Index of Gardiner's History of England

Wentworth, Sir Thomas,

• is elected to the Parliament of 1614,
• political opinions of,
• proposes an adjournment of the debate on supply for the Palatinate,
• recommends an immediate grant,
• declares the liberties of Parliament to be its inheritance,
• supports Mallory's motion for an adjournment,
• disputed election of,
• contrast between Eliot and,
• his election declared void,
• is re-elected by Yorkshire,
• declares that the House is not bound by the engagement of a former Parliament,
• refuses to yield to the threat of a dissolution,
• is made sheriff to prevent his appearance in Parliament, and is spoken of by Charles as an honest gentleman,
• is dismissed from the justiceship of the peace,
• his desire of reform, and love of power,
• character of his opposition to Buckingham,
• asks for the presidency of the Council of the North, and has an interview with Buckingham,
• the office of Custos Rotulorum taken from,
• probable reason of the dismissal of,
• refuses to pay the forced loan,
• is placed in confinement,
• is of opinion that the rights of subjects must be vindicated,
• declares it to be necessary to stop the encroachments of the Government,
• comparison between him and Eliot,
• is the originator of the substance of the Petition of Right,
• supports Coke against Shilton,
• proposes an adjournment of the debate on supply,
• moves for a committee to consider the subject of pressing men for the army,
• carries a resolution of five subsidies in committee,
• proposes a Bill for securing the liberties of the subject,
• proposes a Bill to regulate the quartering of soldiers,
• asks that the date for the payment of the subsidies may be fixed but not reported,
• moves for a committee to explain that the House is not intentionally delaying supply,
• proposes a Rill against committal without cause shown,
• proposes to accept the King's declaration and to pass a Habeas Corpus Bill,
• constitutional position assigned to the judges by,
• appeals to the King on behalf of his Habeas Corpus Bill,
• declares that the laws have been violated by the King's ministers,
• end of his leadership of the Commons in consequence of the rejection of his overtures by Charles,
• accepts Coke's proposal of a Petition of Right,
• agrees to the rejection of the Lords' amendment, but wishes to come to an understanding with them rather than vote directly against them,
• replies to Eliot's attack,
• fails to obtain support in the Commons,
• supports a proposal of the Lords for a joint committee on the Petition of Right,
• advises the Commons to carry their Remonstrance to the King,
• is created Lord Wentworth,
• See Wentworth, Lord
• See Wentworth, Viscount
• See Strafford, Earl of