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reputation 265, 266, 3127
as ‘William the Conqueror’ 265
Waller plot (Edmund Waller) 291–3, 291, 292
Wallington, Nehemiah 109, 121, 136, 137, 179, 204
Walwyn, William 195, 442, 463, 488
The Araignement of Mr Persecution… 442, 443
on Thomas Edwards: Gangraena 448
England’s Lamentable Slaverie 443
A Helpe to the right understanding… 442
William Lenthall and 440
as a Leveller 195
John Lilburne and 440, 441–2, 444
Parliament, his attacks on 507–8
A Remonstrance… (with Richard Overton) 487
religious beliefs 440, 486, 507–8
Wantage 98
war, laws of 285, 300, 395–6
See also atrocities
A Warning for all the Counties of England 488
warning pieces (literary genre) 450–51
Warwick, Robert Rich, 2nd Earl 105, 152, 541
as deputy Lord High Admiral 191–2, 214–15, 331, 351; resignation 372, 540; reinstatement 540, 545, 563
Warwickshire 172, 214, 224, 232, 254, 397, 425, 460
legal system 405–6
parliamentary supporters 222, 232, 241, 247, 579
weapons/ordnance 63, 87, 119, 211
arsenals: Cambridge 229; Hull 182, 191–2; Kingston-on-Thames 182;
Portsmouth 191, 216; control of 182, 191–2, 209–11, 215, 541
See also arms industry
Webb, John 527, 528
Webb, Thomas 98, 344
Weekly Account 484
Weldon, Sir Anthony 205
Welsh troops 223–4, 252, 289, 319, 326
Wentworth, Lord 388
Wentworth, Sir Thomas (Earl of Strafford) 77, 78, 84, 95, 96, 110, 297
Denzil Holles and 253
as Lord Lieutenant of Ireland 84, 135, 164–5
opposition to 124, 127, 135–8; bill of attainder of 135, 137
as President, Council of the North 84, 135
impeachment/execution 96, 131, 134–9, 138, 148, 189, 433; C and 135, 136, 139, 159; criticism of 135, 139; escape attempts 136, 159;
Western Association (royalist) 353
Westminster Abbey 20, 274, 275, 358
Westminster Assembly 294, 296, 309, 338, 339, 348, 442, 501, 522
C and 492, 521
on confession of faith 311
on military failure 351
on Solemn League and Covenant 311, 312, 313
on Thirty-Nine Articles 309, 311
See also religious reform/settlement
Westminster Hall/Yard 129, 129, 293
C’s trial held in 569, 570
Westmorland 200
Weymouth 327, 331
Whalley, Edward 286–7, 495, 541
Wharton, George 366, 367, 583
An Astrological Judgement upon His Majesties present March… 366, 367
Micro-chronicon, Wharton as probable author 450
Wharton, Philip, 4th Baron 501
White, Major Francis 511, 512
White, John (Northamptonshire royalist) 218
White, John, his attack on Essex’s effigy 478–9
White, Robert 195
White Lion prison, London 93, 116
Whitehall Palace/Banqueting House 527, 528
C’s execution in 577–8
Whitelocke, Bulstrode 209, 210
Wight, Sarah 410
Wilde, Sergeant 540
Wildman, John 512, 519, 559
A Call to All the Soldiers…, Wildman as probable author of 517
Williams, Richard: Peace and No Peace 256
Williams, Roger 343, 369, 443, 458, 534
Bloudy Tenent of Persecution 340–41, 460
Queries of Highest Consideration 341
Willis, Humphrey 424
Times Whirligig… 424, 425
Willoughby (a scrivener in London) 53
Willoughby of Eresby, Lord 228
Willoughby of Parham, Francis, 1st Lord 220
Wilmore, John and Mary 202–3
Wilmot, Henry (later 1st Earl of Rochester) 244
Wilson, Arthur 430
Wiltshire 63, 99, 100, 288, 387, 531
clubmen in 413, 414, 415, 417, 418, 419
Winceby engagement, 1643 321
Winchester 265, 387
Winchester, John Paulet, 5th Marquess 387, 405, 477
Windebank, Francis (son of Sir Francis Windebank) 99
Windebank, Sir Francis 91, 98
Windsor 182, 185
Wiseman, Richard 390–91, 457–8
Chirurgicall treatises 474–5
on scrofula 474–5
Treatment of Wounds 391
witches/witch trials 428–34, 435, 463
witchfinders 429–30, 432, 434
women 217, 403, 545
as camp followers 317, 378, 387, 408, 434
care of the wounded, payment for 403, 408
childbirth 202–3
churching of 76, 102
as Levellers 410, 411
as prophets 410, 566–7
rape of 387, 396
role of 184–5, 408–11, 429, 434–5
sectarianism and 409–10, 411, 434
women preachers 344–5, 409, 410
women writers 411
wonders 111, 113, 201-2, 255–6, 504–6, 592–3
See also monsters/monstrous births; providence; supernatural phenomena
Wood, William 255
Woodford, Robert 121
Worcester 327, 388, 483
Worcester, battle of, 1651 390
Worcester/Powick Bridge engagement, 1642 241, 250, 251
Worcester, Edward Somerset, 2nd
Marquess and 6th Earl 212, 224, 285
Worcestershire 212, 213, 214, 221, 287
clubmen in 413, 414, 417–19
militia in 219, 220
taxation in 403–4
Worse and worse newes from Ireland 167
Worsley, Henry 526
Wrinkles, Thomas 218
York 83, 86, 212, 221, 326
C and 187, 190, 475
Clifford Tower 498
Great Council meeting, 1640 105
Sydenham Poyntz in 493, 498
royalist capture of 251; siege of, 1644 326–7, 328, 346; significance of 329; C’s letter to Prince Rupert on 328–9; lifting of 329, 331
See also Marston Moor
Yorkshire 210, 235, 462, 548
East Riding 221
neutralism in 220–21
parliamentarians in 221, 222, 251
royalist campaign 251, 289, 297, 298, 326, 386
West Riding 172, 184, 221, 251, 288–9, 297