7 H8 opy 1 ENGLISH POLITICAL and CONSTITUTIONAL HISTORY 1600 - 1900 Spllabus Of a Course of Lectures delivered at Cornell University \ fuly-August, igo2 BY GEORGE ELLIOTT HOWARD PUBLISHED BY THE UNIVERSITY ITHACA, 1902 ENGLISH POLITICAL ™ CONSTITUTIONAL HISTORY 1600 - 1900 Spllabus Of a Course of Lectures delivered at Cornell University, fulj-August, 1902 BY GEORGE ELLIOTT HOWARD PUBLISHED BY THE UNIVERSITY ITHACA, 1902 p. 1 24 Mr '03 The Co-operative Press, 114 Austin St. Cambridge ENGLISH POLITICAL AND CONSTITUTIONAL HISTORY. CHAPTER I. The Overthrow of the Roval Prerogative and the Establishment of Responsible Government, 1603-1760. Sect. I. The Beginnings of the Puritan Revolution under James I, 1603-25. I. The outlook at the commencement of the reign (Gardiner, Puritan Revolution, 1-12 ; Green, III, ch. I). 1. Pacific tendencies. a. In England: reaction after the Armada (1588). b. On the Continent : Peace between Spain and France at Vervins, 1598; condition of the Netherlands ; state of Germany. c. Decline of Cartwright Presbyterianisrn. 2. State of religious parties. a. Puritanism and its significance (see Green; also Goodwin, Pilgrim Republic). b. Rise of Arminianism. II. Accession of James I. 1. James' descent and claim to the throne. 2. Character of James : physically and intellectually a contrast to the Tudors (Green, III, 55 ff). 3. Influence of James' experience in Scotland ; influence of Knox; Andrew Melville; James and the Kirk. 4. Pedantry of James (Green, III, 55 ff.) III. James and the Puritans. 1. The Hampton Court Conference, Jan. 1604 (Gee and Hardy, 512). a. Its purpose: the "Millenary Petition" (Lee, 338-41 ; Gee and Hardy, 508). b. Proceedings : conduct of the King. c. Results. 2. Attitude of the first Parliament, March, 1604. 3. The new canons adopted by Convocation, 1604. 4. Character of Archbishop Abbot, 1610. IV. James and the Catholics. 1. What the Catholics hoped ; James' promises. 2. How far persecuted and repressed under James ; ban- ishment of priests, 1604. 3. The Gunpowder Plot, 1604-1605. V. James and his first two Parliaments. 1. Parliament of 1604-1611. a. The religious question (see above). b. The question of union with Scotland : the Post Natl, 1607. c. The new impositions and the proposed "Great Contract"; decision of the Court of Ex- chequer ; the Bate's case ; dissolution of Parliament, 1611. d. Bacon's advice. 2. The case of Prohibitions, 1607 (Adams and Stephens, 332-4). 3. The " Addled Parliament," 1614. a. Members. b. Conduct and dissolution. REFERENCES. Source Materials : Adams and Stephens, 326 fl'. ; Lee, 335 fl". ; Gee and Hardy, 508 fl'. ; Colby, 177 it'.; Calendar of State Papers (James 1), I-1II ; Gardiner's Parliamentary Debates in 1610: in Camden Society, 1862; Wil- liams' Court and Times of James I, vol. 1; Goodman's Court of King James J vol. II (original letters); Harleian Miscellany, III, 5-34 (Gunpowder Plot); Kennet's Complete History, V, VI. Secondary Authorities: Gardiner, Puritan Revolution, 1-20; lb., Stu- dent's History, II, 481 fl. ; lb., History of England, I, II; Eanke, Hist, of England, I ; Neal, Puritans, I, 227 fl. ; Green, III, chaps, i-iii ; Hallam, I, 283 It'.'; Hume, IV, 378 ft'.; Lingard, VII, 1 ft'.; Wakeman, The Church and Puritans, 62 ft'.; Fisher, Christian Church , 394 ff. ; Fisher, Reformation, 433 ft". ; Haus- ser, Reformation, 603 3".; Goocli, English Democratic Ideas, 59 ft".; Taylor, II, 210 ft'.; Bayne, Chief Actors, 27 ff. ; Cordery and Phillpotts, King and Commonwealth, 1 ft'.; Aikin. Memoirs of the Court of King James I, vol. 1; Jesse, Memoirs, I, 1-316; Vaughan, Memorials of the Stuart Dynasty. 1,74 ft*.; Po., History of Eng. under the House if Stuart, I. ft'.; Harris, Hist. Account of the Life and Times of James I; and the works of Gerard, Jardine, and Gar- diner on the Gunpowder Plot. VI. James and bis favorites (Gardiner, Puritan Revolution, 25 ff. ; lb., Spanish Marriage, I, passim). 1. Danger of the Policy; in effect, as in the reign of Edward II, the curia was arrayed against the camera (see Stubbs, on Gaveston and the Despensers). 2. Rise and character of Robert Carr, 1613-15 ; made Viscount Rochester, then Earl of Somerset; his connection with the Spanish Marriage project (Gar- diner, Spanish Marriage, I, 15-29) ; he distributes the royal patronage ; the murder of Sir Thomas Overbury and Somerset's fall. 3. Rise and character of George Villiers; made Viscount Villiers, then Earl, Marquis, Duke of Buckingham. VII. James and the Spanish Marriage (Gardiner, Spanish Mar- riage; lb., Puritan Revolution, 23-44). 1. Significance of James' alliance with Spaiu ; effect of the contrast to Elizabeth's policy ; effect on Puritans. 2. Relation nf the alliance to the Thirty Years' War: was James' peace policy wise ? His vacillation ; loss of the Palatinate. 3. Project to marry Prince Henry to the Infanta Anna, 1604, and to the Infanta Maria, 1611 (Gardiner, Spanish Marriage, I, 6-7) ; coolness with Spain, 1612. 