Stuart dynasty

Index.
301
Colville, Lord, retainers massacred by
William Douglas, 41
Commercy, 216, 255
Commissioners of Inquiry into charge s
against Mary Stuart, 120, 125
Commonwealth, the, 156 — estimate
of, ib. — traditions unconstitutional,
167
" Compounders," moderate Jacobites so
called, 194
Confederated Lords march to attack
Bothwell, 111 — send the Queen to
Holyrood, 112 — accuse her of ad-
hering to Bothwell, ib.
Conference of Lords with Queen at
Craigmillar Castle, 105, 106, 113,
114, 124, 125
, for inquiring into Mary Queen of
Scots' conduct. See York and
Westminster.
Congregation, Lords of, accept James
Stuart, 90 — destroy ecclesiastical
buildings, 91 — obtain Elizabeth's
interference, 92 — attitude of England
towards, 115
Conn, papal representative, at Henrietta
Maria's instance, 151
Constance, Council of, 38
Constitution in peril under Charles II.,
165
Corriche. See Battles.
Corstorphine, 74
Coulston arrested, 253
Council directed by Albany not to make
peace with England, 73 — advice of,
to James V., 79 — action of, 83
, the, consents to residence of the
young Queen in France, 90
of Government chosen, 93
Courcelles, de, French ambassador,
referred to, 133
Courtney, Mr., 249
Covenanters, persecution of, 167, 172,
174
Craigmillar Castle, confinement of Mar
at, 49— conference at, 104-108, 113,
114, 124, 125
Craufurd, Earl of, description of tor-
tures of James II.'s adherents, 189,
190
Craven, Earl of, refuses to withdraw
his troops, 185
Crawford, spy of Lennox's, deposes to
account given him by Darnley, 286
— suspicious identity of this state-
ment with letter in Casket, ib.
Crawford, Earl of (the Tiger Earl), con-
federacy with, sought by William
Douglas, 42, 43 — submits himself,
44
, , summoned by James III.,
51
, , killed at Flodden, 65
Crichton, Sir William, James II.
smuggled from his custody, 38 —
kidnaps him, 39 — meeting and com-
pact with Livingston, ib.
Cromwell, Oliver, religious vagaries of
his soldiery, 147 — modern writers'
judgment of, 149 — intrigues for
power, 150 — defeats Hamilton, 151
— protectorate of, 156 — England's
eminence in Europe under his rule,
ib. — ill consequences of alliance with
France, 157 — cruelty in Ireland, 159
— advances into Scotland, ib. — con-
quers at Dunbar, 160 — -dread of,
paralyses Royalist action, 161 —
receives from Monk copy of letter
from Charles II., 162— dies, 164
, Richard, 164
Culloden, battle of, 202 — mentioned,
275
Cumberland, raids into, 13
Cumyns, the, resign their claim, 4
Cunningham's History of Great Britain,
158
Cupar, 277
Dacee, Leonard, rebellion of, 126
, Lord, Warden of the Marches,
diplomacy of, 72 — breaks truce, ib.
— at Solway Moss, 84
Dalgleish, George, sent by Bothwell for
the Casket, 117 — arrested and tor-
tured, ib. — execution, 123
Dalkeith, 58, 87
Dalrymple, Sir David (Lord Hailes), re-
ferred to, 1 — statement respecting
sonnets in Casket, 288
Dalrymple's, Sir John, " Memoirs,"
164, 200
Danby, Lord (Earl of). See Leeds,
Duke of.
Darien, Paterson's settlement at, 189
Darnley family, 5
, Henry, Lord, 69, 86 — Mary re-
solves to marry him, 100 — schemes