ABBOT.

A

Abbot, Archbishop, accession of to the
primacy 387; not well suited for the
post, ib.; favours Puritanism, 389; in-
fluence of checked by Essex divorce
case, ib.; writes to king against
Romanism, ib.; recovers influence, 394:
again loses it, ib.; encourages the
opposition to Spain, ib.; accidentally
kills a gamekeeper, 397; attempts to con-
vict him of irregularity, ib.; acquitted
by Commission, ib.; refuses to license
Sibthorp's sermon, 406; practically
suspended, ib.; recalled to Court, 410;
holds a meeting of divines at Lambeth,
ib.; death of, 418

Abridgment of Lincolnshire Ministers, the,

370

Abstract of Acts of Parliament, the, 331
Admonitions to Parliament, the, drawing
up of, 297; Whitgift's answer to, 298
Admonition to the People in England, the,

335

Advertisements of Archbishop Parker, the,
289, 290; clerical dress prescribed by,
290; never sanctioned by Queen Eliza-
beth, 289, 300

Alienation between clergy and laity,
causes of, 16 sq.

A Lasco, John, liturgy of, 209; account
of, 219

Aless, Alexander, present at a meeting of
the bishops, 150; speech of, 151
Allen, Cardinal, measures of to uphold
Romanism in England, 357; advocates
the Spanish cause, ib.

Altars, ordered to be removed by Bishop
Ridley, 206; order of Council for re-
moval of, ib. ; removal of regulated
by Injunctions of Elizabeth, 266
Anabaptists, Dutch, condemned
burned, 103; the sect of, in England,
315

and

Andrewes, Bishop, chaplain to Whitgift,

354; his views on the Calvinistic doc-
trines, ib., and note; sermons of, 385;
recommended by the bishops for prim-
acy, 386; influence of, 395; discourages
Laud's proposals, 404; death and charac-
ter of, 407

Annates, papal, objected to by Convoca-

39

Arthur, Thomas, trial and recantation of,
Articles (the Ten), drawn up by Henry
VIII., 145; accepted by Convocation,
ib.; character of, 146, 147; (of the
northern clergy), 149; (the Six), forma-
tion of, 165; accepted by Convoca-
tion, 166; enacted by Parliament, ib.;
sufferers under law of, 167, 172, and
note; law of modified, 170, and note,
173; (the Forty-two), drawing up of,
207, 208, 214; sent by Cranmer to the
Council, 214; laid before Convocation,
215; ratified by the king, ib.; subscribed
by the clergy, ib.; compared with the
Thirty-nine, 220; (of inquiry issued in
accession of Elizabeth), 267; (the
Eleven under Elizabeth), 273; (the Thirty-
nine), formation of, 278; subscription
to, ib.; bill to enforce subscription to,
293; stopped by the queen, ib.; carried,
296; reviewed by Bishop Jewel, ib.; sub-
scribed anew by Convocation, 296, 300;
the Declaration before, 410; (the Fifteen)
passed by Convocation in 1576, 304,
305; (of 1585), passed by Convocation,
325; (the Lambeth), 352; anger of the
queen at, 353; condemned by Lord
Burleigh, ib.; never adopted by the
Church, 411, note

Attainder, of Crunwell, 168; of Barnes,
Gerard, and Jerome, 170; others in
Parliament of 1539, 185; of Archbishop
Laud, 469, 470

Atterbury, Bishop, his Rights, Powers, and

ASSEMBLY.

Privileges, 557; Prolocutor of Convoca-
tion, 581; made Bishop of Rochester,
582
Assembly of Divines at Westminster, or-
dinance summoning, 454; meeting of,
ib.; first work of, ib.; Scotch Covenant
accepted by, 455; scheme of for ordi-
nation pro tempore, 456; members of
grasp at preferment, 457; Directory
for Public Worship drawn up by, ib.;
great dissensions in, 459; the Presby-
terians in obliged to compromise, 460;
the scheme of Church government of,
ib.; partially carried out, ib.; the two
Catechisms of, 461; the Confession of
Faith of, ib.; melting away of, ib. ;
character of, ib.

Augsburg, confession of, 146, 147
Augmentations, Court of, 131, 132; ap-
pointed to deal with chantries and
hospitals, 175.

