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Hampden, John, desirous to emigrate
with Cromwell and Pym, 428, 432.
Accuses Laud, 452.
Harpsfield, archdeacon of Canterbury,
his cruelty, 360.

Haslerig, Sir Arthur, 432, 480.
Hastings, battle of, 67.

Heath, bishop, 363, 365, 369.
Heathenism and idolatry of Rome in-
troduced into Britain, 7. Remnants
of Druidical and Roman, 11. De-
migods of paganism, 165. Resem-
blances of popery to, 168.
Henry I. grants a charter of liberties,
78. Requires homage from Anselm
for his see, ib. Reference to Pope
Urban, ib. The pontiff's address to
Henry, ib. The king insists on re-
ceiving homage from prelates; 79.
Henry II. raises Becket to the see of
Canterbury, 83. He supports Alex-
ander III. as pope, 82. Causes of
quarrel with the primate, 85, 86.
Henry refers the accommodation of
the disputes to the great council at
Clarendon, 88. He demands ob-
servance of the royal customs by the
prelates, 87. His courtiers entreat
Becket to submit, 88. Firmness of
Henry, and its successful result, 89.
Council at Northampton, 92. He
fines the archbishop in 5001., ib.
Demands money from Becket as
warden of his castles, and payment
of a loan, 93; also his accounts as
chancellor, ib., 106. His perplexity
at the firm countenance shown by
Becket, 97. Brings him to trial for
treason, 98. Sends ambassadors to
Pope Alexander III., 100. The
pope's reply, 101. The king con-
fiscates the chattels of Becket and
his partisans, 103. Threatened with
excommunication by Becket as the
pope's legate, 109. He dreads the
promulgation of an interdict; mea-
sures to prevent it, 110. His incon-
siderate boast of having bought the
favour of Rome, 113. He proposes
terms with the Holy See, 114.
Stipulates for the integrity of his
royal customs, ib.
Makes peace
with Louis VII., ib. Interview be-
tween both monarchs and Becket,
ib. His dignity and talent in main-
taining his cause against Becket's
pride and obstinacy, 115.
Church in England insists that Henry
shall repay to Becket and his ad-
herents all confiscations and fines,
116. Pope Alexander supports Beck-
et's demand of restitution of pro-

The

Henry II.-continued.

perty, 116. Henry proffers fresh terms
to the Roman pontiff, 117. The
two nuncios exhort Henry to restore
the exiled archbishop to favour, 118.
He remains intrepid, ib. Causes
his eldest son to be crowned as a
measure of precaution, 120. His
sincerity in the meeting with Becket
and Louis at Frettevalle, 122. The
king's mild and magnanimous de-
portment, 122. The king's sick-
ness, 126. Prince Richard now
styled the young king, 129, 130.
Henry the father king, 131. Henry
asks advice of his prelates, ib. Their
answer, ib. His incautious expres-
sions misconstrued, ib. The king's
remorse upon the murder of Becket,
committed by De Tracy and Fitzurse,
135. His unfeigned penitence, ib.
Advantage taken by the pope and the
king of France of this untoward
event, 136. Terms of reconciliation
favourable to Henry, 137. His pe-
nance and repentance at the shrine of
Becket, 141. His death, 142.
Henry III., state of the Church in Eng-
land, 187. The Lombards enriched
by excessive usury, ib.

Henry IV.; persecution of the Lol-
lards, 196, et seq. Question of the
convent lands, 222.

Henry V.; the prince offers pardon to
Badby, 200. He leaves Lord Cob-
ham to the tender mercies of the
primate Arundel, 202. Informed that
the Lollards were plotting against
his life, 213. Bill proposed for seiz-
ing conventual lands, 222, 252.
Henry VII.; persecution of the Lol-
lards resumed in his reign, 220.
Affairs of the Church in this reign,
223.

