Monmouthshire, Cromwell enjoys the Marquis of Worcester’s estates in, 210; his letter touching the same, 210.

Monopolists, prejudices against, 293.

Montgomeryshire, raising troops in, 64.

Moore, Lord John, Kennington, 286.

Morgan, Colonel, at Worcester, 149; at Landenny, 149; his regiment, 151.

Morley, Thomas, Lord, died 1416, 96.

Morrison, Lady, in the Friars, 7.

Myddleton, Sir Hugh, forms the New River, 8.

N.

Napier, Lord, his system of logarithms, 7.

Naseby, battle of, 104.

Newport, named, 328.

Newstead, money to be sent privately to, for Charles I. 41.

Nicholas, Secretary, letter to Ormond, 131; denounces Lord Herbert’s negotiations in Ireland, 132; his second letter, 133.

Northampton, Earl of, named, 24.

Nottingham. Charles I. at, 44, 58.

Nugent, Father Robert, Superior of the Jesuits in Ireland, the Earl of Glamorgan’s letter expressing his distress, 165; named, 183.

O.

O’Brien, Henry, Earl of Thomond, his daughter Margaret’s marriage, 30; his petition, 196; named, 300.

O’Neill, Mr. named, 113.

Ormond, Marquis of, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, as respects concluding a peace, the King empowers Glamorgan to act, 73, 75, 77; the King’s letter to, Dec. 1644, 78; Glamorgan’s letter to, 83; recommends to conciliate the Nuncio, 84; about Chester, 85; and 10,000 men, 85; Chester holds out, 86; letter from Glamorgan, 86; letter to, 113; stretch of authority, 113; approves Glamorgan’s “judgment,” 114; his continued civility to the Earl, 115; his suspicions aroused, 115; his warrant to commit the Earl of Glamorgan to Dublin Castle, 116; letter from Secretary Nicholas, 131; repudiates Lord Herbert’s negotiations, 132; second letter, 133; repudiates his powers and patent, 133; letter from Glamorgan, 136; who intends going to France, 136; and presses for a continuance of the cessation, 137; Glamorgan seeks his co-operation, 138; in England, 147; letter from  Glamorgan, 168; his large and noble offer, 171; an approving reply, 172, 173; letter from Glamorgan, 175; commends his wisdom, 177; letter from Glamorgan, 178; leaves Dublin, goes to Hampton Court, 184; living at Acton, and goes thence to France, 187; waits on the Queen, 187; meets the Countess of Glamorgan, (Marchioness of Worcester), 188; her ill-timed resentment, 188.

P.

Papist, the Marquis charged with being a, 55.

Papists, and notorious malignants, 192; warrants for seizing their estates, 192.

Papists, Parliamentary order for disarming, 43; repudiated, and yet countenanced by Charles I., 69; Charles II.’s declaration to banish, 294.

Paris, Marquis of Worcester leaves Ireland for, 185; Lady Herbert (Marchioness of Worcester), has a pass to, 187; Ormond flies to, 187; Marchioness of Worcester at, 188; Charles II.’s court at, 189; the Marquis of Worcester at, 189; full of loyal fugitives, 190.

Parliament, Henry Lord Herbert summoned to, 7; Parliamentary duties, 8; dispensation to be absent, 8; the Long, 31; jealous of Lord Herbert, 36; notice the Marquis of Worcester and Lord Herbert, 38; order to disarm them, 43; Lord Herbert’s offer in reference to the Commission of Array, 59; professes his determination, 60; summons Lord Herbert to appear, 60; and his father, 61; ordinance affecting Papists, 192; contract in pursuance of such ordinance, 193; orders the disposal of Worcester House, 194; petitioned by the Marchioness of Worcester, 194; report on the petition, 195; further report, 198; order to pay £6. per week to the Marchioness of Worcester, 191; reference to Committee, 199; order, 199; an Act, 199; order regarding pension, 199; order for possession of Worcester House, 199; order on Henry Lord Herbert’s petition, 202; question on his delinquency, 204; petition refused, 204; report, 205; resolutions, 205; persons banished by, and their property confiscated, 209; resolutions on, 209; orders the imprisonment of the Marquis of Worcester, 211; on his petition order for his enlargement, 212; sufficient bail to be taken, 212.

