Cobham, Raleigh, and others, charged with plotting.-Accession of James, 8.
Parties disappointed, 2. Raleigh and Brooke, 3. "The Bye", 4. Indi-
viduals concerned in it, ibid. Plans of the conspirators, 5. They are
apprehended, 6. "The Main", ibid. Arrest of Cobham and Raleigh, 7.
Trials of the prisoners, 2 and 7. Execution of Clarke, Watson, and
Brooke, ibid. Negotiations of Winter and Wright, 8. They fail, 9. Pro-
clamation for the banishment of all jesuits and seminary priests, ibid.
Mission of Dr. Gifford, ibid. James's sentiments in regard to Catholics,
10. His speech to his first parliament, ibid.
Conference at Hampton Court.-Origin and progress of the puritans, 14.
Controversy about predestination, 15. Lambeth Articles, ibid. The Mille.
nary Petition, 16. James issues a proclamation, 17. And appoints a con-
ference, 18. Its proceedings, 19. And result, 21. Dissentions among
the reformers in Holland, 22. The Gomarists, ibid. The Arminians, 23.
The Belgic confession, ibid. Distinguishing tenets of the two parties, 24.
They appeal to the secular power, ibid. The States of Holland issue a
decree, 25. King James interferes, ibid. Vorstius chosen professor at
Leyden, 26. James accuses him of heresy, ibid. He justifies himself,
ibid. He leaves Leyden, 27. "The Rigorous Resolution", ibid. Barne-
veldt accused, ibid. James advocates the cause of the Gomarists, 28.
Prince Maurice takes possession of the Brill, 29. Arrest of Barneveldt and
the other Arminian leaders, ibid. Synod of Dort, 30. James sends de-
puties from the English church, ibid. Their instructions, 31. Subjects of
discussion in the Synod, 32. Protest of the English deputies, ibid. Fate
of Barneveldt and his companions, 33. Opinions on the proceedings and
decisions of the synod, 34.
the missionaries, ibid. And orders the statutes of recusancy to be en-
forced, 39. Their cruelty, ibid. Parliamentary enactments, ibid. Pro-
gress of the persecution, 40. Catesby conceives the idea of blowing up the
parliament house, 41. The persecution encreases, ibid. Terrors of the
catholics, 42. Catesby's associates, ibid. They take an oath of secrecy,
43. The mine is opened, 44. Faukes hires a cellar under the parliament
house, ibid. Other accomplices are enlisted, 45. Scruples of the con-
spirators, ibid. Catesby's conversation with Garnet, 46. Letter to Lord
Mounteagle, 48. Apprehension of Faukes, 51. His companions pur-
sued, 52. They are taken or killed at Holbeach, ibid. Extract from
Gerard's narrative, 53. Punishment of catholic peers, 55. Different opi-
nions concerning the plot, 56. The catholics not chargeable with it, 59.
Breve of Clement VIII., 60. James acquits the catholics, 62. Letters
from Rome, 63. The archpriest condemns the plot, 64.
Oath of allegiance.-James's hostility to the catholic religion, 66. Revision of
the penal laws, 67. Fresh enactments against the catholics, ibid. They
are deprecated by the French king, 68. Proclamation against the mis-
sionaries, ibid. James describes his motives for requiring the oath, 69.
They are irreconcilable with his proceedings, as connected with the other
parts of the statute, 70. Memorial of Persons, ibid. Objects proposed to
themselves by the framers of the oath, 71. Real ground of objection to it
at Rome, ibid. It is required to be taken, 72. Consultations and alarms
of catholics, 73. The archpriest opposes it, ibid. But changes his opinion,
ibid. The question carried to Rome, 74. The pope issues a breve against
the oath, ibid. Blackwell refuses to publish it, ibid. James renews the
persecution, ibid. A second breve, confirmatory of the first, 75. Black-
well takes the oath, ibid. Bellarmine and Persons write to him, ibid. He
is deposed, ibid. The king's "Apologie", and other writings on the sub-
ject, ibid. Proceedings of Birkhead, the new archpriest, with the advocates
of the oath, 76. Another proclamation, ibid. Act to enforce the taking of
the oath, 77. Its opponents in England actuated only by religious scru-
ples, 78. Refusal of Rome to specify its objectionable parts, ibid. Sketch
of its subsequent history, 75. Arguments of its advocates and oppo-
nents, 81.
Colleges and monasteries erected abroad.-English benedictine mission, 84.
Its houses at Douay and Dieulewart, 85. Opposed by the jesuits, 87.
