Leaders of the People: Studies in Democratic HistoryClayton, Joseph
History
Leaders of the People: Studies in Democratic History
Clayton, Joseph
Democracy; Great Britain -- History
Crowmer, Sheriff of Kent, 180;
arrested and sent to Tower, 181;
beheaded by Cade’s orders, 184
Curtis (Girste, or Ghirstis) City Merchant, 186
De Burgh, Hubert, 95, 107
De Gray, John, Bishop of Norwich, 81, 82
De Morville, Hugh, 59–63
Derby, Henry, Earl of (afterwards Henry IV.), 157, 163, 170
Despenser, Henry, Bishop of Norwich, 168
Des Roches, Peter, Bishop of Winchester, 82, 94, 107, 108
De Tracy, William, 59–63
De Valence, William, 123, 132
Eadmer (quoted), 6, 7, 14, 17, 26
Edward, Prince, son of Henry III., afterwards King-Edward I.;
takes oath of reform to barons, 123;
takes Gloucester in civil war, 126;
taken prisoner at Battle of Lewes, 127;
escapes to Welsh marshes, 132;
intercepts de Montfort’s relief force at Evesham, 133
Eliot, John, enters parliament as member for St. Germans, 249;
knighted and becomes Vice-Admiral of Devon, 249;
captures the pirate Nutt, but eventually finds himself in Marshalsea
prison over the affair, 250;
released and is returned for Newport, 1624, 250;
quarrels with Buckingham and insists upon his impeachment, 251;
imprisoned in Tower in connection therewith, but soon released, 251;
refuses forced loan and again imprisoned and deprived of
Vice-Admiralship, 252;
carries Petition of Right, 252;
attacks policy of Laud, 252;
supports John Rolle in refusing payment of taxes, 253;
summoned before Privy Council, imprisoned for fourth time,
and fined, 255;
remains passionately loyal to House of Commons, 256;
health gives way in confinement, 257;
dies in the Tower, 1632, 257;
his son’s appeal for his burial at Port Eliot, Cornwall,
refused, 257
Erasmus, 193, 194, 197, 202, 211, 212
Essex, Earl of, 267
Ethelmar, half-brother to Henry III., 106
Everard, 297, 298
Fairfax, General, 298, 299
Falkland, Lord, 265, 266
Finch, Chief Justice, 262
Fisher, Bishop of Rochester, 206, 207, 208
FitzOsbert, William, called Longbeard; his early life, 72;
lays his grievances before Richard I., 72;
defies Archbishop Hubert, 73;
his arrest and death, 75
FitzStephen, W. (quoted), 35, 49, 53, 59
FitzUrse, Reginald, 59–63
Flowerdew, Sergeant, 222, 223
Frost, 321
Fulke, follower of Ket, 235
Fussell, 328
Gilbert, Earl of Gloucester, 126, 128, 131, 132
Gough, Matthew, 186
Green, J. R. (quoted), 91, 92
Green, Squire of Wylby, 222
Gregory IX., Pope, letter to, from Grosseteste, 102
Grindcobbe, William, supporter of John Ball in Hertford, 143, 146;
follows Wat Tyler, 149;
at Mile End, 159;
hanged at St. Albans, 167
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