Abjuration of the realm, by recu-
sants, &c., 90, 93, 106.
Absolution, to be limited, 220:
name objected to, 414, 416.
Access, freedom of, 117, 125: see also
Speaker.

Actuarius (a clerk in a court of
law), 139.

Admiral, powers of an, 163, 397;
of Lord High, 388: Vice-,
165.

Admiralty, Court of, 388.
Admonition to Parliament, the, 198,
245, 247.
Adultery, punished by High Com-

mission, 229, 407, 426; by the
bishops, 375; by the Council of
Wales, 383.

Aids, feudal, limitation of, 296:
levy of, 355.

Aldermen, their powers, 50, 104.
Alehouses, see Inns.

Allegiance, oath of, 259; to be ad-
ministered, 258, 262, 266 (2),
273-275 proclamation of, 372,
373-

Alms, 70, 186, 187: houses, 99,

ΙΟΙ.

Altars, to be removed, 190.
Amercements (properly, a sum ex-
acted from a person in the King's
mercy), assessed by a jury. 345:
see also Fines.

Anchoragium (duty taken o" ships
for the use of a haven), 388.
Apocrypha, not to be read in church,
414, 416.

Apparitors (messengers in ecclesi-
astical courts), complained of, 227,
301.
Apprentices, regulations for, 45-54:
children of paupers to be bound,
97, 98: of printers, 172 (2): ex-
emptions for, 266.

Archbishops, their powers in general,
see Bishops: of Canterbury and
York, see Canterbury, York: to
approve marriages of bishops,
188 institution objected to, 196,
197, 199.

Archdeacons, their duties, 19, 188,
201, 204, 209, 364: in convoca-
tion, 190: objected to, 196, 197,

200, 220, 222.
Aristotle, quoted, 182, 410.
Arms, borne by esquires, 176: of
recusants, 268, 319.
Arraignment (placing a prisoner at
the bar, properly at the suit of
the crown), 12, 25, 60, 79, 80.
Arrest, freedom from, 117, 126-129,
289, 320-325.

Articles of religion, subscription to,
required, 64, 65, 200, 201, 212,
215, 237: some rejected by Par-
liament, 121 some objected to,
198, 216, 217, 285, 286, 300, 414:
instruction in, 188: based on
scripture, 201, 445: to be ex-
plained, 285, 417: sermons to be
confined to, 423.

Artificers, regulations for, 45-54.
Associates, for Bishops, 219: for
ministers, 220.

Association, to protect the Queen,
83.
Attachment (process for compelling

appearance in court), issued by
Star-Chamber, 183; by High
Commission, 428, 430.

Attaint (process in treason or felony),
10, 39, 67, 77 (2): (a writ against
a jury for a false verdict), 304.
Attorney-General, his duties, 112,
335, 339 of the North, 369, 375
(4).

Attorneys, to take oath of supre-
macy, 40.

Babington, Antony, 142.
Bacon, Lord, in parliament, III,
114, 330: on prophesyings, 207:
impeachment of, 334: in Council
of Wales, 379: his political opin-
ions, 408 on taxation, 443.
Bailiffs, of cities and boroughs, their
powers, (uniformity) 19; (poor)
42, 43, 69; (labourers) 48, 52;
(recusants) 267.

Bancroft, Richard, Bp. of London,

afterwards Abp. of Cant., issues
Lambeth articles, 226; on Puri-
tans, &c., 247, 421 in High
Commission, 407: president of
Convocation, 418.

Banishment, of rogues, 102: see
also Abjuration.

Bankrupts, disqualified for Parlia-
ment, 280.

Baptism, the cross in, 191, 286, 414:
by women, 414, 416: private,
416.

Baronage, estate of, 176.
Barons, how taxed, 34: not obliged

to take oath of supremacy, 41:
to take oath of allegiance, 273,
274 right to entertain players,
69, 253; judges in Star-Chamber,
180 see also Peers, Exchequer.
Barony, tenure by, 295.
Barristers, to take oath of supre-
macy, 40.
Barrow, Henry, before the High
Commission, 223.

Bates' case, in the Exchequer, 340:
in parliament, 297, 342.
Beads, for praying, forbidden, 185,
267.

Beconagium (money paid towards
the maintenance of beacons), 388.
Begging, allowed, 44, 100, 104:
forbidden, 68, 69, 99, 381 : see
also Rogues.