4. Renewal of negotiations, 1617; motives of James; the demands of Spain (Gardiner, Spanish Marriage, I, 29-30); the journey to Madrid, 1623 (Gardiner, Puritan Revolution, 39-44). 5. Diplomacy of the marriage; character and ability of Digby ; of Sarmiento, made Count of Gondomar; of Lerma, Spanish minister. VIII. James and the Constitution (Hallam, I, chap. vij. 1. Idea of his own prerogative (Gardiner, Puritan Revo- lution, 27-8) ; Co well's Interpreter (Hallam, I, 320-1). 2. The clergy teach passive obedienec; the Articuli cleri 1605 (Hallam, I, 317-20). 3. The fall of Chief Justice Coke (Hallam, I, 329-31, 337-43). 4. Expedients for raising money : benevolences, sale of peerages, of monopolies and licenses ; sale of new title of Baronet; distraint of knighthood; impositions. 5. Revival of impeachments: that of Mompesson and others; of Bacon; of Middlesex; punishment of Floyd (Hallam, I, 353 ff.) 6. James and his last two Parliaments, 1621-4. REFERENCES. Source Materials: Adams and Stephens, 334 ff. ; Lee, 341 ff. ; Prothero, 250 ff. ; Calendar of State Papers (James I), 1II-IV ; Cobbett's Parliamen- tary History; Williams' Court and Times of James I, vols. I, II; Gardi- ner's Notes of the Debates in the House of Lords, 1621 : in Camden Soci- ety, 1870; Proceedings and Debates of the House of Commons, 1620-21 (Ox- ford, 1766) ; Gardiner's translation of Francisco de Jesn's El hecho de los tratados del matrimonio : in Camden Society, 1869; various papers in Harleian Miscellany, III, IV; Rushworth, Hist. Collections I, 1-164; Devon, Issues of the Exchequer. Secondary Authorities : Gardiner, Puritan Pevolution, 20-44; lb., She- dents' History, II, 86-591; lb., Spanish Marriage, I, II; or the same in lb., History of England, III, IV; Seeley, Growth o't British Policy, I, 263 ff . ; Hal- lam, chap, vi; Green, III, 81-121; Hume, IV," 425 ff. ; Lingard, VII, 12-7 ff. ; Goldwin Smith, United Kingdom, I, 404 ff ; Bright, II, 581 ff. ; Smith, Hist. Par., I, 359; Gneist, Const. History, II, 232 ff. i Carlyle, Historical Sketches of Notable Persons; Aikin, Memoirs, II ; the works of Jesse and Vaughan as above cited. Sect. II. Charles I. and His First Three Parliaments, 1625-1629. I. Accession of Charles. 1. His character compared with that of James I; his rela- tion to Buckingham. 2. How embarrassed by his compact with France and others. a. Promises of money. b. Promises of toleration for Catholics. II. The first parliament, 1625. 1. The question of a subsidy: only 140,000 pounds granted. 2. Commons express lack of confidence in Buckingham : dissolution. III. Interval between first and second parliaments, 1625-6. 1. The Cadiz fiasco, 1625. 2. Ships loaned to France. 3. People suspect Buckingham of trying to involve Eng- land in war with France. 4. King makes the leaders of the Commons sheriffs. IV. The second Parliament, 1626. 1. Leadership of John Eliot; character; his theory of the supremacy of the Commons. 2. Impeachment of Buckingham. a. Eight articles of impeachment. b. King's message interdicting impeachment: dis- regarded. '■- r ! 3. Imprisonmet of Eliot and Digges ; Commons resent the violation of privilege ; King releases the prisoners. 4. Imprisonment of the Earl of Bristol in violation of the Lords' privilege (Hallam, I, 371-3). V. The second interval, 1626-7. X. War with France; failure of the expedition to Rhe (Gardiner, Puritan Revolution, 55-57). 2. The "free gift" and the "forced loan," 1626. a. Imprisonment of men who refused the loan ; impressment of others for the navy. b. The " Five knights " case before the King's bench (Hallam, I, 375-79; Gardiner, Documents, pp. xxii-iii ; lb., Revolution, 57). c. Billeting soldiers and martial law. VI. The Third Parliament, 1628-9. 1. The first session, 1628. a. The Petition of Right: text (Adams and Stephens, 339-42 ; Gardiner, Documents, 1-5; Creasy, 291 ff.) ; the debate (in Creasy, 286 ff. ); the King's assent; importance of the statute. 6. The King's bad faith shown in his conference with the judges (Hallam, I, 382-4). c. The Remonstrance against Tonnage and Pound- age (Gardiner, Documents, 5-7; Gardiner, Puritan Revolution, 61-3). d. King's speech at the prorogation, June 26, 1628 (Gardiner, Documents, 8-9). 2. Interval between the sessions. a. Assassination of Buckingham, August 23, 1628. b. The question of imposts : Petition of Right vs. the Bate's case precedent. c. Religious difficulties ; cases of Montagu and Manwarring; rise of High Church principles; Sabbath observance; Arminian controversy (Hallam, 386 ff.) d. The King's Declaration (Gardiner, Documents, 9-11). 