Henry VIII.; state of the kingdom at
his accession, 223. His abilities,
224. Splendour of his court, ib.
The patron of letters, ib. His min-
ister Wolsey, ib. His controversy
with Luther obtains for him the title
of Defender of the Faith, ib. Anecdote
of his court-fool, ib. Queen Catharine,
account of, 225, et seq. Anne Bo-
leyn, the king's love for, 226. Soli-
cits a dispensation to have two wives,
ib. Divorced from Catharine, 227.
Persecutions and atrocities in the
name of religion, ib. Is persuaded
by Cromwell to assert his supremacy
over the Church, in his dominions,
ib. He enjoins the placing the
Bible, both Latin and English, in

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Henry VIII.-continued.

churches, 241. This change respect-
ing the use of the Scripture is pro-
moted by Cranmer and the Queen
Anne Boleyn, 242. Her marriage
one cause of the advance of the Re-
formation, 242. A nun executed for
feigning revelations of Henry's death,
243. Fisher, bishop of Rochester,
implicated, 244. Sir T. More also
accused of communicating with the
nun, 245. Carthusians executed for
denying the king's supremacy, 247.
The king is all-powerful in the Par-
liament, 248. Puts Sir T. More to
death, 250. Henry not originally
cruel and vindictive, 248. Capri-
cious, familiar with his favourites;
but an unsafe master, 245. He seizes
upon abbey lands and convents, 251-
254. His depravation and ferocity
manifested in the beheading Anne
Boleyn, and next day espousing Jane
Seymour, 255. He suppresses, in
person, an insurrection relating to
certain sacraments, 256. He reasons
and argues, but nevertheless puts the
ringleaders to death, 257. Great re-
bellion in the north of England, 257
-260. The king's affairs become
perilous, 258. He puts Robert Aske
and the Lord Darcy to death, 259.
He suppresses the great monasteries,
260. Erects a few additional bishop-
rics with part of the confiscations, ib.
Dissipates the bulk of the forfeited
possessions of the abbeys, by grants,
and gambles with the monastic wealth,
ib. The kingdom being under inter-
dict, and himself cited to Rome as a
heretic, Henry sets forth a declaration
against the Holy See, 262. Evinces
some regard for Cranmer, 267. Ro-
manists (not papists) had still influ-
ence with the king, 268. Death of
his queen Katharine Howard, ib.
His marriage with Katharine Parr,
widow of Lord Latimer, 269. The
king grown older, still a persecutor,
ib. Anne Askew consigned to the
flames, 271. The king supposed to
desire to implicate his queen, Katha-
rine Parr, in a charge of heresy, 269,
271. Permits the enemies of Cran-
mer to cite him to answer charges,
273. Sends for him to a private in-
terview; their interesting dialogue,
ib. Henry rebukes his council, 274.
And protects Cranmer during his own
life, ib. He sends for Cranmer on
his death-bed, 276. Death of Henry,
ib. His will; treats of his religious

Henry VIII.-continued.

sentiments, and past life, 276. It or-
ders money to the poor at his funeral,
to pray for his soul, 277. Odious to
posterity, ib. His more favourable
qualities, 278. His disposition, and
learning, 278, 279.

Heptarchy, its kings descended from
Odin, 12. Christianity disappears for
a century, ib.

Hertha, goddess of the Saxons, 12.
Hesiod, " Theogony" of, and poems of
Homer, compared with Bardic my
thology and history, 39-45.
Hewet, Andrew, burnt, 240.
Hildebrand. See GREGORY VII.
Hoby, Sir Philip, 289.

Holinshed, quotation from, 361.
Holy-days, certain festivals, abolished,
256, 282, 475.

Holyman, bishop of Bristol, 330.
Hooker, quotation from, 390.
Hooper, bishop of Gloucester, inclined
to Calvinistic doctrines, 285. Com-
mitted to the Fleet prison for non-
conformity, 286. He substitutes the
communion table for an altar, ib.
Fox's testimony of his merit, 307—
312. His examination by Gardiner
and Tonstall, 308. His marriage, ib.
His constancy in a lingering martyr-
dom, 313.

Horsea, Hugh of, a monk, called the
'Ill-clerk, 134.

Howard, Katharine, queen of Henry

VIII., beheaded, 268. Fall of the
Howard family, 275, 382.
Huguenots, Hugonots, or Protestants of
France, persecution, 378. Massacre
of them on St. Bartholomew's day
general throughout France, ib.
Huss, his fortitude in his martyrdom,
196, 215.

I.

Icolmkill, monastery in the Hebrides,
its importance in the history of the
establishment of religion, 29.
Idols of the Anglo-Saxons, 11.
Images, doctrines regarding, 255. In-
junctions in England against them,
and many destroyed, 282.

Ina, king, sends to Athens for Greek
professors, 50. Founder of Glaston-
bury church, 52.

Independents, methodical system of the,
477, 489.

