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Abbot, George, Archbishop of Canterbury, Bacon, Francis see St Alban, Viscount

117 Baker, Sir Richard, 32
Abbott, Wilbur Cortez, 3, 16, 21, 22, 35, Ball, John, 50
89, 100 Barrington (née Cromwell), Joan, 8, 9
Adams, Sylvester, 136 Banckes, Christopher, 51
Adamson, John, 128, 132, 180–1, 183 Bancroft, Elizabeth, 112
Agas, Ralph, 39 Barnard, Nathaniel, 135
Alabaster, William, 9 Barnardiston, Sir Nathaniel, 54

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Alders, James, 172
Allen, Abigail see Fairclough, Abigail
Allen, Elizabeth see Welbore, Elizabeth
Allen, Eleanor see Steward, Eleanor
Allen (née Bettes), Joan, 44, 63
Allen, Mary see Sewster, Mary
Allen, Peyton, 45
Allen, William, 44
Almond, Edward, 18, 49, 140, 155, 158,
163, 172
Almond, John, 49, 50
Andrews, Elizabeth, 139
Andrews, James, 139, 140, 158, 161
Andrewes, Lancelot, Bishop of Chichester,
Ely and Winchester, 83
Appleby, Ambrose, 137
Arnhem, 53
Arundel, Sussex, 129
Arundel, Thomas Howard, 14th Earl of, 129
Ashley, Maurice, 16, 77
Atkinson, Thomas, 148, 166, 167
Aubrey, John, 13
Aungier, John, 47, 53
Aungier, Percival, 53
Aungier, William senior, 106
Austen, William, 105, 106
Aylesbury, Bucks., 58
Aylmer, Gerald, 133
Baptists, 63
Bate, George, 22, 23–4
Baxter, Richard, 26
Baynes, Adam, 86
Beale, William, 52, 71, 73
Beard, Thomas, 9–10
Becke, William, 46
Bedford Level Adventurers, 76, 77, 78,
81–5, 86, 90, 91, 94, 95, 147
Bedford River, 76, 94, 95
Bedford, Francis Russell, 4th Earl of, 76, 77,
83–4, 88, 91, 147, 180
Belloc, Hilaire, 21
Benfield, Rebecca see French, Rebecca
Benfield, William, 39–40
Bernard, Robert, 10, 30
Berwick-in-Elmet, Yorks., 50
Bettes (née Steward), Alice, 45
Bettes, Bestney, 63
Bettes, Joan see Allen, Joan
Bettes, Sir Thomas, 45
Blackley, James
alderman, 167, 173–4
common councilman, 147, 154, 158,
161, 165
constable, 159
links with John Ellis, 50
Parliament, support for, 157, 159, 163
religion, 138, 140, 173

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Bolingbroke, Oliver St John, 1st Earl of, 84 Emmanuel College, 49, 112, 122, 134,
Book of Sports (1633), 139 135, 154
Bottisham, Cambs., 85 fee farm rents, 121
Bourchier, Elizabeth see Cromwell, Eliza- Gonville and Caius College, 73
beth Great Bridge, 94, 171
Bourchier, Sir James, 9, 130 Great St Mary’s, 71–2, 136, 140, 153,
Bourchier, James, 134 154, 173
Bourchier (née Frost), Susan, 134 Guildhall, 120, 124, 150, 153–4, 162,
Bourchier, Thomas, 130 167, 172, 184
Brackley, Thomas Egerton, 1st Viscount, Hobson’s Conduit, 134
118 Holy Trinity, 50–1, 52, 72, 137, 171,
Braun, Georg, 39 173
Bridge, William, 51, 54, 55 immigration to, 61, 93
Brooke of Beauchamps, Robert Greville, King’s College, 51, 71, 72, 171
2nd Baron, 134 Little St Mary’s, 140
Broughton, Oxon., 73 Magdalene College, 120
Brownrigg, Ralph, 52 Magna Congregatio, 156
Brunton, Douglas, 182 Market Place, 120, 139, 160, 171, 172
Bryan, William, 173–4 overseer of the streets, 61
Buc, Sir George, 14 Peterhouse, 51, 122, 136, 140, 154

