Charles the Second, court at Paris, 189; its changes, 189; its poverty at St. Germains, 189; at Jersey, 207; in Scotland, 207; in France, 207; Louis XIV. of France, favourable to, 209; supposed to have sent the Marquis of Worcester from France to London, 210; the Marquis of Worcester had presented him with an ingeniously contrived box, 223; proclaimed, 225; his return and rejoicings, 226; Marquis of Worcester’s petition to have his case investigated by Parliament, 231; the King and Queen’s progress, 231, 232; a christening at Worcester House, 232; his coronation, 232; homage of the nobles, 232; sketch of his character, and that of the Marquis, 234; attends the House of Lords, 243; personally prorogues it, 243; ceremony, 244; one-tenth of the Water-commanding engine granted to him, 257; remitted on the Marquis surrendering a warrant granting land to the value of £40,000, 257; the Marquis’s petition to, 269; another, 271; draft of a letter to, 277; coolness towards the Marquis, 295; characteristic traits of his majesty, 307, 308; his apathy retards the development of the steam engine, 308.

Chester, City of, 3,000 men expected for its relief, 85; rumours of its being taken, 85; men for its relief, 114; Glamorgan writes about relief, 125; 6,000 Irish ready for, 126; 3,000 men reported ready, 135; loss of, 138; Glamorgan’s hopes of relief, 160; its surrender, 161.

Chepstow fortified, 60; belongs to the Marquis of Worcester of inheritance, 66; named, 328, 332.

Christening present, a, 2.

Civil War, aspect of affairs, 1641, 37; series of national disasters, 43; party distinctions, 43; ancient warfare, 53, 54; perplexing state of the war, 69; the gain and loss by, 186; intellectual losses, incalculable, 186.

Cipher, letter written in, 180; a sentence in, 333.

Clarendon, Earl of, resided at Worcester House, 192; Marquis of Worcester’s letter of explanations to, 227; offer of Worcester House, 235; his residence, (note), 237; at Worcester House, 260, 261; visited by Evelyn, 261.

Cobham, Lord, his house at Blackfriars, 3; Queen Elizabeth to stay there, 3; attends the Queen at the water-side, 3; her majesty sups at his house, 4; leads the bride (Miss Russell) to church, 4.

Coke, John, his letter, 24.

Copley, Christopher, named in a Bill for settling Worcester House on the Marchioness of Worcester, 196; may have instigated the writing of the “Century,” 215; in the army, 215; letter from the Marquis of Worcester, 215; interested in the engine, 216; obtains a written obligation from the Marquis of Worcester, 216; he “doth undermine Worcester House,” 235; named, 301; some account of him, Appendix E.

Cornwall, Report of the Duchy of, survey of Vauxhall, 289, 290, 291; other Reports, Appendix G.

Cosmo de Medici the Third, visits Vauxhall to see the Marquis’s Engine, 302.

Council, the new, of confederate Irish Roman Catholics; Glamorgan solicits consent for the post of Lord Lieutenant, 181.

Council, the Supreme, of confederate Irish Roman Catholics, Archbishop of Tuam’s death, 115; order for his arrears, 116; disclosures, 116; inquiry respecting, 121; agreement discovered, 124; published, 124; press for Glamorgan’s liberation, 135; visited by Glamorgan on his liberation, 136; exorbitant demands, 136; Glamorgan desires its good opinion, 165; wearied of the army expenses, 165; resolve against sending troops over to England, 165.

Cromwell, Oliver, Bill respecting Worcester House to be tendered to him, 196; gives his assent, 196; his directions sought in respect to payment, 197; he is satisfied, 198; enjoyed the Marquis of Worcester’s Monmouthshire estates, 210; warns his wife respecting Lord Herbert, 210; his Warrant to allow the Marquis £3. per week, 213; the Marquis seeks an interview with him, 217; his death, and his son’s brief career, 225; deeds delivered up, 247; Herbert, his “right-hand” man, 249; his Warrant, Appendix F.

Cromwell, Richard, ordered to give up deeds and writings, 238.

Cromwell, Elizabeth, letter to her, respecting Lord Herbert, 210; ordered to give up deeds and writings, 238.

Culpepper, Lord, letter from the Earl of Glamorgan, 125.

Cumberland, Earl of, leads the bride (Lady Herbert) from church, 4.

D.

Dean, Forest of, garrisoned, 60; Lord Herbert entering, 62; Sir John Winter “the plague of the forest,” 63; the rebels quit, 63; taken by Lord Herbert, 66; named, 328, 332.

Dee, Dr. John, his curious preface to “Euclid,” 26.

Definition of the Water-commanding Engine, 223; published, Appendix C.