Aylmer, Bishop, presides in Convocation,
209

B

Bacon, Sir N., Lord Keeper, speech of in
Parliament, 255; presides at disputa-
tions in Westminster Abbey, 257; cen-
sures Romanists, 259; induces Parker
to accept primacy, 270

Bacon, Lord, conduct of in the case of Mr.
Peacham, 391

Bagshaw, Mr., speech of at beginning of
Long Parliament, 440

Bancroft, Archbishop, assists Whitgift,
328; sermon of on Church Government,
343; Survey of Holy Discipline of, 348;
presides in Convocation, 1603, 367;
appointed to the primacy, 368; ex-
animo test of, 368, 369, 371; amount of
success of, 371; complains to Privy
Council of judges, 374; further contest
of with judges, 376; orders suffragans
to remedy abuses, 377; bill of for im-
proving Church revenues, 387, and note;
death and character of, 383

Bargreaves, Dean, absolutist sermon of,

406

Barnes, Dr., bears a faggot at St. Paul's,
33; writes on The Church, 98; denounces
Nicholson to Cranmer, 157; attainder of,
170; execution of, 171

Barret, Mr., preaches at Cambridge against
Calvinism, 352

Barrow, Dr. Isaac, literary works of, 520
Baro, Professor, opposes Calvinistic
views, 353; censured by Whitgift, 253,
254

Barton, Elizabeth (Nun of Kent), case of,

108; execution of, 110

Baxter, Richard, supports The Engagement,
475; declares for moderation, 487; im-
practicable character of, 480; argues
against Church divines, 490; contends
against toleration, ib.; draws up Re-
formed Liturgy, 492; paper of objec-
tions not accepted by his brethren, ib.;

Beale, Dr., sermon of produces a riot, 25
Becket, Thomas, process against, 154;
rifling of tomb of at Canterbury, 155
Benevolence voted to Crown by Convoca-
tion, 340; agreed upon by bishops, 390;
exacted from the clergy, ib.; made a
compulsory tax, 391

Beveridge, Bishop, refuses to succeed
Bishop Ken, 553; fails to be elected
Prolocutor, 560; founder of religious so-
cieties, 561; made bishop, 579

Bible, the, translation of by Coverdale,
104, 105; by Matthew (Rogers), 152, 177;
the Great, 153, 177, 178; reading of re
stricted during reign of Henry VIII.,
173, 177, 178; the Geneva, 274; Parker's
Revision (the Bishops), ib., 380, and
note; revision under James I., 363, 380,
381, 382

Bilney, Thomas, first trial of, 39; Recan-
tation of, ib.; self-reproach and return
to former opinions, 39; arrested as a re-
lapsed heretic and burned, 40
Bilson, Bishop, his Perpetual Government
of Christ's Church, 347

Bingham, Joseph, writings of, 564, 578,
581, note

Binks, Dr., Prolocutor of Convocation,

569

Bishops, the English, renounce supre-
macy of the Pope, 102; receive royal
license to exercise jurisdiction, 119; ap
pointment of by letters patent, 192;
deprivation of under Mary, 228; mor
tality among in 1530, 256; treatment of
Romanists under Elizabeth, 263, 264;
consecration of after accession of Eliza-
beth, 271, 284; censured by Queen Eliza-
beth, 287, 304, 326; by the Council,
295, 298; endeavour to procure Act for
subscription to Articles, 294; order dis-
continuance of the Prophesyings, 308;
ordered to enforce conformity, 369; by
Archbishop Bancroft to remedy abuses,
377; lowness of principle among in
times of James I., 389, 390; agree to
grant benevolence to Crown, ib.; un-
popularity of in time of Charles I., 405,
409, 412, 423; instructions to issued by
King Charles I., 415, 416; conduct ec-
clesiastical causes in their own names,
433; Commons vote to exclude from
Parliament, 445; Root and Branch Bill
against brought into Commons, ib. ; at-
tack made on in the Remonstrance, 449;
popular fury against, ib.; escape from
House of Lords of, ib.; protest of
against proceedings in their absence,

BISHOPS.

450 committal of to Tower, ib.; Bill
to exclude from Parliament passed, ib.;
liberated from Tower on bail, 467; dan
ger of losing succession of during Re-
bellion era, 484; the nine who survived
the troubles, 489; the new at the Re-
storation, ib.; oppose Bill for Tolera-
tion, 509; mild treatment of Noncon-
formists by, 514; the five who upheld
policy of King James II., 529, note;
summoned by Sancroft to consult on
King's Declaration, 532; the seven who
petitioned King James, 533; interview
of with king, 534; summoned before
Council, ib.; committed to Tower, ib.;
great respect shown to, 536; brought up
to plead, ib.; trial and acquittal of,
ib.; suminoned to advise King James,
539; refuse to draw up a Paper of Ab-
horrence, 540; anger of the clergy
against, 570, 572; votes of on Sachev-
erell's trial, 575; proceedings of as to
rebaptization, 581; opposed by Lower
House of Convocation, ib.

