Cavendish, William, Lord, head of the Country party, vi. 272; takes office, 300; opposes the Exclusion Bill, 308; resigns, 315. _See_ Devonshire.
Cecil, Robert, his rivalry with Essex, v. 63; treasurer, 172, 173; proposes the "great contract," 179; arranges the marriage of Princess Elizabeth, 210; dies, 185, 211
Cecil, William, iv. 139-141; his political standpoint, 141-143, 150; advises Elizabeth to announce her accession to the Pope, 155; his share in her Scottish policy, 173, 176, 259; policy in Ireland, 240; demands a Protestant alliance and the surrender of Mary, 263; dealings with Norfolk, 266, 274. _See_ Burleigh
Cerdic, king of the West Saxons, i. 34, 49
Chancellor, the, i. 206; his equitable jurisdiction, 256; ii. 112, 113; right of appointing, claimed for Great Council, ii. 38; made responsible to Permanent Council, 61; his woolsack, 226; of an university, i. 291, 292
Charles (I.), son of James I., schemes for his marriage, v. 211-214, 227, 230; goes to Madrid, 231, 232; returns, 233; his character, 234; marriage, 238, 241; king, 242; his policy, 243-245; quarrel with Parliament of 1625, 246, 247; with Parliament of 1626, 249, 250, 253; demands a benevolence, 253; levies a forced loan, 254; dismisses Crewe, _ib._; relations with France, 256-258; with the Parliament of 1628, 260-263; defends Buckingham, 264; rejects the Avowal, 269; dissolves Parliament again, 270, 272; his plans of personal government, 273; peace policy, 274, 275; relations with Gustavus Adolphus, 275, 276; financial measures, 276-280; grants a charter to Massachusetts, 311; position in 1635, 315, 316; consults the judges about ship-money, 323; dealings with Scotland, 325-328, 330-334; gathers an army, 337; pacification with the Scots, _ib._; summons Wentworth home, 338; relations with Richelieu, _ib._, 339; negotiates with the Scots, 342; summons Parliament again, 343; relations with Montrose, 359; assents to Strafford's attainder, 361; to perpetuation of the Parliament, 362; goes to Scotland, 363; his promises to the Irish, 364; returns to London, 367; attempt to seize the five members, 373-375; withdraws from London, 376; levies forces by commissions of array, 377; shut out from Hull, 378; goes to York, _ib._; raises his standard at Nottingham, vi. 2; goes to Shrewsbury, _ib._; defeated at Edgehill, 3; goes to Oxford, _ib._; besieges Gloucester, 13; negotiations in Ireland, 15, 16; successes in 1644, 22; marches on London, 23; defeated at Newbury, 24; returns to Oxford, _ib._; negotiates with the Parliament, 38; storms Leicester and relieves Chester, _ib._; routed at Naseby, 40, 41; treaty with the Irish, 42; goes to the Scotch camp, 46; refuses the Parliament's terms, 48; given up to it by the Scots, 49; seized by the army, 53; negotiates with the army, 55-57; escapes, 58; recaptured, 59; negotiates with parliament and the Scots, _ib._, 63; again seized by the army, 65; trial, 67; death, 68; authorities for his reign, v. 72