<544 Index.

and attainted, 222 ; his death,
ib.

Clarendon, constitutions of, 304₃ 354.
— Sir Roger, 37, 51.

Clement V, pope, his usurpation of
patronage, 322.

Clement VI, pope, 324.

Clergy, relation of, to the state, 298 sqq.
— social importance of, 378 sqq. ;

great numbers of, 379 ; want of
unity in, 382 ; political importance
of, 539 ^si<l∙

— parliamentary representation of,
330 sqq.

— benefit of, 355.

— convict, 359.

Collector, papal, 340.

Commons, wages of members, 440 :
numbers of, 463 sq.

— share the legislative power of par-
liament, 268-270; and the taxa*
tive, 270 sq.

— privileges of, 508 sqq.

— debate on all public matters, 267.
Communa, 579.

Constable, strained jurisdiction of,
289, 290.

Constables—

Henry Percy, 15.

John of Lancaster, 42.

RichardWydville, 208, 290.

JohnTiptoft, 214, 288-290.

Edmund, duke of Somerset, ι6ι.

Henry, duke OfBuckingham, 232.
Convocation of the clergy, its relation
to parliament, 331 sq. ; proceedings
in, 479.

— its constitution, 330 ; royal inter-
ference with, 334 sqq. ; 349 sq.

Cornwall, duke of, 448.

— Sir John, 105 ; made a baron in
parliament, 119, 132, 452.

Coronation of Henry IV, 15.

Council, privy, vote of confidence in,
56, 255 ; Fortescue’s plan of, 251 ;
president of, 252.

— names of, declared in parliament,
45» 255 ; wages and oaths, 257,
258; rules for, 258, 259 ; powers of,
defined, 259, 260; petitions in, 261.

— ordaining power of, 260.

— executive power of, 262.

Councils, provincial, 331 8q. See Con-
vocation.

— limitations of action of, 334.

County courts, election of knights in
etc., 58, 67, 80, 114, 119, 263-265,
415,417^.

■Courts, ecclesiastical, jurisdiction of
352-36°; abuses of, 386.

Coventry, parliament at, 184, 400.

Creation money, 450, 451.

Cromwell, Ralph, lord, a councillor
in 1422, ют ; mediates between
Beaufort and Gloucester, 105 ; re-
moved from the Charnberlainship
117; demands a reason in parlia-
ment, n8 ; becomes treasurer, 120;
his accounts, 118, 122, 475; re-
signs in 1443, 136; leads the at-
tack on Suffolk, 149 sqq. ; quarrels
with the duke of Exeter, 174;
with Warwick, 178.

De la Pole, Michael, restored to the
earldom in 1399, 23 ; his advice on
war, 35.

— William, earl of Suffolk, ambassa-
dor to France, 136 ; concludes the
marriage treaty of Henry VI, 137;
thanked in parliament, ib.∙_i his
rapid rise, 138; intends to marry
his son to Margaret Beaufort, 139 ;
question of his complicity in the
arrest ofGloucester, 141 sq. ; duke
of Suffolk, 147; his impeachment,
trial, and fate, 149 sqq.

— John, duke of, a Yorkist, ι86 ;
married to a sister of Edward IV,
227.

— John, earl of Lincoln, son, de-
clared heir to Richard III, 238.

Demesne, of the crown, proposed
under Henry IV, 25, 48. See Re-
sumption, acts of.

Despenser, Henry le, bishop of Nor-
wich, reconciled, 32.

— Thomas le, made earl of Glouces-
ter, 16 ; deprived of the earldom,
22 ; killed at Bristol, 26 ; sentence
of forfeiture, 32 ; his widow Con-
stance, 49.

Devonshire, Thomas Courtenay, earl
of, 165, 170; is on the king’s side
at S. Alban’s, 176.

— Thomas Courtenay, earl of, son,
185, 193 ; executed after Towton,
196; attainted, 202.

— HumfreyStafford made earl of, by
Edward IV, 292 ; put to death, 213.

Index.

645

Devonshire, Tbomas Courtenay, law-
ful earl, killed at Tewkesbury, 217∙

Dukes, dignity of, 448 _s 449, 545.

Earls, creation of, in parliament, 450
sq.

Edward the Confes>or, palace of, 397.

Edward, Prince of Wales, son of
Henry VI, 169, 174; his light to
regency recognised, 172, 179; said
to be a changeling, 183 ; goes to
Scotland, 196; killed at Tewkes-
bury, 217.

Edward IV, as earl of March, 185,
187 ; wins the battle of Mortimer’s
Cross, 194 ; becomes king, 195 ;
history of his reign, 199-225; his
death, 225 ; character, 225 sq. ; his
reputed marιiage with Eleanor
Butler, 230.

— V, born, 218; succeeds, 227; his
reign, 227-231.

— son of Bichard III, prince of
Wales, 233; dies, 238.

Elections of knights of the shire, 410,
417 sq. ; legislation on, 58, 67, 80,
114, 119, 263 sqq. ; contested, 435-
438..

— of bishops, 215 sqq.

— of borough representatives, 427
*22∙

Electors of knights of the shire, 58,
67, 80, 114, 119, 263 sqq.

Emperor, Sigismund, 89, 268.

Eealty, form of, 532 sqq.

Fleta, 536.

Forest law, clerical offenders against,
355∙

Fortescue, Sir John, 199 ; attainted,
202; taken at Tewkesbury, 217;
pardoned, 220; his theory of the
English constitution, 247-253 ; on
torture, 288.

France, Henry V’s war with, 84 sqq.,
275, 276.

Freeholders, political position of, 571
sqq. See Elections and Electors.

Fulford, Baldwin, 187.

Fulthorpe, Sir William, 52,

Gascoigne, Sir William, 52, 78, 79.

Gentry, origin and growth of, 563 sqq.

T

Gloucester, parliament at, 267, 401.

— Thomas of Woodstock, duke of,
his enemies accused, 19-22; his
descendants, 173.

— Humfrey of Lancaster, duke of,
59 ; made duke, 84 ; lieutenant of
the realm in 1420, 92 ; charge of
Henry V to, 95 ; his character, 97 ;
opposition to the Beauforts, ib. ;
vicegerent in England, 98 ; his po-
sition settled by parliament, 99,
ɪoo ; his foreign intrigues and ex-
pedition, ɪoɪ ; his first quarrel with
Beaufort, 104; his league with
Bedford, 105; reconciled with Beau-
fort, 106, 107 ; agrees to act by the
advice of the council, 108; his
power as protector defined, no;
attacks Beaufort again, 112 ; his
protectorate ends, 113 ; lieutenant
during the king’s absence, 115;
makes a third attack on Beaufort,
116; compromises, 118 ; defence
of lord Cromwell again&t, 121 ; dis-
pute with Bedford, 123; his cam-
paignin 1436,126; bitterly attacks
Beaufort in 1440, 129; his wife
tried as a witch, 131; his opposi-
tion to the peace and to Henry’s
marriage, 138 ; his arrest and
death, 139, 140-142 ; tɪial of his
servants 142.