Charles II 2, 113, 261, 266, 304; at execution of Cooke 4, 338; drunken injunction to remain seated 4; as Prince of Wales 116, 125, 131, 175, 176, 189, 197–8; recognition by Scots Parliament 205, 218, 244, 245; and Ireland 227; announces general amnesty 244; crowned at Scone 245; overtures for return 268, 270; restoration of 275–80; names regicides 278; and return of public entertainments 285–6; and touching for the King’s evil 286; and display of regicides’ bodies 341
Chawnor, Mary 263 and see Cooke, Mary (2nd wife)
Cheapside 143
Chepstow Prison 339
Chester 228, 278, 281
Chidley, Mrs 247
Christchurch College 64
Christmas rioters 112
Church of England 38, 39, 208, 357
Churchill, Winston 361
City of London 75, 276
Civil War 12–13, 59, 357; first 62–7; remodelling of army 66–7; second 114–19
Clapham, Mr (brother-in-law to John Cooke) 75–6, 217
Clarendon, Edward Hyde, Lord 37, 59, 61, 63, 85, 90, 132, 153, 275, 347; engineers return of Charles II 275–6; and pardoning of regicides 283; and trial of the regicides 290, 293; keeps enemy combatants in offshore islands 349; banished 353–4; History of the Rebellion 356
Clement, Gregory 297, 304
Clonmel 230
Cloyne, Dean of 283
Coke, Sir Edward 24, 25–6, 34, 72, 74, 80, 133, 148, 170, 295, 343; Institutes 69, 107, 160
Colchester 114, 133, 218
Committee of Safety 266, 267, 268, 273, 274, 348
Commonwealth 11, 150, 204–8, 241, 245, 291, 315, 358
Congregationalists 49, 50, 251–2
Convention Parliament 271, 272, 276
Cony, George 289, 319
Cooke, Abraham (grandfather) 21
Cooke, Elizabeth (mother) 21
Cooke, Frances (wife) 14, 87, 230, 231, 232, 235, 253, 255, 263, 359–60; Mrs Cooke’s meditations 233
Cooke, Freelove (daughter) 4, 5, 301, 333–4, 353
Cooke, Isaac (father) 14, 21, 75, 108, 255, 263
Cooke, Jacob (brother) 75
Cooke, James (brother) 27
Cooke, John 125; caricatures of 1; disembowelling and execution 1, 4; as law reformer and champion of the poor 1, 70, 71, 76; passed over by historians 1–2; reasons for accepting tyrannicide brief 3; background 4, 10, 21–2, 23, 27, 74; booklets by 4–5; congratulated by Cromwell’s chaplain 6; and end of impunity of tyrants 6, 7; and impossibility of compromise 6–7; defends Strafford 7, 55–6, 58–9; receives brief 8–10, 12, 14; character of 10, 11; as target of assassination 10, 14; tracts of 10–11; appointed Solicitor-General 11, 142, 144; and doctrine of command responsibility 15–16; accepts brief 16, 144; charges Charles I with high treason 17–18; beliefs 23; events of his youth 23–7; university education 27–9; legal studies and pupillage 30–1; and the forced loan incident 32–7; MPs supported by 32; views on cruel punishment 40; concern for poor and sick 41; moves to Ireland 41–3; travels in Europe 43–6; talent for disputation 49–50; sets up in Gray’s Inn 50; in agreement with Peters 68; as general law practitioner 69–70, 74–5; family’s experience of the law 75–6; nicknamed ‘White Cooke’ 76; defends Lilburne 78, 85–7; and reform of the law 78–85; marriage 