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Buchan, John, 77 petition against Wren, 140–1
Buckden, Hunts., 70 Queens’ College, 51–2, 72
Buckingham, George Villiers, 1st Duke of, Rose Tavern, 121, 171
132 St Andrew’s-the-Great, 61, 63
Burnt Fen, Cambs., 88 St Botolph’s, 137, 171
Burrell, Andrewes, 83–4, 95 St Catherine’s College, 50, 52, 53, 55
Bury St Edmunds, Suff., 48, 54 St Clement’s, 137
Bussey, Charles, 137 St Edward’s, 138
Butler, James see Ormond, 1st Duke of St John’s College, 38, 49, 54, 122, 125,
Byng (née Goad), Grace, 71 149
Byng, John, 71, 74 St Michael’s, 138–9, 140, 163
Schools, 156
Cam (river), 38, 94–5 Sidney Sussex, 8–9, 27, 120, 127
Cam, Helen, 21 Stourbridge fair, 51, 121, 124, 171–2
Cambridge, Cambs. tollbooth, 161
All Saint, 137 Trinity College, 25, 157, 159, 173
assize of bread, 154, 156 Trinity Hall, 52, 141
Barnwell, 121 unhealthiness of, 94
Bear Inn, 173 White Bull Yard, 49
Bridge Street, 49 Cambridge borough
Castle, 120, 157, 173 aldermen, method of election, 152
Christ’s College, 134 charters, 116
church services, 136–7 concerns about fen-drainage, 94–5, 169
Civil War and, 157–8, 159–60, 179 corporation, internal politics of, 147–67
Clare College, 122, 128 corporation, origins of, 115–16
economic connections with the fens, corporation, structure of, 116
93–4 counsel, 166–7
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high steward, 34–5, 118–19, 122–3,
151–2, 169, 171–2
mayor, 94, 147, 152, 163, 170
mayor, installation of, 153–4
mayor, method of election, 118, 150–3,
157, 158, 161–2
mayor, oaths of, 153–4, 162, 166–7
MPs, 34–5, 132, 172
MPs, method of election, 116–17,
124–5, 150
parliamentary elections (1640), 17–19,
77–8, 95–6, 115–43, 145, 148, 184
recorder, 122, 132, 153, 172
relations with university, 135, 154–6,
160–1, 162, 166–7, 170, 171–2, 179
Cambridge University
bedells, 154, 170–1
chancellor, 118, 128, 131, 171
Commissary’s Court, 156
high steward, 132
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Michaelmas ceremonies, 153–4, 162
parliamentary elections (1640), 120, 141
preaching, 135–7
proctors, 153–4, 160
purge of, 166
registrary, 156
relations with town, 135, 154–6, 160–1,
162, 166–7, 170, 171–2, 179
Senate, 171
vice-chancellor, 51–2, 94, 136, 153–4,
170
vice-chancellor, court of, 71–2, 135–6,
137
visitations, 131
Cambridgeshire
assizes, 52–3
county committee, 160, 163
leading families of, 128
quarter sessions, 174
sheriff, 159
Canton, Thomas, 98, 107
Capel of Hadham, Arthur Capel, 1st Baron,
160
Carlisle, James Hay, 2nd Earl, 109
Carlisle, John, 14
Carlyle, Thomas, 3, 14–16, 19–20
Carrington, Samuel, 6, 22, 25, 127
Castle, John, 79
279
Castle, Robert, 105
Castle Rising, Norf., 117
Chancery
clerk of the Crown in, 124
clerks of the parcels, 147
Court of, 105
Chapman, Edward, 174
Charles I
fen-drainage, 76, 82–3, 88, 94–5, 147
and Parliament, 117, 121, 145, 148–9,
157, 167, 180, 185
religious policies, 52, 53, 145, 180
royal household, 36–42, 184
trial, 169–70
Charles II, 13, 38, 170, 171–2
Chatteris, Cambs., 61–4, 112
Cherry Hinton, Cambs., 45, 109
Chettisham, Cambs., 98
Chevington, Suff., 133–4
Chicheley, Sir Thomas, 113
Christ Church, Oxford, 13
Clarendon, Edward Hyde, 1st Earl of, 5, 22,
80–1, 118, 171–2
Clavering, Essex, 43
Claypole (née Cromwell), Elizabeth, 103
Claypole, John, 103
Cleveland, John, 125
Cobb, Christopher, 112
Cobb, Edward, 112
Cock, Samuel, 55
Coke, Henry, 24
Coke, Roger, 24
Colchester, Essex, 54–8, 109
Comenius, John, 50, 133
Common Pleas, Court of, 155
Como, David, 139
Compton, Sir William, 172, 173
Cooper, Charles Henry, 20–1, 33–4, 35
Corporation Act (1661), 172, 173
Cosin, John, 136
Cottenham, Cambs., 49, 50
Covenanters, Scottish, 117, 133, 139
Coventry, Thomas Coventry, 1st Baron, 118,
151–2, 153
Coward, Barry, 16
Cowley, Abraham, 5
Cranford, William, 106
Cromwell, Anna see Neale, Anna
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Cromwell (née Steward), Elizabeth (Oliver’s St Ives, 10, 64–7