Bishops, the Scotch, consecration of in
London, 382, 383; made Ecclesiastical
Commissioners, ib. ; authorised to draw
up a liturgy for Scotland, 428; opposed
by the Scotch people, 430; declared by
the General Assembly to be abolished
in Scotland, ib.

Blackhall, Bishop, promotion of, 572;
controversy with Hoadly, ib.

Boleyn, Anne, influence of, over Henry
VIII., 41, 44, 47, 48, 49; early life of,
64; date of marriage with Henry, 65;
influence of on the Reformation, 106;
divorce of from Henry, 144

Boleyn, Mary, connection of with Henry
VIII., 45; note, 52

Bonner, Bishop, writes in defence of
royal supremacy, 117; advanced by
Crumwell, 168; alienates manors to the
king, 177; restricts reading of English
Bible, ib.; committed to the Fleet,191;
liberated, ib.; attempt of to Romanise
the English Prayer-book, 199; ordered
to preach at Paul's Cross in favour of
new settlement, 200; deprivation of,
ib.; exults over his opponents, 225;
proceedings of against married clergy,
235; not responsible for commence-
ment of persecution, 238, 240; brought
up under Supremacy Act, 281; pleads
that Horne is no true bishop, ib.
Bound, Dr., book of, on Observance of
Sabbath, 349

Bourne, Canon, sermon of, at St. Paul's,
222.

Boyle, Hon. R., services of, to religion,
517; to physical science, ib.
Bramhall, Archbishop, confers orders
during Rebellion era, 484

Bray, Dr. Thomas, useful works of, 561
Breda, declaration of, 486

Bridges, Dr., his Defence of the Government
of the Church, 332

CANONS.

Brinklow, Mr., complains of the robbery
of Church property, 217, and note
Browne, Sir B., service in chapel of,
during Rebellion era, 478
Brown, Robert, founder of a sect, 314
Brownists, the, 314, 338
Bucer, Martin, criticises English Prayer.
book, 208; account of, 219; process
against after death, 248

Bucher, Joan, burning of, 200
Bull, Bishop, uses Common Prayer from
memory during troubles, 458, 477;
literary works of, 520, and note; made
bishop, 579, and note

Burgess, Dr., answers Morton's Defence,
371, note

Burleigh, Lord, corresponds with Dr.
Guest as to the review of the Prayer-
Book, 260; corresponds with Arch-
bishop Parker as to the Advertisements,
288, 289; endeavours to induce Grindal
to yield to the queen, 308; dispute of
with Whitgift on "articling" clerks,
321; makes severe reflections on bishops,
322; dispute of with Whitgift as to the
mastership of the Temple, 322, 323.
opposes the petition of the Commons
in the House of Lords, 324; dislikes
the Lambeth Articles, and proceedings
against Baro, 353

Burnet, Bishop, comes over with King
William, 540; Bishop of Salisbury, 545;
accused of heresy by Lower House of
Convocation, 560; speaks against Oc-
casional Conformity Bill, 561; his cen-
sure of Lower House, 568; again attacked
in Convocation, 569; speaks in the
debate as to Church in danger, 571
Burton, Rev. H., trial of, for libel, 423

C

Calendar of Lessons, reformed under
Elizabeth, 276

Calvin, John, opinion of on English
Prayer-book, 208, 253; appealed to by
English at Frankfort, 253; draws up a
book for the English, 254

Cambridge, University of, Lutheranism
in, 32; gives opinion in the divorce
case, 83; renounces the supremacy of
the pope, 102; proceedings in against
Barret and Baro, 352, 353; state of dur-
ing reign of Elizabeth, 356; "Purga-
tion" of by Earl of Manchester, 466
Campeggio, Cardinal, sent to England in
the divorce suit, 45, 46; holds the
Legatine Court, 48; draws back from
prosecution of the business, ib.
Campion Father, mission of to England,
357; death of, ib.

Canons of 1571, 296; of 1576, 304; or
1585, 325; of 1597, 341; of 1604, 867,
368; of 1640, 434, 435, 436; (the Scotch),
429

CANTERBURY.

Canterbury, Cathedral of, altar-plate of,
420; sacrilegious proceedings at, 468
Catechism (Poynet's), 215; (Nowel's), 215,
280, and note; (Church), additions to,
made after Hampton Court conference,

363
Cathedrals, libellous attacks on, 332; im-
provements in under Laud; 421; resto-
ration of after troubles, 518
Catherine of Arragon, Queen, married to
Prince Arthur, 16; dispensation for, to
marry Henry, 17; married to Henry,
ib. told by Henry that she is to be
divorced, 42; resists suggestions as to
entering "religion," 47; before the
Legatine Court, 48; divorce of, pro-
nounced by Cranmer, 61; reception of
the news by, 62, 63; validity of mar-
riage decreed by Pope Clement, 66;
death of, 63

Capacities given to monks, 133
Cartwright, Thomas, procures drawing up
of the Admonitions, 297; early life of,
301; preferred by Lord Leicester, 327;
refused a license to preach by Whitgift,
ib.; brought before Ecclesiastical Com-
missioners, 335; committed to the Fleet,
ib.; refuses to yield, ib.; dismissed on
intercession of Whitgift, ib.

