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Crépy, treaty of, iv. 32, 33

Creton's History of Richard II., ii. 179

Crewe, Chief Justice, v. 254

Crompton, Samuel, viii. 60

Cromwell, Henry, vi. 109

Cromwell, Oliver, his youth, v. 103; vi. 24, 25; alleged scheme of emigration, v. 320; share in Association of the Eastern Counties, vi. 8; at Marston Moor, 19, 22; quarrel with Manchester at Newbury, 24; his person, 25; regiment, 26; temper, 27; relations with Dissidents, 33, 36; his policy, 34; victory at Naseby, 40, 41; pleads for religious liberty, 44, 45; resigns his command, 53; rejoins the army, ib.; negotiates with the king, 57; opposes the ordinance against heresy, 60; besieges the royalists in Pembroke, 61, 162; victory at Preston, 62; marches into Scotland, ib.; charged with treason, 63; suppresses a revolt of the army, 75; campaign in Ireland, 76, 77, 79; returns, 79; Lord-General, ib.; invades Scotland, ib.; victory at Dunbar, 80; occupies Edinburgh, 82; victory at Worcester, 84; supports the demand for a new Parliament, 87; drives out the Rump, 90, 91; resigns his power to the Convention, 95; his political and social views, 97, 98; Protector, 100, 102; his administration, 103; quarrel with the Parliament of 1654, 102, 103, 105; his military despotism, 106-108; settlement of Scotland, 108, 109; of Ireland, 109, 110; of England, 111, 112; foreign policy, 114-117; struggle with Parliament of 1655, 119; the Crown offered to, ib., 120; refuses it, 121, 122; inaugurated as Protector, 122; successes abroad, 123, 124; failure at home, 125; his theory of the Christian State, 127, 128; failing health, 143; his "House of Lords," 144; dissolves the Parliament, 145; last illness, 146; death, 147; his corpse outraged, 201; authorities for his history, v. 73

Cromwell, Richard, vi. 147, 149

Cromwell, Thomas, his early life, iii. 282, 283; relations with Wolsey, 283-285; counsel to Henry about the divorce, 285; his policy, 294, 295; Lord Privy Seal, 304; Vicar-General, 306; dealings with the monasteries, 310, 311; with the clergy, 311, 312; his reign of terror, 312-315; temper, 315, 316; relations with the nobles, 321, 322; reform of religion, 333; Church policy in Ireland, 341, 342; orders removal of images, 343; dealings with Parliament, iv. 8, 9; last struggle, iii. 347-351; fall and death, 352; results of his policy, iv. 7-14

Crotoy relieved by Talbot, iii. 56

Crowland, i. 86; burnt by northmen, 104; Chronicle of, ii. 179, 180

Croys, the, iii. 122, 125

Crusades, their effect on learning, i. 282; of Richard I., 261; of Edward I., ii. 90; Henry IV.'s project of, iii. 25; Henry V.'s, 36, 38

Cuba conquered by England, vii. 307; restored to Spain, ib.

Cudworth, Ralph, vi. 169

Culloden, battle of, vii. 230

Cumberland, William, Duke of, vii. 227, 230, 248, 251

Cumberland, Henry Clifford, first Earl of, iii. 323

Cumberland, Henry Clifford, second Earl of, iv. 162

Cumberland, George Clifford, third Earl of, iv. 353, 358

Cumbria, British kingdom of, i. 60; conquered by Ecgfrith, 87; by Eadmund, 123; granted to Malcolm, king of Scots, ib.

Cup-thegn (butler), i. 132

"Customs" of the realm, i. 235

Customs duties, Edward I.'s, ii. 107, 164, 172, 189; granted to Edward IV. for life, 89, 152; new, imposed by James I., v. 172; granted to Charles I. for a year only, 246

Cuthbert, St., i. 74-76, 87, 88

Cuthwulf, king of the West Saxons, i. 37

Cynric, king of the West Saxons, i. 34, 49

Dacres, William, third Lord, iv. 162

Dacres, Leonard, iv. 269

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