87; defends Trigg 88; appointed advisor to the Army 96; preparations for trial 144–5; charges against Charles 148–50; presents Bill of Indictment 154–5; urged to take care of life 161; and legitimacy of the court 162–3; repeats request for Charles to answer charges 164–5; demands speedy justice 169–70; evidence from witnesses 173–6; attitude toward tyranny 193–4; further prosecutions 203–4; slander of 209; safety of 210–11; follow-up trials 211–17; in Ireland 223, 225–6, 230–43, 249–52; receives honours and public posts 223–5; religious toleration 238–9; as law reformer 241–3, 245, 250; as adviser to the government 249; resignation from Upper Bench 250, 252; returns to England 253; returns to Ireland 255; appointed to Upper Bench 262–3, 273; dangers to 273–4; decides not to run away 274; arrested 275; in the Tower 278, 280, 281, 286; paraded through London 281; Parliamentary debates over 282–3; letter facing death 286–7; prisoner in the Tower 293; advises fellow prisoners 297; trial of 307, 308–25; sentenced to death 324–5; last letter to his daughter 333–4; execution of 334–8, 340; head put on display 342, 349; final prayers 352; lands given to Sir George Lane 352–3; legacy of 358–64; The Poor Man’s Case 88, 103–9, 112, 113; A Union of Hearts between the King’s most Excellent Majesty . . . 90, 97–9, 100; The Vindication of the Professors and Profession of the Law 78–85, 97, 107, 170, 217, 247; What the Independents Would Have 93; King Charles: His Case 191–4, 205, 206–7, 208, 223, 256, 312, 356, 359; ‘MAGNA CHARTA’ 266; MONARCHY no creature of God’s Making 126–8, 208, 235, 237, 244; A True relation of Mr Justice Cooke’s passage by sea from Wexford . . . 233
Cooke, Mary (2nd wife) 274, 275, 281, 282, 293, 301, 334, 353
Cooke, William (brother) 27
Coote, Sir Charles 227, 235, 250, 268, 274–5, 280, 287
Copredy Bridge 174
Corbet, Miles, MP 274, 345, 361
Cork, Dean of 352
Cork, Earl of 238, 282
Cork-Bush field 101
Cotton House 144, 151, 153, 172
Cotton, Sir Robert 142
Council of State 204–5, 218, 222, 227, 241, 246, 248
Court of Common Pleas 82
Court of King’s Bench 36, 50, 76, 82, 206
Court of Wards 75–6
Crewe, Sir Randall 33
Croke, Sir George 49, 74
Cromwell, Henry 249, 252, 255
Cromwell, Oliver 1, 4, 7, 12, 84, 96, 108, 111, 113, 284, 289, 315, 319, 344, 356, 357; birth 27; description of 54; and trial of Strafford 56; preference for plain russet-coated captain . . . 63; leadership of 65; chosen as deputy to Fairfax 66–7; conduct of men 68; and the law 71; support for Independents 90; and the Putney debates 99; and constitutional authority 101; and second Civil war 114, 117, 118; support for the Remonstrance 117; rides into London 118–19; and trial of Charles 124, 128, 133; visits Windsor 131; attitude to fate of the king 135, 139; assists Cooke 145; at the king’s trial 151; amused by Peters’ joke 161–2; at king’s trial 182; and tyranny 194; and execution of the King 195; inspects corpse of the King 201; and the republic 208; leaves for Ireland 218; and Ireland 227–30; in Ireland 234, 235, 357; military successes 244–5, 246; recalled from Ireland 244; and law reform 245; dissolves Parliament 246–7; as Lord Protector 248–9, 252–6; and refusal of the crown 253–5; death of 256–7, 262