mother), 6, 8, 24, 46–8, 103–4 Scotland, 29
Cromwell (née Bouchier), Elizabeth (Oli- tithes collector, 99–102, 104, 106
ver’s wife), 9, 46, 103–4 wealth, 101–3, 114
Cromwell, Elizabeth see Claypole, Elizabeth Cromwell, Oliver (Oliver’s son), 50
Cromwell, Sir Henry (Oliver’s grandfather), Cromwell, Oliver (historian), 33–4
7, 8 Cromwell, Sir Philip, 27
Cromwell, Sir Oliver (Oliver’s uncle), 8, Cromwell, Robert (Oliver’s father), 7, 8, 9,
10–11 24, 46
Cromwell, Oliver Cromwell, Robert, 27
alleged debauchery, 25–7, 69–70 Cromwell, Richard (Oliver’s great-grandfa-
attendance at conventicles, 65–74, ther), 7–8
112–13 Cromwell, Thomas see Essex, Earl of
depression, 65 Cropley, Edward, 124, 140, 148, 164, 165
education, 8–9, 25, 26, 27, 127 Crouch, Nathaniel, 5
effigy burnt, 172 Crowland, Lincs., 86
Ely, 11, 75, 89–91, 97–114, 127 Cudworth, Ralph, 50
emigration to New England, 23, 30, 67, Cutts, Sir John, 121
69
family, 5–7, 44–5, 134 Dacre of Glanton, Hugh Trevor-Roper,

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fen-drainage, 75–96, 177 Baron, 51
feoffee, Thomas Parsons Charity, 97, 105, Davies, John, 22
106–7 Davis, J. C., 4, 178
freeman of Cambridge, 33–6, 117, 158 Dell, William, 73, 74
funeral, 25 Denver Sluice, Norf., 95
heir of Sir Thomas Steward, 11, 30, 45 Dering, Sir Edward, 110
high steward of Cambridge, 169 Devereux, Robert see Essex, 3rd Earl
Huntingdon, 8–10, 30, 46, 103–4 D’Ewes, Sir Simonds, 19, 110
Ireland, 24, 29, 103, 176 Dillingham, William, 171
justice of the peace, 90, 114 Doddington, Cambs., 69, 113
lands, 9, 10, 11, 63, 66, 70, 76–7, 81, 82, Dodson, William, 86–7
97, 99–104, 128, 141–2 Downhall, Henry, 66
links with Earl of Warwick, 129–32 Downham, Cambs., 90, 109
lodgings in Cambridge, 49 Downham Market, Norf., 94
military career, 11–12, 48, 87, 149, Dowsing, William, 47
157–8 Drake, Samuel, 125
MP, election as (1628), 9 Drogheda, Co. Louth, 176
MP, elections as (1640), 1–2, 12, 17–19, Dryden, John, 6
30–1, 77–8, 141, 115–43, 145, 184 Duckett, Thomas, 105–6
MP, 1628 Parliament, 9 Dugdale, Sir William, 16, 49, 69, 77–8, 79,
MP, Short Parliament, 121 82, 84, 92, 95–6
MP, Long Parliament, 11–12, 126, 129, Dury, John, 58
130–1, 147–8, 166, 182, 184–5 Dyve, Sir Lewis, 24
opposition to clemency for Charles I, 59
Earith, Hunts., 87, 94, 102
relations with Matthew Wren, 89–91,
Earls Colne, Essex, 56
177
Eastern Association, 47, 48, 54, 146, 163
religion, 9, 31, 66, 110–14, 177–8
Easton, Hunts., 139
reputation, 4–7, 175–6, 179–80
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Eccop, George, 72
Eden, Thomas, 141
Edgehill, battle of (1642), 158
Edwards, Thomas, 56–7, 58
Egerton, Thomas see Brackley, 1st Viscount
Ellesmere, 1st Baron see Brackley, 1st
Viscount
Ellis, John
career, 50–2, 54–5, 57–8, 72, 149
family, 48, 49, 50, 54, 55, 134
political views, 51–2, 59
religious views, 51–2, 53, 56–7, 58–9
views on Cromwell, 59
The Pastor and the Clerk, 58–9
S. Austin Imitated, 59
Vindiciae Catholicae, 58, 59
Ellis, John (nephew of John), 54
Ellis, Margaret, 49
Ellis (née Welbore), Susannah, 50, 51
Ellis, Thomas, 55, 57
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Ely
Barton, 44, 88, 103
church services, 98–9
corporation, absence of, 113–14
Dolphin Inn, 106
Holy Trinity, 88, 98, 99, 103
jail, 88
nonconformists in, 112–13
opposition to fen-drainage, 76, 87–91
quarter sessions, 88
religion, 97–9, 108–9, 111–13
St Mary’s, 98
Thomas Parsons Charity, 104–9, 113–14
tithes, 98–9, 101–2, 110
Ely Cathedral
cat roasted on spit in, 112
chapter, 98–102, 108–9, 142, 177
estates, 11, 75, 82, 99–102, 142
Lady Chapel, 98, 99
Sextry see estates
Ely, diocese of
chancellor, 141
jurisdiction, 109, 177
patronage, 137, 141
registrar, 52
visitation, 137–9, 140, 181–2
Engagement (1649), 171
281
English Civil War
course of, 157–8, 167
origins of, 145, 180–5
Essex, Robert Devereux, Robert, 3rd Earl,
160
Essex, Thomas Cromwell, Earl of, 7
Everarde, John, 131
Ewyn, John, 171, 172, 174
Exchequer, 62
Exeter, Devon, 124
Fairclough (nee Allen), Abigail, 55
Fairclough, Frances, 55
Fairclough, Richard, 55
Fairclough, Samuel, 55
Fairclough, Samuel junior, 55
Fairfax, Sir Thomas, later 3rd Baron Fairfax
of Cameron, 59
fast sermons, 51
Felsted, Essex, 130
fen-drainage
Isle of Ely, 62, 75–96, 147, 169
Lincolnshire, 83, 86
Lynn law, 94–5
opposition to, 76–81, 85, 87–96
Ferne, Henry, 52
Fiennes, William see Saye and Sele, 1st
Viscount
Finch of Fordwich, John Finch, Baron,
118–24, 128–9, 134, 142, 147, 169
Finch, Sir Nathaniel, 123–4
Fincham, Richard, 100
First Army Plot (1641), 147
Firth, Sir Charles, 77
Fishbourne, Richard, 9–10
Fitzgibbons, Jonathan, 16
Foakes, William, 55
football, 27, 88, 120, 125
Fowler, Thomas, 98, 107
Foxton, Cambs., 43, 47
Foxton, Richard
alderman, 148, 152–3, 164, 167
counsel, 166
mayor, 95, 124, 165, 166
religion, 139, 141
role in 1640 elections, 124–7, 141, 142,
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French, Gregory, 37 Grimston, Harbottle, 54, 57

