A Brief History of Britain 1485–1660

by Hutton, Ronald

  reform of royal finances 1

  Scots positions at court/bedchamber staff 1, 2

  union of the Crowns 1, 2, 3, 4, 5

  James III of Scotland 1

  James IV of Scotland 1, 2, 3, 4

  and marriage to Margaret Tudor 1

  James V of Scotland 1, 2

  James VI 1, 2, 3, 4 see also James I

  Jesuits 1

  Jewel, John 1

  John, Duke of Bedford 1

  John, Earl of Lincoln 1

  Julian of Norwich, Lady 1

  Juxon, William (Bishop of London) 1

  as Lord Treasurer 1

  Kerr, Robert (Earl of Somerset) 1

  Kildare, Earls of 1

  Lancashire 1, 2, 3

  and the Lonsdale Hundred 1

  land enclosures 1, 2

  legislation on 1

  and rioters 1

  in Wales 1

  language(s) 1, 2

  barriers of 1

  Cornish 1

  English as literary 1

  English 1

  in Wales 1

  Gaelic 1, 2, 3

  Scots 1, 2, 3, 4

  Welsh 1

  Latimer, Hugh 1

  Laud, William 1, 2

  as Archbishop of Canterbury 1, 2

  as chancellor of Oxford University 1

  imprisoned in Tower of London 1

  Le Havre 1, 2, 3

  Levellers 1, 2, 3, 4

  Leyland, Thomas 1

  Lilburne, John 1

  Lincoln, Earl of 1

  Lincoln, John Earl of 1

  Lincolnshire 1

  literature 1, 2, 3

  local government 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14

  of Charles I 1

  of Elizabeth 1

  and Justices of the Peace 1, 2

  magistrates 1

  reform of 1

  Tudor revolution in 1

  Lollards 1

  London 1, 2, 3

  apprentices 1

  City of 1, 2

  clergy of 1, 2, 3

  Corporation of 1

  coal supply of 1

  earnings in 1

  increase in population of 1

  money market of 1

  plague in 1

  population of 1

  publishing in 1

  violence in 1

  London, John 1

  Long Parliament 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7

  abolishes bishops and Elizabethan Prayer Book 1

  controls London and South-East 1

  dissolution of 1

  expulsion of 1

  Independents’ dominance of 1

  institutes presbyterian system of church governance 1

  and Ireland 1

  and New Model Army 1 see also New Model Army

  presents Charles I with Heads of Proposals 1

  recall of remnant of 1

  remnant of 1

  Scots help for 1

  and support of royal navy 1

  victory of 1

  Longleat 1

  Louis XII of France 1

  Luther, Martin 1, 2, 3, 4, 5

  Lutheranism 1, 2, 3

  mapping of England 1

  Margaret, Dowager Duchess of Burgundy 1, 2

  Margaret Tudor, daughter of Henry VII 1

  marries James IV of Scotland 1

  Marlowe, Christopher 1, 2, 3

  marriage see family values

  Mary of Guise 1, 2

  Mary Queen of Scots 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10

  claims thrones of England and Ireland 1

  imprisoned by Elizabeth 1

  marries Francis of France 1

  Mary Tudor (and) 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11

  Catholicism 1, 2

  declaration of freedom of worship 1

  marriage to Philip of Spain 1, 2, 3, 4

  religious persecution 1, 2

  Maximilian of Habsburg, Holy Roman Emperor 1, 2

  mid-Tudor regimes 1

  basic problems for 1

  central politics and government of 1

  public finance of 1

  and religion 1

  social policy of 1

  warfare and foreign policy of 1

  Middlesex, Earl of 1

  Midlands 1, 2, 3

  1607 riots in/Captain Pouch 1

  iron in 1

  and the north 1

  and the south 1

  militias 1, 2

  and control of armaments/ports 1

  county-based 1, 2

  London and Middlesex 1

  under Charles I 1

  Milton 1

  monarchy

  abolition of (1649) 1

  restoration of (1660) 1

  monasteries 1, 2

  dissolution of 1, 2, 3

  Monck, George 1

  in charge of army of Scotland 1, 2

  invites back purged MPs 1

  and Rump Parliament 1

  Montrose, Marquis of 1

  More, Sir Thomas 1, 2, 3

  Neile, Richard 1

  Netherlands 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8

  and Spain/Spanish 1, 2

  New Model Army 1, 2, 3

  and Booth’s Rebellion (1659) 1

  handicaps of 1

  and indemnities 1

  and Long Parliament and then throw it out again 1

  mutiny of (1647) 1, 2

  rebellion within 1

  seizure of Parliament by 1

  and soldiers’ pay arrears 1, 2

  unpopularity of 1

  victory of 1

  Newcastle, Earl of 1

