622. Character of the period, p. 2. 623. Plan of the Chapter, p. 5.
624. The Revolution of 1399, p. 6. 625. Formal recognition of the new
Dynasty, p. 9. 626. Parliament of 1399, p. 15. 627. Conspiracy of the
Earls, p. 25. 628. Beginning of difficulties, p. 26. 629. Parliament
of 1401, p. 28. 630. Financial and political difficulties, p. 34. 631.
Parliament of 1402, p. 36. 632. Rebellion of Hotspur, p. 38. 633. Par-
liament of 1404, p. 41. 634. The unlearned Parliament, p. 46. 635.
Rebellion of Northumberland, p. 48. 636. The long Parliament of 1406,
p. 52.
637. Parties formed at Court, p. 57. 638. Parliament at
Gloucester, 1407, p. 60. 639. Arundel's administration, p. 62. 640.
Parliament of 1410, p. 63. 641. Administration of Thomas Beaufort,
p. 65.
642. Parliament of 1411, p. 67. 643. Death of Henry IV,
p. 70. 644. Character of Henry V, p. 72. 645. Change of ministers,
p. 76. 646. Parliament of 1413, p. 78. 647. Sir John Oldcastle, p. 78.
648. Parliaments of 1414, p. 81. 649. War with France, p. 86. 650.
The remaining Parliaments of the reign, p. 86. 651. The King's last
expedition and death, p. 91. 652. Bedford and Gloucester, p. 94.
653. Arrangement for the minority of Henry VI, p. 96. 654. Impolitic
conduct of Gloucester, p. 98. 655. Quarrel with Bishop Beaufort,
p. 101.
656. Visit of Bedford, p. 102. 657. Gloucester's attempt to
govern, p. 106. 658. Renewed attack on the Cardinal, p. 110. 659.
Henry's visit to France and change of ministers, p. 112. 660. Continu-
ation of the quarrel, p. 114. 661. Bedford's second visit, p. 116. 662.
State of the government after Bedford's death, p. 121. 663. Approach-
ing end of the war, p. 125. 664. Character of Henry VI, p. 128.
665. The king's marriage, p. 131. 666. Death of Gloucester and
Beaufort, p. 135. 667. Administration of Suffolk, p. 140. 668. Fall
of Suffolk, p. 144. 669. Cade's rebellion, p. 150. 670. Struggle of
Somerset and York, p. 153. 671. First rising of the Yorkists, p. 160.
672. First regency of the Duke of York, p. 163. 673. Results of the
battle of St. Alban's, p. 170. 674. Second regency of York, p. 172.
675. Sole rule of Henry and Margaret, p. 174. 676. The war of
Lancaster and York, p. 177. 677. The claim of York to the crown,
p. 184.
678. Accession of Edward IV, p. 188. 679. Edward's first
Parliaments, p. 194. 680. The close of the struggle, p. 198. 681. The
struggle of the Nevilles, p. 200. 682. Edward's supremacy, p. 212.
683. Reign of Edward V, p. 220. 684. Richard III, p. 225. 685. Fall
of Richard, p. 232. 686. The claim of the house of Lancaster to the
name of Constitutional Rulers, p. 233. 687. Parliamentary theory under
Lancaster, p. 237. 688. Fortescue's scheme of government, p. 240.
689. Practical illustration of constitutional working, p. 246. 690. The
council, p. 247. 691. The elections to the House of Commons, p. 256.
692. Freedom of debate in the House of Commons, p. 259. 693. Money
grants, p. 263. 694. Interference with the Royal household, p. 264.
695. Want of governance, p. 268. 696. Case for and against the
House of York as rulers, p. 273.
697. Problem of Church and State, p. 287. 698. Plan of the chapter,
p. 290. 699. The clerical estate or spiritualty, p. 290. 700. Relations
between the Pope and the Crown, p. 291.
BISHOPS, p. 295. 702. The pall, p. 296.
704. Papal interference in election of
Elections in the thirteenth century, p. 305.
to confer the temporalities, p. 307. 707.
