Index of Gardiner's History of England

Cromwell, Oliver,

• family history of,
• early life of,
• first parliamentary speech of,
• objects to the new charter of Huntingdon, and is summoned before the Council,
• removes to St. Ives,
• his part in the disturbances caused by the drainage of the fens,
• nickname of 'Lord of the Fens' improperly applied to,
• moves the second reading of the Annual Parliament Bill,
• denies that a parity in the Church will lead to a parity in the commonwealth,
• his limited practical insight,
• passes on the Root-and-Branch Bill to Hazlerigg,
• urges that there are passages in the Prayer-book to which learned divines cannot submit,
• attacks Charles's appointment of new bishops,
• moves to entrust Essex with authority over the trained bands,
• thinks that there will not be a long debate on the Grand Remonstrance,
• declares that if the Grand Remonstrance had been rejected he would have emigrated to America,
• moves that the King be asked to remove Bristol from his counsels,
• seizes the Cambridge college plate on its way to the King,