Cromwell, Richard 257, 269; succeeds his father 261–2; nicknamed ‘Tumbledown Dick’ 262; removal of 263–4
Cuthbert, William 189
Cutler, Frances see Cooke, Frances (wife)
Davenant, William 347
Dean, Colonel 345
Declaration of Breda 276–7, 284
‘Declaration of Dislike’ 95, 97, 99
Declaration of Parliament (1648) 111–12
Dendy, Sergeant Edward 143, 153, 179, 195, 278
Derby, Earl of 246
Desborough, Major General John 261, 265
D’Ewes, Simonds, MP 29
Diana, Princess 358
Digby, Lord 111
Diggers 106, 208
Diodati, Mr 45–6
Doctor and Student 30
Dorislaus, Dr Isaac 88, 129, 142, 145, 164, 209–10, 231, 291
Downes, John 181–2, 278, 338
Downing, George 282, 345, 361
Drogheda 228, 229, 357, 358
Dublin 41, 42, 54, 228, 233, 234, 238, 240, 249, 268, 273, 275, 278, 297
Dublin Castle 280
Dunbar (Battle of) 245
Duncannon 230
Edgehill (Battle of) 60, 64, 174, 272
Edward II 185
Eliot, Sir John 24, 31, 34, 36, 37, 39, 192, 206
Elizabeth I 22, 36, 39
Elsying, Henry 133, 135
Erskine, Lord Thomas 314
Essex, Co
untess of 23
Essex, Earl of 52, 58, 64, 65, 85, 133, 189, 330
Evelyn, John 268, 271, 338; sees body parts brought from the gallows 1; and death of Cooke 4; witnesses King’s return 278–9
Exchequer Chamber 52, 147, 159
Fairfax, Lady 153, 329–30
Fairfax, Sir Thomas 13, 65, 67, 74, 84, 95, 102; 113, 114, 118, 119, 265; character of 66; support for Independents 90; and general rendezvous of army 96–7; turns away cavaliers from London 128; and declaration of martial law 139; and execution of Charles 141; prevents cavaliers entering London 145; and power to detain the king 163; and execution of the King 196; attends trials of courtiers 213, 215; suppresses mutinous outbreaks 218; resignation from army 244; supports Monck’s plans 269; as national hero 329–30
Fawkes, Guy 145, 230
Felton (Buckingham’s assassin) 31
Finch, Sir Heneage 283, 290, 291, 301, 305, 308, 316, 317–18, 347
Finch, Sir John 35, 49, 51, 53, 54, 283
Five Knights Case 33, 34, 48, 49, 98
Fleet Street 68, 328, 334
Fleetwood, Charles 94, 235, 249, 252, 261, 264, 265, 267, 278, 299
Fleetwood, George 299, 399
Foster, (Judge) 291
Fox, Charles James 357
Foxe’s Book of Martyrs 38, 49, 208, 328
Fraser, Antonia 359
Frederick V 29
French revolution 15
Galway 54
Gauden, John, Eikon Basilike 208–9; The King’s Book 285
General Council 97
Geneva 38–9, 44, 45, 50, 274, 288
Gentili, Oxford Regius professor 193
George III 357
George V 358
Gilbert, W.S. 1
Goffe, Colonel William 346, 347
Gooch, Henry 175, 176
Goring, Sir George 114, 211
Grand Remonstrance 61
Gray’s Inn 8, 9, 20, 31, 34, 75, 312
Gray’s Inn Gate 84
Great Hall, Westminster 16
Grey, Rev. Anthony 21–2, 378(n1)
Grey of Groby, Lord 118
Grimstone, Sir Harbottle, MP 72, 112, 115, 285, 290
Grotius 193
Guernsey 224