Benefices, admission to, 64, 216:
patronage of, 266: poor, to be
increased, 285.

Berwick, under the Council of the
North, 376.

Bible, the, its authority, 204: to be
re-translated, 417: to be provided
in each parish, 185.
Births, register of, 186.
Bishops election, consecration, &c.,
197, 242 institution attacked,
197-199, 216-221, 225 (2), 414,
416; defended, 246, 445: to take
oath of supremacy, 6: to administer
the oath, 40, 85 (2), and of alle-
giance, 273: ordination of minis-
ters, licences, &c., 65 (2), 185,
192, 193, 194, 200 (3), 424; con-
trol over clergy, 64, 204, 205,
206, 406: to maintain uniformity,
17, 18 (2), 19, 208, 209 (2), 445:
secular duties (poor), 43 (3), 384;
(subsidy) 55; (military) 160-162;
(censorship) 188: powers against
recusants and sectaries, 63, 85
(2), 90, 258 (2), 274, 364, 417:
powers to be reduced, 196-199,
216-221, 225 (2), 414, 416: their
slackness, 221, 424: conferences
of, with the Commons, 121, 210:
vestments, and marriage of, 188:
tenure by barony, 295: power to
imprison, 206: special powers in
High Commission, 234 (2), 239,
433 (2), 435: see also Ordinaries.
Blackmail, on Scotch Border, 105.
Blackstone, on prerogative, 410.
Bondmen, see Villains.
Books, Popish, 267, 308, 417, 422:
seditious, 78, 228, 308, 382, 395,
427 see also Press.
Borders, Scotch, see North Parts:
Welsh, see Wales.

Borough, an administrative district,
(poor-law), 42, 43, 44, 72, 73;
(vagabonds) 68, 69, 70; (appren-
tices, &c.), 46, 47, 48, 52, 53;
(penal laws) 77 (2), 80, 267:
privileges of, 35, 277, 289.

Boston, salt-trade in, 114.
Bowing at the name of Christ, ob-
jected to, 414.

Bracton, references to, 115, 121,
409.

Branding, for rogues, 68, 254.
Breviary (a book containing the
services used in the Roman church
at the different hours), to be de-
stroyed, 267.

Bribery, in elections, 132: judicial,
381.

Bristol, Bp. of, see Thornborough.
Britain, Great, name adopted, 393.
Brown, Robert, 211, 224, 291.
Burghley, Lord, in trial of Q. Mary,
141: a J.P., 144: principal secre-
tary, 159, 168: Treasurer, 173:
his policy towards Puritans, 213.
Burglary, 74, 362, 380.
Burials, register of, 186.

Cambipartium (champarty, q.v.),
362.

Candles (used as offerings), for-
bidden, 185.

Canons, ecclesiastical, subject to
King's approval, 417-419: see
also Prebendaries.
Canterbury, Abp. of, his powers,
to determine vestments, 20: eccle-
siastical taxation, 161 (2), 163,
360: censorship of the press, 170-
172, 188, 395: licences to preach-
ers, 185, 424.

- province of, see Convocation.
Cap, square, to be used, 188, 194:
objected to, 414.

Capitium (a cap used as livery),
145.

Carlisle, place of meeting for C. of
North, 367: a fortress, 376.
Carta, Magna, customs-duties in,
343, 348.

Cartwright, Thomas, 196, 223, 247.
Castle Guard (the obligation upon
tenants, by virtue of their tenure,
to provide for the garrison of
a castle), 295.

Catechism, to be taught, 188: one
only to be used, 417.
Cathedrals, act of uniformity to be
observed in, 16, 18: ordinances
for, 36, 233, 433: vestments in,

193 see also Deans, Prebend-
aries.

in

Cecil, Sir Robert, Princ. Secretary,
115, 361; Treasurer, 353;
parliament, 115.

Sir William, see Burghley.
Censorship, see Press.
Censures, ecclesiastical, under Act
of Uniformity, 18, 20: in general,
261, 383, 421 inflicted by High
Commission, 304, 405, 430.
Ceremonies, see Rites.
Champarty (a bargain made with
a party to a suit, to have a share
in the thing sued for in case of
success), forbidden, 381.
Chancel, communion-table to be in
the, 190.
Chancellor, Lord High, powers of,
(oaths) 8, 40, 262, 273, 280;
(taxes) 30, 31, 34, 355, 356, 358,
360; (wages) 48; (rogues) 102;
(parliamentary privilege) 128,
129, 130 (3), 290; (villains) 174:
member of Star-Chamber, 175, 180
(3), 182, 403: see also Chancery.
- of the Exchequer, see Exche-
quer.