French, Peter, 20–1
French (née Benfield), Rebecca, 39–40
French, Roger, 37
French, Thomas senior, 37, 38
French, Thomas
alderman, 148, 164, 169
business interests, 37–41, 118–19
death, 174
family, 37, 39–40
mayor, 34–5, 40–1, 118–19, 166, 172,
173, 184
MP, 42, 169
Parliament, support for, 41–2, 158, 164
properties owned by, 39–40
role in 1640 elections, 18–19, 20–1, 117,
120–1
Frohocke, Marmaduke, 43
Frohocke, Susan see Welbore, Susan
Frost, Gualter, 133–5, 140
Hacket, John, Bishop of Lichfield and Cov-
entry, 70–1, 74
Hamond, John, 38, 118
Hampden (née Cromwell), Elizabeth, 8
Hampden, John, 8, 21, 30, 134–5
Hampden, John junior, 135
Hand, John, 100, 102, 106
Hanscombe, Matthew, 51
Harman, Nicholas, 129
Harmer, Robert, 54, 57, 58
Harris, L. E., 78, 85
Harrison, Martin, 37
Harrison, Ralph, 54
Hartlib, Samuel, 50, 58, 133, 134
Hatcher, Thomas, 72
Hatton, Sir Robert 117
Hatton, Sir Thomas, 80
Hausted, Peter, 136