Digby, George, Lord, charges the Earl of Glamorgan with high treason, 116; Glamorgan writes to his wife, mentioning him, 128; named also by R. Brereton, 129; Charles Ist’s commands to, 131; Glamorgan informs him of his business in going to France, 138; approves Glamorgan’s resolution, 178.

Dormer, Sir William, marriage of his daughter Elizabeth to Edward, Lord Herbert, 16; her death, 23.

—— Robert, Lord, of Weng, father of Sir William Dormer, 16; 23.

Drebble, his stove, 264.

E.

Edge-hill, soldiers furnished the King, by the Marquis of Worcester, 67; named, 328.

Edward, Lord Herbert—see Worcester.

Edward, fourth Earl of Worcester—see Somerset, also Worcester.

Edward, second Marquis of Worcester—see Somerset, also Worcester.

Elizabeth, Lady Worcester, her death recorded, 8.

Elizabeth, Lady Herbert, first wife of Edward Lord Herbert (afterwards sixth Earl of Worcester), 16; mother of Henry, Duke of Beaufort, 16; her two daughters, 17; her portrait, 21, 22; her death, 22; funeral certificate, 23; sister of Robert, Earl of Carnarvon, 299.

Elizabeth. Queen, her Court at Greenwich, 1; her leave obtained for Lord Herbert and Miss Russell’s marriage, 2; the Queen to appoint the day, 2; promises her presence, 3; arrives at Blackfriars, 3; carried in a Lectica, 3; present at a masque, 4; danced on the occasion, 4; her death, 5.

Engineering, early, in England, 18.

Engineers, foreign, usually employed, 18.

England, state of art and science from 1640 noticed, 188.

F.

Fairfax, Sir Thomas, his dragoons at Padstow, obtains the Earl of Glamorgan’s despatches, 124; opinion of Charles Ist’s message to Parliament, 130; sends his summons to the Marquis of Worcester, 151; takes great interest in the mining approaches to Raglan Castle, 152; concludes terms with the Marquis, 152; ratified, 153; Raglan Castle surrendered, 153; entertained at Bath, 154.

Fernes, the Roman Catholic Bishop of, Chancellor of the Congregation, 183 —see Father Nugent.

Finch, Heneage, his report on a Petition, 273.

Fitzwilliams, Col., named, 114.

Foster, Captain William, letter in respect to, 249.

G.

Galileo prosecuted at Rome, 27, 28; his death, 31.

Glamorgan, Edward Somerset, Earl of, patent privily granted, 70; copy of the patent, 70, 71, 72; was acknowledged by Charles II. 72; his instructions from Charles I., 72, 73, 74; dispatches for Ireland, 74; Charles I. acknowledges £250,000, 74; sends him the Blue Ribbon and Warrant for the title of Duke of Somerset, 74; detained at home, 75; his respectful letter to his father, August, 1644, 76, 77; termination of his military career in Wales, 77; Charles Ist’s pretence to doubt his “judgment,” 78; his Commission to raise troops in Ireland, 79, 80; visits Ireland, 82; in Ireland, 82; letter to Ormond, 83; estimates his navy and army expenses at £100,000, 84; expects 3000 men from Chester, 85; letter to Ormond, 86; going to Waterford, 86; has laid an embargo on shipping at Wexford, 86; a biographical error corrected, 87; letter of John Bythell, 87; named as “Lord Herbert,” in Bythell’s letter, 88; at Carnarvon, a Welsh legend, 94; his regiment of horse, 105; second visit to Ireland, 112; his commissions, warrant, and patent, 112; Ormond notes his noble ends and apparent dangers, 113; and his “judgment,” 114; secret negotiations, 115; their failure, 115; his treaty found out, 116; charged with high treason, 116; a close prisoner in Dublin Castle, 116; his examination, 119; inquiry respecting his oath, 122; did not unduly use his great powers, 123; deceived by the King, 123; his letters and papers taken at Padstow, 124; publication of his agreement with the Irish Roman Catholics, 124; copy of his oath, 124; has 6000 Irish ready, 126; his letter to his wife, 127; his imprisonment, 127–129; Charles I. repudiates his proceedings to Ormond, 131; Secretary Nicholas writes to Ormond to the same effect, 131; vindicates the King, 132; a second letter, repudiating his powers and patent, 133; Charles Ist’s letter to the Queen on this affair, 134; the King’s letter to him, 134; set at liberty, 135; his bail, 136; writes to Ormond that he shall go to France. 136; presses for a continuance of the cessation, 137; withholds his motion from the Supreme Council, 137; Sir V. Molineux will accompany him to France, 137; desires Ormond’s co-operation, 138; has informed Lord Digby, 138; his purchase of a ship, ordnance and stores, 138; expects to return with a fleet, 138; learns the loss of Chester, 138; continues in Ireland, 139; his father indifferently informed of his operations there, 142; at Kilkenny, 157; his letter to the Nuncio, 158; a peace proposed to be approved by the Pope, 159; the raising of 7000 men to be conditional, 159; his projected visit to Italy, 159; engages a large supply of money, men, arms, and ships, 160; wrote to Charles I. hoping to relieve Chester, 160; seeming friends industriously hinder him, 161; relies on his Majesty’s “right interpretation,” 161; his imprisonment declared a mere colourable affair, 162; created “Duke of Somerset and Beaufort,” 162; the patent, 162, 163; recital of his martial deeds, 162; his remarks on the state of affairs, 164; he apologizes for the King’s declaration, 164; the King’s instructions, 164; desires the good opinion of the Supreme Council, 165; designed going to Rome, 165; his letter to Father Nugent expressive of bitter disappointment and mental anguish, 166; his operations virtually terminated, 166, 167; perfect consistency of his conduct, 167; had to deal with a grasping party, 168; overmatched by Ormond, Digby, and others, 168; opposition between his own views and those of his party, 168; his spotless rectitude, 168; he wrote to Ormond, 168; reports the taking of Captain Allen, 170; expects his own and other letters to be printed, 170; reports several ships, 170; his offer if joined by Ormond and the Supreme Council, 171; the King’s “bugbear declaration,” 171; Ormond’s approving answer, 172; his brother in Italy, 175; the King’s declaration “enforced upon him,” 176; the intended articles he pronounces invalid, 177; his bail in no danger, 177; is debarred from calling on Ormond, 178; his handwriting, 179; address of a letter written in cipher, 179, 180; scarcity of his autograph, 181; patent to appoint him Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, 181; his going to Rome, 181; soliciting the post of Lord Lieutenant, 181; “of a very mild temper,” 182; “attached to the Apostolic See,” 182; and “bound to it by oath and promises,” 182; his oath, 182; apprised of his father’s decease, 184 —see also Edward, Earl and 2nd Marquis of Worcester.

