Breach of Privilege-continued.
Assault on a member's servant, 36,
37.

Sir F. Goodwin's case, 163–172.
See Goodwin.

Arrest of Sir Thomas Shirley, at
the suit of a goldsmith, and
detention of him by the Warden
of the Fleet, 173-176.

Bristol (Bristowe), Bishop of; com-
plaint of the Commons against
his book, 200.

Bacon's report of a conference
thereon, 208, 209.

Submission and apology of the
Bishop, 209 note.
Britain or Great Britany, discussion as
to application of the name to
England and Scotland united,
191. 195. 197-200, 225. 239.
Britton on the king's jurisdiction, 373.
Bruce, Edward, Abbot of Kinloss, a
friend of Anthony Bacon, 59.

Bruce-continued.

Letter from Francis Bacon to him,
60, 61.

Made Master of the Rolls, 78.
Buccleuch, Duke of, owner of the
original of the engraving pre-
fixed to this volume, iii.
Buckhurst, Thomas Sackville Lord,
Lord Treasurer, pecuniary dis-
pute of Bacon's referred to, 41.
43. 44.

Letter to him from Bacon with
copy of his "Advancement of
Learning," 254.

Bucks county, member for, expelled
from the House for an invective
against the Scotch, 306, 307
note.

Burgundy, duchy of, how lost to its
duke, 324.

Burstone manor, money paid to Mr.
Nott on sale of, 42.
Butlerage and Prisage, 270.

C.

Calais, 318.

Caldecot manor in the marches of
Wales, 376.

Canon law not adopted by England, 341

note.

Canterbury, Archbishop of, at Q. Eliz.
death bed, 55.

Heads of his speech in the con-
ference on ecclesiastical griev-
ances, 265.

Report from Committee on ques-
tion of composition for Purvey-
ances, 271.

Canterbury, Dean of, on Q. Eliz. last
illness, 55.

Carew, Sir George, 45 note. 75 note.
Carey, Sir George, Master of Chan-
cery, 200.

Carleton, Dudley, on the character of

Sir Henry Wotton, 10.

Reference to his paper on the
Scottish Union conference, 190
note.

His notes and abstracts of Bacon's
speeches and reports, and also of
the King's speech thereon, 191.
192. 193. 195. 201. 326. 327. 329.
On the Ecclesiastical conference,
265 note.

On the Bill of Purveyors, 271

Carlisle, question of erecting there a
Court of Justice for the Border,
221.

Cartakers. See Purveyors.

Cary, Sir Robert, Queen Elizabeth's
death announced to king James
by, 60.

Castlehaven harbour, destruction of
Spanish ships in, 44.

Catesby fined for his complicity in
Essex's plot, and a share of the
fine allotted to Bacon, 14. 41.
Cecil, Sir Robert, afterwards Lord
Cecil, Viscount Cranbourne, and
Earl of Salisbury (Mr. Secre-
tary) letter from Bacon to, con-
cerning his altercation with
Coke, 2, 3.

Explains to the Commons the

causes of their meeting, 17.
Speaks for government on Subsidy
Bill, 21.

His proceedings on the monopoly
question, 23. 24. 26. 28. 30-33.
Leading man at the English Coun-
cil board, 44.

Letter to him from Bacon on the
state of Ireland, 45.

His instructions to Montjoy with
regard to Tyrone, 53.
Courted by Bacon as a means of
introduction to the King, 56, 57.
Origin of his secret correspondence
with K. James, 59.

Keeps his lead in Council, 78.
Helps Bacon in some difficulty,
79. 290.

Cecil-continued.

Letters of thanks from Bacon,

with account of his private af-
fairs, 79. 81.

His advice to Bacon in reference to
Essex, 148.

His account of the dispute concern-
ing the election of Sir Francis
Goodwin, 163 note.

On the opinion of the Judges as
to the effect of changing the
name of the kingdom, 200.
Project from the King produced by
him, 202.