708. Legislation on provisions, p. 314. 709. The compromise on
elections, p. 316. 710. Elections to abbacies, p. 318. 711. The ecclesi-
astical assemblies, p. 319. 712. ECCLESIASTICAL LEGISLATION; for the
clergy by the clergy, p. 322. 713. By the clergy for the laity, p. 325.
714. By parliament for the clergy, p. 326. 715. Statute of provisors,
p. 327. 716. Statute of praemunire, p. 330. 717. Legislation in parlia-
ment for the national church, p. 332. 718. ECCLESIASTICAL TAXATION;
by the pope, p. 335. 719. Taxation by convocation, p. 337. 720.
Attempt in Parliament to tax the clergy, p. 340. 721. Of the clergy to
tax the laity, p. 340. 722. ECCLESIASTICAL JUDICATURE; of the king's
courts over the clergy, p. 341. 723. Of the court Christian; in temporal
matters, p. 344. 724. In disciplinary cases, p. 346. 725. Over ecclesi-
astics, p. 347. 726. Appeals to Rome, p. 348. 727. Legislation against
heresy, p. 353. 728. Social importance of the clergy, p. 365. 729.
Intellectual and moral influence of the clergy, p. 370.
PARLIAMENTARY ANTIQUITIES.
730. Parliamentary usages, definite or obscure, p. 375. 731. Plan of the
chapter, p. 377. 732. Choice of the day for Parliament, p. 377. 733.
Annual Parliaments, p. 380. 734. Length of notice before holding
parliament, p. 381. 735. Choice of the place of session, p. 382. 736.
The palace of Westminster, p. 383. 737. Parliaments out of London,
p. 38€.
738. Share of the council in calling a parliament, p. 388.
739. Issue and form of writs, p. 389. 740. Writs of summons to the
Lords, p. 391. 741. Writs of the justices, p. 395. 742. Writs to the
Sheriffs for elections, p. 396. 743. County elections, p. 403.
Return on indenture, p. 407. 745. Borough elections, p. 413. 746.
Contested and disputed elections, p. 421. 747. Manucaption and
expenses, p. 425. 748. Meeting of parliament and opening of the
session, p. 426. 749. Separation of the houses, p. 450. 750. House of
Lords, p. 431. 751. Ranks of the peerage, p. 433. 752. Number of
lords temporal, p. 442. 753. Number of lords spiritual, p. 443. 754.
Justices in the House of Lords, p. 445. 755. Clerical proctors, p. 446.
756. Numbers and distribution of seats in the House of Commons,
P. 447. 757. Clerks, p. 451. 758. The Speaker of the Commons,
759. Business laid before the houses by the king, p. 456.
760. Supply and account, p. 457. 761. Form of the grant, p. 458.
672. Proceeding in legislation, p. 459. 763. The Common petitions,
p. 461. 764. Form of statutes, p. 464. 765. Details of procedure,
P. 466.
766. Sir Thomas Smith's description of a session, p. 467.
767. Judicial power of the lords, p. 476. 768. Prorogation, p. 480.
769. Dissolution, p. 482. 770. Writ of expenses, p. 483. 771. Dis-
tinctions of right and privilege, p. 485. 772. Proxies of the Lords,
p. 487. 773. Right of protest, p. 489. 774. Freedom of debate, p. 489.
775. Freedom from arrest, p. 494. 776. Privileges of peerage, p. 497.
777. Plan of the chapter, p. 500. 778. Variations of the political balance
throughout English History, p. 502. 779. THE KINGS: popular regard
for the Plantagenets, p. 506. 780. Growth of loyalty, p. 508. 781.
Doctrine of legitimism, p. 510. 782. Material and legal securities,
783. Extent of the royal estates, p. 511. 784. Religious duty
of obedience, p. 512. 785. Fealty, homage, and allegiance, p. 514.