3. The second session. a. Rolle's privilege : position of Pym. b. Discussion of religious innovations; resolutions of the sub-committee of the Commons (Gar- diner, Documents, 11-16). c. Breach with the King; the Three Resolutions, 1629 (Gardiner, Documents, 16-17). d. King's Declaration showing cause of the dissolu- tion of Third Parliament (Gardiner, Docu- ments, 17-31). VII. Statesmanship of Eliot, Pym, and Wentworth compared. REFERENCES. Source Materials: Gardiner, Documents, pp. xxi-xxvii, 1-31 ; Adams and Stephens, 339-46; Lee, 348-5?, (Petition of Right); Calendar of State Pa- yees (Charles I), I-III; Rushworth, Collections, I, 165-691; Statutes of the Realm, Y; Gardiner's Notes of the Debates in the House of Lords, 1624 and 1626: in Camden Society, 1879; his Debates in the House of Commons, 1625 : in Camden Society, n.s., 6, 1873; his Documents Illustrating the Impeach- ment of the Duke of Buckingham in 1626: in Camden Society, n.s., 45, 1889; Williams' Court anil Times of Charles I; Whitelock's Memorials, 1- 14; Harleian Miscellany, XII, 50-72. Secondary Authorities : Gardiner, Puritan Revolution, 48-71; lb., Stu- ., Stu- dent' 's History, 11,529-36; //>., Hist, of England, IX, X; Hallam, I, chap, ix ; Smith, Three English Statesmen, 1-51 ( Pym) ; Rogers, Gleanings, G7-127 (Laud); Forster, Arrest of the Five Members; //>., Grand Remonstrance ; Green, III, 102-216; Hume, V, chaps. 54-5; Gneist, Constitution. II, 221-5G: /b., Hist. Parliament, 220 ff. ; Cordery and Phlllpotts, King and Commonwealth, 82 ff. ; Guizot, Eng. Revolution. 86-161; Vaughan, Hist, of England under the House of Stuart, 1,314 ft'.; Neal, Puritans, I, 850 ft'.; Masson, Milton, II; and the works of Taylor, Lingard, Creasy, and Itanke. 13 Sect. V. The Civil War and the Fall of the Monarchy, 1642-1649. I. Beginning of the Civil War. 1. Conservatism of the Commons and of their leader, Pyin. a. As to uniformity of belief. b. As to institutions. 2. War begins : King's standard set up at Nottingham, Aug. 22, 1642; elements of the King's army; Powick Bridge, Sept. 22 ; Edgehill, &C*. 23 ; in- competency of Essex. 3. Royalist successes : defence ot London, Nov. 18. 4. Propositions presented to the King at Oxford, Feb. 1, 1643 (Gardiner, Documents, 182-186): compare with the " Nineteen Propositions" of June 1, 1642 (Gardiner, Documents, 170-175). 5. Rise of Oliver Cromwell. a. Origin and character. b. His regiment of k ' Ironsides." 6. Campaign of 1643. a. Royalist successes in the South. b. Death of Hampden at Chalgrove Field, June 24, 1643 (Green, III, 220-5). c. First battle of Newbury indecisive : death of Falkland. II. Presbyterians and Independents. 1. The Westminster Assembly, 1643. 2. The " Solemn League and Covenant," Sept. 25, 1643 (Gardiner, Docuw,e?its , 187-90 ; Green, III, 226-8). a. Arose in need of Scotch alliance. b. Determines ultimate adoption of Presbyterian- ism by Parliament. c. Fanaticism of the Puritans. 3. Death of Pym, December 6, 1643. 4. Execution of Laud, January 10, 1644 (Rogers', Glean- ings, 121-7). 5. Rise of the Independents (Green, III, 234 ff . ; Gooch, chaps. I, II, III). a. Principles of the Separatists. b. The propagation of sects (Masson's Life of Milton) ; rise of the doctrine of toleration of " Liberty of conscience " (Gooch). c. Bigotry of the Presbyterians ; death of Chilling- worth and conduct of Cheynell (Gardiner, Revolution, 134-5). 14 III. The great battles and end of the first Civil War. 1. Independency in the army. a. The " Eastern Association" formed by Hamp- den (Green, III); placed under Manchester, 1643 ; progress of Cromwell. b. Marston Moor, July 2, 1644 (Carlyle's Letters of Cronucell, I, 149-152) : a victory for the Independents (Gardiner, Revolution, 139). 2. The " new model" and the " self-denying ordinance" (Carlyle's Letters, I, 153-8; Gardiner, Revolution, 140-2; lb., Documents, 205-6). 3. Suspension of the self-denying ordinance in favor of Cromwell. 4. Montrose overruns Scotland. 5. Battle of Nasebv, June, 1645 (Carlyle's Letters, I, 165-170). 6. Montrose beaten a Philiphaugh, September 13, 1645. 7. War ends with surrender of Kaglan Castle, Aug., 1646. IV. Struggle between the army and parliament, 1645-1649 (Green, III, ch. X). 1. The King puts himself in the hands of the Scots; they take him to Newcastle, May, 1646. 2. The Puritan army ; sects ; religious feeling ; Crom- well's toleration (Gardiner, Revolution, 144-5). 3. The Parliament's propositions made to the King, July, 1645 (Gardiner, Documents, 208-222; lb., Revo- Iniion, 145-6) ; the King's answers (Documents, 223-232). 4. The King put in the hands of Parliamentary commis- sioners, Jan. 30, 1647 ; and is kept at Holmby House until June 4, when he is brought to the army and conducted to Newmarket (Gardiner, Revolution, 146-7). 5. The eleven Presbyterian members of the House ex- cluded by the army (Carlyle's Letters, I, 206-223). 6. Proposals of the army to the King, August 1, 1647 (Gardiner, Documents, 232-241). 7. Flight of King to Isle of Wight, November 11, 1647; he intrigues with the Scots for an invasion of England (Gardiner, Documents, 259-264). 