the oath of allegiance to More, 318, 319;
attitude towards Lutheranism, 336;
opposes persecution, 346;
drifts into Protestantism, iv. 48, 59, 127;
welcomes foreign refugees, 51;
his view of Episcopacy, 60;
remonstrates against Edward's "plan" for the succession, 70;
sent to the Tower, 75;
tried for treason, _ib._;
his political position, 103, 104;
share in the English Liturgy, 103;
convicted of heresy, 104;
death, 105;
Strype's _Life of_, 3

Crecy, battle of, ii. 237-239

Cremona, battle of, vii. 118

Crepy, treaty of, iv. 32, 33

Creton's _History of Richard II._, ii. 179

Crewe, Chief Justice, v. 254

Crompton, Samuel, viii. 60

Cromwell, Henry, vi. 109

Cromwell, Oliver,
his youth, v. 103; vi. 24, 25;
alleged scheme of emigration, v. 320;
share in Association of the Eastern Counties, vi. 8;
at Marston Moor, 19, 22;
quarrel with Manchester at Newbury, 24;
his person, 25;
regiment, 26;
temper, 27;
relations with Dissidents, 33, 36;
his policy, 34;
victory at Naseby, 40, 41;
pleads for religious liberty, 44, 45;
resigns his command, 53;
rejoins the army, _ib._;
negotiates with the king, 57;
opposes the ordinance against heresy, 60;
besieges the royalists in Pembroke, 61, 162;
victory at Preston, 62;
marches into Scotland, _ib._;
charged with treason, 63;
suppresses a revolt of the army, 75;
campaign in Ireland, 76, 77, 79;
returns, 79;
Lord-General, _ib._;
invades Scotland, _ib._;
victory at Dunbar, 80;
occupies Edinburgh, 82;
victory at Worcester, 84;
supports the demand for a new Parliament, 87;
drives out the Rump, 90, 91;
resigns his power to the Convention, 95;
his political and social views, 97, 98;
Protector, 100, 102;
his administration, 103;
quarrel with the Parliament of 1654, 102, 103, 105;
his military despotism, 106-108;
settlement of Scotland, 108, 109;
of Ireland, 109, 110;
of England, 111, 112;
foreign policy, 114-117;
struggle with Parliament of 1655, 119;
the Crown offered to, _ib._, 120;
refuses it, 121, 122;
inaugurated as Protector, 122;
successes abroad, 123, 124;
failure at home, 125;
his theory of the Christian State, 127, 128;
failing health, 143;
his "House of Lords," 144;
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