His speech at the conference touch-
ing the Bishop of Bristol's book,
208, 209.

Created Baron Essendon and Vis-
count Cranbourne, 241 note.
His share in the preamble to the
articles of Union, 242.
Letter to him from Bacon, with a
copy of the "Advancement of
Learning," 253.

Letter from the same with an ex-
amination bearing on the Gun-
powder Plot, 257.

His hint about Supply in confer-
ence, concerning Recusants, 262.
Warns the Commons of the fate of
the Purveyance Bill, 268.
His huckstering system, 270.
His endeavour to keep back the
Purveyance Bill, 271.
Letters to him from Bacon about
the Subsidy Bill, 275. 277.
Shows an interest in Bacon's for-
tunes: letter from Bacon upon
a rumour of the promotion of
Coke, 288, 289.

Reason for doubting the sincerity
of his professed desire to advance
Bacon, 292.

Letter from Bacon "touching the
Solicitor's place," 296.
Suspected of secretly furthering
the dispute about Escuage, 305.
Avoids an inconvenient debate by
advising the Speaker to be too
ill to go to the House, 334 and
note.

His speech on the merchants' pe-
tition upon Spanish Grievances,
347.

Why he did not employ Bacon
more confidentially, 367.
Receives an annual pension from
Spain, ibid.

Suggestion submitted to him for
settling the dispute between the
King's Bench and the Court of
Wales, 382-384.

See 15 note. 16 note. 75 note.
168. 202 note. 389. 392.

Chadderton, Mr., one in the Hampton
Court conference, 129.

Challoner, Sir Thomas, 61.

Letter to, from Bacon, bespeaking
his services with the King, 63.
Chamberlain, John, Dudley Carleton's
correspondent:

On Barker being made Sergeant, 5.
On the death of Anthony Bacon,
ibid.

On the character of Sir Henry
Wotton, 10.

On the fines laid on Essex's asso-
ciates, 14.

On the Spaniards at Kinsale, 20.
On the progress of Parliament
business, 21.

On Queen Elizabeth's last illness,

On Lady Packington, 290.
See 291 note.

Chancellor of England, never made a
deputy, 111.

Despatches the suits in Equity of
the whole kingdom, 122.
See 230. Ellesmere.

Chancery, Court of, 35. 38.

Jurisdiction of, in matter of Elec-
tion returns, 164. 165. 171.
Charitable Trusts Act, altercation in
the Commons about the, 37-39.
Chepstow bridge, question as to juris-
diction concerning, 379.
Chichester, Bishop of See Andrews.
Chichester, Dean of, 55.

Church, bill against pluralities of be-
nefices, 21.

Bill against wilful absence from,

25.

Diversity of rites in, 97, 337.
Dispute between High Churchmen
and Puritans, 98-102.
Considerations touching pacifica-
tion and edification of, 103—
127.

Conference at Hampton Court,

128-132.

Protest from the Convocation
House against the pretensions
of the House of Commons to
deal in matters of religion, 210.
Proceedings and conferences rela-
tive to heresies and popish
recusants and ecclesiastical
grievances, 262-265.

Cicero, of Cæsar, 251.
Clergy. See Church.

Cobham, Lord, his plot; Ralegh's con-
nexion with it, 134, 135.

Cogitata et Visa; Correspondence with
Bodley concerning, 365, 366.

Coke, Sir Edward, Attorney General,

his altercation with Bacon, 1-3.
Bacon's letter of expostulation, 4.
Bacon's opinion of him as a
lawyer, 5.

The Queen entertained by him at
Stoke, 14.

His responsibility for the manner
in which Ralegh's trial was con-
ducted, 133.

Part taken by him in the annul-
ling of Sir F. Goodwin's election
for Bucks, 164 note.

Not raised to the Bench on the
Ideath of Chief Justice Ander-
son, 257.

