CHAPTER VIII. From the Dissolution of Charles's Third Parliament to the

FROM THE DISSOLUTION OF CHARLES'S THIRD PARLIAMENT TO THE MEETING OF THE LONG PARLIAMENT

Declaration of the King after the Dissolution -- Prosecutions of Eliot and others for Conduct in Parliament -- Of Chambers for refusing to pay Customs -- Commendable Behaviour of Judges in some Instances -- Means adopted to raise the Revenue -- Compositions for Knighthood -- Forest Laws -- Monopolies -- Ship-Money -- Extension of it to inland Places -- Hampden's Refusal to pay -- Arguments on the Case -- Proclamations -- Various arbitrary Proceedings -- Star-Chamber Jurisdiction -- Punishments inflicted by it -- Cases of Bishop Williams, Prynne, etc. -- Laud, his Character -- Lord Strafford -- Correspondence between these two -- Conduct of Laud in the Church -- Prosecution of Puritans -- Favour shown to Catholics -- Tendency to their Religion -- Expectations entertained by them -- Mission of Panzani -- Intrigue of Bishop Montagu with him -- Chillingworth -- Hales -- Character of Clarendon's Writings -- Animadversions on his Account of this Period -- Scots Troubles, and Distress of the Government -- Parliament of April 1640 -- Council of York -- Convocation of Long Parliament Page 1