-

-, diocesan, jurisdiction of, 19,
201, limited, 424, objected to,
196, 199, 218, 220, 415.
Chancery, Court of, subsidy com-
missioners named in, 31: writs
issued from, (elections) 288;
(habeas corpus) 321; (rebellion)
374 returns made into, (elec-
tions) 281, 287, 288, 326, 328;
(wages) 48, 49; (recusants) 235,
236: gifts of land registered in,
103 right to subpoena a M.P.,
129 injunctions issued by, 385:
compared with Star-Chamber,
408: see also Chancellor.

-

inns of, 40.

Chantries, annexation of, 37, 38.
Chaplains, taxed, 163: assistants
to Bishops in ordination, 216.
Chapters of Cathedrals, collectors of
subsidy, 55 in Convocation, 190:
associates to Bishops, 416: see
also Deans.

Chester, exercises in, 206: Chief
Justice of, 379 (2), 380.
Chirographia (covenants), 389.

:

Church, parish, see Parish:-yards,
185, 426 disturbances in, 228,
426: attendance at, see Recusants.
Churchwardens, their duties, (poor)

17, 42 (2), 43 (2), 72, 96, 97 (3),
98 (4), 99 (3), 103, 187; (recu-
sants) 91, 256, 261, 274; (care of
churches), 186.

Citations, Act of, revived, 2: general,
227.

Classes, of the people, 176: Presby-
terian, 248.

Clergy, benefit of, curtailed, 66,
78, 84, 90, &c., abolished, 57,
74: trial of, 74: taxation of,
54, 137, 161: marriage of, regu-
lated, 187, recognized, 229, legal-
ized, 255, 414: to take oath of
supremacy, 403: see also Ministers.
Clerk, of the crown, 320, 321, 325,
326, 328: of H. of Commons, 327:
of the peace, 257.
Coinage, in King's power, 340, 342.
Coiners, punished by J.P.'s, 144.
Coke, Sir Edward, Attorney-General,

326; in parliament, 333, 334:
his defence of Star-Chamber, 401 :
attack on High Commission, 404.
Collectors, of subsidy, 28, 34, 35,
55 of alms for poor, 42, 43: of
poor-rate, 70, 73 (2): for houses
of correction, 74.
Commendams (properly the tempo-
rary holding of a benefice till a
clerk can be found for it, often
abused by being made permanent),
objected to, 414.
Commissaries (ecclesiastical judges
exercising jurisdiction under a
Bishop or his chancellor), their
jurisdiction, 9, 19, 364; regulated,
201, 424; objected to, 197, 199,
217, 218.
Commission, High: for powers in
general, see the various commis-
sions, 227-242, 424-435: origin,
6: authority confirmed, 261, 364,
370, 375; impugned, 225, 302-
305, 404 to be reformed, 417:
powers, (heresy) 12; (vestments)
20; (deprivation) 64; (censor-
ship of the press) 168, 169, 171,
172, 189, 394; (ecclesiastical
discipline, &c.) 192, 194; (sub-

Pleas, court of, monopolies tried
in, 112: collides with High Com-
mission, 407 (2): its province,
408: Justices of, see Justices.
Commons, House of: rights of, in
general, 289, 443; petitions of, 107,
215, 296, 302, 307, 311, 327:
protests of, 313, 339: warrants of,
320, 321, 331, 332, 333: com-
mittees of, 114, 117, 118, 328,
330, 331, 333, 334: judicature of,
280, 283, 337: conferences of,
(with the Lords) 329, 335, 338
(2); (with the Judges) 330: con-
trol over expenditure, 279-280:
a court of record, 287, 288, 329,
330, 338: members of, to take
oath of supremacy, 41; to name
collectors of subsidy, 29: see also
Parliament, Privilege.

Commonwealth (use of the word),
106, 112, 113, 119, 174, 177, 224,
351.
Communion, Holy, regulations for,
190, 193: used as a test, 256,
264, 266, 267, 273, 274 (2), 417:
kneeling in, 191: to be preceded
by examination, 414.
Comorthes (Welsh, cymhorth; as-
sistance or contribution, appar-
ently a Welsh form of 'mainten-
ance') forbidden, 381.
Companies, trading, exemptions to,
277.
Compter, prison of the, 324.
Concilium, Magnum, all peers mem-
bers of, 403.

