152;
declares itself a Parliament, 194;
of 1689, vii. 44-47;
becomes a Parliament, 60;
the Constituent, vi. 94-98;
the French, viii. 101;
Scottish, of 1659, vi. 150;
of 1689, vii. 51.
_See_ Parliament

Convocation,
provincial, of the clergy, ii. 158;
its legislative power taken away, iii. 301, 307;
of 1413, iii. 20;
of 1512, Colet's address to, 202, 203;
of 1531, 296, 297;
of 1532, 301;
of 1533, 303;
of 1604, its canons, v. 156;
of 1689, vii. 63;
of Perth, ii. 171

Conway,
castle built at, ii. 121;
captured by Owen Glyndwr, iii. 10;
recovered by Percy, 11

Cook, Captain, vii. 278

Cooper, Anthony Ashley, vi. 95;
his early life, 215, 216;
attacks Cromwell's memory, 148;
advises the return of excluded members of the Rump, 151;
Chancellor of the Exchequer, 194.
_See_ Ashley

Cope, Sir John, vii. 228

Copenhagen,
battle of, viii. 163;
bombardment of, 180

Copper, export of, from Cornwall, iv. 279

Copy-holders, i. 323

Corfe, Eadward the Martyr slain at, i. 139

Cormac's _Glossary_, i. 8

Cornwal, John, ii. 357

Cornwall
conquered by Ecgberht, i. 102;
Royalist rising in, vi. 5, 6;
tin-mines in, i. 30; ii. 107;
export of tin from, iv. 279;
of copper, _ib._;
West Welsh of, become vassals of AEthelstan, i. 120

Cornwall, Henry, Earl of, i. 345

Cornwall, Richard, Earl of. _See_ Richard

Cornwallis, Charles, second earl and first marquis,
captures Charlestown, viii. 32;
surrenders at York Town, _ib._;
Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, 130, 138;
victories in India, 131

Coronation-stone, the Scottish, ii. 162

Coroners, i. 264; ii. 149

Corresponding Society, viii. 106

Cortes, Hernan, iv. 329

Corunna,
Drake's descent on, iv. 355;
siege of, 367, 368;
battle of, viii. 187

Cotentin, the,
conquered by William Longsword, i. 155;
ceded to Robert by Henry I., 201

Cotton, Bartholomew de, i. 274

Cotton, manufacture of, viii. 53, 59, 193

Council
of Agitators, vi. 52;
the Continual, ii. 114, 353; iii. 22, 23;
the Great, i. 256, 351;
changes in its character after Norman Conquest, ii. 144;
its importance under Henry II., 144, 145;
powers over taxation recognised by the Great Charter, 145;
mode of summons to, 146;
its composi