8. The second Civil War: insurrections in England, 1648 ; the Scot's defeated at Preston, August 17, 1648. 9. The army Remonstrance, November 20, 1648 : the King to be brought to justice. 10. Pride's Purge, December 6, 1648. 15 11. The trial and execution of the King (Green, III, 258-63 ; Gardiner, Documents, 268-290, lb., Great Civil War. INFERENCES. Source Materials: Gardiner's Documents, 182-290; Adams and Stephens, 383 ff. ; Lee, 348-72, 364-6 (charge against the King) ; Rushworth, Collections, IV (547 ff.)-VII; Calendar of State Papers (Charles I), xviii-xxii ; Claren- don, Great Rebellion, I, II; Carlyle's Letters and Speeches of Cromwell, I; Cary's Memorials of the Great Civil liar, 1(346-52; Bell's Fairfax Correspon- dence: Memorials of the Civil War; W&mev's Nicholas Papers (1641-56 ) : in Camden Society, n. s., vols. 40 (1886), 50 (1892), 57 (1897) ; Guthry's Memoirs; Whitelock's Memorials, 57-385 ; May, Long Parliament, 58 ft*. ; Tlinrloe, State Papers, I; Ludlow's Memoirs; Nalson's Collections; Shaw's Plundered Jl/inis- ters' Accounts: in Record Society, 28 (1893), 34 (1897); Stanning's Royalist Composition Papers: in Record Society, 24 (1891), 26 (1892), 29 (1894), 36 (1898); Green's Cal. of Procds. of Committee for Advance of Money; 1642-56; Lb., Cal. of Procds. of Committee for Compounding, 1643-1660. Secondary Authorities : Gardiner, Puritan Revolution, 125-153; Lb., Stu- dent's History, II, 532-60 ; Lb., Hist, of England, X ; Lb., Great Civil War, I-IV ; Ranke, Hist, of England, II; Green, III, 217-63; Hosmer, Sir Henry Vane, 137 ff. ; Smith, Hist. Parliament, I, 416 ff. ; Hume, V, 227 ff, ; Bright, II, 658 II.; Lingard, VIII; Bayne, Chief Actors, 249 ff (Vane), 389 ff. (Cromwell), 437 ff. (Clarendon); Cordery and Phillpotts, King and Commonwealth, 12.". ft'.; Guizot, Eng. Revolution, 161-436 ; Neal, Puritans, I, 409 ft*.; Masson, Milton, II-IV; and especially Markham's Great Lord Fairfax. Sect. VI. The Interregnum, 1649-1660. A. The Commonwealth, 1649-1653 (Dec. 16). I. Results of the execution of Charles. 1. Was his execution legal ? Was it politically justifiable ? Was it politically expedient? 2. Was there just cause for deposition, if not for execution ? 3. Charles' view of his own authority. 4. Was the overthrow of the monarchy historically justifiable ? II. Establishment of ihe commonwealth. 1. Council of State (of 41 members) created by ordinance, February 13, 1649 (Gardiner, Documents, 290-3). 2. Office of King abolished, March 17, 1649 (Gardiner, Documents, 294-6). 3. House of Lords abolished, March 19, 1649 (Gardiner, Documents, 296-7). 4. Commonwealth established by ordinance, May 19, 1649 (Gardiner, Documents. 297"). 16 III. History of the commonwealth. 1. Cromwell's conquest of Ireland, 1649-1652. a. Origin of the war; state of Ireland (Carlyle, I, 374-80). b. Alliance of Royalists and native Roman Catholics. c. Massacres of Drogheda (Aug. 15, 1649) and Wexford : criticism of Cromwell's conduct (see the letters in Carlyle, I, 380-392). d. Confiscation of the three provinces (Gardiner, Rev., 156-7; Carlyle, I, 426-9). 2. Charles II and Scotland. a. Dunbar, Sept. 3, 1650 (Carlyle, I, 457-476). b. Worcester, Sept. 3, 1651 : Cromwell's " Crown- ing mercy." , c. Charles escapes to France. 3. Dissolution of the Long Parliament. a. The revolutionary force was spent : ideas and ideals of Cromwell and other leaders (Gardi- ner, Revolution, 159-61). b. Scheme of Parliament for a new Parliament. c. The Act of Navigation (1651); and the Dutch war, 1652 (Green, III, 275-7). d. Corruption in Parliament. e. Dissolution, April 20, 1653: Declaration of the Lord General and the Council, April 22, 1653 (Gardiner, Documents, 308-315; see Carlyle, II). 4. The Assembly of 140 nominees (" Barebone's Parlia- ment."). a. Cromwell's speech (Carlyle, II, 33 ff). b. Conduct of the assembly. c. Its resignation, Dec. 11, 1653. B. The Protectorate, 1653-1660. I. General character of the instrument of government (Gardiner, Documents, 314-325, Ivi-lxii). 1. " First " written English constitution; its remarkably enlightened provisions (Gardiner, Documents, 166-8; Adams and Stephens, 407-16). 2. Provisions for toleration and civil liberty. II. Oliver's nine months of government before the meeting of Parliament. 17 III. Oliver's first Parliament, Sept. 3, 1654, to Jan. 22, 1655. 1. Composition. 2. The Parliament questions the instrument. 3. It is purged by Cromwell of recalcitrant members. 4. Dissolution, Jan. 22, 1655. IV. The ten major-generals, 1655-1657. 1. Toleration by force. 2. Pendruddock's Rising; the Royalists foot the bill. 3. Episcopalianism suppressed, Nov. 27, 1655. 4. Massacre in Piedmont and the quarrel with Spain. V. Oliver's second Parliament, Sept. 17, 1656, to Jan. 20, 1658. 1. Oliver's opening speech (Carlyle, II, 218 ff). 2. Exclusion of members. 3. The "Petition and Advice" (Gardiner, Documents, Ixiii, 334-345); inauguration of the Protector, June 26, 1655 (Green, III, 299-300). 