Concionatores (preachers), 201, &c.
Confirmation, objected to, 414 :
name to be changed, 416.
Conspiracy, statutes against, 65, 66;
punished by J.P.'s, 145; High
Commission, 228; Justices of O.
and T., 362; C. of Wales, 381.
Constables, High, to collect poor-
relief, 100: petty, their duties,

(subsidy) 31, 33, 34; (labourers)
47, 49; (poor) 70, 99; (rogues)
254, 272; (recusants) 256, 274:
under control of J.P.'s, 145, 146,
148.

Contract, the Great, 291, 295, 298,
299, 300.
Contumacy, 218, 416.
Conventicles, forbidden, (Puritan)
89, 91, 208, 211 (2); (Papist) 308;
(in general) 145, 148, 362, 425.
Convocation; its powers, (heresy)

12; (taxative) 35, 54, 137; (con-
sultative) 424: subordinate to
parliament, 424 summons to,
190 licence to, 417: upper
house of, to act for High Com-
mission, 435 of York, to follow
Canterbury, 56.

Cope, Mr., sent to the Tower, 124.
Copes, when to be used, 193.
Copia curiae (copy of court-roll, copy-
hold), 174.

Copyholders, 174, 177, 267.
Corodies (dues paid by a religious
house to a benefactor), 30.
Corporations, (bodies politic or cor-
porate), taxed, 29, 30: schools
under, 76: lands of, 94 patents
to, 112, 115; see also Boroughs.
Correction, houses of, 73 (3), 98,
100, 103, 271, 272.

Council, Privy; powers-adminis-

trative, (wages) 49; (penal laws)
62, 274; (vagabonds, &c.) 102;
(national defence) 157, 158, 160,
161 (3), 162, 164, 279, 396; (cen-
sorship of press) 168, 169, 188;
(ecclesiastical) 185, 206, 241, 37°,
421; (oaths) 262, 273; (licences)
85, 263, 266; judicial, 81, 82,
102, 167, 181, 182 (3), 371, 401;
penal, 102, 206, 274, 368; super-
visory, 371, 374, 375, 382, 399;
deliberative, 181,184, 330 (3), 425;
taxative, 134: sitting in the Star-
Chamber, 168, 169, 374: members
of the Star Chamber Court, 175, 180
(4), 182, 183, 401, 403. 408, 444:
in parliament, 118: nominated
by the crown, 179: specially pro-
tected, 368: oath of, 165: peti-
tions to, 431, 432 minute-book
of, 167.

Council for war, 279, 280, 396: of
the North, or Wales, see North
Parts, Wales.

Counsel, Queen's, cases referred to,
126, 167.

Court-rolls (records of judicial pro-
ceedings in a manorial court),
174, 267.

Courts, ecclesiastical, their jurisdic-
tion objected to, 225: bill to
reform them, 286: their dilatori-
ness, 415 see Chancellors, Com-
missaries, &c.
Cumberland, exemption for weavers
in, 52 see also North Parts.
Curates, to be examined before ad-

mission, 216: see also Ministers.
Curtesy, tenure by (the tenure by
which a husband holds his wife's
lands after her death, if he has
issue by her), 265.

Customs duties, their origin, 26,
349: due by common law, 343:
an ancient revenue of the crown,
25, 26, 340.

Custos Rotulorum (an officer ap-
pointed to keep Quarter Session
records), 149.

Deanery (rural), exercises holden in,
207.
Deans, of Cathedrals, collectors of
subsidy, 55 in Convocation, 190:
vestments of, 193: residence,
200 jurisdiction, 209, 222: asso-
ciates for bishops, 416: taxation
of, 54, 162.
Degradation (ecclesiastical), power
of, limited, 416.

Demesne, ancient, holders of, taxed
for subsidy, 30.

Deodanda (things or animals for-
feited for having caused the death
of some one), 388.

Deprivation, of ministers, for noncon-
formity, 15, 19, 421; for not sub-
scribing to the Articles, 64, 217.
301; vestments, 286; simony,
187 appeal against, 304.
Discipline, the Book of, 245, 247-

249.
Dismes, see Tenths.

Dispensing power (penal laws), 275,
276, 308 (general) 179.