Charges advanced by father Persons, 88. They are refuted by father
Anselm, ibid. The benedictines revive the English congregation of their
order, 89. Projects for a union of the English, Spanish, and Italian con-
gregations, 90. It is effected between the former two, 93. Proceedings of
the definitors, 94. They are confirmed by the pope, ibid.
congregation renounces its dependence on that of Spain, 95.
subsequent history, 96. Benedictine monasteries at St. Malo's and Paris,
98. In Germany, 100. Establishment of benedictine nuns at Brussels,
102. At Cambray, 103. At Ghent, ibid. Its foundation and subsequent
history, 104. Names of its religious, 106. Augustinian nuns at Louvain,
ibid. Jesuitesses, 108. Their conduct is impeached, 109. Their nego-
tiations at Rome, ibid. And pecuniary difficulties, 110. Their institute
is suppressed, 111. Convent of poor clares at Gravelines, ibid. At Brus-
sels, 112. Establishment of Theresians at Antwerp, ibid. Its foundation,
ibid. Contest of the nuns with the friars of the same order, 113. The
house is placed under the superintendence of the bishop, 114. Edifying
character of the religious, 115. Their names, ibid. Franciscan friars at
Douay, 116. The English province of the order restored, 117. Franciscan
nuns at Gravelines and other places, ibid. Establishments of jesuits, 118.
At Louvain, ibid. At Watten, ibid. At Liege, 119. Sketch of the esta-
blishment of those houses, ibid. "House of the Third Probation" at Ghent,
120. Scots' colleges at Paris and Douay, 121. English college at Lisbon,
123. The jesuits seek to obtain it, 129. It is confirmed to the clergy, 130.
The fathers continue to obstruct the design of the founder, ibid. But are
compelled to desist, 131. The house is erected, ibid. Further opposition
from the fathers, ibid. The foundation is completed, ibid. Sketch of the
situation, 132. Arras college, in the university of Paris, 133. Projected in
opposition to a protestant college at Chelsea, ibid. Its foundation and ob-
jects, 135. Appointment of the bishop of Chalcedon, 137. Nature of his
jurisdiction, ibid. Institution of the chapter, 138.
Character of James. His personal qualities, 140. His learning, 143.
His
religious opinions, ibid. Motives of attachment to the church of Rome,
144. He persecutes the catholics, 145. Lewknor's letter, 146. Negotia-
tion of the archbishop of Embrun, 149. James's correspondence with
Rome, 153. His treaties with France and Spain, ibid. His conduct
towards the palatine, 155. Remarks on arbitrary power, 157.
Persecution.-Particular instances of persecution in Yorkshire, 160. Means
adopted to harrass the catholics, 168. The council, ibid. The high com-
mission and its officers, ibid. The sheriff and his men, 172. Pursuivants,
173. Grants out of recusants' estates, 174. Revenue derived from fines
and forfeitures, 175. Catholics driven into Lincolnshire, ibid. Their suf-
ferings, ibid. Extortions of the pursuivants, 176. Ineffectual commission
to repress them, ibid. Great number of catholic gentry, 178. Imprison-
ments, ibid. List of clergy and laity executed for religion, 179.
No. I.-Copley's Voluntary Declaration, July 14, 1603, Watson's
Letter to the Council, and Voluntary Declaration, Aug. 9 and 10,
1603, Barneby's Attestation, in favour of Brokesby, and an Ex-
tract from Gerard's MS. Account of the Gunpowder Plot
No. II. Examinations and Declarations of Faukes, Tresham, and
Garnet, Nov. 25 and 29, 1605, and March 23, 1606 .
No. III.-Examinations of Faukes, Nov. 25 and 30, 1605, with the
Preamble to the Act 3. Jac. I. c. 2
No. IV.—Proclamation against Jesuits and others, Feb. 22, 1604
No. V.-Instructions from the Nuncio at Brussels to Dr. Gifford,
Aug. 1, 1603
No. VI.-Proclamation concerning the book of Common Prayer,
March 5, 1604
-Grants of Recusants' Lands, October, 1605
No. IX.
No. IX. Stat. Jac. I. c. 4. against Jesuits, Seminary Priests, and
others
No. VII.-Garnet to Persons on the accession of James, April 16,
1603, and James to sir Thomas Parry, concerning his intercourse
with Rome, and his designs in regard of the Catholics
No. VIII.-Supplication from the Catholics for toleration of their re-
ligion, 1603.
No. X.-Substance of a Petition from the Catholics to James, in 1604
No. XI.-Commission for the Banishment of the Catholic Missiona-
No. XII.—Canon, ordering Ministers to present Recusants, 1604 No. XIII.-Letters from the banished Priests to the Council, Sep. 22, 1604
No. XIV. Recusants indicted in London and Middlesex, and in
the several counties of England, Feb. 15, 1604
No. XV.-The Archbishop of Canterbury to his suffragans against
Recusants, March 12, 1605
No. XVI.-The Bishop of Hereford to the Earl of Salisbury, June
22, 1605, and Garnet to Persons, October 4 and 21, 1605
No. XVII.-Breve of Clement VIII. to the English Catholics, con-
cerning the succession to the English crown, July 5, 1600
No. XVIII.-Aquaviva to Garnet, June 25, 1605, and Garnet's reply,
July 24, 1605
No. XIX.-Three Letters from Blackwell to the Clergy and Laity
of England, July 22, Nov. 7, and Nov. 28, 1605
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