Infallibility of the pope, 180, 190.
Innocent III. chooses Cardinal de Lang-

ton to be archbishop of Canterbury,

Innocent III.-continued.

His

144. His correspondence with King
John, 146. Deposes King John; his
subsequent policy, 147, 148.
legate Pandulph, 148, et
seq.
John
swears liege-homage to him, 149.
The pope supports John's authority,
153. His bull disregarded by the
English barons, 154. He declares

transubstantiation a tenet necessary
to salvation, 177.
Inquisition established by the Domini-
cans, 186. Inquisitors in England,
201. Commissioners of inquisition,
358.

Interdict by the Church of Rome; its
force and severity, 110. Annoyance
to the people, 146–150, 262.
Ireland, Church of, 427.

Iona, island of, west of Scotland, 29.
Islip, Simon de, archbishop of Canter-
bury, 189.

J.

James I.; state of religious parties at
his accession, 396. His prudence, ib.
Conference at Hampton Court, on
the prayer book, confirmation, bap-
tism, &c.; the king's principles, 398,
399, 400. The king's commands in
matters of religion, 407. His Trea-
tise on Demonology, 410. A So-
cinian and a fanatic burnt, ib. James
resolves never to make another mar-
tyr, 411. His principles of tolera-
tion, ib.
The Gunpowder-plot, ib.
State in which James left the Church,
415.

James II.; the Duke of York con-
verted to the Romish faith, 493.
State of religious parties on his ac-
cession, 495. James's measures, 497.
He appoints a commission to punish
ecclesiastical offences, ib. The king
appoints a papist as Dean of Christ-
church, and the clergy steadily resist
these proceedings of James, 498.
The Declaration of liberty of con-
science, 499. It abolished all tests,
ib. Sancroft summons the prelates
to meet him, ib. The king causes
the Seven Bishops to be tried for a
petition to him, as libellous, 501-
505. His subsequent negotiations
with the prelates, 508, 509. The
Revolution, and elevation of William
and Mary to the throne, 512. The
Church and the Constitution estab-
lished by that event, 516.
Jeffries, Judge, 497.
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Jesuits, college of, established by Allen
at Douay, 378. Their influence, 379.
Their institutions and rules, emi-
nently adapted to acquire power, ib.
They establish themselves in distant
lands, and in America, 380. They
implicitly obey the pope, ib. Their
vows, ib. They establish colleges
at Douay, Rome, Valladolid, Seville,
St. Omer's, Madrid, Louvain, Liege,
Ghent, and Rheims, 378. If am-
bitious of martyrdom, they were mis-
sioned to Japan, where a slow fire
was the expected doom, 380; others
were sent to England to form con-
spiracies, ib. Campian the Jesuit,
381. The Jesuit Garnet executed,
412.

John of Oxford excommunicated, 117.
Obtains absolution; his abilities, and
success with the pope, 111, 128.
John, king of England, elected by the
clergy, 143. Is involved in dispute
with Innocent III. respecting De
Langton and his competitors, 144.
His obstinacy under an interdict,
147. His tyranny, b. He is de-
clared by the pope to be deposed,
and the kingdom offered to Philippe
Auguste, 148. His offer to a Moor-
ish prince of Spain, ib. He delivers
his crown to Cardinal Pandulph, and
after five days receives it as from the
see of Rome, 149, 150. His army
refuse to embark for France with the
king, 151. He puts to sea with his
household officers, ib. He returns
from Jersey in anger against his
barons, ib. He is supported by
Pope Innocent, 152. Pandulph
praises and encourages him, ib. He
meets his barons in London, 154.
Is required to confirm the charter of
Henry I., ib. He fortifies his castles,
ib. The barons having attempted
Northampton, are received by the
people in London, 155. He is com-
pelled by the barons to sign Magna
Charta, ib.

Joye, George, version of part of the
Scriptures, 241.

K.

Keltic nations, 38. Their priests, 107.
Ken, bishop of Bath and Wells, 499,
500.

Kingston, Sir Anthony, his persuasions
to Bishop Hooper, 310.

Kirk-scot, nature of this provision for
the clergy, 47.

Kitchen, bishop of Llandaff, conforms
to the Established Church, 366.
Knewstubs, the Puritan, objects to the
baptismal service, surplice, &c., 404,
408.

