James I., his ignoble peace, 21;
his belief in despotism, 22;
his weak policy toward Parliament, 23;
absolutism in Church and State, 25;
his policy in Ireland, 146
James II., compared with James I., 101, 234
Jehovah, invoked in massacres, 160
Jews, massacres of, compared with Puritans’, 160;
their settlement in London, 220
Johnston, American general, development of his troops compared with
Cromwell’s, 91
Jones, Colonel, Puritan leader, defeats Preston near Dublin, 149;
makes terms with Irish Papal party, 150;
routs Ormond at Dublin, 151
Joyce, Cornet, 117
Judges, under the Protectorate, 199
Kent, Fairfax in, 121
Kentucky, neutrality of, in American Civil War, 62
Kerne, the, in Ireland, 16;
Queen Mary’s expulsion of the, 16
Kilkenny, Cromwell’s manifesto there, 162
King Jesus, cry of, 112, 143
Kings, their divine right, 21;
English belief in, 100;
office of, abolished by the Commonwealth, 141;
arbitrary power of, 161
Kingship, offered to Cromwell, 215
Kirk party; in Scotland, 130, 131;
Cromwell’s dispute with, 172,173
Kirk, the, in Scotland, 166, 167;
its leaders urge Leslie on at Edinburgh, 169, 172;
its forces broken, 174
Knox, John, his influence on Scotch Calvinism, 18
_Laissez-faire_ economists, 183
Lambert, Puritan general, sent to the North, 121;
in action at Preston, 124–128
Lancashire, Presbyterian rising there, 121
Lancers, 60;
the Scots’, at Marston Moor, 87;
at Dunbar, 170
Landed proprietors, interests of, threatened under the Protectorate,
193;
English, in Ireland, 223, 224
Langdale, Sir Marmaduke, Cromwell’s foe at Naseby, 121;
his command at Preston, 124–126
Laud, his hostility to Protestants, 30;
his ecclesiastical absolutism, 33;
becomes archbishop, 34;
his “thorough” policy, 35;
attempts to introduce ceremonials at Edinburgh, 38;
supports Charles I. against Short Parliament, 41;
imprisoned by the Parliamentarians, 52;
his execution, 80;
his intolerance compared with Presbyterians’, 109
Laws, English, considered by Parliamentarians, 181
Lawyers, Cromwell’s dislike of, 181, 193
Lee, American Confederate general, his volunteer soldiery, 65;
development of his troops, 91;
his generalship compared with Cromwell’s, 95
Legislative power under the Protectorate, 197
Lenthall, Speaker of House of Commons, 180
Leslie, David, Scottish leader, his service under Gustaphus Adolphus,
167;
his defence of Edinburgh, 167 _et seq._;
operations at Dunbar, 169–172
Levellers, the, English Parliamentary party, distrusted by Cromwell,
112;
their agitation, 119;
their threatening attitude toward Cromwell, 143;
against the Commonwealth, 164;
suppressed under the Protectorate, 213
Leven, Earl of, Scottish leader, besieges York, 85;
at Marston Moor, 86
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