Index of Gardiner's History of England

Bristol, Earl of, 1622 (John Digby),

• is ordered to leave Madrid if Philip will not engage to help in obtaining the restitution of the Palatinate,
• expresses confidence that he will obtain satisfaction if time is allowed,
• but tries to put the assurances of Olivares to the test by asking that Spanish troops may join in the defence of Mannheim and Frankenthal,
• is allowed to read Philip's letter to the Infanta Isabella,
• fails to obtain a promise from the Spanish Government that Heidelberg will be restored within seventy days,
• his position in Spain threatens to become untenable,
• allows the marriage articles, as amended in Spain, to be sent to Rome,
• recommends their acceptance by James,
• receives Charles and Buckingham at Madrid,
• imagines that Charles intends to change his religion,
• Protestant service celebrated in his house,
• resents Olivares' statement that Philip III never intended to conclude the marriage treaty,
• remonstrates with Olivares,
• pleads for a relaxation of the demands of the Theologians,
• postpones action on his instructions to treat for a partition of the Netherlands,
• is ready to consent to the education of the Electoral Prince at Vienna,
• policy of,
• offers to wager a ring that Charles will spend Christmas at Madrid,
• writes to James on Buckingham's misconduct in Spain,
• is ordered not to deliver Charles's proxy till he has security that the Infanta will not go into a nunnery,
• assures Charles that the Infanta may be relied on,
• explains to Charles his objections to a delay in delivering the proxy left with him,
• hopes that if the marriage is effected Philip will assist in the restitution of the Palatinate,
• complains of the instructions sent him to postpone the marriage,
• is ordered to leave Spain if he does not receive a satisfactory answer about the Palatinate,
• asks how he can honourably detain the proxy when the dispensation arrives,
• tries to postpone the marriage,
• informs Olivares that the marriage must be postponed, and demands the restitution of the Palatinate,
• political ideas of,
• offers to be reconciled to Buckingham,
• rejects the offers of Olivares, and leaves Spain,
• returns in a state of irritation against Buckingham,
• is confined to his house and asks for a trial in Parliament,
• is subjected to interrogatories, and compelled to retire to Sherborne,
• refuses to acknowledge error,
• his name removed by Charles from the list of Councillors,
• receives a visit from Pembroke,
• is ordered to remain at Sherborne,
• is forbidden to come to Parliament, and declares his readiness to stand a trial,
• comes to Westminster to take his seat in the House of Lords, and accuses Buckingham,
• is accused by Charles of high treason,
• charges against him, and his counter-charges against Buckingham,
• makes his defence,
• counsel allowed him by the Lords,
• answers the charges against him,
• is sent to the Tower,
• is restored to his seat in Parliament at the instance of the Lords,
• Star Chamber prosecution of,
• asserts that the King has a regal power besides his legal power,
• wishes to find a formula which will allow the King a discretionary power of imprisonment in cases of necessity,
• declares that the clause drawn up by Weston is not essential,
• supports Arundel's proposal for a declaration to the King,
• speaks of the mischievous effects of a dissolution,
• proposes to ask the King not to dissolve Parliament,
• declares that distractions have sprung up from the King's first answer to the Petition,
• is restored to favour,
• dissuades Charles from advancing to Berwick,
• tells Charles that most of the Lords wish to petition for a Parliament,
• reports Strafford's conversation on the political situation,
• is accepted as a reader by the Great Council,
• thinks that the City will lend money,
• tells Charles that he will have to do what he does not wish,
• recommends the acceptance of the Scottish demands for compensation,
• is restored to the Privy Council,
• policy of,
• urges Charles to declare that he will not restore Strafford to authority,
• is insulted by a mob,
• is excused from voting on the Attainder Bill,
• becomes a Gentleman of the Bedchamber,
• draws up an amendment to the declaration against toleration,
• is named as an evil counsellor,
• is charged by Cromwell with having wished to bring up the Northern army,
• is sent to the Tower,
• liberation of,
• See Digby, Sir John; Digby, Lord