Knox, John, when residing in England,
296.
A disciple of Calvin, 391.
His letter to Mary of Scots, 405.

L.

Lambert, John, avows the religious tenets
of Bilney and Frith, 264. Commits
his arguments against the doctrine of
transubstantiation to writing, 265. Is
tried by Henry VIII. in person, ib.
Ordered to argue the question with
Cranmer and the bishops, 265. The
king denies him mercy, ib. His
cruel execution, ib.

Lambeth Articles, the, sanctioned by
Archbishop Whitgift, 399.
Lanfranc, archbishop of Canterbury, his
learning and talent, 68. Defends the
rights of the clergy, 71. Sole jus-
ticiary in William I.'s absence, ib.
He rebuilds the cathedral of Canter-
bury, ib. His alms, and his integrity,
ib. Causes the cessation of sale of

slaves, ib. Removes the bishops'
sees from decayed cities, ib. Estab-
lishes an uniform liturgy, 72. Re-
stores letters, ib. Honours the me-
mory of Dunstan; permits imposture
respecting some miracles, ib. Pre-

dicts the accession of Anselm to the
primacy, ib.

Langham, Simon, primate, 189.
Langton, Stephen de, elected by the

Pope, Innocent III., to the see of
Canterbury, 144. King John elects
the bishop of Norwich, ib. Langton
arrives, from Pontigny, in England;
his policy, 150. He threatens all
adherents of John, 151. Appeals
against Pandulph to Pope Innocent
III., 152. He contemplates the
Great Charter, 153. Success of his
measures, 155. Contributes by his
patriotic spirit to the liberties of
England, 154, 157.

Latimer, the pious, made bishop of
Worcester, at the instance of Anne
Boleyn, 242. He entreats the king
that certain monasteries in each shire
might be converted into establish-
ments for learning, 260. On public-
ation of the Six Articles, he resigns
his see, and is imprisoned, 266. Step-
lords, who called by him, 292. Is
one of the bishops in prison at Ox-

Latimer-continued.

ford, 320. Anecdote when in the
Tower, 331. His dress on his trial,

ib. His reply to Bishop White, 332.
Latimer prepares for death, 336. His
cheerfulness and courage, ib. His
death, 337.

Latin language, in Britain, 12. Em-
ployed in ecclesiastical writings, 34.
The use of Latin in the church offices,
required by the people, 292.
Laud, animosity against the archbishop,
how first excited, 419. His zeal for
and devotion to the principles of the
Reformation, 421. His charitable
temper towards the Romanists, ib.
True piety of Charles I. and the pri-
mate, 422. Orders the communion-
table to be railed in in the chancel,
423. The condemnations in the Star-
chamber increase his unpopularity,
ib. The cloud impending over Laud,
426. His diary, ib. His munifi-
cence to the University of Oxford,
427. Causes the king to restore to
the Church of Ireland the impropria-
tions vested in the crown, ib. He
enforces discipline, and repairs the
churches, ib. Maintains the ob-
servance of the rubric, ib. His ene-
mies, 428. Fined by the Puritans,
441. Taken in custody by the Par-
liament's authority, 451. Articles
against him, 452. Sent to the Tower,
453. He sees Lord Strafford led to
execution, 455. His revenues seized,
456. His diary, &c., seized by
Prynne, ib. His trial, 457. His
defence, 459. His firm behaviour,
462. Speaks in his own vindication,
464. He produces a pardon from
Charles I., but the Parliament af-
firms that a judgment of Parliament
could not be met by the royal cle-

mency, 466. His dying address,

468. Declares his innocence, 469.
His prayer in the hour of death, 471.
Concourse at his burial, 473.
Laurentius, successor of St. Augustine,
22.

Lay impropriations, 418. Fund to re-
purchase them applied to lecture-
ships, 418, 419. New confiscation,
419, 484.

Laymen, church preferments bestowed
upon, 288.

Leaf, John, an apprentice, condemned
to the stake, 325.

Legends regarding Britain, 8.
Leicester, earl of, favourite of Eliza-
beth, 388.

Levellers, and Fifth Monarchy Men,

Levellers-continued.

490. They proclaim King Jesus, ib.
A plot frustrated, 494.
Libraries at Canterbury, 47. MSS.
destroyed by the Danes. 50. Of the
abbeys destroyed at the Reformation;
history and classical learning sup-
posed to have suffered, 288, 291.
Lindisfarn, Isle of, 29.

