in Bohemia,
• urges James to defend the Palatinate,
• asks the clergy to contribute to the defence of the Palatinate,
• wishes Yelverton to be heard before he is condemned,
• kills a keeper accidentally,
• is pardoned,
• receives De Dominis in his house,
• asks questions in the Council about the Spanish marriage treaty,
• letter against the Spanish treaty forged in the name of,
• disavows the letter,
• presents an address to the King from the two Houses,
• is asked by the Commons to consider the complaint made against Montague's New Gag for an Old Goose,
• remonstrates with Montague,
• is dissatisfied with Buckingham,
• asks the Commons to agree to the military and naval proposals of the Government,
• is required to circulate Charles's letter asking for prayers for the King of Denmark,
• refuses to license Sibthorpe's sermon,
• is ordered into confinement and deprived of his jurisdiction,
• is restored to his seat in Parliament at the instance of the Lords,
• opposes the King's claim to imprison without showing cause,
• persuades the Lords not to reject the Commons' resolutions,
• says that he has heard that an Act of Parliament cannot destroy the Prerogative,
• suggests a conference with the Commons on the Petition of Right,
• advises the Lords to accept the Petition of Right, but to declare in favour of the King's just prerogative,
• is restored to favour,
• consecrates a chapel at Dulwich,
• takes part in the consecration of St. James's, Aldgate,
• orders Page to abstain from writing against Prynne,
• is a constant attendant in the Court of High Commission,
• inveighs against a party of Separatists brought before the High Commission,
• death of,
• last report of,