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Frost, Gualter junior, 133 Hawkins, Jane, 66
Frost, Susan see Bourchier, Susan Hay, James see Carlisle, 2nd Earl of
Fuller, Thomas, 13 Haynes, Hezekiah, 170
Fuller, William, 105, 108, 109 Healy, Simon, 102
Heath, James
Gardiner, Samuel Rawson, 82 life, 13–14
Garton, Henry, 129 methods, 13–14, 23–7
Gascoigne, George, 63 plagiarism, 23–4
Gatford, Lionel, 135 reputation, 14–17, 19–21, 175–7
Glatton, Hunts., 79 Brief Chronicle of All the Chief Actions, 28
Goad, Christopher, 71–4, 112–13, 135, 178 Brief Chronicle of the Late Intestine Warr,
Goad, George, 72 15, 23–4, 28, 29, 32
Goad, Grace see Byng, Grace Flagellum, 13–14, 17–32, 33–5, 42,
Goad, Thomas, 71 59–60, 67–8, 69–70, 74, 96, 111–12,
Godmanchester, Hunts., 66, 111 115, 121, 125, 127, 137, 141, 172–3,
Goodericke, Henry, 105, 106 174, 175–8
Goodericke, John, 88, 90 History of the Life & Death of Oliver
Goodwin, John, 57 Cromwell, 23, 28
Goodwin, Thomas, 51, 53, 67 Heath (née Southwood), Priscilla, 13
Gorhambury, Herts. 120 Henrietta Maria, 79–80
Grand Remonstrance (1641), 77, 117 Henry VIII, 7
Grayve, John, 162, 163 Henry, Prince, later Duke of Gloucester, 121
Great Council (1640), 122 Herbert, Philip see Pembroke, 4th Earl of
Great Ouse (river), 94, 95 Hetley, Sir Thomas, 63
Gregg, Pauline, 21, 89 Hier (or Hure), George, 37
Greville, Robert see Brooke of Beauchamps, Hill, Polly, 93
2nd Baron Hinchingbrooke House, Huntingdon,
Grey of Warke, William Grey, 1st Baron, 47 Hunts., 7–8, 9, 23
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Hitch, William, 88, 98, 111 Juxon, William, Bishop of London and later
Hobbes, Thomas, 22 Archbishop of Canterbury, 82
Hobson, Thomas, 39, 159
Hodges, Thomas, 131 Kedington, Suff., 55
Hogenberg, Franz, 39 Keeler, Mary, 21, 182
Holbeach, Martin, 130 Kilborne, William, 10
Holdsworth, Richard, 51–2, 154, 156 Killigrew, Sir William, 86, 87
Holland, Cornelius, 38, 41 King’s Lynn, Norf., 94–5
Holland, Henry Rich, 1st Earl of, 41, 72–3, Kitchingman, Bryan
118, 128, 130–2, 136 alderman, 167, 173–4
Holland, William, 148, 161, 163, 164, 166 attorney, 41, 171
Hollar, Wencelaus, 40 common councilman, 125, 154
Holles, Denzell, 80, 110 mayor, 167
Holme Fen, Hunts., 79 religion, 139, 140
Holmes, Clive, 146 role in 1640 elections, 18, 19, 41, 125,
Holmes, Reginald, 97, 100 137
Howard of Escrick, Edward Howard, 1st Kitchingman, John, 139
Baron, 133 Kitchingman, Robert, 139
Howard, Theophilus see Suffolk, 2nd Earl of Knittl, Margaret Albright, 84
Howard, Thomas see Arundel, 14th Earl of Knyvett, Thomas, 160

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Howell, Roger, 16, 77 Knowles, John, 54
Hoyle, David, 136
Lake, John, 125
Huntingdon, Hunts., 8, 9–10, 24–5, 30, 62,
Lakenheath, Suff., 44, 88
66, 78, 81, 103, 111
Lambert, John, 86
Hurst, Edward, 140
Lane, Joseph, 27
Husband, Edward, 22
Laud, William, Archbishop of Canterbury,
Hyde, Edward see Clarendon, 1st Earl of
50, 52, 54, 71, 107, 131, 145, 167
Ibbot, Robert Lawrence, Henry, 10, 66–7, 73, 74
career, 49 Lee, John S., 93
common councilman, 174 Lenthall, Thomas, 137
freeman, 125, 158, 161, 164 Lenthall, William, 170
links with John Ellis, 50 Ley, James see Marlborough, 1st Earl of
Parliament, support for, 163 Lindley, Keith, 76, 78–9, 81, 89, 92
religion, 138, 139, 140, 141 Lindsey, John, 149
role in 1640 elections, 18, 19, 34, 125, Linford, Samuel, 50
137 Little Shelford, Cambs., 101
Ingram, Robert, 46 Little Stambridge, Essex, 130
Ipswich, Suff., 107 Littleport, Cambs., 88
Ireton, Henry, 85 Littleton of Mounslow, Edward Littleton,
Isleham, Cambs., 113 1st Baron, 105
Loe, William, 139
Jackson, Archibald, 36, 40–1 Loggan, David, 38
James VI and I, 10, 37 London
Johnson, Richard, 51 customs, 170
Jongh, Claude de, 39 Gray’s Inn, 37
Josselin, Ralph, 56 Lincoln’s Inn, 25, 26
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Mercers’ Company, 9–10 Marvell, Andrew, 5–6