Guildhall 82, 222
Gunpowder Plot (1605) 23
Hacker, Colonel Francis 195, 291, 331, 332, 340, 341, 343–4
Hadley 346
The Hague 6, 15, 129, 209
Hale Commission 246
Hale, Matthew 56, 164, 188, 193, 214, 215, 216, 246, 252, 276, 289, 290
Hamilton, Duke of 91, 102, 114, 131, 202, 203–4, 205, 211, 213–16, 223
Hampden, John 32, 34, 37, 48, 61, 64, 84
Hampton Court 95, 100–1
Harrison, Thomas 94, 100, 123–4, 130, 132, 142, 145, 187, 245, 253, 272, 277, 280, 281, 297, 298–9, 301–4, 315, 326–7
Harvard College 69
Harvey, Colonel Edmund 338
Harvey, William 40
Haselrig, Arthur 57, 61, 94, 125, 223, 247, 261, 263, 265, 267, 268, 270, 272
The Hector (ship) 230, 232–3
Henrietta Maria, Queen 29, 31, 60, 63, 101, 115, 124, 133
Henry, Philip 200
Henry Stuart, Duke of Gloucester 125, 141, 197
Henry VIII 38
Herbert, Sir Thomas 130, 197, 202, 282
Heveningham, William 195–6
Hewson, Colonel John 332, 345
Hibbert, Christopher 359
Hicks’ Hall (Islington) 294, 296, 353
High Court of Justice 12, 139, 141, 189, 195, 203, 222, 256, 290
Hirohito, Emperor 362
Hitler, Adolf 361
Holder, royalist officer 174
Holland, Earl of 114, 211, 216
Holles, Denzil 35, 37, 52, 61, 86, 90, 94, 95, 96, 97, 112, 115, 139, 280, 290, 302, 305, 329, 348
Holmby House (Northampton) 91
Holmes, Oliver Wendell 139
Holyrood House 22
Hookes, William 68
Hopkins, Matthew (witchfinder) 74
House of Commons 55, 118, 136–50, 164, 189, 240, 246, 264, 276, 305, 339
House of Lords 32, 50, 85, 86, 87, 123, 206, 214
Hulet, William 281, 332–3
Hunks, Hercules 195, 275, 281, 329
Huntingdon 27
Hurst Castle 118, 130, 131, 302, 304
Hussein, Saddam 3, 6, 363
Hutchinson, John 140–1, 142–3
Hutchinson, Lucy 140, 142, 183
Hyde, Nicholas (Judge) 33
Hyde, Sir Robert (Judge) 289, 291, 302
Ile de Rhé 31
Inchiquin, Earl of 227
Independents 66, 86, 90, 91, 93–4, 97, 115, 131, 138, 140, 206, 263
Ingoldsby, Richard 196, 272, 282
Inns of Court 4, 5, 9, 10, 20, 27, 29–30, 41, 69, 76
Ireland 41–3, 61, 95, 227–30, 234–43, 248, 268, 273, 274, 304, 357
Ireton, Henry 94, 97, 99–100, 113, 115, 118, 125, 134, 142, 187, 268, 284, 322, 344; Remonstrances of the Army 116, 117–18, 131, 290
Isle of Wight 101, 111
Jackson, Justice Robert 361
James, Duke of York 116, 125, 197–8, 291, 318, 347
James I and VI 22–4, 80, 93; Bible (1611) 23; ‘Book of Sports’ 23; male favourites of 23, 28; Basilikon Doron 25; as depraved, unpopular and idle 25; and divine right of kings 25–6; licentiousness of court 28–9; death of 29; and harrying of Puritans 32
Jeffreys, Judge George 353, 354
Jenkins, Judge David 75
Jersey 101, 349
Jews, readmission of 252
John, King 37
Johnson, Cornelius 212
Johnston, Archibald of Wariston 51
Jones, Colonel John 275, 297, 304, 328, 340
Jones, Inigo 27
Jones, Col. Michael 227
Jonson, Ben (playwright) 27
Joyce, Cornet George 92, 129, 332
Juxon, Dr, Bishop of London 160, 194, 197, 199–200, 285
Katherine of Aragon 38
Keble, Judge 117, 221
Kilbarry 235
Killing No Murder 256
Kinsale 227, 233
Kirby, Justice Michael 20–3
La Rochelle 31, 46, 111