Glamorgan, Countess of, her husband’s letter from Dublin Castle, 127; incident relating to her at Raglan Castle, 149, 150; leaves Raglan Castle, 153; a pass granted her to Ireland, 184 —see also Margaret, Marchioness of Worcester.

Gloucester, Lord Herbert before, 56; stoutly defended, 56; summoned by Prince Rupert, 56; its reduction attempted, 56; Lord Herbert’s horses seized, 60, 61, 62; named, 328; troops raised against, 333.

Goodrich Castle garrisoned, 60; taken by Lord Herbert, 328, 332.

Gower, the Poet, quoted, 108; works mentioned, 145; Appendix K.

Greenwich, Queen Elizabeth’s court at, 1; letter from, 3; the Queen’s return to court, 4.

Greenwich, Charles I. at, 35.

H.

Hall, John, the Marquis’s petition in respect of, 271; case, 273; named, 288.

Hall, Henry, the Marquis’s petition in respect of, 271.

Hamilton, Marquis of, Master of the Horse, 36.

Hamilton, Duke of, named, 25.

Hanneman’s painting of a family group, 30; noticed, 311.

Harley, Lady, her Diary, 56, 57, 64.

Hartlib, Samuel, notice of Vauxhall, 266; states the “Earl of Worcester is buying Vauxhall,” 267.

Hazilrigge, Bart., Sir Arthur, named, 42.

Henrietta Maria, Queen, at Paris, her present of jewels to the Marquis of Worcester, 313 —see Queen Dowager.

Henry, Duke of Beaufort—see Beaufort.

Henry, 1st Marquis of Worcester—see Somerset, also Worcester.

Herbert, Edward, of the Grange, 249.

Herbert, Henry, Lord—see Henry, Earl and Marquis of Worcester.

Herbert, Anne, Lady, her marriage gifts and portion, 4; daughter of John Lord Russell, 5; mother of 13 children, 6; her relative Lady Morrison, 7.

Herbert, Margaret, Lady (afterwards Countess of Glamorgan), her marriage, 30; her portrait, in a family group, 30; her infant daughter, Mary, 30; pass granted her to France, 187 —see Worcester, Margaret, Marchioness of.

Herbert of Cardiffe, Lord; leads the bride (Miss Russell) to church, 4.

Hereford garrisoned, 6; Governor of, 64; the city taken by Lord Herbert, 66; named, 332.

Hero of Alexandria, his “Spiritalia,” 29.

Hertford, Marquis of, 40, 55; defeat in the West, 67; supplied with recruits, 67; Dukedom of Somerset confirmed to him, 243; named, 328; forces a loan to, 332.

Hervey discovers the circulation of the blood, 7.

Hill, Richard, a purchaser of the Marquis of Worcester’s estates, 193.