4. Oliver refuses title of king: Did he wish it? Why did he refuse it ? (Green, III, 298-9'; Carlyle, II, 267 ff.). VI. Last days of Oliver. 1. He sees that his system is doomed. 2. Greatness of his foreign policy. 3. Death, Sept. 3, 1658. " VII. The Restoration. 1. Richard Cromwell, Protector; disliked by the army. 2. The Third Parliament dissolved, April 22,4659. 3. Long Parliament recalled. 4. Intervention of Monk. 5. The " Rump " dissolved, March 16, 1660. 6. The Declaration of Breda, April 4, 1660 (Gardiner, Documents, 351-2). REFERENCES. Source Materials: Gardiner, Documents, 291 ff. ; Adams and Stephens, 394 ft".; Lee, 373-93; Calefidar of State Papers, 1640-60; Carlyle's Letters and Speeches of Cromwell; Stainer, Speeches of Cromwell; Burton, Diary (1656-9); Clarendon, Great Rebellion; Thurloe, State Papers; Firth's Clarke Papers (1647-60); Warner's Nicholas Papers (1611-56); Whitelock's Memorials, 385 ff Secondary Authorities : Gardiner, Puritan Revolution, 154 ft'.; lb.. Student's History, II, 561ft'. ; lb., Commonwealth and Protectorate; Green, III, 264 ft.; Hallam, II, chap, x; Taylor, II, 340 ft'.; Gnizot, George Monk; lb., Richard Cromzcell and the Restoration ; Jesse, Memoirs, II, 235 ft.; Bayne, Chief Actors, 249 ft., 389 ff. ; Bisset, History of the Commonwealth ; Railke Hist, of England, II-III; Godwin, History of the Commonwealth; Vaughan, The Protectorate of Oliver Cromwell (contains original letters of Thurloe, Lockhart, Pell, 18 etc.); Traill, Social England, IV., chaps. 13-14; Neal, Puritans, I, II; Mas- son, Milton, IV, V ; Marsden, Later Puritans ; Stace, Cromwelliana ; Prender- gast, The Cromwellian Settlement in Ireland; Murphy, Cromwell in Ireland. See also Indenvick, Interregnum : Jenks, Constitutional Experiments; Goldwin Smith, United Kingdom, I, 572 ff. ; Gooch, Democratic Ideas; the histories of Hume, Bright, Lingard, Taswell-Langmead ; and the literature of Cromwell mentioned in sec. VIII and the " select Bibliography." Sect. VII. The Constitutional Experiments of the Common- wealth and the Protectorate, 1649.1660. I. Relative importance of the period. 1. First general result: assumption by Parliament of the business of government. 2. Second general result: " The birth of modern political thought" (Jenks, 5). 3. Third general result : the subjects or prototypes of future reforms established. II. Remnants of the old constitution in 1649. 1. Nominally the Commons remained : number of mem- bers (Jenks, 9). 2 Parts destroyed. a. Kingship and royal council ; the Star Chamber ; High Commission; Council of the North; of Wales. b. The county lord lieutenants. 3. Justices ; uncertain powers. 4. Sheriffs appointed by the House; municipalities con- trolled by same. 5. The revolution not essentially a social revolution. III. The Republic, 1649-1653 : rule of parliament. 1. Rule by committees. 2. Dignity and power of Parliament; its pedantry. 3. The army as a constitutional organ : (a) Council of officers (b) Assembly of Adjutators ; (c) various functions (Jenks, 16-17). 4 "Nascent" organism (Jenks, 18-19). 5. Plans for reconstruction. a. "Agreement of the people" or Army Plan (Gardiner, Documents, 270 ff. ; Jenks, 25). b. Plan of the Congregations. c. Plan of Parliament. 6. The Council of State of 41 : rule by sub-committees. 7. Attitude of Parliament toward the army. 19 8. Parliamentary corruption (Jenks, 45 ff.). 9. Insincerity of Parliament : intentionally prolongs its power. 10. Failure of Parliament in finance and foreign affairs. IV. The Protectorate, 1653-1660. 1. Cromwell, Captain-General : his first council eight officers and four civilians). 2. The assembly of Nominees or " Little Parliament," July 4, Dec. 11, 1653. a. How summoned ? b. Character. c. Conduct : dissolution. 3. The Instrument of Government ( germ in the Army Plan.) a. Significance of, as a written constitution. b. Executive : a Lord Protector and a council of 13-21 : Protector with suspensive veto and to be chosen by the Council. c. Parliament: (1) 400 members ; (2) 30 members each from Scotland and Ireland; (3) borough representation reformed. d. Fixed revenue. 4. The First Protectorate Parliament, 1654-5. 5. The Majors-General, 1655, and the " decimation tax" ; Cromwell's intention? (Jenks, 98 ff.) 6. The Second Protectorate Parliament, 1656-7 : the " Petition and Advice," 1657. 7. Views of the Republicans seen in Vane's Healing Question (1656). See Jenks, 104. V- General results of legislative experiments (Inderwick, chaps, i-ii. INFERENCES. See preceding syllabus ; and especially the works of Jenks, Inderwick, and Gooch. For the legislation of the period, consult Scobell's Ads and Ordinances. Sect. VIII. The Place of Oliver Cromwell in the History of Intellectual Progress. I. He is the product of the age, of ethical and social evolution ; hence his mission is two-fold. 1. To restore to Englishmen the right of constitutional and social liberty ; and to point the way to its fuller realization. Il , 20 Results of the Tudor policy. b. Results of the Stuart policy. c. Relation of the State and church before and after the Protestant Revolution compared. 