Index of Gardiner's History of England

Coke, Sir John,

• is a leading member of the Navy Commission,
• orders Pennington to abstain from meddling in the French civil wars,
• is selected by Buckingham to be his mouthpiece in the House of Commons,
• lays an estimate before the House, and asks for an additional grant,
• fails to persuade the House,
• writes to Pennington that he will not have to fight against the French Protestants,
• orders Pennington not to give up his ships to the French,
• approves of the protest of Pennington's captains,
• recommends that Pennington shall spin out time,
• gives a full explanation of the King's military and naval expenditure,
• protests against Eliot's attack on the Commissioners of the Navy,
• becomes Secretary of State,
• urges on the sale of French prize goods,
• suggests an early grant of supply,
• again urges the Commons to take supply into consideration,
• Buckingham is angry with,
• acknowledges that the law had been broken,
• alleges the discovery of a party of Jesuits at Clerkenweil as a reason why the Commons should vote supply,
• Persuades the House to allow supply to be discussed in a Grand Committee,
• argues in favour of attacking the enemy,
• announces to Charles that five subsidies have been voted in committee, and reports Buckingham's sayings to the Commons,
• supports Sir E. Coke's proposal for fixing the dates of the payment of the subsidies,
• informs the Commons that it has been noticed that they are pressing on power itself,
• informs the House that, whatever law is made, it will be his duty as a Privy Councillor to commit without showing cause,
• denies that the laws had been violated,
• asks that the King's answer to the Remonstrance may be debated in the House,
• objects to Pym's language,
• asks the Commons to petition against a repetition of the forced loan,
• goes to Portsmouth to hurry on reinforcements for Denbigh,
• informs Buckingham of the slowness with which the fleet for the relief of Rochelle is being fitted out,
• proposes to bring in a Bill for granting tonnage and poundage,
• protests against the Commons considering the report of the committee on religion,
• declares the King's resolution to protect the Custom House officers,
• writes to forbid Charles Lewis to go to the Palatinate,
• reads to the Council an exposition of the dangers of the kingdom, and calls on Charles to recover the sovereignty of the seas,
• becomes a Commissioner of the Treasury,
• urges on Lindsey the necessity of supporting the King's claim to the sovereignty of the seas,
• his speech at the introduction into Oxford of the Caroline statutes,
• votes against war with Scotland,
• is threatened with dismissal,
• ceases to be Secretary,
• exposes the Queen's misrepresentation about the marriage treaty,