Lingard, Dr., quotation from, 213, note.
Liturgy, compiled by Bishop Osmund

and established by the authority of
Lanfranc, 72. The Church Liturgy,
prepared by Cranmer, 284. The peo-
ple wished it to continue in Latin,
294. The Litany, 369. Alterations
approved of by James I., 406. Sup-
pressed by the Parliament, 474. Con-
firmed by Charles II., 487.
Lloyd, bishop of St. Asaph, 499, 500.
Loke, fable regarding him and his off-
spring, 41.

Lollards, followers of the tenets and
principles of Wicliffe, 194. Danger-
ous in that era, 196. They are con-

demned to the stake, 197, et seq.
Rumoured designs of insurrection,
213. Statute against them, 215.
Lombards in England, their usury, 187.
London, St. Paul's church founded, 19.
Bishop Dunstan, 61. Tumult upon
Wicliffe appearing before a synod in
St. Paul's, 191. The city is apostro-
phized by Ridley, in his affecting
leave-taking, 329. The fire of Lon-
don predicted to the day, 494.
papists accused of it, ib.
Louis VII. protects and receives the
exiled Becket, 100, et seq., 110. His
enmity to Henry II., and subservi
ence to Rome, 112. Peace with
England, 114. His policy, and per-
haps candour, displayed in the inter-
views with Becket and the English
king, 115, 116.

The

Louis XIV. expected to restore the
Romish religion in England by his
arms, 497.

Ludlow, Parliamentarian general, 494.
Luther, his principles of religious li-
berty, whence derived, 224. His
conference with Tindal, 233. A Ro-
manist bishop's mention of him, 364.
Lucius, British king, baptized, 8.

M.

Magna Charta, causes which conduced
to it, 150. Struggle against the royal
authority, 154. It is sealed at Run-
nymead, near Egham, 155. Its pro-

Magna Charta-continued.

visions, 155. Great satisfaction of the
people, 156.

Malmsbury, William of, 290.
Manes, philosophy of, 170.
Manichean school, St. Augustine par-
took in its views, 170. Its errors
and corruptions, 251.

Manse, hospitalities of the priests', 49.
Manwaring, Dr., suspended from his

church ministry, 425. He is reward-
ed by Charles I. with the bishopric of
St. David's, ib.

Marriages of priests annulled, 79; and
celibacy strictly enforced, 80. Tax
imposed by Henry I., ib. One cause
of condemnation to the stake, 306,
315, 341, 347. Declared lawful, 409.
Martyrs-British, 9, 10. Among the
later English are:-William Sautre,
197. John Badby, 200. [Huss, John,
196. Jerome of Prague,] Lord Cob-
ham, 214. Sir Roger Acton, ib.
Joan Boughton, 220. Lady Young,
221. William Tylsworth, ib. John
Scrivener, ib. Thomas Bilney, 228.
James Bainham, 231. John Frith,
237-241. Andrew Hewet, 240.
Tindal, 241. John Lambert, 264-
266. Anne Askew, 269–272. John
Rogers, first martyr under the Marian
persecution, 303. Laurence Saunders,
304. Bishop Hooper, 307-313. Dr.
Rowland Taylor, 313-320. John
Bradford, 315-325. John Leaf suf-
fers with Bradford, 325. Bishop Far-
rer, 324. Bishops Ridley and Lati-
mer, 326-336. Archdeacon Philpot,
324-340. Whittle, a priest, ib.
Cranmer, 320-354. Julius Palmer,
355. George Tankerfield, 356. Ro-
bert Smith, ib. George Roper, 357.
Rawlins White, ib. John Corneford,
359.

Mary, the lady, threatened by Henry
viii., 251. Her accession as Mary
I., 300. Re-establishment of popery,
and religious persecutions during her
reign, 301, et seq. Her marriage
with Philip II., 302. Her malignity
against Cranmer, 340. Its origin
surmised, 348. Her death described,
359. Joy of the people testified, 360.
Her funeral sermon, 364.

Mary, Queen of Scots, married to the
Dauphin, afterwards Francis II., 373.
The Dauphin's claim to England in
right of Mary, ib. She is left a widow,
ib. Flying from Scotland, she is in-
carcerated by her cousin Elizabeth,
and is formidable as an object of hope
to the Catholic malcontents, ib.

Her

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