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Ireland, parliament of, subordinated to
England, ii. 401

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Wood's halfpence, ii. 402
mixed marriages, ii. 403
the revenue, ii. 403

its state on the accession of George
III., ii. 404

the "White Boys," ii. 405
Octennial Act, ii. 406

the Commons intractable, ii. 406

their growing independence, ii. 407
Catholic Relief Bill, ii. 407

the Volunteers, ii. 408

Grattan demands independence, ii.
408

permanent Mutiny Act, ii. 409
Convention of Dungannon, ii. 409
Catholic relief measures, ii. 410
Declaration of Rights, ii. 410
independence granted, ii. 411
Habeas Corpus Act, ii. 411
the national outlook, ii. 413
parliamentary reform, ii. 413
Pitt's commercial policy, ii. 414
the "Right Boys," ii. 415

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Peep o' Day Boys," ii. 415

the Regency, ii. 415

United Irishmen, ii. 415

English concessions, ii. 416

Insurrection Act, ii. 416

rebellion of 1798, ii. 416

Pitt's scheme for a Union, ii. 417
the plan rejected, ii. 418
bribery resorted to, ii. 418

proposals for a Union carried, ii. 419
the Union effected, ii. 420
legislative changes, ii. 421

the results of the Union, ii. 421

Ireland, education in, ii. 493

Irish rebellion (1641-50), i. 406

estates disposed of by William III.,
ii. 71

franchise, the, ii. 438

Tithes Bill, ii. 460

Municipal Bill, ii. 502

Church Act, ii. 508
Land Act (1870), ii. 509

Peace Preservation Act, ii. 509
Home Rule League, ii. 510
University Education, ii. 510
Nationalists in parliament, ii. 511
University Act, ii. 512

Land Act (1881), ii. 514
Arrears Act, ii. 515

Isabella, Queen, and Roger Mortimer, i.
192

Jacobite rising in 1715, ii. 231

plot in 1722, ii. 240

Jacobite rebellion of 1745, ii. 271
Jamaica, affairs of, ii. 476

its constitution abolished, ii. 477
James I., his title to the crown, i. 359
arbitrary policy, i. 360

his views of parliament, i. 365
exactions, i. 367

his last parliament, i. 376
constitutional advances during his
reign, i. 378

James II., his accession and policy,

ii. 3

first speech in council, ii. 3

opens his only parliament, ii. 4
relations with the Dissenters, ii. 5
grants Catholic commissions, ii. 6
projects a standing army, ii. 7
suddenly prorogues parliament, ii. 12
his Declaration of Indulgence, ii. 12
his second Declaration, ii. 13
his flight, ii. 15

character and misgovernment, ii. 16
his self-deposition, ii. 20

the throne declared vacant, ii. 21
his death, ii. 85

James I. of Scotland, ii. 111

his policy and death, ii. 112

James III. of Scotland, reign of, ii. 113
legislation under, ii. 115

his death, ii. 115

legislation against his assassins, ii.
116

James V. of Scotland, legislation under,

ii. 118

James VI. holds a parliament at Holy.
rood, ii. 136

his breach with the Presbyterians,
ii. 140

restores Episcopacy, ii. 141

Jekyll, Sir Joseph, on the impeachment
of Oxford, ii. 229

supports Walpole's excise scheme,
ii. 253

introduces the Gin Act, ii. 255
"Jenkins's ear," ii. 261

Jewish disabilities removed, ii. 528
Jews expelled by Edward I., i. 151
Jews' Naturalisation Bill in 1753, ii. 276
John, King, succeeds to the crown,
i. 88

his coronation, i. 89
his character, i. 89
loses Normandy, i. 89

his unconstitutional acts, i. 90
his tyranny, i. 90

surrenders to the Pope, i. 91
his strife with the barons, i. 94
grants Magna Carta, i. 95
his death, i. 104

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Kemp, Archbishop, i. 268, i. 274
Kenilworth, battle of, i. 136

Dictum of, i. 138

Kentish petition, the, ii. 82

proceedings against its framers, ii. 82

Kildare, Earls of, ii. 382

Kilkenny, Statute of, ii. 380
Kilwardby, Archbishop, i. 144
Kingsbury, Council of, i. 16
Knighthood, growth of, i. 49
compulsory, i. 146