  Newcastle 1, 2, 3

  Newgate Prison 1

  Norfolk, Duke of 1, 2, 3, 4

  imprisonment of (1546) 1, 2

  Norfolk, Dukes of 1, 2

  rehabilitation of 1

  Norman Conquest 1

  Northampton, Marquis of 1

  Northern England 1, 2

  damage to established church in 1

  heresy in 1 see Quakers

  Northumberland, Duke of (John Dudley) 1, 2

  Northumberland, Earl of 1, 2, 3, 4, 5

  O’Neill, Hugh 1, 2

  as Earl of Tyrone 1

  O’Neill, Shane 1, 2, 3

  Overton, Richard 1

  Owen Tudor and Catherine 1

  Oxfordshire, rebellion in (1596) 1

  Paget, Lord 1

  Palatinate, the 1, 2 see also Rupert, Prince of the Palatinate

  Spanish seizure of 1

  strategies for return of 1, 2

  Paradise Lost 1

  parish

  churches/priests 1

  system 1

  Parliament 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 see also House of Commons and House of Lords

  of 1624 and Spanish War 1

  and abolition of monarchy (1649) 1, 2

  Barebone’s 1

  Convention 1 see also Convention Parliament

  and divine right 1

  and early Stuarts 1 see also Charles I and James VI

  Independents in 1

  and Instrument of Government 1

  and lobbying of/petitions to MPs 1

  Long see Long Parliament

  and Petition of Right 1

  power of 1

  Protectorate see Protectorate Parliament

  and revival of impeachment (1621) 1

  Rump Parliament 1

  sale of Crown land by 1

  Short 1, 2, 3

  and take-over of Church 1

  Tudor 1

  Parr, Catherine 1

  Parry, William 1

  Pembroke, Earl of 1

  Percy family 1

  Persons, Robert 1

  Philip of Spain 1, 2, 3, 4

  Pilgrim Fathers 1

  Pilgrimage of Grace 1, 2 see also rebellions/risings

  Pilgrim’s Progress, The 1

  plague 1, 2

  bubonic 1, 2

  disappearance of 1

  Plantagenets, self-destruction of 1

  poli
tics of religion (1640s) (and) 1 see also religious sects/gatherings

  absence of toleration 1

  poor relief 1, 2, 3, 4 see also poverty

  pope(s) 1, 2, 3, 4

  and 1565 order re English Protestant worship 1

  Clement VII 1, 2

  Paul IV 1

  population growth in England 1

  Portland, Earl of 1

  Portugal 1, 2, 3

  post-Reformation Britain1

  crime and poverty in 1 see also crime and poverty

  family values of 1 see also family values

  famine and plague in 1 see also famine and plague

  popular politics in 1

  popular religion in 1

  and sea-dogs/stage-players 1

  witchcraft in 1 see also witchcraft

  poverty 1, 2

  and alehouses/alehousekeeping 1, 2, 3, 4, 5

  Princes in the Tower 1

  printing/presses, development of 1, 2, 3, 4, 5

  Privy Chamber 1, 2

  Privy Council 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11

  Scottish members of 1

  Protectorate 1

  acquires Dunkirk 1

  and alliance with France 1

  attacks Caribbean colonies 1

  financial errors of 1

  seizes Jamaica 1

  taxation/financial difficulties of 1

  at war with Spain 1

  Protectorate Parliament 1

  divides nation into provinces governed by Major-Generals 1

  Upper House of 1

  Protestantism 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10

  foreign policy of 1

  international 1

  in Ireland 1

  non-Puritan 1

  Prynne, William 1

  public finance of

  Henry VII 1

  mid-Tudor regimes 1

  Puritans/Puritanism 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6

  and divine grace 1

  Elizabethan 1, 2

  and New England colonies 1

  Pym, John 1, 2

  Quakers 1, 2, 3, 4

  Raleigh, Sir Walter 1, 2, 3, 4, 5

  rebellion in Tudor England 1

  rebellions/risings (in) 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 see also English Civil War; Pilgrimage of Grace and riots/rioting

  against taxation in Yorkshire 1

  Booth’s (1659) 1

  Catholic (1569) 1

  East Anglia (1553) 1

  Jack Cade’s (1450) 1

  of Northern earls 1

  Oxfordshire, rebellion (1596) 1

  Peasants’ Revolt (1381) 1

  Robert Kett’s (Norfolk, 1549) 1, 2

  South and East England 1

  West Country 1, 2, 3

  Western, Devon and Cornwall (1549) 1

  Wyatt’s 1

  recusancy 1

  Reformation of Manners 1, 2, 3

  regulation of common people 1

  religion, 1640s politics of 1

  religion(s) see also

  Arminians/Anglo-Catholics;