2. To prepare the way for the full recognition of liberty of conscience. a. The mediaeval idea : The Pope as head of the Universal Church ; the disastrous effect of appeal to authority in spiritual matters ; psy- chological helplessness of mediaeval man ; need of a material crutch for faith ; hence image- worship, maiiolatry, and adoration of saints. b. Luther touches the triple crown of the Pope ; significance of the Reformation. c. The King-Pope ; the new idea of church and state. d. Divine prerogative of kings : the new crutch for faith ; Filmer's philosophy of the divine prerogative. e. Cromwell touches the dual crown of the King- Pope. II. The Riddle of Cromwell's character : The two Paradoxes. 1. The religious. a. His Puritanism ; influence of Hebraism ; the be- lief in a Providence imminent in the world (Carlyle, I, 437-8, 447-8). b. His independency ; practical toleration ; his nar- rowness the product of survival and environ- ment. 2. The political. a. His political conservatism. b. His political liberalism. III. How Cromwell solves his own riddle : his life reveals a great soul earnestly striving to find a righteous solution of the tremen- dous cases of conscience which the times and the nation laid upon him. 1. The problems of the civil war and King's execution. 2. Problem of the conduct of the righteous warrior. a. His military dispatches : Marston Moor (Carlyle), I, 150); Naseby (Carl\le, I, 168-9); Dunbar (Carlyle, I, 471); Worcester (Carlyle, I, 554). b. The punishment of Ireland : Drogheda (Carlyle). c. The treatment of Scotland (Carlyle, I, 558 ff.). d. Treatment of insurrectionists ; of the Levelers (see Smith, in Three English Statesmen) . 21 3. Problem of the conduct of the righteous statesmen. a. Expulsion of the Long Parliament ; of subsequent Parliaments ; he comprehended the nature of a revolution. b. Intolerance to Catholics and Anglicans ; the practical reasons? c. Question of acceptance of Crown : why might he justly desire it ? IV. Practical results of Cromwell's work. 1. Legal reforms. 2. Constitutional reforms. 3. Religious reforms. 4. Foreign policy : Cromwell supersedes Gustavus Adol- phus as head of European Protestantism (see Smith). 5. Social and economic policy. V. Estimate of his place in history ; comparison with Napoleon ; with Caesar ; with Washington. REFERENCES. Gardiner, Cromwell's Place in History (London, 1897) ; lb., Oliver Crom- well (London, Paris, and New York, 18D0) ; Morley, Oliver Cromwell ; Smith, in Three Eng. Statesmen, 54-144: Baldock, Cromivell as a Soldier; Bischott'shau- sen, Die Politik des Protectors Oliver Cromivell; Brosch, Cromwell die the Pur- itanische Revolution ; Firth, Oliver Cromwell and the Ride of the Puritans in England; Harrison, Oliver Cromwell; Picton, Oliver Cromwell ; The Man and his Mission; Roosevelt, Oliver Cromwell. See also Carlyle's Letters and Speeches of Cromivell; Stainer's Speeches; the works of Green, Hallam, Gooch, Jenks, Inderwick; and the Cromwell literature mentioned in the " Select Bibliography." Sect. IX. The Restoration and the Reign of Charles II, 1660-1685. I. General significance of the Restoration. 1. The work of the Revolution did not perish. a. Puritanism was not extinct; but it had "laid down the sword " (Green, III, 321). b. Explanation of the wild enthusiasm with which the Restoration was hailed. c. Three great results of the Puritan Re^lution (Creasy, chap, xvi, pp. 268 ff.). 2. Characteristics of the age : the beginning of modern England. 22 a. Social revolution ; vice and immorality of the period : Hamilton's Memoirs of Grammont (Green, III, 327 ff.). b. Scientific awakening ; the Royal Society. c. The new rationalism ; latitudinarian philosophy; rising skepticism ; political philosophy. II. Charles II and his policy (Green, III, 336 ff. ; Gardiner, Puritan Revolution, 197). 1. His character; his vices and levity; religious sym- pathies. 2. His domestic policy ; dissolution of the Union ; desire for a standing army ; views as to his prerogative. 3. His foreign policy ; relations with France. 4. His first ministry ; character of Clarendon ; of Ashley Cooper (Green, III, 350 ff., 35-8). III. Beginning of the reign : Work of the Convention (Hallam, II, 68 ff. ; Green, III, 351 ff.) 1. Act of Indemnity and the exclusion of the regicides. 2. Restoration of crown, church, and Royalist lands. 3. Abolition of military tenures; excise substituted (Hal- lam, II, 76-8). 4. Clergy restored to their benefices ; case of the Presby- terians. 5. Dissolution of the Convention Parliament ; theory of the lawyers. IV. The first work of the Cavalier or Long Parliament of the Restoration, 1661-1679. 