e, Lord, iii. 69

Cobham, John Oldcastle, Lord (_see_ Oldcastle), iii. 20, 23, 26, 28

Coinage,
new, under Edward I., ii. 119;
debasement of, under Henry VIII., iv. 35;
under Edward VI., 57, 66;
reform of, under William III., vii. 89

Coggeshall, Ralph of, i. 174

Coke, Sir Edward, v. 202, 248, 263

Colchester (Camulodunum)
reduced by East Saxons, i. 35;
Protestant martyrs of, iv. 144;
siege of, vi. 61;
surrender, 64

Colchester, Thomas Beche, abbot of, hanged, iii. 350

Coleman, Edward, vi. 293, 295, 298

Coleridge, Samuel Taylor, viii. 135

Colet, John,
his theology, iii. 191, 192;
lectures at Oxford, 192;
Dean of St. Paul's, 197;
founds school, 200;
address to Convocation, 202, 203;
charged with heresy, 203;
protected by Warham and Henry, 204;
protests against war, 210

Colepepper, Sir John, v. 375, 378

Colgan's _Lives of Irish Saints_, i. 8

Coligni, Admiral, iv. 209, 216, 299

Colman, bishop of Lindisfarne, i. 79, 80

Columba, St., i. 69;
Adamnan's _Life of_, 8

Columban, St., i. 68

Commendation, system of, i. 133, 321

Commerce. _See_ Trade

Commines, Philippe de, his comments on England, iii. 85, 107

Commission, Court of High,
established, iv. 216;
its new powers in 1583, 340;
Laud's use of, v. 295;
its civil jurisdiction abolished, 363;
restored, vii. 18;
dissolved, 39

Committee of Public Safety, vi. 1, 13;
of the Two Kingdoms, 17

Commonalty, scheme for its representation, ii. 61, 73

Commons, the,
summoned to Parliament, ii. 73, 153, 154;
their right to share in all legislative action established, 196,
202;
House of, fully constituted, 203;
petitions against papal encroachments, 225;
its advance under Edward III., 231, 232, 298;
shrinks from meddling with administration, 299;
increasing share in legislation, 301;
resists John of Gaunt's demands, 303;
its action in the Good Parliament, 305;
in Parliament of 1377, 311, 312;
struggle with Richard II., 370;
demands confiscation of Church lands, iii. 15, 21;
changes in its character during Wars of the Roses, 99;
struggle with Wolsey, 245;
petition to Henry, VIII., 290;
first detailed account of its proceedings, iv. 5;
opposes Northumberland's policy, 66;
struggle with Elizabeth, 238, 239;