Lambert, John 245, 253, 262, 264, 265, 267, 269, 271, 277, 284, 347, 354
Lane, Sir George 352–3
Laud, Archbishop William 32, 39, 43, 46–7, 51, 54, 58, 123, 129, 150, 202
Lay By Your Needles 359
Leicester 9
Leicestershire 103, 255, 263
Lennon, John 358
Lenthall, John 278
Lenthall, William 62, 114, 138, 246, 253, 269, 271, 278, 283, 306, 319
L’Escalade (1602) 39
Leslie, Scots General 65
L’Estrange, Roger 350, 352
Levellers 2, 86, 95, 96, 99, 101, 115, 125, 128, 140, 217, 222, 228, 253
Lilburne, Elizabeth 86
Lilburne, John 47, 51, 54, 69, 78, 85–7, 99, 101, 212, 247–8, 290, 291, 300, 360; England’s Birthright Justified 77; trial of 218–24; A Juryman’s Judgement 247
Lilburne, Col. Richard 214
Lincoln’s Inn Chapel 279
Lisle, Alice 354
Lisle, John (MP) 114, 133, 142, 153, 224, 256, 346
Lisle, Sir John (Royalist Commander) 114, 133
Littleton, Justice 30, 72
Lloyd George, David 361
Locke, John 15
Loman, Mr 334
London 69, 105, 106, 118, 131, 177, 281
London Bridge 341, 344
Long Parliament 54, 72, 76, 86, 90, 204, 264, 312, 348, 355
Louis XVI 360
Love, Nicholas (MP) 142, 144, 182, 195
Love, William (Sheriff) 290, 346
Lucas, General Sir Charles, royalist 114, 133
Ludgate 328
Ludlow, Col. (later Lieutenant-General) Edmund 4, 45, 71, 94, 115, 119, 129, 142, 210, 229, 234, 249, 252, 266, 272, 28
0, 293, 346
Luther, Martin 286
Macauley, Catherine 357
Machiavelli, Niccolo, The Prince 12, 254
Madrid 29, 44
Magna Carta 10, 24, 26, 33, 34, 37, 64, 72, 77, 78, 89, 123, 130, 211, 267, 289
Malet, Sir Thomas (Judge) 289, 291, 302
Mallow 251
Manchester, Earl of 65
Marat, Jean Paul 360
Marston Moor 60, 65, 86, 90, 353
Marten, Henry (MP) 63, 94, 125, 136, 142, 151, 169, 196, 253, 278, 299–300, 339, 354
Marvell, Andrew 196, 256
Mary, Queen of Scots 22, 123, 132, 150, 185
Mary Tudor 38, 340
Massachusetts 7, 39, 53, 68, 69, 288, 348
Massachusetts Bay 46
May, Richard 362
May, Thomas (Parliamentary historian) 345
Mead, William 290
The Memoirs of Edmund Ludlow 356
Mercurius Politicus 209, 280
Mercurius Publicus 344, 350
Middle Temple 4, 29, 346
Militia Bill (1642) 89
Militia Ordinance 193
Mill, John Stuart 94
Milošević, Slobodan 3, 6, 15, 188, 362
Milton, John 46, 71, 94, 125, 256, 273, 347; Areopagitica 86; The Tenure of Kings and Magistrates 207; Eikonaklasties 208
Monck, George 26, 65, 245, 262, 265, 290, 304, 330; and restoration of Charles II 266–72; awarded titles 279
Monck, Lady 279
Monkstown 275
Montague, Edward 252, 268, 271, 290, 305, 341
Montesquieu, Charles de Secondat, Baron 15
Monthly Mercury 117
Moore, Michael 104
Mordaunt, John (later, Baron) 256, 264, 271, 279
More, Sir Thomas 23, 152
Morley, Colonel 268, 271
Morris, Secretary of State 331
Muddiman, Henry 280, 317, 336
Muddiman, J.G., The Trial of Charles I 2, Note on sources
Mugabe, Robert 363
Munster 233, 241, 242, 247, 262
Munster Court 235, 238, 249
Muskerry, Lord 236
Nag’s Head tavern (London) 115–16
Nantwich, Battle of 65, 265
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