Knights of the shire, i. 172
election of, i. 174

Knox, John, death of, ii. 134

Labourers, statutes of, i. 209-10
Ladies in parliament, i. 11

Lambert expels the House of Commons,
i. 487

Lancaster, Earl of, his power under
Edward II., i. 188

his execution, i. 190

Land League, the, ii. 512
Land tax, the, ii. 295

Landed Estates Court, ii. 506

Lanfranc and Odo, great suit between,
i. 51

Langton, patriotism of, i. 94

his death, i. 113

Lansdowne, Lord, president of the
Council, ii. 449

Latimer, Lord, impeached, i. 217
Laud, Archbishop, his religious policy,
i. 387

attempts to force his Liturgy in
Scotland, i. 396

his execution, i. 420

Lauderdale, proceedings against, i. 526
and Middleton, quarrel between, ii.
157

Legion Memorial, the, ii. 83
Legislation, how effected, i. 177
Leighton's case, Alexander, i. 395
Lenthall, Speaker, i. 399, 403

Levellers, stringent measures against
the, i. 445

Lewes, battle of, i. 132

Mise of, i. 132

Libel, the law of, ii. 525

Liberty of the Press established, ii. 57

Licensing laws, the, ii. 532
Life peers, i. 291

Lilburne, cruel treatment of, i. 395
Limerick, pacification of, ii. 397
Lincoln, parliament of, i. 164

Little Parliament, meeting of the, i. 451
is suddenly broken up, i. 454
Littleton, Sir George, chancellor of the
exchequer, ii. 279

Liverpool, Lord, becomes premier, ii.
357

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indemnity bill for his Ministry, ii. 366
Local Government Board formed, ii. 531
Locke, John, reports a debate, ii. 249
Lollards, statute against (1414), i. 260
London, charter granted to, by Henry I.,
i. 61

its first mayor, i. 107
protection of, ii. 242
lighting of, ii. 256

London Corresponding Society, ii. 336
its suppression, ii. 342

Long Parliament summoned, i. 399
its forcible dissolution by Cromwell,
i. 448

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is recalled, i. 482

restored for the third time, i. 488
finally dissolved, i. 491

Long beard, the first English demagogue,
i. 86

Longchamp, overthrow of, i. 82
Lord Chancellors, List of the, ii. 565
Lords, the, and James II., ii. 11

they declare the throne not vacant,
ii. 23

afterwards agree with the Commons,
ii. 24

(see Parliament)

Lords, the House of, a court of appeal,
i. 343

Lords Ordainers appointed, i. 184

Appellant of 1397 condemned, i.
247

Auditors of Complaints, the, ii. 125
Lords of Council, the Scotch, ii. 125
Lords of the Articles, the, ii. 109

agitation against, ii. 159

their abolition, ii. 161

Lovat and the Queensberry Plot, ii. 171
Lowe, Mr. (Lord Sherbrooke), his re-
vised code of 1862, ii. 489

his budgets, ii. 499

Lubbock, Sir John, his measures for the
working classes, ii. 485

Luddite riots, the, ii. 359

Lutherans, immigration of, ii. 218

Macaulay, Lord, secretary to the Board
of Control, ii. 449

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Masham, Mrs., her intrigues, ii. 217
Mary, Queen, accession of, i. 322

arrests the work of the Reformation,
i. 322

her first parliament, i. 323
her Marriage Bill, i. 324

again unites England with Rome, i.
324

persecutes the Reformers, i. 325
her death, i. 327

Mary II., death of, ii. 50

its effect on parties, ii. 51

Mary, Queen of Scotland, marries the
Dauphin, ii. 119

movements on her behalf, ii. 123
recognises the Reformation, ii, 130
marries Bothwell, ii. 131
her abdication, ii. 131

repudiates Casket Letters, ii. 132

her impeachment resolved on, i. 340
her trial and execution, i. 345, ii. 139

Maynooth Act, ii. 504

Mayors disqualified, i. 363
Mazzini's letters opened, ii. 526
Meal-Tub Plot, the, i. 548

Melbourne, Lord, home secretary, ii.

