Index of Gardiner's History of England

Selden, John,

• writes the History of Tithes,
• is sent for by James, in consequence of the opposition of the clergy to,
• signs a form of submission, and explains his views to Buckingham,
• imprisonment of,
• liberation of,
• compared with Robinson,
• declares that common law is a good ground for Buckingham's impeachment,
• charges Buckingham with neglect to guard the Narrow Seas, and detaining the 'St. Peter,'
• defends the five knights,
• is of opinion that the rights of subjects must be vindicated,
• calls in question the system of pressing men for the army,
• is charged by Suffolk with razing a record,
• objects to the Lords' propositions on imprisonment,
• brings in the Petition of Right,
• proposes to renew the impeachment of Buckingham,
• complains of the violation of the Petition of Right,
• suggests that the Commons shall accept the Articles as established in Parliament,
• denies that anything not having the assent of Convocation is a public act of the Church,
• position of, in the House of Commons,
• declares that there is no law against printing any book,
• complains of the favourable treatment of the priests seized at Clerkenwell,
• advises that a message be sent to the Barons of the Exchequer on tonnage and poundage,
• supports Eliot against Pym,
• supports Eliot in his resolution to appeal to the country,
• tells the Speaker that he is bound to put the question,
• moves that Eliot take the chair,
• having been imprisoned, denies all knowledge of what had passed in the House,
• applies for a Habeas corpus,
• puts in a plea demurring to the jurisdiction of the Star Chamber,
• furnishes Lyttelton with the heads of an argument for demanding bail for the imprisoned members of Parliament,
• is not produced in the Court of King's Bench,
• is transferred to the Marshalsea,
• takes part in the arrangement of the Inns of Court Masque,
• writes Mare Clausum,
• wishes the Londoners' petition against episcopacy not to be referred to a committee,
• argues against the Bill of Attainder,
• brings in Bills for declaring ship-money illegal, for limiting forests, and for abolishing knighthood fines,
• argues for the clause in the Root-and-Branch Bill appointing lay commissioners to exercise ecclesiastical jurisdiction,