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
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
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