Called in to assist the Lords in

maintaining the Prerogative
touching Purveyance, 268.
Explains to the Conference Com-

mittee the defects of the Bill of
Purveyors, 271.

Gives evidence on behalf of the
Crown against the Gunpowder
Plotters, 284.

Wishes an end of the Parliament,
287 note.

Rumoured promotion of, 288. 290.
Made Chief Justice of the Com-
mon Pleas on the death of
Gawdy, 292.

See 16. 78. 138 note. 164. 165.
247. 261. 303. 368. 382.
Collier, John Payne, F.S.A., Letter of
Bacon's first printed by, 249.
Commentarius Solutus, by Bacon, how
Idealt with in this work.
Index to Vol. IV.

See

Common Prayer Book and Liturgy,
Remarks of Bacon on the, 114–
117.

Same considered in conference
with the King, 128-131.

New edition of, referred to Select
Committee, 177.

Commons, House of, their message of
thanks to the Queen for her pro-
ceedings with regard to mono-
polies, 15.

Their eagerness to vote supplies

for the expulsion of the Spa-
niards from Ireland, and indis-
position to interpose other busi-
ness, 17-20.

Their grant of four Subsidies, 20.
Their proceedings against abuses
on the Exchequer, 21.
Their proceedings against Mono-
polies, 23-33.

Their proceedings on Sir Francis
Goodwin's case, 163-172.
Their proceedings on Sir Thomas
Shirley's case, 172-176.
Their proceedings against the

Commons, House of-continued.

Bishop of Bristol and his book,
208, 209.

Their proceedings against the Con-
vocation House for impeaching
their privileges, 210.

Their proceedings upon Church
reform, ibid.

Their proceedings on liberation of
trade, ibid.

Their dispute with the Lords about
Wardship and Tenures, 211.
Their expeditious proceeding with
the Union act, 212.

Their interchange of explanations
with the King, and preparation
of an 'Apology,' 211—214.
Their discouraging reception of a
motion for a Committee to con-
sider of some gratuity to be
offered to the King, 215.
Their altered temper after the dis-
covery of the Gunpowder Plot,

and agreement to grant a double
subsidy, 259, 260.

Their proceedings against papists
and recusants, 260–263.
Their proceedings upon ecclesias-
tical grievances, 263-266.
Their proceedings upon Pur-
veyance, 267-271.

Their proceedings upon the Sub-
sidy bill, 273-278.
Their proceedings in the collection
and presenting of grievances,
278-283. [See Grievances.]
Their proceedings upon the "In-
strument of Union," 303-345.
Their proceedings upon the peti-
tion of the merchants for relief
of wrongs from Spain, 347-361.
See Breach of Privilege. Griev-
ances. Naturalization. Par-
liament. Patents. Purveyors.
Scotland. Subsidies. Ward-
ships.

Convocation. See Church.

Cooke, Bacon's cousin, and one of his
sureties, 42.

Cope, Sir Walter, one of the three
knights present at Bacon's
wedding, 291. See note on same

Doderidge-continued.

government in the Lower House,

259.

Opposes retrospective law against
the "miners," ibid.

Reports Conferences on Bill
against Recusants, 262. 263.
Change of office suggested for
him, 292. 293.

Appointed King's Serjeant, 362.
See 199. 257. 261. 290. 297.
Donne, Dr., 61 note.

Dorrington, Master, how he broke his
neck, 157.

Dorset, Earl of, 194.
Downhall, George ("Mr. Downalde")
the Lord Keeper's Secretary, calls
for the Bill against Patents, 24.
Drake, Jh, examination of, in regard
to treasonable words uttered by
one Beard, 258.

Dublin College, 49.
Dyott, Mr., Bill against Patents in-
troduced by, 23.

Eastlake, Sir Charles, on the practice
of Portrait painters in James's
time, iv.

Edward I; his replies to petitions from
the Commons on matters con-
cerning the Prerogative, 356.
357.

