Index of Gardiner's History of England

Eliot, Sir John,

• is elected to the Parliament of 1624,
• character of,
• speaks in defence of liberty of speech,
• proposes to fit out a fleet by means of the penalties of the Catholics,
• calls for a war with Spain,
• proposes that thanks shall be given to James and Charles,
• writes to Buckingham that he is wholly devoted to him,
• speaks on religion,
• denounces Wentworth as Catiline,
• contrast between Wentworth and,
• remonstrates with Buckingham on the demand for further supply,
• is shocked at Buckingham's answer,
• moves that the Lord Keeper be asked who authorised him to pass a pardon for a Jesuit,
• complains of the extent of the proposed war, and of the little result apparent,
• acquits Buckingham of blame for the delay of the fleet,
• speech falsely attributed to,
• watches events,
• feels compassion for the soldiers at Plymouth,
• but does not break with the Government,
• demands inquiry into the Cadiz voyage and earlier disasters,
• objects to a grant of supply till the inquiry is complete,
• presides over the committee appointed to investigate the case of the St. Peter' of Havre de Grace,
• attempts to discover the truth about the quarrel with France,
• only finds out part of the truth,
• encourages the House to persist in its inquiry into Buckingham's conduct,
• recites the foreign miscarriages and domestic oppressions of the Government,
• quotes precedents from the reign of Henry III. and Richard II.,
• proposes that a resolution for the grant of subsidies shall be passed, but not converted into a Bill,
• advises the Commons to draw up a remonstrance,
• sums up the charges against Buckingham,
• compares Buckingham to Sejanus,
• is sent to the Tower,
• is charged with things extrajudicial to the House,
• is liberated, no proof that he is in league with Blainville being forthcoming,
• is cleared by the House,
• refuses to appear against Buckingham in the Star Chamber,
• is dismissed from the justiceship of the peace,
• is deprived of the Vice-Admiralty of Devon.
• is imprisoned for refusing to pay the forced loan,
• argues against the loan in a petition to the King,
• declaims against arbitrary taxation,
• and against a power assumed to alter religion,
• comparison between him and Wentworth,
• produces a copy of Anderson's reports in the handwriting of the Chief Justice,
• objects to the grant of a supply to enable Charles to send out another expedition,
• gives an account of the violence of the soldiers at Plymouth,
• resists Wentworth's motion for a grant of five subsidies,
• objects to Coke's mention of Buckingham as a mediator with the King,
• protests against the subjection of civilians to martial law,
• argues against Sir E. Coke's proposal to fix the dates of the payment of the subsidies,
• wishes the Commons to reject the Lords' propositions,
• supports the Bill of liberties,
• asks that the King's answer to the Remonstrance may be discussed in committee,
• moral worth of,
• attacks Wentworth for wishing to come to an understanding with the Lords,
• moves the postponement of the consideration of the King's first answer to the Petition of Right,
• resolves to attack Buckingham,
• attacks the foreign policy and the military administration of the Crown without mentioning Buckingham's name,
• asks that a Remonstrance may be framed,
• is interrupted by the Speaker in an allusion to Buckingham,
• refuses to continue his speech,
• expresses satisfaction at the King's withdrawal of his prohibition to discuss the state of affairs,
• is recommended by Williams to the King,
• argues on Chambers's petition that the judges are responsible,
• speaks on religion,
• criticises the King's declaration on religion,
• wishes the House to define its doctrine,
• advises the House to attack the Arminians,
• accuses Heath of stifling a charge against Cosin,
• attacks Neile,
• advises that the farmers of the customs be called to account,
• urges the House to discuss whether the Custom House officers are delinquents or not,
• opposes Pym's motion that the question of the legality of tonnage and poundage shall take precedence of the question of privilege,
• opposes May's view that obedience to the King's commands is not delinquency,
• insists upon calling the Custom House officers to account,
• resolves to appeal to the country,
• attempts to speak to the question of adjournment,
• proposes resolutions,
• offers to read his own motion,
• proposes to impeach Weston,
• explains his proposed resolutions,
• declares that he shall be ready to produce evidence against Weston at the next meeting of the House,
• burns his resolutions,
• is sent to the Tower,
• refuses to answer questions on his Parliamentary conduct,
• visits paid to him in the Tower,
• does not join the other imprisoned members in applying for a habeas corpus,
• applies for bail at the end of the term,
• information in the King's Bench against,
• is transferred to the Marshalsea,
• argument of Heath against,
• declines the jurisdiction of the Court,
• fine imposed on,
• is sent back to the Tower,
• fights the battle of his countrymen,
• rejoices at the successes of Gustavus,
• disbelieves a rumour of a new Parliament, and writes the Negotium Posterorum,
• draws up notes for a speech,
• stricter imprisonment of,
• writes the Monarchy of Man,
• writes to Hampden on the state of his health,
• asks leave to go out of the Tower,
• death of,
• is buried in the Tower,