Parliament—at the Restoration.
House of Lords, Marchioness of Worcester’s petition about Worcester House, 235; restoration of the Marquis’s estate ordered, 238; discuss the subject of his patent creating him Duke of Somerset, 239; referred to Lords named, 240; a committee reports, 240; message to House of Commons, 241; increase of committee, 241; the Patent delivered up, 242; Bill in respect to Patents and Grants, 242; a message from the Commons, 243; Marquis of Worcester’s attendances, 243, 244; prorogued, 244; re-opening, 244; Act for the Water-commanding engine, 253; second reading, 254; Lords’ committee (note), 254; passed, 256; attendances, 282.
House of Commons, message from the Lords, 241; a message to the Lords, 243; report on the Bill for the Water-commanding engine, 255; Commons’ Committee, 255; Bill returned to the Lords, 256; passed, 256.

Parliament, Act of, for the Water-commanding engine, Appendix C.

Parliament ships reported to be in Milford Haven, 65.

Patent, Marquis of Worcester’s, for four inventions, 248; Appendix B.

Patents and grants, Bill in reference to, 242.

Peacham, Henry, on mechanical knowledge, 14; his praise of Geometry, 14, 15; automata, 15.

Pembroke, Earl of, his town of Carlyon, 332.

Pembroke, Earl of, magazine from, 60.

Pennoyer, William, and Richard Hill, large purchasers of the Marquis of Worcester’s estates, 193; Parliamentary resolutions in respect to the Marquis of Worcester’s estates conveyed to them, 205.

“Peter,” John Bythell, commander of the, his letter to his father, 88; escapes shipwreck, but the cargo of corn seized, 90; list of crew and passengers, 92; made prisoners, 92.

Petitions, &c. dated 1665, Appendix I.

Pigot, Colonel, letter from R. Brereton, 130; send him a letter for the Countess of Glamorgan, at Raglan, 180.

Pope, the, his bulls, 5; to be conciliated, 84; his bull, 116; secret negotiations, 158; a peace, to his approval, 159; his treaty to be pre-eminent, 160; a copy of Charles I.’s letter, 174; Lord John Somerset to be sent on a mission to, 184; with Catholic Princes to supply £30,000 per month to maintain an army in England, 228; Glamorgan had power to treat accordingly, 229.

Pope’s Nuncio, the, to be conciliated, 84; Glamorgan’s letter to, 158; secret negotiations proposed by Glamorgan, 158; articles on the part of his Holiness and the King, 159; Glamorgan’s engagement, 159; to name an Admiral, 160; Glamorgan agrees with him to confer certain titles, 160; his letter, 181; promoting Glamorgan’s solicitations for post of Lord Lieutenant, 181; expects Dublin to be taken, 182; important to appoint a Catholic so highly approved, 182; the King’s appointment, 182; it is contemplated to transport the Holy Faith into England by arms, 182; and by the Earl, a perfect Catholic, 182; Glamorgan’s oath, 182, 183.

Popish recusants, order to disband, 39.

Popish army, rumours of a, 55.

Powis, William Herbert, Marquis of, marries Elizabeth, second daughter of Edward, Lord Herbert, 17.

Present, a christening, 2.

Projectors and monopolists, 31.

Pudding, Dr., Queen Elizabeth passing through his house is presented with a fan, 4.

Q.

Queen Dowager of England, her remark at the Court of France, in respect to the Marquis of Worcester, 281.

R.

Raglan Castle, noticed, 8; becomes the residence of Henry, Earl of Worcester, 8, 10; distinguished as a luxurious residence, 12; described, 48; distant view of, 49; ancient portions, 51, 52, 53; garrisoned, 53; ancient warfare, 53; Lord Herbert obtains troops and stores, 57; Countess of Glamorgan there, 95; its garrison, 95; ancient remains, 95, 95; character of the family and servants there, 96; a mock wedding and masque, 96; visited by Charles I., 104; military operations, 140; the Marquis’s apartments, 140; arrival of Allan Boteler with a message from Charles I., his reception., 144, 145; detained, and precipitate departure, 146, 147; the siege, 149; a skirmish, 150, 151; mining approaches, 151; the garrison makes desperate sallies, 151; cessation of arms, 152; the castle in jeopardy, 152; terms of surrender concluded, 153; evacuated and delivered up to General Fairfax, 153; departure of the Marquis, his family, friends, and retainers, 153, 154; stores, furniture, &c. found there, 154; letters and papers ordered to London, 155; the castle ordered to be “pulled down and destroyed,” 156; named, 328, 332; expense of garrison, 333.