Holland, Lord, named, 59.

Hook, Dr., ridicules the engine; 292; laughs at it, 294; his character, 294.

Hooper, Captain, the engineer, mining at the siege of Raglan Castle, 151; progress of his approaches, 152.

Hopton, Lord, letter from the Earl of Glamorgan, 126.

Huntingdon, Charles I. at, 58.

Huntingdon, Francis Hastings, Earl of, death of his daughter, wife of Edward, 4th Earl of Worcester, 8; letter from the Earl of Worcester, 12.

I.

Inventions, Century of, written, 214; the manuscript, 221; patent for four, 248; list of, 249; state of the knowledge of, 293.

Inventions of the Earl of Worcester, Appendix A.

Inventions, the Marquis of Worcester’s patent for four, Appendix B.

Ireland, visited in 1642 by the Earl of Glamorgan, 82; the King is glad he is there, 82; second visit, 112; Ormond notes the Italian Bishop’s reception, 113; to raise 10,000 men, 114; packet boat from, boarded at Padstow, 124; Fairfax’s report of this, 127; the Marquis of Worcester expects benefit to Ireland through the Queen, 185; he leaves Ireland, 185; the Marquis’s journey, 333.

Ireland, rebellion in, 69; Charles I.’s Commission to the Earl of Glamorgan, to raise troops in, 79, 80; Glamorgan’s visit to, 81, 112.

Irish army, new levied, to disband, 39.

Irish Roman Catholics, offer to raise troops, 77; difficulties arise out of their demands, 77; the King’s narrow policy, 77; Charles I.’s warrant to Glamorgan to treat and conclude with the confederates, 80, 81.

J.

James I., the Pope’s bulls, 5; reprimands Henry, Earl of Worcester, on his daughter being a nun, 6; the King proclaimed, 7; his reign, 11.

Jesuits excepted in the indulgence granted to Roman Catholics, 232; the Jesuits represent their case, 232; Henry, Marquis of Worcester, a Penitent of the Society, 232.

Jones, Lady, and Sir Philip, leave Raglan Castle, 153.

Jones, William, Steward of Raglan, 142.

K.

Kaltoff, Caspar, a practical working engineer or machinist, so engaged, 17; water-work s at Raglan Castle, 19; eleven years service, 29; named by the Marquis, 262; stated to be a Dutchman, 266; employed making guns, 266; inventions and models there, 266; visited by Dr. Hook, 293; superintending works, 301; he and his wife (1672) lately deceased, 305; their children, 305; his son-in-law, Peter Jacobson, 305; documents relating to, Appendix G.

Keneys, Bart., Sir Michael, Governor of Chepstow, 142.

Kennet’s relation concerning Henry Earl of Worcester’s daughter being a nun, 6; remarks on Edward, Marquis of Worcester, his exile and return, 209, 210.

Kirle, Colonel, his siege operations, 149.

Kuffler, Dr., his furnace, 264.

L.

Lenthall, John, letter from, 221; has received a present, and acknowledges his fees, 221.

Leyburn, Father George, and the Marquis of Worcester leave Ireland, 185.

Lingard, Dr. on Charles I.’s warrant to the Earl of Glamorgan, 135.

London in 1625–1636, coaches, hackney coaches, streets, pillory, whipping, mutilations, the plague, 27; fortified in 1643, 189; Charles delivered up by the Scots, 1647, 189; and his execution, 189; the Commonwealth established, 189; public taste curtailed, 189; the Plague, 285.

Lotherdale, Earl of, letter to, from the Marquis of Worcester, 223; promises him an ingenious box, 223.

Louis XIV., of France, favourable to Charles II., 209.

M.

Marriage gifts to Lady Herbert, 4; a mock, at Raglan Castle, 97.

Masque on occasion of Lord Herbert’s marriage to Miss Russell, 3; ladies, characters, and dresses, 3; the dance and address to the Queen, 4; her Majesty joined in the dance, 4.

Mathews, Sir Toby, named, 141.

Mazarine, Cardinal, the Marquis of Worcester recommended to him, 188; opposed to Louis XIV. attempting the restoration of Charles II. 210; presented the Marquis to the King, 281; his gracious remark, 281.

Mechanical knowledge in the 17th century, 14.

Milford Haven, Parliament ships in, 65.

Milton born, 7.

Molineux, Sir Vivian, will accompany the Earl of Glamorgan to France, 137.

Monconis, M. de, named by Sorbière, 263; reports new inventions, 263, 264.

Monmouth, fortified, 60; Lord Herbert before, 63; Waller’s success, 63; alarm, 63; Marquis of Worcester’s efforts, 63; saved by the Marquis, 66; taken by Lord Herbert, 66; named, 328; fortified, 332.