Edward III; his treatment of similar
petitions, 356, 357. 361.
Courts erected by him, 373.
Edward IV, Courts erected by, 373.
376.

Edward VI, power granted by parlia-
ment to, 178.

Egerton, Sir Thomas, Lord Keeper.
See Ellesmere.

Elizabeth, Queen, entertained by the
Attorney General (Coke) at
Stoke, 14, 15.

Promises to continue the examina-

tion of monopoly-patents, 15.
Reasons for dilatory proceeding, 16.
Suddenly summons a new Parlia-
ment, 17.

Her manner of meeting the attack
upon monopolies, 24. 28.

Her message of thanks for the

Elizabeth, Queen-continued.

promised grant of subsidies,
with incidental notice of her in-
tention to suspend certain abused
patents, and refer them to the
decision of the Common law, 31,

32.

Her last meeting with her Parlia-
ment, 33.

Her continual activity and pro-
sperity in administration of af-
fairs. Her instructions to
Montjoy with regard to the
conditions to be offered to Ty-
rone, 52, 53.

Her last illness and death, 54, 55.
Her policy as to the succession,
and its result, 55, 56.

Her manner of employing Bacon
in business of the Learned
Counsel, 78.

Her policy with regard to the
parties in the Church, 99.
Stipendiary preacherships erected
by her, 124.

Bacon frequently admitted to
speech with her, 137.

Elizabeth, Queen-continued.
Her connivance at Montjoy's im-
plication in Essex's treason, 138.
Difference between Bacon and
Essex as to the mode of dealing
with her, 144, 145.
Bacon's account of his conversa-
tion with her about Essex, 147.
149-160.

Erection of a tomb to her me-

mory, 249.

See 17. 22. 23. 26. 47. 58. 67. 71.
74. 80. 106. 142. 177.

Ellesmere, Thomas Egerton Lord, Lord
Keeper and Lord Chancellor.
Delivers the Queen's answer to
the Commons concerning mono-
polies, 15.

In collision with the Commons on

a point of privilege, 21 note. 25.
Offers to take the lower end of the
Council table during the inter-
regnum, 71, 72. note.

The four unions named by him,
191 note.

Declares the King's wishes as to
the new name proposed for the
United Kingdom, 200.

Letters to him from Bacon:
"touching the History of
Britain "249. With a copy of
the "Advancement of Learn-
ing," 254. Touching the Soli-
citor's place, 295.

His wish for the advancement of
Bacon, 293.

The merchants "roundly shaken"
by him, 305.

See 163. 168. 190. 202. 247.

England; its greatness in forces truly
esteemed, 323.

Canon law never adopted here, 341

note.

Essex, Robert Devereux Earl of, rela-
tions of Anthony Bacon with, 9.
Story told by Sir Henry Wotton,
11-13.

Ransoms paid by the participators
in the earl's conspiracy, 14.
Letters and devices written in his
name by Francis Bacon, 65 note.
His correspondent Dr. Morison,
66.

Origin of the imputation against

Bacon of falsehood and ingrati-
tude towards him, 136, 137.
Implication of Montjoy in his
treasonable projects, 137, 138.
Fynes Moryson's account, ibid
notes.

Bacon's Apology in certain impu-
tations concerning him, 143-
160. [See Bacon.]
Exchequer, Bill concerning the, 22-

Fleet, Warden of the-continued.
the Commons against, for the
detention of a member, 173-
176. See 208.

Fleetwood, Mr., M.P., case of breach
of privilege concerning, 36, 37.
Fleming, Solicitor-General, 4.

Queen's order for enquiry into
monopoly-patents, given to him
and Coke, 16.

Made Chief Baron of the Exche-
quer, 247.

Florence and Pisa united, without
naturalization: the consequence
thereof, 320.

Fortescue, Sir John, elected for Bucks,
vice Goodwin, 164.