Council of Agitators, vi. 52; the Continual, ii. 114, 353; iii. 22, 23; the Great, i. 256, 351; changes in its character after Norman Conquest, ii. 144; its importance under Henry II., 144, 145; powers over taxation recognised by the Great Charter, 145; mode of summons to, 146; its composition under Henry III., _ib._; claim to appoint ministers, 38; demands for reform, 45; its assembly regulated by Provisions of Oxford, 61; becomes Parliament, 156; the King's, i. 256; its later developements, ii. 112; criminal jurisdiction, iii. 178; position under the Tudors, v. 186, 187; set aside by James I., 187; character after the Restoration, vi. 303; reorganized by Temple, _ib._, 304; of Nine, ii. 275; of the North, v. 285, 363; of Officers, vi. 49, 52, 64, 65; its plan for a new Parliament, 74; forces Richard Cromwell to dissolve Parliament, 149; Permanent, of Fifteen, ii. 61; the Privy, i. 256; of State, under the Commonwealth, vi. 72; broken up, 91; new one formed, 94; new, named by the Convention, 99; its organization, 100 Councils, Church, their political results, i. 84, 224; Occasional, called by Edward III., ii. 292, 299; Provincial, of 1282, 120 Counties, restriction of franchise in, iii. 101, 102 County court (shire-court), preserved by William I., i. 185, 186; towns represented in, ii. 73; its composition and functions, 149; principle of representation in, _ib._, 150; election of knights of the shire in, 151, 152 Country Party, the, vi. 272, 298 Courcy, John de, ii. 374 Courtenay, Bishop of London, ii. 309; Archbishop of Canterbury, 339-341, 346 Coutras, battle of, iv. 355 Covenant, the Scottish, iv. 115, 116; renewed in 1638, v. 333; taken by the English Parliament, vi. 14, 16, 17; forced on the army, 50; taken by the Convention of 1660, 152; burnt in Westminster Hall, 204 Coventry, Parliament at, iii. 75; Mary Stuart imprisoned at, iv. 269 Coventry, Sir William, vi. 245, 272 Coverdale, Miles, iii. 334 Cowell, John, v. 169 Cowley, Abraham, vi. 165 Cowling Castle, headquarters of the Lollards, iii. 20, 27 Cowper, William, Lord Keeper, vii. 125; chancellor, 175 Cowper, William, poet, viii. 46 Cox, Richard, iv. 119 Crabbe, George, viii. 46 Craft-gilds, i. 316-318 Craggs, Secretary of State, vii. 192 Cranfield, Lord Treasurer, v. 229, 236