advance under her, v. 56, 57;
relations with James I., 154, 155, 160-163, 179-182;
action in Parliament of 1621, 221, 222, 224, 225;
in that of 1625, 245-247;
in that of 1626, 250, 253;
draws up the Petition of Right, 260;
action in 1640, 340;
resolves on the trial of Charles I., vi. 66;
abolishes Monarchy, 68;
sets up a Commonwealth, _ib._;
passes the Exclusion Bill, 319;
rejects the Securities Bill, 320;
impeaches Fitzharris, 323;
its sovereignty, vii. 80;
position under William, III., 81;
relations with Marlborough, 123;
the Whigs' management of, 176;
proposals for its reform, viii. 9, 10, 63, 67, 75, 76, 195;
adopts Catholic emancipation, viii. 196.
_See_ Parliament

Commonwealth
established in England, vi. 68, 69;
proclaimed in London, 73

"Commune," the, in towns, i. 318; ii. 69

Companies, trading, v. 161

Compiegne, Jeanne d'Arc taken prisoner at, iii. 53

"Complaint of the Commons of Kent," iii. 65, 66

Comprehension Bill, vii. 63

Compton, Bishop of London, vii. 18, 19, 28, 35

Compurgation, i. 239, 313

Comyn, John, regent of Scotland, ii. 170, 171

Comyn, John, of Badenoch, ii. 173

Conde, Louis I., Prince of, iv. 188, 209, 264, 267

Conde, Louis II., Prince of, vi. 190

Congregation, Lords of the,
their relations with Mary of Guise, iv. 168;
occupy Edinburgh, 169;
relations with Elizabeth, 170-174;
treaty with Francis and Mary, 176;
rise against Mary, 245, 246

Congress,
the first American, vii. 330;
at Philadelphia, viii. 19, 20, 22

Connaught
conquered by the English, iii. 329;
Wentworth's dealings with, v. 364, 365

Connecticut,
first settlement of, v. 319, 320;
refuses to join in war against England, viii. 203

Conquereux, battle of, i. 212

Conservators of the Peace, ii. 123

Consilt, battle of, ii. 54

Constable, Sir Robert, iii. 325

Constable, the king's, origin of his office, i. 132

Constance of Britanny, i. 247, 260

Constantine, king of Scots, i. 119, 120

Constantinople
captured by the Turks, iii. 189;
English exiles at, i. 167

"Constitutional Clubs," viii. 95, 100

Constitutions of Clarendon, i. 235

Contades, General, vii. 264

Continental System, viii. 175, 176;
its results, 177

Contract, the Great, v. 179

Convention
of 1660, vi.