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Melbourne, Lord, his declaration on the
Corn Laws, ii. 471

Melville, Viscount, impeachment of, ii.

351

Members of parliament, first case of
imprisonment of, i. 164

their wages, i. 176

fined for non-attendance, i. 227
payment of, abandoned, i. 536

Merciless Parliament of 1388, the, i.

231

Merton, statutes of, i. 117

Middlesex, impeachment of Lord, i. 377
Military and Naval Officers' Oaths Bill,
ii. 365

Militia, the, ii. 316

Ministerial responsibility established, i.

527

Ministries of Queen Victoria, the, ii. 576
Ministry of "All the Talents," ii. 352
Ministry, the, ii. 587

Mist's Journal, case of, ii. 241
Mitchel, John, ii. 511

Mitford's Catholic Relief Bill, ii. 334
Molyneux's Case of Ireland, ii. 399
Mompesson, impeac! ment of Sir Giles,
i. 372

Monarchy abolished in 1649, i. 443
Monasteries, suppression of the, i. 311
Monetary Panic in 1825, ii. 446

in 1857, ii. 496

Monk, General, i. 488

his letter to the speaker, i. 488
demands a new parliament, i. 489
his negotiations with Charles II., i.
495

Monmouth's rebellion suppressed, ii. 6
Monopolies condemned in 1601, i. 352
Montague, Charles, his financial
schemes, ii. 47

establishes the Bank of England,
ii. 48

deals with the coinage, ii. 53
is created Lord Halifax, ii. 74
his impeachment, ii. 81
Montague, Lord, imprisoned, i. 363
Montfort, Simon de, i. 118
his early life, i. 119

a favourite in England, i. 120
the popular spokesman, i. 125
quarrels with Gloucester, i. 128
his great parliament of 1265, i. 134
his death and character, i. 137
his influence and labours, i. 138
More, Sir Thomas, and Wolsey, i. 307
his fall and death, i. 310
Morpeth, Lord, chief secretary for
Ireland, ii. 460

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Morpeth, Lord, his Municipal Corpora-
tions Bill, ii. 502

Mortimer, Roger, his trial and execu
tion, i. 198

Mortimer's conspiracy, i. 252

Mortmain Act, the, ii. 255
Mortmain, Statute of, i. 147
Morton, the Scottish regent, ii. 135

his trial and execution, ii. 136
Mundella, Mr., vice-president of the
Council, ii. 492

Municipal Corporations Act, ii. 462
Municipal corporations strengthened
under Henry VII., i. 301

Municipal progress under Richard I., i.

88

Murray, Alexander, resists the Com-
mons, ii. 275

Murray, the Scottish regent, ii. 132
his assassination, ii. 133
Mutiny Act first passed, ii. 93

Naming a member, i. 403

Napoleon III. and England, ii. 521
Napoleon's Berlin Decrees, ii. 353
Naseby, battle of, i. 423

National Assemblies, continuity of, i. 5

National councils, frequency of, i. 77
voting in the, i. 178

National Debt, the, originated, ii. 47
great increase in the, ii. 369
changes in the, ii. 501

National Land Bank, failure of the
(1696), ii, 60

Naturalisation Act, the, ii. 535
Naval Prize Act, ii. 536
Navigation Laws, the, ii. 526

Naylor, James, the "Quakers' Apostle,"

i. 470

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Normans, revenue and taxation under
the, i. 44

their ownership of land, i. 49

North American confederation, ii. 476
Northampton, stormy council at, i. 74
Assize of, i. 77

Parliament of, i. 139

Northcote, Sir Stafford, his Act on
friendly societies, ii. 484

North, Lord, chancellor of the ex-
chequer, ii. 296

his conduct in Wilkes's case, ii. 301
becomes premier, ii. 306

his India Act, ii. 309

his American policy, ii. 312
his fall, ii. 320

in the Coalition Ministry, ii. 323
Northumberland's parliament of 1553,
i. 321

Nottingham, great council at, i. 84
Nottingham, Earl of, Lord President, ii.
228

Nowel, Prebendary, expelled by the
Commons, i. 323

Nullum Tempus Act, the, ii. 296

Oates, Titus, i. 540

Oblivion, Act of, ii. 129

Occasional Conformity Bill, the, ii. 202
its repeal, ii. 235

O'Connell, Daniel, ii. 431

and County Clare, ii. 438

his trial and release, ii. 503

Office-holders in parliament, ii. 208
Oglethorpe's benevolent schemes,
General, ii. 251

