History of England, Vol. VIII.
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History of England, Vol. VIII.
1635–1639
Samuel
Rawson
Gardiner
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Table of Contents
Note on the Text
Chapter LXXV.
Ireland Under St. John And Falkland.
Sir Oliver St. John, Lord Deputy
The Wexford plantation
The religious difficulty
Waterford elects recusant magistrates
The charter of Waterford seized
St. John created Lord Grandison
Lord Falkland succeeds Grandison as Lord Deputy
Proclamation for the banishment of the priests
State of the army in Ireland
The charter of Waterford restored
First draft of the Graces
The Irish nobility consulted
Bishop Downham’s sermon
Attempt to induce the Irish to support the army
A contribution agreed to
The amended Graces
Parliament summoned and postponed
Difficulties with the Catholics
Dissensions in the Irish Council
The Byrnes of Wicklow
Falkland’s position shaken
Falkland recalled
Wentworth appointed Lord Deputy
Chapter LXXVI.
Wentworth In Ireland.
The Irish officials and the Irish Parliament
Wentworth’s system of government
His view of the situation in Ireland
The Earl of Cork
Wentworth means to see with his own eyes
Arrives in Dublin
Obtains a prolongation of the contribution
His confidence in the power of government
Restores the discipline of the army
His relations with the Irish Council and the King
Case of Lorenzo Cary
Trade encouraged
Condition of the Church
Bedell at Kilmore
Wentworth’s account of the state of the Church
The Earl of Cork’s seizure of Church property — Lady Cork’s tomb
Church ceremonies
Preparations for a Parliament
Wentworth’s resolution about the Graces
His speech at the opening of Parliament
Parties in the House of Commons
Six subsidies granted
Wentworth’s struggle with the Catholic party
The Irish Convocation
The English Articles adopted
Presbyterianism in Ulster
Proposed plantations in Ormond and Connaught
English view of Irish affairs
The Londonderry settlement
Forfeiture of the charter
Wentworth’s visit to Connaught
Obtains an acknowledgment of the King’s title to Roscommon, Sligo, and Mayo
Resistance of the Galway jury
Irish view of Wentworth’s policy
Chapter LXXVII.
The Second Writ of Ship-Money.
Alliance between Wentworth and Laud
Laud and Cottington at the Treasury Commission
The soap patent
Contention between Laud and Cottington
Quarrel between Laud and Windebank
The Essex Forest Court
Coventry’s speech to the judges
Announces that ship-money must be paid by all
State of the finances
Increase of the customs
Foreign complications
Issue of the second writ of ship-money
Appeal to the fundamental laws
The Forest Court in the New Forest
Commission for Dean and Essex Forest
Enlargement of Richmond Park
Cottington expects to become Lord Treasurer
Case of Pell and Bagg in the Star Chamber
Charles refuses to punish Bagg
Collection of ship-money
Partial resistance
The judges consulted
Was the King sole judge of danger?
Is Parliament a constituent part of the State?
Charles’s offers to Spain and the Emperor
Asks that Lorraine may be exchanged for the Palatinate
The Elector Palatine in England
Taylor’s mission to Vienna
The Emperor’s offer
Fresh difficulties in enforcing the payment of ship-money
Chambers appeals in vain to the King’s Bench
State of feeling in the nation