Cartwright, Bishop, appointed to High
Commission Court, 527, note; his bad
character, 529, note; presides in a court
at Oxford, 530

Castro, Alphonsus da, his sermon against
persecution, 237; his real character,

238

Chantries, hospitals and guilds, given by
Parliament to King Henry VIII., 175;
again given to the Crown, 188
Chaplains, mean condition of, 388; al-
lowed only to noblemen and those
qualified by law, 415

Charles I., King, his journey to Spain
when Prince of Wales, 398, 399; rites of
English Church performed for him,
399; accession of, 402; character, ib.;
marriage, ib.; takes Laud as his guide
in Church matters, 404, 416; ceremonies
at his coronation, 404, and note; orders
Archbishop Abbot to license Sibthorp's
Sermon, 406; supports Dr. Mainwaring,
409; publishes declaration before Thirty-
nine articles, 410; Instructions of, to
Bishops, 415; censures Bishop Davenant,
416; publishes Book of Sports for the
Sunday,418; consents to the Covenant in
Scotland, 430; dissolves the Parliament,
133; continues the Convocation, 435;
letter of, authorising it to make canons,
436; assents to taking away Star Cham-
ber and High Commission Courts, 446;
impolicy of, 448; assents to bill for
taking away Bishops in Scotland, ib.;
makes appointment to eight sees, ib. ;
assents to bill for excluding Bishops
from Parliament, 450; forbids the use
of the Directory, 459; loyal adherence

CLERGY.

of to the Church of England, 472:
rightly described as a martyr, ib.; com-
forted at the last by Church service,
473, note; death of, 473

Charles II., King, declaration of, from
Breda, 486; refuses disuse of the Prayer-
book, 487; issues letters ordering re-
view of Prayer-book, 496; assures House
of Commons of his regard for Prayer-
book, 498; policy of towards Noncon-
formists, 502; issues declaration renew-
ing promise of indulgence, 506; obliged
to yield to the Parliament, 506; device
of, for selling toleration, 506; publishes
his Declaration of Indulgence, 508;
withdraws it, 509; agrees to Test Act of
1672, ib.; turns against Nonconform-
ists, ib.; quarrels with Parliament, 510;
supported by the Church, 510
Charterhouse, Monks of the, execution of,
113

Chasubles, not used under Elizabeth, 268,

290

Cheapside, Cross of, thrown down, 468
Chillingworth, William, his book on Re-
ligion of Protestants, 427
Christian Brotherhood, the, 40
Church government, gradual progress of
the controversy on, 342, 343, 344, 348
Church property given by Parliament to
Henry VIII., 86, 175; to Edward VI.,
188; seizure of by Somerset, 213: by
Northumberland, ib.; spoliation of, 216;
commission to inquire after, ib.; com-
plaints of robbery of, 217; restoration
of, by Queen Mary, 245; alienation and
seizure of under Elizabeth, 263, 272,
304, 322; protection of under James,
361

Clarendon, Lord, advice of to Archbishop
Laud, 425; draws up Worcester House
Declaration, 490; causes its defeat in
Parliament, 491; king withdraws favour
from, 507

Clarke, John, brought from Cambridge to
Cardinal College by Wolsey, 37; Luther-
anism of, ib.

Clarke, Dr. Samuel, his book on the
Trinity, 583 censured by Convocation,
ib.; withdraws his statements, ib.;
chaplain to Moore, bishop of Norwich,
and Boyle, lecturer, ib.

Clement VII., Pope, proceedings of in
divorce case of Henry and Catherine,
42, 45, 46, 49, 55, 66, 71, 81, 82; sentence
of in the matter of the marriage of
Henry and Catherine, 66, 82
Clergy, the, secular employments of, 5;
pluralities of, 6; ill-feeling of the laity
towards, 16, sq.; moral state of in six-
teenth century, 19, 20; convicted under
Præmunire Act, 72; pardoned by
king, 73, 74; bill of grievances against,
74; answers of, 75, 76, 77; submission
of, 78, 87; Act to enforce, 82; marriage
of prohibited, 104; law as to celibacy
relaxed, 198, 199; ancient summons of