786. Law of treason, p. 516. 787. THE CLERGY, p. 520. 788. Weak-
ness of their spiritual position, p. 523. 789. Weakness of their temporal
position, p. 524. 790. THE BARONAGE: their wealth and extent of
property, p. 525. 791. Their territorial distribution, p. 527. 792. Class
distinctions, p. 530. 793. Livery and maintenance, p. 531. 794.
Heraldic distinctions, p. 533. 795. Fortified houses and parks, p. 536.
796. Great households, p. 538. 797. Service by indenture, p. 539.
798. Good and evil results of baronial leadership, p. 542. 799. Baronial
position of the bishops, p. 542. 800. THE KNIGHTS AND SQUIRES, p. 544.
801. Their relation to the barons, p. 548. 802. Independent attitude of
the knights in parliament, p. 549. 803. THE YEOMANRY, p. 551. 804.
Expenditure of the squire and tenant farmer, p. 554. 805. The valetti
in parliament, p. 555. 806. The yeomen electors, p. 556. 807. THE
BOROUGHS, p. 558. 808. The merchant guild and its developments,
p. 560.
809. Constitution of London, p. 567. 810. Importance and
growth of companies, p. 572. 811. Other municipalities, p. 577. 812.
Politics in the boroughs, and of their representatives, p. 588. 813. Poli-
tical capabilities of country and town, merchant, tradesman, and artificer,
p. 592. 814. The life of the burgher, p. 594. 815. Connexion with the
country and with other classes, p. 596. 816. Artisans and labourers,
p. 598. 817. The poor, p. 599.
chance of rising in the world.
818. The villeins, p. 603. 819. The
Education, p. 606. 820. Class anta-
gonisms, p. 610. 821. Concluding reflexions. National character, p. 612.
822. Transition, p. 614. 823. Some lessons of history, p. 617.
622. Character of the period.-623. Plan of the Chapter.-624. The Revolution of 1399.-625. Formal recognition of the new Dynasty.626. Parliament of 1399.-627. Conspiracy of the Earls.-628. Beginning of difficulties.-629. Parliament of 1401.-630. Financial and political difficulties.-631. Parliament of 1402.-632. Rebellion of Hotspur.-633. Parliament of 1404.-634. The unlearned Parliament.-635. Rebellion of Northumberland.-636. The long Parliament of 1406.-637. Parties formed at court.-638. Parliament at Gloucester, 1407.-639. Arundel's administration.-640. Parliament of 1410.-641. Administration of Thomas Beaufort.-642. Parliament of 1411-643. Death of Henry IV.-644. Character of Henry V.— 645. Change of ministers.-646. Parliament of 1413.-647. Sir John Oldcastle.-648. Parliaments of 1414.-649. War with France.650. The remaining Parliaments of the reign.-651. The King's last expedition and death.-652. Bedford and Gloucester.-653. Arrangement for the minority of Henry VI.-654. Impolitic conduct of Gloucester.-655. Quarrel with Bishop Beaufort. -656. Visit of Bedford.-657. Gloucester's attempt to govern.-658. Renewed attack on the Cardinal.-659. Henry's visit to France and change of ministers.-660. Continuation of the quarrel.-661. Bedford's second visit.-662. State of the government after Bedford's death.-663. Approaching end of the war.-664. Character of Henry VI.-665. The king's marriage.—666. Death of Gloucester and Beaufort.-667. Administration of Suffolk.-668. Fall of Suffolk.-669. Cade's rebellion.-670. Struggle of Somerset and York.-671. First rising of the Yorkists.-672. First regency of the Duke of York.-673. Results of the battle of S. Alban's.-674. Second regency of York.-675. Sole rule of Henry and Margaret.-676. The war of Lancaster and York.-677. The claim of York to the crown.-678. Accession of Edward IV.-679. Edward's first Parliaments.-680. The close of the struggle.-681. The struggle of the Nevilles.-682. Edward's supremacy.-683. Reign of Edward V.-684. Richard III.-685. Fall of Richard.-686. The claim of the house of Lancaster to the VOL. III.
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