1. Composition of the parliament. 2. Condemnation of Vane (Hallam, II, 88-91). 3. King's prerogatives restored. 4. The Corporations Act and the doctrine of " non-resist- ance," 1661 (Adams and Stephens, 425-7). 5. Repeal of the Triennial Act. 6. Star Chamber not restored. 7. Act of Uniformity and the ejection of non-conformist clergy 1662; "Dissenters" supersede "non- conformists." 8. Charles and the Catholics; his declaration of indul- gence, 1662-3 (Hallam, II, 164 ff.). 9. The Conventicles Act, 1664 (Adams and Stephens, 431-3). 10. The Five Mile Act, 1665 (Adams and Stephens, 433-4). 23 V. Rise of Parliamentary opposition. 1. Parliamentary view of the constitution; control of finance. 2. War with the Dutch, 1604-7: rise of the "court" and " country" parties; the latter demands control of expenditures ; its relation to the Dissenters. 3. Clarendon's policy and his fall, 1667 : causes? 4. The rise and fall of the "Cabal " ministry, 1667-1673 (Hallam, II, 134 SX 5. Administration of Danby, 1673-1678: impeachment (Hallam, 154-178). VI. The Question of Toleration. 1 . Why Charles adopted the policy of toleration ; he wished to include the Catholics. 2. The Triple Alliance, 1668: England, Sweden, and Dutch Netherlands vs. France. 3. The secret treaty of Dover, 1670: Charles bought by Louis XIV; Charles to declare war against Dutch and confess himself a Catholic. 4. Declaration of Indulgence, 1672; withdrawn, 1673; conduct of Dissenters (Adams and Stephens, 434-6; Cobbett's Par. Hist., IV, 515). 5. The Test Act, 1673 : Duke of York excluded from office (Adams and Stephens, 436-9). VII. Last days of Charles, 1678-1685 (see Macaulay). 1. The Popish Plot, 1678 (Hallam, II, 176-183; Ma- caulay, I, 216 ff.). 2. The new Parliament: "Petitioners and Abhorrers ; " the session at Oxford; impeachments (Hallam, II, 194-204) ; rise of " Whig " and " Tory." 3. Forfeiture of the Borough charters, 1683-5. 4. Projects of Russell and Sidney; their trial (Hallam, II, 208 ff. ; Macaulay). 5. Death of Charles. VIII. Constitutional questions (Hallam, II, 221 ff.) 1. Rights of juries maintained : the Bushnell case (Creasy, 272-3 ; Hallam, II, 228 ff.) 2. The Habeas Corpus Act (Text in Creasy, 270-1, Adams and Stephens, 440-8 ; Lee, 400-8 ; see Blackstone, III, 137). 3. Other questions (see Hallam). 24 REFERENCES. Source Materials : Adams and Stephens, 425 ff. ; Lee, 394-413; Calendar of State Papers {Charles II), 1660-73, 14 vols.; Statutes of the Realm; How- ell's State Trials; Somers, Tracts; Boscobel Tracts; Harleian Miscellany, VII; Grey, Debates of the House of Commons, KJC7— 9-t ; Cobbett, Parliamentary His- tory; Sidney, Diary of the Times of Charles II; Jnsserand's A French Ambas- sador at the Court of Charles II; Luttrell, State Affairs, 1G78-1714; Hamilton, Memoirs of Count' Grammont ; the diaries of Pepys, Evelyn, and Keresby ; Ehvood's History ; Kennefs Register. Secondary Authorities: Gardiner, Puritan Revolution, 190-205; lb., Stu- dent's History, II, 568 ft". ; Hale, Fall of the Stuarts, 1 ff. ; Airy, The Eng. Res- toration and Louis XIV; Adams, The Merry Monarch: Macanlay, I, ch. ii ; Green, III, 321 ff.; Creasy, chap, xvi; Hallam, II, G8-2C5 ; Taylor, II, 358 ff. ; Hosmer, Sir Henry Vane, 480 ff. ; llanke, Hist, of England, III, IV; Stern, Milton und seine Zeit ; Masson, Life of Milton, VI ; Seeley, Growth of British Policy, II; Traill, Social England, IV; Jesse, Memoirs. II, 395 ff, III, 1-416; Vaughan, Memorials of the Stuart Dynasty, II, 272 ff. ; lb.. Hist, of England un- der the House of Stuart, II, 571 ff. ; Harris, Historical Account of the Life of Charles II ; Strickland, Lives of the last four Princesses of the Royal House of Stuart; Jameson, Memoirs of the Beauties of the Court of Charles II; Cunning- ham, The Story of ±Ycll Gwyn ; Eorneron, Louise de Keroualle. Sect. X. The Revolution of 1688. I. The Constitution under James II, 1685-1688. 1. Character aud intellect of the king: his religious and political tendencies. 2. Monmouth's rising ; the Bloody Circuit of Jeffries. 3. Dispensations by non-obstante confirmed by the judges ; other abuses (mentioned in Bill of Rights). 4. Declaration of indulgence, 1687 (Adams and Stephens, 451-4). 5. The new High Commission, 1686. 6. The doctrine of non-resistance. 7. Attack on the liberties of Magdalen College, Oxford. 8. June 10, 1688, birth of a eon to James: immediate cause of the revolution. II. The Revolution of 1688-9. 1. How the revolution was brought about; the question of the title of William. 2. Descent, character, and ability of William. 3. First mutiny Act, 1689 (Adams and Stephens, 457-8). 4. Toleration Act, May 24, 1689 (Adams and Stephens 459-62). 5. Bill of Rights, Dec. 16, 1789 (Adams and Stephens, 462-9 ; Lee, 424-31). 25 a. Statement of grievances. b. Demand for the redress of the same. c. Provisions for present and future succession. 