Merchant Taylors’ Company, 35 Mason, John, 112
Newgate, 88 Mather, Cotton, 27
St Giles Cripplegate, 109 Maxey, John, 64
St Margaret’s, Westminster, 51 May, Thomas, 22
St Olave Silver Street, 57–8 Maynard, John, 167
St Pancras Soper Lane, 72 Meautys, Sir Thomas, 18, 20, 119–20, 121,
Somerset House, 25 123, 126–7
Tower of London, 109, 147, 167 Mildmay, Sir Henry, 42
Warwick House, 184 Mildmay, Robert, 55
Westminster, Palace of, 185 Miller, Simon, 25
Whitehall, 171, 184 Milton, John, 6–7, 32, 127
see also Southwark Montagu, Edward see Manchester, 2nd Earl
Longleat, Wilts., 130 of
Longstanton, Cambs., 80 Montagu, Henry see Manchester, 1st Earl of
Love, Richard, 171 Montagu, James, 9
Lovett, Sir Robert, 84 Montagu (née Pepys), Paulina, 132
Lowestoft, Suff., 160 Montagu, Sir Sidney, 9, 132
Lowry, John Morrice, Roger, 50
alderman, 148–9, 162, 173–4 Morrill, John, 1, 3, 16, 21, 25, 65, 66, 67,

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common councilman, 125 78–9, 81, 86, 89, 92, 128, 129, 131, 133,
later career, 62, 170 135, 141, 178
links with Richard Timbs, 61
mayor, 166 Nalson, John, 22, 69–70
MP, election as, 18, 20, 124–7, 139, 142, Neale (née Cromwell), Anna, 103
145 Neale, John, 103
MP, Long Parliament, 126, 146, 148–9, Neale, Peter, 103
152, 158, 162, 166, 167, 169–70, Neile, Richard, Bishop of Winchester, 9
182, 184, 185 Nene (river), 84, 95
religion, 138–9 Nether Dean, Beds., 103
wife of, 49–50 Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Northumberland, 94
Lucas, Henry, 131 Newmarket, Cambs., 88
Lucas, Sir John, 109 Nicolson, Thomas, 173–4
Lukin, Robert, 148 Noble, Mark, 20, 44, 130
Lukyn, John, 124, 166 Normanton, John, 136
Lynne, William, 46 North, Dudley North, 4th Baron, 139
North, John, 139
MacGillivray, Royce, 16 Norwich, Norf., 114
Manby, John, 50 Norwich, William, 136
Manchester, Edward Montagu, 2nd Earl of, Nottingham, Notts., 157
11, 47, 80, 86, 166, 171 Nye, Philip, 53, 67
Manchester, Henry Montagu, 1st Earl of, 9,
64, 80–1, 132 Oakeley, Richard, 46
March, Cambs., 62, 86 Oakington, Cambs. 117
March, William, 45, 88, 90, 105, 106 Oliver, Thomas, 155
Marlborough, James Ley, 1st Earl of, 72–3 Ormond, James Butler, 1st Duke of, 24
Marston Moor, battle of (1644), 12 Outwell, Norf., 100
Martin, Edward, 51–2, 72, 73 Overton, Richard, 139
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Oxford University, 172 Pym, John, 51, 110

see also Christ Church, Oxford
quakerism, 64, 138, 173
Packer, William, 85 Quintrell, Brian, 130
Page, Anthony, 105, 106
Pagitt, Ephraim, 28 Ramsey Abbey, Ramsey, Hunts., 8, 10
Parliament Randell, John, 139
1628 Parliament, 9, 118 Reading, Berks., 59, 131
Short Parliament (1640), 121, 124, 184 Reeve, Hampden, 112
Long Parliament (1640–53), 51, 54, 66, Rhodes, John, 160
80–1, 83, 84, 98, 104–5, 107–10, Rich, Henry see Holland, 1st Earl of
111, 126, 129, 130–1, 132, 136, 140, Rich, Isabella see Thynne, Isabella
145, 147, 148–9, 157, 158, 159, 162, Rich, Robert see Warwick, 2nd Earl of
165, 166, 170, 180–5 Rich, Robert see Warwick, 3rd Earl of
Nominated Parliament (1653), 42, 169 Richard III, 14
Parrell, Edward, 139, 140 Riley, Thomas, 135
Parrett, Robert, 65 Roberts, Stephen, 178
Parsons, Thomas see Ely, Thomas Parsons Robinson, Sir John, 29
Charity Robson, Robert
Peard, George, 110 alderman, 164, 165