Raglan Church, burial of Edward Marquis of Worcester and his wife Elizabeth, 8; “St. Cadocus,” 22; Elizabeth, Lady Herbert’s funeral, 22; described, 96; the Marquis of Worcester buried at, 295; views of, 296, 297.

Ramelli’s works, 1588, 29.

Redman, James, Worcester house, 27.

Restoration, the, 226; coronation, 232; prospects of the Marquis of Worcester at the, 234; characters of Charles II. and the Marquis contrasted, 234; advance of science, 253.

Richmond, Duke of, named, 25.

Rinuccini, the Pope’s Nuncio, gives the Marquis of Worcester an introduction to Cardinal Mazarine, 188.

Rollock, James, “an ancient servant,” 336.

Rome, visit to Claudius at, 18; Galileo prosecuted at, 27, 28; agent’s letters from, 116.

Roundhead party, 31.

Royal Society, established, and incorporated, 253; proceedings noticed by M. de Monconis, 263; Dr. Hook redicules the Marquis’s engine, and may have influenced members unfavourably, 294.

Royalist party, 31.

Rupert, Prince, Gloucester summoned by, 57; at Bristol, 57; letter from Lord Herbert, 62; Lord Herbert’s dispatch, 64, 65; offered Forest of Dean miners, 65; his warrant to the Marquis of Worcester, 65, 66.

Russell, Francis, Earl of Bedford, 6.

Russell, Lord John, named, 5.

Russell, Miss Anne, report of her marriage to Henry Lord Herbert, 1; letters about her marriage, 2; her marriage at Blackfriars, 2; the feast, 3; ceremony and gifts, 4. See Anne Lady Herbert.

Russell, Lady, marriage preparations for her daughter, 2; Queen Elizabeth carried to her house in a Lectica, 3; her great and plentiful entertainment, continued for three days, 4; her relative Lady Morrison, 7.

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

S.

Sandford, Francis, Pursuivant at Arms, at the Marquis’s funeral, 297; account of him, 297, 298; takes the Marquis’s funeral certificate, 300.

Seventeenth Century, popular superstitions, 339.

Shakespeare died, 7.

Siri, Vittorio, opinion of Charles I.’s message to Parliament, 130.

Somerset, Lord John, to be sent on a mission to the Pope, 184; disposal of property by Parliament, 193; Patent delivered up, 242; named, 288.

Somerset, Sir John, second son, 6, 9, 43; conveys £5,000 to Newstead, 42; levying 500 horse, 42; in command before Gloucester, 56; named in Bythell’s letter, 88; his father deposits £6000 with him, 109; Charles I. obtains it on promise of repayment, 109; subscribes articles, 120.

Somerset, Thomas, named, 6.

Somerset, Charles, governor of Raglan Castle, 6, 9, 53; leaves Raglan Castle, 153.

Somerset, Frederick, his baptism, 6.

Somerset, Charles, 1st Marquis of Worcester, his autograph, (note) 309; his marriages and death, 309, 310.

Somerset, Henry, Lord Herbert—see Beaufort, Duke of.

Somerset, William, died 1589, 96.

Somerset House, hydraulic work on, 265 and 302.

Somerset, Edward, died 1628, 96.

Somerset, Duke of, patent in respect to the title of, 239; Lords’ Committee to consider, 240; conditions not fulfilled, 240; the patent acknowledged and to be surrendered, 241; committee, 241; Marquis of Hertford, his title of Duke of Somerset confirmed, 243.

Somerset, Henry, 2nd Marquis of Worcester, 310.

Somerset, William, 3rd Marquis of Worcester, 310.

Somerset, Edward, 4th Marquis of Worcester, 310.

Somerset, Henry, 5th and 1st Marquis of Worcester, 310.

Somerset, Edward, 6th and 2nd Marquis of Worcester, 310.

Sorbière, M. Samuel, his book, 262; criticised by Dr. Sprat, 263; names M. de Monconis, 263; and new inventions, 264; visits Vauxhall to see the Marquis of Worcester’s engine, 264; notices the waterworks at Somerset House, 265.

Sprat, Dr., criticises Sorbière, 263.

St. Cadocus.—see Raglan Church.

Sydney, Sir Robert, correspondence, 2.

T.

Theobalds, Charles I. to, 35, 58.

Thomond, Earl of.—see Henry O’Brien, Earl of Thomond.