  Catholicism and

  Protestantism

  Baptist 1, 2, 3

  Calvinism 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6

  and cult of saints 1, 2

  paganism 1, 2

  Presbyterians/presbyterian system 1, 2, 3, 4

  Quakers 1, 2, 3, 4

  Society of Friends 1

  religious persecutions 1, 2

  religious sects/gatherings 1 see also Levellers

  Diggers 1, 2

  Ranters 1, 2

  Winstanley, Gerrard 1

  Renaissance 1, 2, 3, 4

  republicanism 1

  research by historians 1, 2, 3

  Richard III 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7

  Richmond Palace 1

  riots/rioting 1 see also Fens, drainage of

  and enclosure of royal forests 1

  in Essex (1629) 1

  in Scots Lowlands (1637) 1

  suppression of 1

  Rome 1, 2

  ancient 1

  Church of 1, 2

  republican 1

  Roper, William 1

  Royalist(s) 1, 2

  defeat of 1

  execution of 1

  and Long Parliament’s sea power 1

  nobility/gentry 1

  ports 1

  sea-power – privateer ships 1

  towns and European defence systems 1

  Rupert, Prince of the Palatinate 1

  and cavalry/mining tactics 1

  Russell, Lord 1

  St Leger, Sir Anthony 1

  Saye and Sele, Lord 1

  Scotland, Kirk of 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 see also Charles I

  and the Bible 1

  bishops in 1, 2, 3

  condemnation/deposing of 1

  re-acceptance of 1

  breaking of royal control of 1

  and church attendance 1

  and education/schools 1

  General Assembly of 1, 2, 3

  and independence of Protestants 1

  and National Covenant (1638) 1

  National Prayer Book of 1, 2

  reform under Charles I 1

  Scotland 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16 see also Covenanters; James VI and Scots Parliament

  army of 1

  and army under George Monck 1

  blood feuds in 1

  Calvanism in 1

  Catholics in 1, 2

  and civil war 1, 2

  and Commonwealth/deprivation of judicial rights of nobility 1

  and crisis under Charles I’s Personal Rule 1

  culture of 1

  death of adult males in 1

  French aid for 1, 2, 3

  government of 1, 2, 3

  Highlands of see Scottish Highlands

  and invasion of England (1640) 1

  jury system in 1

  language of 1, 2, 3 Lowlands of see Scottish Lowlands

  political violence in 1

  poor relief in 1

  Privy Council of 1

  Protestantism in 1, 2, 3

  reformation in 1, 2, 3, 4

  religion in see Scotland, Kirk of

  removal of French from 1

  and the Stewarts 1

  Scots families (and)

  Cunningham and Montgomery range war 1

  Gordon 1

  Gordon v. Campbell feud (1593) 1

  MacDonald Lordship of the Isles 1, 2

  Macleod of Assynt 1

  Maxwell 1

  Scots kings

  Calgacus 1

  James III 1

  James IV of Scotland see main entry

  James V of Scotland see main entry

  James VI see James I

  Scots Parliament 1, 2, 3, 4

  Covenanters’ domination of 1

  and Irish Confederacy 1

  lost to Commonwealth 1

  Protestant 1

  and reformation of Church of England 1

  restoration of (1660) 1

  Scott, Sir Walter 1, 2

  Scottish Highlands 1, 2

  and Highlanders 1

  and Western Isles 1, 2, 3

  Scottish Lowlands 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6

  and Lowlanders 1

  riots in (1637) 1

  Second Civil War (1648) 1 see also Charles I and Civil War

  Seymour, Jane 1, 2

  Shakespeare, William 1, 2, 3, 4

  Shaw, John 1

  Shelton, Mary 1

  Ship Money 1, 2, 3, 4

  Shirley, Sir Thomas (Treasurer at War) 1