Oldcastle's rebellion, i. 259

Onslow, Arthur, chosen speaker, ii. 245
his retirement, ii. 283

Onslow, Sir Richard, chosen speaker,

ii. 212

Orange Lodge in Ireland, the first, ii. 415
Orange, Prince of, i. 527

his marriage, i. 538

(see also William III.)

Order and privilege, cases of, i. 373
Order of the Garter founded, i. 209
Orders in Council against Napoleon, ii.

353

Ordinances of 1311, i. 185

annulled, i. 191

Oregon treaty, the, ii. 517

Orlton, Bishop of Hereford, and Ed-
ward II., i. 193

appointed treasurer, i. 197

Ormonde, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland
ii. 216

Commander-in-chief in Flanders. ii.

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his prosecution for treason, ii. 338

Palatine counties, i. 41

Palmerston, Lord, secretary-at-war, ii.
355

foreign secretary, ii. 449

his foreign policy, ii. 516

his difficulty with Greece, ii. 518
reproved by the Queen, ii. 519
his dismissal, ii. 520

becomes prime minister, ii. 521
his later policy, ii. 521

Paper duty abolished, the, ii. 498

Papists, proceedings against the, i. 541
Paris, Treaty of (1763), ii. 285

second Peace of, ii. 359
Parliament, origin of, i. 3
meaning of the term, i. 5

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the name first used, i. 106, 122
Edward I.'s model parliament, i. 167
of White Bands, i. 190
of 1322, i. 192

declares the abdication of James II.,
ii. 21

passes Bill of Rights, ii. 27

confers the crown on William and
Mary, ii. 28

settles the revenue, ii. 33
disbands the army (1697), ii. 64
collision between the Houses, ii. 65
again disbands the army (1698), ii. 68
William III. and the Commons, ii. 70
the Irish forfeited estates, ii. 71
the Act of Settlement, ii. 78
impeaches Somers, ii. 80

its action against the Kentish peti-
tioners, ii. 82

William III.'s last parliament, ii. 86
the Pretender attainted, ii. 88
discusses the Act of Union with
Scotland, ii. 184

the act carried, ii. 189

the Aylesbury election case, ii. 204
contest for speaker in 1705, ii. 207
first parliament of Great Britain, ii.

210

proceeds against Walpole and Marl-
borough, ii. 222

impeaches Bolingbroke and Oxford,
ii. 229

passes the Septennial Act, ii. 231

Parliament inquires into the South
Sea Bubble, ii. 238

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is finally defeated, ii. 303
publication of debates, ii. 303

first united parliament meets, ii. 345
debates on the Ministry and the
Crown, ii. 354

is suddenly dissolved by the Prince
Regent (1818), ii. 367

bill to degrade Queen Caroline, ii.
427

its abandonment, ii. 427
reform proposals, ii. 440
the Corn Laws, ii. 443

the first Reform Bill (1831), ii. 449
the second Reform Bill, ii. 451
the third Reform Bill (1832), ii. 452
the bill carried, ii. 454
its provisions, ii. 454
dissolution of 1834, ii. 459

legislation under Queen Victoria, ii.
467

the Corn Laws repealed, ii. 469
Colonial and Indian legislation, ii.

474

legislation for the working classes,
ii. 480

Education Acts, ii. 487
financial legislation, ii. 494
Irish legislation, ii. 501
Irish Church Act, ii. 508
Irish Land Act, ii. 509
Irish obstruction, ii. 511
dissolution of 1880, ii. 513
suspension of Irish members, ii. 513
Irish Land Act (1881), ii. 514
Crimes Act, ii. 515

Irish Arrears Act, ii. 515

Mr. Parnell's Land Bill, ii. 516
foreign affairs, ii. 516

general legislation under Queen Vic-
toria, ii. 524

army reforms, ii, 530

the licensing laws, ii. 532

the exclusion of strangers, ii. 533

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