63;
treasurer, 172, 173;
proposes the "great contract," 179;
arranges the marriage of Princess Elizabeth, 210;
dies, 185, 211

Cecil, William, iv. 139-141;
his political standpoint, 141-143, 150;
advises Elizabeth to announce her accession to the Pope, 155;
his share in her Scottish policy, 173, 176, 259;
policy in Ireland, 240;
demands a Protestant alliance and the surrender of Mary, 263;
dealings with Norfolk, 266, 274.
_See_ Burleigh

Cedd, brother of Ceadda, i. 74

Centwine, king of Wessex, i. 89

Cenwealh, king of Wessex, i. 87

Cenwulf, king of Mercia, i. 98, 101

Ceolfrid, founder of Jarrow, i. 91

Ceolred, king of Mercia, i. 90

Ceolwulf, king of Northumbria, i. 91

Ceorl, the English, i. 11

Cerdic, king of the West Saxons, i. 34, 49

Ceylon acquired by England, viii. 112

Chad, St. _See_ Ceadda

Chalgrove Field, fight at, vi. 10

Chalus, Richard I. slain at, i. 267

Champeaux, William of, i. 285

Chancellor, Richard, iv. 282

Chancellor, the, i. 206;
his equitable jurisdiction, 256; ii. 112, 113;
right of appointing, claimed for Great Council, ii. 38;
made responsible to Permanent Council, 61;
his woolsack, 226;
of an university, i. 291, 292

Chancery, Court of, ii. 113

Chandos, Sir John, ii. 249

Chapel, the Royal, clerks of, i. 206

Chapman, George, v. 3, 42

Charford, battle of, i. 34

Charles (I.), son of James I.,
schemes for his marriage, v. 211-214, 227, 230;
goes to Madrid, 231, 232;
returns, 233;
his character, 234;
marriage, 238, 241;
king, 242;
his policy, 243-245;
quarrel with Parliament of 1625, 246, 247;
with Parliament of 1626, 249, 250, 253;
demands a benevolence, 253;
levies a forced loan, 254;
dismisses Crewe, _ib._;
relations with France, 256-258;
with the Parliament of 1628, 260-263;
defends Buckingham, 264;
rejects the Avowal, 269;
dissolves Parliament again, 270, 272;
his plans of personal government, 273;
peace policy, 274, 275;
relations with Gustavus Adolphus, 275, 276;
financial measures, 276-280;
grants a charter to Massachusetts, 311;
position in 1635, 315, 316;
consults the judges about ship-money, 323;
dealings with Scotland, 325-328, 330-334;
gathers an army, 337;
pacification with the Scots, _ib._;
summons