Becket, Thomas, his parentage, 33; early years, 34; appointed Chancellor of Canterbury, 34; ordained priest and appointed to Archbishopric, 38; dispute with the king, 41–45; yields to king’s demands at Council of Clarendon, 47; refutes charges at Council of Northampton, 49; leaves England and appeals to the pope, 55; reconciliation with the king, 57; lands at Sandwich, 57; ill-will of the bishops, 58; Henry’s sudden rage, 59; his murder, 63; his canonisation, 64 Belknap, Chief Justice, 147, 148 Berksted, Stephen, Bishop of Chichester, 128 Bigod, Hugh of Norfolk, 121 Bigod, Roger, 126 Boniface of Savoy, Archbishop of Canterbury, 110, 131 Bradshaw, John, 297 Buckingham, Duke of, 249, 250, 251, 252 Burdett, Sir Francis, 313 Burley, Sir Simon, 148, 163 Cade, Jack, leader of the revolt of Kentish commons, 1450, 173; uncertainty as to real name and family, 176; marches to Blackheath at head of 46,000 followers, 177; draws up and presents petition to Henry VI., 178; no answer returned, 178; withdraws to Sevenoaks and defeats small body of Henry’s troops, 180; gathers reinforcements in Kent, 181; Henry VI. treats with him fruitlessly, 181; enters London without opposition, 182; preserves strict discipline in his force, 184; forced to levy toll for support of his followers, 185; after first good reception London turns against him, 187; unsuccessful fight for London Bridge, 187; treats with Henry’s representatives, 188; many of his adherents return to their homes, 189; refuses to lay down arms till parliament issues legal pardon, 189; proclaimed a traitor, 189; defeated at Queenborough, 189; dies fighting as a fugitive, in Sussex, 189; head exposed on London Bridge, 190 Cartwright, John, enters Navy and begins promising career, 308; it is cut short by his siding with the Americans at outbreak of war, 1776, 308; trains the Nottinghamshire Militia, 309; pioneer of political reform, 310; writes and speaks on the subject, 310; unsuccessful efforts to enter parliament, 312; at age of 80 charged with sedition and fined, 313; known as “Father of Reform,” 315 Catherine of Aragon, 203 Cantilupe, Bishop of Worcester, 122, 126, 133 Cantilupe, Thomas, Chancellor, 128 Cave, Robert, 148 Chalton, Sir John, Lord Mayor of London, 183 Charles I., 250 _et seq._, 280, 282 Church, Corporal, 286 Clarendon, Earl of (quoted), 262 Clarendon, Council of, 46 Clarkson, Thomas, 313 Cocke (or Cooke) Thomas, friend to both Henry VI. and Cade, 182 Cod, Thomas, Mayor of Norwich, 228, 229, 231, 232, 233 Coke, Lord Justice, 252 Colet, Dean of St. Paul’s, 199, 212 Conyers, Dr., Vicar of St. Martin, Norwich, 231 Cranmer, Archbishop, 204 Cromwell, Oliver, 279 _et seq._ Cromwell, Thomas, 208