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Pembroke, Philip Herbert, 4th Earl of, 41 links with John Ellis, 50
Pennington, Donald, 182 mayor, 124, 154, 166
Pepys, Paulina see Montagu, Paulina Parliament, support for, 158, 164
Pepys, Roger, 172 role in 1640 elections, 124
Pepys, Samuel, 43, 47 Rochford Hall, Essex, 130
Pepys, Talbot, 95, 132, 172 Rogers, Samuel, 134
Peterborough, Northants., 95 Root and Branch petition (1640), 110
Petition of the Twelve Peers (1640), 133 Rose, Christopher, 124, 159–60, 166, 172,
Petitt, Richard, 47, 50 174
Pettis, Edmund, 69 Rotherhithe, Surr., 140
Peyton, Sir Edward, 6, 113 Rotterdam, 51
Peyton, Robert, 113 Royston, Cambs. and Herts., 10
Peyton, Sir Thomas, 80 Rugg, Thomas, 23
Phillips, Edward, 32 Rupert, Prince, 160
Phillips, John, 32 Rushworth, John, 22
Piers, William, Bishop of Bath and Wells, Russell, Conrad Russell, 5th Earl, 183
108 Russell, Francis see Bedford, 4th Earl of
Plume, Thomas, 138 Russell, John, 109
Pomfret, Jacob, 37 Russell, Thomas, 173–4
Pope, Dudley, 105–6
Sadler, John, 50
Powell alias Anderson, Edward, 88–91
Sadler, Sue, 146
Preist, James, 139–41
St Alban, Francis Bacon, Viscount, 118,
Preston, John, 51
119–20
Prior, Robert, 140, 141, 162, 163, 164
St Ives, Hunts., 10, 64–7, 69, 111, 165
Privy Council, 10, 79, 88–90, 119, 155
St John, Elizabeth, 26, 110–11
Proctor, Robert, 10
St John, Oliver see Bolingbroke, 1st Earl of
Protestation (1641), 50, 126, 147–8
St John, Oliver, 84, 102, 132–3, 134
Prynne, William, 118
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Salters Lode, Norf., 95
Sampson, Henry, 132–3, 134
Sanderson, Sir William, 22
Sandwich, Kent, 124
Sandys, Sir Miles, 84, 113
Sanford, John, 16, 33–4, 35
Saybrook Company, 67, 73
Saye and Sele, William Fiennes, 1st Vis-
count, 72
Sclater, Sir Thomas, 173
Scotten, Edmund, 84
Sedgwick, William, 111
Senior, William, 173
Seventy Foot River, 62, 87
Sewster, John, 45
Sewster (née Allen), Mary, 45
Sewster, Robert, 45
Sheldrake, Francis, 162, 163, 165
Sherewood, John
alderman, 148, 164
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mayor, 153, 154–6, 166
role in 1640 elections, 124, 153
Sibbes, Richard, 51, 52, 72, 137
Smith, John, 174
Smith, William, 112
Solemn League and Covenant (1643), 54,
173
Somersham, Hunts., 79–81, 91
South, Robert, 4–5
Southwark, Surr.
bear baiting, 39
Cardinal’s Hat Alley (Cardinal Cap
Alley), 40
King’s Pike Garden, 39–40
St Saviour’s, 39, 40
Southwood, Priscilla see Heath, Priscilla
Spalding, Samuel
alderman, 148, 161–4, 166, 172, 174
Ely Cathedral and, 140
fen-drainage, 84, 94
mayor, 174
Parliament, support for, 162–3, 164
role in 1640 elections, 124, 162
Sparrow, Anthony, 136
Sprigg, Joshua, 73
Spynke, Richard, 135
Spufford, Margaret, 138
Stalham, John, 55
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Star Chamber, Court of, 84
Sterne, Richard, 136
Sterry, Peter, 134, 135
Steward, Alice see Bettes, Alice
Steward, Edward, 44–5
Steward (née Allen), Eleanor, 45
Steward (née Steward), Eleanor, 44, 45
Steward, Elizabeth see Cromwell, Elizabeth
Steward, Humphrey, 11, 45
Steward, Sir Mark, 45
Steward, Nicholas, 44
Steward, Richard, 44
Steward, Robert, prior of Ely Cathedral, 44
Steward, Robert of Stuntney, 45
Steward, Simeon, 44
Steward, Sir Thomas, 8, 11, 23, 30–1, 44–5,
62–3, 70, 75, 100, 102, 105, 106, 107
Steward, Thomas of Stuntney, 45, 62–3, 106
Steward, Thomas, 45
Steward, William, 8, 44
Storie, George, 66
Stow Longa, Hunts., 46
Strafford, Thomas Wentworth, 1st Earl of,
107, 108, 117, 147, 149
Strangways, Sir John, 110
Stretham, Cambs., 76–7, 107, 113
Strong, William, 135
Stuntney, Cambs., 45, 98
Suffolk, Theophilus Howard, 2nd Earl of, 63
Sutton, Cambs., 63
Swaffham, Cambs., 85
Symonds, Richard, 25, 71, 74, 112, 178
Symonds, Thomas, 105–6
Tabor, James, 156
Tabor, John, 51, 149
Tabor, Nicholas, 149
Taylor, Randal, 28
Terling, Essex, 54
Teversham, Cambs., 44, 45
Thomas Parsons Charity see Ely, Thomas
Parson Charity
Thompson, Christopher, 67, 130
Thriplow, Cambs., 43
Thynne, Henry Frederick, 130
Thynne (née Rich), Isabella, 131
Thynne, Sir James, 130–1
Thynne, Sir Thomas, 130
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Tifford, Thomas, 158, 161, 165, 167, 172, Venice, election of doges, 150
174 Vermuyden, Sir Cornelius, 78, 82, 85, 95
Timbs, Agatha, 62, 64 Villiers, George see Buckingham, 1st Duke
Timbs, Agatha (daughter of Thomas), 64 of
Timbs, Anne, 63 Visscher, Claes Jan, 39
Timbs, Edward, 63 Waddesdon, Bucks., 58–9
Timbs, Elizabeth, 61 Walden, Lionel, 10
Timbs, Frances, 64 Walker, John, 111
Timbs, James, 62, 63–4 Waller, Edmund, 6
Timbs, John, 63 Walton, Valentine, 49
Timbs (née Watson), Mary, 61 Wanamaker, Sam, 39
Timbs, Mary, 64 Ward, John, 55, 57
Timbs, Richard of Chatteris, 62 Warwick, Sir Philip, 25–6, 78, 79, 84–5, 113
Timbs, Richard Warwick, Robert Rich, 2nd Earl of, 128–31,
alderman, 165, 172, 173–4 135, 178, 180–1
background, 61–2, 93 Warwick, Robert Rich, 3rd Earl of, 130
common councilman, 158, 161 Watson, Mary see Timbs, Mary
freeman, 20–1, 115 Welbore (née Allen), Elizabeth, 44, 45, 48
links with John Ellis, 50, 55–6 Welbore, John, 43, 46, 47
links with St Ives, 64 Welbore, Philip, 43

