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COURT OF ENGLAND
DURING THE REIGN OF THE STUARTS
INCLUDING THE PROTECTORATE
BY
JOHN HENEAGE JESSE
WITH FIVE PORTRAITS AND ONE ILLUSTRATION
IN SIX VOLUMES
VOLUME THE FOURTH
LONDON
JOHN C. NIMMO
14 KING WILLIAM STREET, STRAND
MDCCCCI
CONTENTS.
CHAPTER I.
OLIVER CROMWELL.
De Grammont's Visit to the Court of Cromwell - Respect
Paid by Foreign Ambassadors to the Protector's Daugh-
ters-
Cromwell's Love of Hunting-His Intrigues with
the Duchess of Lauderdale and Mrs. Lambert - Tact
with Which He Ingratiated Himself with Others - Anec-
dotes - Cromwell's Want of Literary Taste and Infor-
mation Unsteadiness of His Religious Principles — His
Hatred of a Commonwealth - His Views Regarding an
Established Church - Thought to be the Messiah by the
Jews Feared and Respected by Foreign Powers
Mazarin's Dread of Him-Subserviency of the French
and Spanish Monarchs - Anecdotes
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CHAPTER II.
Vigilance of Cromwell, and His Extraordinary Means of
Acquiring Information - He Despatches Thurloe on a
Mysterious Errand - Informed of All the Secrets of the
Court of Charles the Second - Expends Large Sums in
Obtaining Secret Intelligence His System of Employ-
ing Spies-He Discovers the Projects of Lord Orrery —
His Singular Interview with That Nobleman He Ascer-
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tains that the Marquis of Ormond Is in London - His
Liberal Treatment of the Marquis Anecdote Illus-
trating the Cautious Policy of the Protector
CHAPTER III.
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Death and Burial of the Protector's Mother-
State of Cromwell's Mind at the Close of His Career-
Reflections on His Ephemeral Greatness - His Dread of
Assassination His Custom of Wearing Secret Armour
-Conspiracies against His Life - Syndercome's Plot
and Untimely Fate - Reward Offered by Charles II. to
Whoever Should Take away the Life of the Usurper
Letter from the Duke of York on the Subject - The
Pamphlet of "Killing No Murder " Sickness of the
Protector - He Removes from Hampton Court to White-
hall His Fanatical Enthusiasm - His Last Moments
- His Death-The Fearful Storm Which Attended It
-Blasphemous Language of His Panegyrists
CHAPTER IV.
Cromwell's "Fortunate Day"- Magnificent Ceremony of
His Lying in State - His Splendid Funeral - His Body
Exhumed and Exposed at Tyburn - Other Accounts of
the Disposal of His Remains-The Body of Charles
Supposed to Have Been Substituted for That of Crom-
well-Barkstead's Singular Narrative - Descendants of
the Protector - Reflections on His Character and Con-
duct
CHAPTER V.
ELIZABETH CROMWELL, WIFE OF THE PROTECTOR.
Abuse Heaped on Her by the Cavaliers- Her Lineage-
Introduced to Charles I. at Hampton Court — Her Want
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of Beauty Her Thriftiness - Behaviour at Her Eleva-
tion-Pasquinades of the Period - Her Character, and
Want of Influence with the Protector- Her Flight at
the Restoration - Endeavours to Secrete Pictures and
Other Valuables Belonging to the Royal Family - Her
Residences and Death .
CHAPTER VI.
RICHARD CROMWELL.
Character of Richard - His Love of Field Sports - His
Attachment to the Pleasures of the Table - Opposed to
the Measures of His Father-Intercedes for the King's
Life - His Marriage — Lives in Retirement at Hursley
- Initiated in State Affairs-Succeeds His Father-
His Brief Government and Abdication-In Danger of
Being Arrested for Debt — Lives Abroad under a Feigned
Name- His Singular Interview with the Prince de Conti
Anecdotes Richard's Personal Appearance - His
Death and Burial .
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His Resemblance to His Father, the Great Protector-
His Military Services - His Amiable Character - His
Marriage — Appointed Lord Deputy of Ireland — His
Admirable Administration in That Country - His Recall
Lives in Retirement after the Restoration - Visited
by Charles II. - His Last Illness The King Interests
Himself in His Sufferings - His Death and Burial
Encomiums on His Character - His Descendants
CHAPTER VIII.
BRIDGET CROMWELL, MRS. IRETON.
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Her Republican Principles - Her Sanctity- Her Marriage
with Henry Ireton - Her Second Marriage (with Fleet-
wood) Anecdote
Her Death and Burial
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