Wetton, a catholic, appointed lord treasurer by Charles the First, H.
Whalley, one of Cromwell's major-generals, iii. 438.
Wharton, appointed to command an army for the relief of Munster, and
detained for want of the king's commission, ii. 403.
Wheeler, Sir C. a court pensioner under Charles the Second, v. 288.
Whichcot, Dr. an eulogist of Cromwell, on occasion of the Dutch
treaty, iii. 360-Extract from his verses on the mild government and
peaceful end of the protector, 489.
Whiston's condemnation of the courts of princes as dangerous to virtue,
iii. 409.
Whitbread, particulars of his condemnation as an accomplice in the
popish plot, v. 141.
White, Jeremiah, admitted a chaplain to Cromwell, iii. 43.
Whitehall, furniture, plate, &c. belonging to, sold by the Rump Parliament,
for discharging the debts incurred during the protectorate, iv. 200.
Whitfield, rewarded for his services in the arbitrary proceedings of
Charles the First, as to the enlargement of forests, ii. 293.
Whitgift, archbishop, his servile adulation of James the First, i. 103.
Whitlock, on the conduct of Charles the First in the treaty at Oxford,
ii. 104-Of the extremity to which the parliament was reduced when
the Militia Bill was passed, 416-On the weakness of the parlia-
mentary army in the early part of the war, 437-Of lord Falkland's
despair on account of the ascendancy of the papists over Charles the
First, 443-Of the negotiations in the Isle of Wight, between Charles
and the parliamentary commissioners, 466-Of the reception of the
army's Remonstrance in the commons, 470. iii. 69-Of Cromwell's
enthusiasm, iii. 16-His temper, 23-His inauguration, 30-His re-
ception of the Swedish ambassador, 32, 35-Of the conference at
Essex House for the overthrow of Cromwell, 88-On the jealousies
entertained by the parliament, of Essex, 106-His speech against the
self-denying ordinance, 111-His account of the battle of Naseby,
125-On the proceedings of Cromwell between the battle of Wor-
cester and the expulsion of the parliament, 311-Joy with which the
queen of Sweden received the intelligence of Cromwell's assumption
of the protectorate, 349-On Cromwell's aversion to persons of dis-
solute lives, 410-Displaced from his commission of the great seal,
for refusing to observe an ordinance of Cromwell's, 444-His cha-
racter of Oliver's first parliament, 470-On the factions which arose
during the suspension of the parliament by the army, iv. 241-En-
deavours to persuade Fleetwood to make terms with Charles the
Second, ib.-On Charles's predilection for the church of Rome, v.
Whorehood, lady, consults Lilly, the astrologer, about the escape of
Charles the First, ii. 66.
Wicquefort on the glory of Cromwell's government, ii. 345.
Widdrington, commissioner of the great seal, displaced for refusing to
obey an ordinance of Cromwell's, iii. 444.
Wightman, Edward, burned at Litchfield for heresy, i. 143-Crimes
charged against him in the warrant, 145.
Wigmore, sir R. set as a spy on the conduct of James the First, i. 22.
Wildman joins the royalists on Cromwell's assuming the protectorate,
iii. 431-Falsely and cruelly imprisoned, v. 29.
Wilkins, bishop, his noble resistance of the overtures of Charles the
Second, with respect to the Conventicle Act, v. 322.
Wilkinson, Mr. refused ordination, ii. 223.
Williams, Dr. bishop of Lincoln, numerous church preferments enjoyed
by, i. 270-His curious sermon on the death of James the First, 288
Dexterity in discovering the grounds of Buckingham's disgrace, ii.
16-Insincere conduct of Charles the First towards him, 87-Advised
by lord Coventry to absent himself from parliament, 286-Jostled
from his see by Laud and Buckingham, iii. 48.
Williamson, sir J. originally a foot-boy, pensioned for his vote in the
Commons by Charles the Second, v. 281-Sent to the Tower for dis-
closing the military commissions granted to papists, 297.
Willis, sir Richard, corrupted by Cromwell to give information of the
royalists' plans, iii. 425-Inquiry into the accuracy of the accounts of
his treachery, iv. 215.
Willis, Mr. Brown, his account of the sale of bishops' lands in the pro-
vince of York, iii. 306.
Wilmot, lord, put under arrest, by order of the council, iv. 18.
Wilmot, Mr. concerned in the project for over-awing the last parlia
ment of Charles the First, ii. 384.
Wilson, Mr. puritan minister, persecuted by Charles the First's clergy,
ii. 258.
Wiltshire petition rejected by Charles the Second, v. 310.
Wimbledon, Cecil, viscount, his woful failure in a naval expedition
against Spain, ii. 151.
Windebank, a notorious catholic, made secretary by Charles the First,
ii. 230.
Windham, counsellor, illegally imprisoned by Cromwell, iii. 446.
Winnington, sir F. his report from the committee of secresy, of corrup-
tion exercised on the members of the House of Commons, v. 288.
Winwood, sir R. his conduct in the persecution of Vorstius, i. 138-His
conversation with prince Maurice respecting the weakness of James
the First, 208.
Wiquefort, attempts to prove the lawfulness of ministers receiving pay
from foreign courts, v. 229.
Wisdom and folly, frequently united in the same character, v. 8.
Wiseman, sir R. a tool of Charles the Second for corrupting the
House of Commons, v. 289.
Witchcraft, severity of the proceedings against, during the reign of
James the First, i. 44-Sanguinary statute respecting, repealed by
George the Second, 49.
Wither, George, extract from his "Fides Anglicana, or a Plea for
the public Faith," iv. 354-Imprisoned for his free speaking, 359.
Withers, judge, a mean fellow promoted for his servility to the
court, v. 331.
Wolsely, sir Charles, a member of Barebone's parliament, iii. 329.
Wood's account of the youthful days of Oliver Cromwell, iii. 5.
Wootton, ambassador, minion of James the First, i. 22.
Worcester, Charles the Second defeated at, by Cromwell, iii. 244. iv.
99-This victory probably inspired Cromwell with the idea of seiz-
ing the government, iii. 310-Its effects upon the royalists, iv. 99.
Worcester, earl of, his lands given to Cromwell, after the battle of
Naseby, iii. 134.
Worsley, Col. one of Cromwell's major-generals, iii. 438-His own
account of his proceedings, 440.
Worthington, an eulogist of Cromwell's government, iii. 364, 489.
Wrexham, Charles the Second proclaimed at, by the Cavaliers, iv,
Wyndham, sir Edmund, pensioned by the court, v. 281-Endeavours
to stay proceedings in parliament against the assassins of sir John
Coventry, v. 314.
York, James duke of, excluded from the office of lord high ad-
miral, by the test act, v. 153-An exception made in his favour in
the renewed act, 158-A bill of exclusion to the throne against
him, passes into the House of Commons, but is rejected by the
lords, 160-Motion to remove him from the royal presence and
councils, 163-Recapitulation of his offences against England, 165
-Attempt to excuse his attachment to popery heard indignantly in
the House of Commons, 174-His hatred to the Dutch, one of the
causes of the triple league, 188-The grand jury dismissed which
would have presented him as a papist, 329.
York, sale of bishops' lands in the province of, iii. 306.
Zouch, Dr. an eulogist of Cromwell's government, iii. 561.
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