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mayor, 166–7 Welbore (née Frohocke), Susan, 43
MP, 169 Welbore, Susannah see Ellis, Susannah
Parliament, support for, 163, 179 Welbore, William
religion, 31, 61, 63, 65, 67–8, 70, 112, common councilman, 43, 125, 158
138, 140, 141, 177 Cromwell, Elizabeth, links with, 48–9
role in 1640 elections, 17–19, 20, 34–5, Cromwell, Oliver, links with, 43–5, 178
125, 137, 177 Cromwell, Oliver, views of, 48–9, 178
Timbs, Thomas of Chatteris, 62 family, 43–5, 50, 55, 134
Timbs, Thomas (brother of Richard), 64–5 religion, 53, 138, 140, 141
Timms, James see Timbs, James role in 1640 elections, 17, 19, 34, 125,
Todd, Margo, 136 137
Tookey, Job, 66 Wentworth, Thomas see Strafford, 1st Earl of
Tookey, Job junior, 66 Westminster see London
Totnes, Devon, 167 Westminster Assembly, 56, 111
Tourney, John, 136, 137 Westwood, Jonathan, 98
Treise, Thomas, 79 Wexford, Co. Wexford, 29
Trevor-Roper, Hugh see Dacre of Glanton, Wharton, Philip Wharton, 4th Baron, 58
Baron Wheeler, James, 173
Twells, Robert Wheelwright, John, 27
mayor, 158, 160–1, 164, 166 Whepstead, Suff., 134
Parliament, support for, 158 Whichcote, Benjamin, 50
role in 1640 elections, 124, 158 White, Francis, Bishop of Ely, 50, 105,
Twigg, John, 146 108–9
White, Sir Thomas, 36
Upwood, Hunts., 11, 103 Whitelocke, Bulstrode, 131
Wicksted, John, 124, 162, 164
Vane, Sir Henry the elder, 42
Wiborough, Thomas, 98
Varley, Frederick, 78
Widdrington, Sir Thomas, 108
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Wigmore, Daniel, 88, 89, 90, 100–8, 114, Witchford, Cambs., 100, 102
140, 142 Wolseley, Sir Charles, 73
Wigmore, Gilbert, 101 Wood, Anthony, 13, 31, 66–7
Wilburton, Cambs., 113 Woolrych, Austin, 183
Wilkins, William, 38 Worden, Blair, 4, 16
Williams, John, Bishop of Lincoln, Arch- Worsley, Charles, 73
bishop of York, 9, 46, 48, 66, 70–1 Wren, Matthew
Winceby, battle of (1643), 86 Bishop of Ely, 63, 88–91, 97, 100, 105,
Winde, Edmund, 102 107–10, 113–14, 137–8, 140–3, 145,
Windebank, Sir Francis, 139 167, 177, 180, 181–2, 184
Wine, Robert, 65 Bishop of Norwich, 51, 71, 97, 107
Winstanley, William, 22 impeachment of, 107–9, 147
Wisbech, Cambs., 90 York, Yorks., 122, 133
Wiseman, Robert, 52

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