Thurloe, Secretary, letter from the Marquis of Worcester, 217.

Tisser, Ann, a widow, in possession of the Gate-house of Worcester House, resists giving up possession, 239; is charged with contempt and speedily ejected, 293.

Tower of London, Marquis of Worcester, his great experiment there before Charles I., 24, 25, 26; committed a prisoner to, 211; enlarged, 212; Lord Herbert, committed a prisoner, 233; his letter from the Tower, 233; Captain William Foster a prisoner, 249; the Marquis’s letter, 250; his “six years’ experience,” 251; period of the Marquis’s imprisonment considered, 252.

Travers, William, Roman Catholic Priest, his letter to the Dowager Marchioness of Worcester, Appendix D.

Troy House, 6, 9; fruit from, 109.

Tuam, Roman Catholic Archbishop of, his death, 115; papers found, 116.

V.

Vandyck, painter, 21; his portraits, 21, 22.

Vauxhall, treating for, 213; the Marquis may have resided there, 261; Sorbière’s visit, 262; his notice, 264; designation of, 265; notice of by Hartlib, 266; “the Earl of Worcester is buying Vauxhall,” 267; Petition respecting, 286; £50,000 expended there in experiments, 286; survey of land and works, 289–291; Dr. Hook’s visit, 292; visited by Cosmo de Medici the Third, 302; summary of work there for 7 years, 337; documents relating to, Appendix G.

Vavasour, Colonel, with Lord Herbert, raising troops, 64; Governor of Hereford, 64.

Vavasour, Sir William, 65, 333.

Venice, visit to the arsenal at, 18.

W.

Waller, Sir William, defeats Lord Herbert before Gloucester, 56, 57; prisoners taken, 57; before Monmouth, 63; named, 328.

Warfare, ancient, 53, 54.

Warrant, Cromwell’s, for a weekly allowance of £3 per week to the Marquis, 213, Appendix F.

Water-works at Raglan, 19, 20, 21.

Water-commanding Engine, named in a letter to the Earl of Lotherdale (January 1660), 223; the Marquis alludes to, expecting an Act for it, 223; his “truly significant definition,” 224; earliest distinct reference, 225; its progress, 253; application to Parliament, 253; the Act passed, 256; one-tenth granted to Charles II. 257; the same remitted to the Marquis on surrender of a warrant granting him lands to the value of £40,000, 257; (and note), 257; seen by Sorbière, 264; the public prove sceptical, 268; intelligence respecting it, 268; Act, and posting bills respecting, 291; set up at Vauxhall, 291; seen by Dr. Hook, 292; its practical character, 300; seen by Cosmo de Medici the Third, at Vauxhall, 302; mentioned in 1670, in a letter, 303; latest intelligence, 304; the Marquis’s principal invention, 305; means taken for publishing it, 305, 306; his three accounts of it, 306; generally unnoticed by contemporaries, 306; its superiority, 307; it was in advance of the age, 307; operations to give it publicity, 336; a model to be deposited, 336; and one to be buried, 337; summary of work at Vauxhall, 337; probable learned and wealthy visitors, 338, 339; Act for, Appendix C.

Watkins, Sir David, £20 loan, 214.

Wheel, the great, experiment at the Tower, 24, 25, 26.

Willis, Mr., his inventions, 264.

Williams, Sir Trevor, his siege operations, 149; seized 80 horses, 149.

William, Lord Herbert, at Oxford, 6; early decease, 6.

Winter, Sir John, Forest of Dean, 63; united with Lord Herbert. 63; deserts and spoils the Forest, 64.

Wood, Ant. À. his account of William Lord Herbert, and his brother Henry Somerset, at Oxford, 6; their ages, 6, 7; remarks on Henry, Lord Herbert, 11; on his religion, 11.

Woodcroft, Bennet, F.R.S. list of copies of Documents in his possession respecting the Marquis of Worcester, Appendix F.; Cromwell’s warrant, ibid.

Worcester, Edward, Somerset, 4th Earl of, rumour of his son’s intended marriage, 1; christening of Sir Robert Sydney’s daughter, 2; waiting on Queen Elizabeth, 2; his christening present, 2; his son Henry Lord Herbert’s marriage, 2, 3, 4, 5; invested with Order of the Garter, 7; Keeper of the Privy Seal, 7; his death, 8; his autograph, 12; his horsemanship and athletic acquirements, 13; named, 299.