6. Tirennial Act, Dec. 22, 1604 (Adams and Stephens, 471). 7. Act of settlement, June 12, 1901 (Adams and Stephens, 475-90; Lee, 431-6). a. Provision for succession. b. Other provisions. 8. Important constitutional results of William's reign ; rise of the cabinet and of ministerial responsibility. REFERENCES. Source Materials: Adams and Stephens ; Lee, 417-42; Calendar of State Papers (Will, and Mary), 1(589-92, 3 vols. ; Somers, Tracts ; State Tracts: Luttrell, State Affairs, 1678-1714 ; Howell, State Trials ; Statutes of the Realm ; Duckett, Penal Laws and Test Act: Dalrymple'S Memoirs: D'Avanx's Dis- patches; Carstares' State Papers and Letters ; Shrewsbury Correspondence. Secondary Authorities : Hale, Fall of the Stuarts ; Green, IV, 6 ff . ; Macau- lay, Hist, of England : Ranke, Hist, of England, IV; Creasy, 274-302; Tay- lor, II; Hallani, II, 26G ff. ; Gneist, Hist. Parliament; lb., Constitution, II, 305 ft'.; Klopp, Der Fall des Ha uses Stuart und die Succession des Houses Hanno- ver; Head, The Fallot Stuarts ; Mackintosh, 'History of the Revolution . . 1688 ; Vaughan, Memorials of the Stuart Dynasty, II, 478 ff. Sect. XL The Age of Anne. I. Marlborough and the War of the " Spanish Succession." II. The Union with Scotland. III. Social Life. IV. Literature and Thought. REFERENCES. Adams and Stephens, 479-S3(Act of Union, 1707), 483-5 (Place Act. 1707), 485-7 (Riot Act, 1715); Lee, 445-55 (Act of Union); Coxe, Memoirs of Marlborough; Morris. Age of Anne ; Burton, Reign of Anne ; Wyon, History of Great Britain during the Reign of Queen Anne; Makiunon, The Union of England and Scotland ; Wolseley, Life of John Churchill; Thompson, Me- moirs of Sarah Duchess of Marlborough ; Collins, Bolingbrook and Voltaire : lives of Bolingbroke, by Brosch, Harrop, Hassall, and Macknight; Green IV; Lecky, England in the Eighteenth Century ; Ashto\i,'Social Life in the Reign of Anne ; and the works of Oldmixon and Boyer. 26 CHAPTER II. The Development of Parliamentary and Cabinet Govern- ment, 1760-1902 Sect. 1. General Characteristics of the Reign of George III, 1760-1820. I. Character and education of George III. 1. Personal traits (see Thackeray's Four Georges) ; his in- tellect. 2. Bias given by his education; influence of his mother; of Bute. 3. His policy and character as compared with the first two Georges. 4. Increase of the influence of the crown as the mark of his reign ; what progress had already been made (see May, I, 15 ff.). IT. The state of parliamentary representation : at the beginning of the reign the House of Commons did not represent the people. 1. Because dominated by the Whig oligarchy (Green, IV, 124, 210 ff., passim). a. Walpole ministry, 1721-1741 : character and policy of Walpole. b. Ministry of Cartaret (Lord Granville), 1741-1744. c. Henry Pelham, 1744-1754. d. Duke of Newcastle, 1754-1756 (brother of II. Pelham) . e. William Pitt, 1756-1761 : Newcastle at head of treasury; popularity of Pitt; his policy; his oratory ; elements of his greatness. 2. Because of its composition. a. Restrictions on the electoral franchise. b. Borough representation. 1. Creation of parliamentary boroughs by royal charter in reign of Charles II (see May). 2. "Pocket," "nomination," and "rotten boroughs " ; sale of seats controlled by peers. 3. Official influence in large towns. 4. Disfranchisement of lame cities. 27 c. Conservative control of county representation. d. Condition of Scotch and Irish representation. e. Dishonest trial of election petitions : The Gren- ville Act; the present law (see May). III. How George III secured control of the House of Commons. 1. By sale of seats ; the "Nabobs." 2. By the distribution of otilces, civil, military, and judi- cial ; history of acts restricting. 3. By distribution of pensions : legal and secret pensions ; restrictive legislation (see Creasy and May). 4. By direct bribery, under Bute, Grenville, Rockingham, and North (see May). 5. By public loans and by lotteries. IV. How George III subdivided the Whig factions and asserted the right both to reign and govern, 1760-1770. 1. Theory of government. a. Meaning of ministerial responsibility ; of the maxim, " The king should have no politics, can do no wrong." b. Danger of the doctrine asserted by George III. 2. The succession of Whig ministries or factions. a. Last days of the Pitt ministry, 1760-1 ; two-fold cause of the fall. b. Bute ministry, 1762-3 : character of Bute ; signifi- cance of his being a Scot (see Letters of Junius) . c. Grenville, 1763-1765: character; the stamp act. d. Rockingham, 1765-1766 : leader of main branch of the Whigs. e. Chatham, 1766-8., 1. Attempts to form a ministry, 1763, 1765 : why did he fail ? 2. On what principle was the ministry formed, 1766 ? 3. He retires, 1767; Grafton remains acting premier. 4. Pitt and the American war. /. Lord North, 1770-1782: the king triumphant; character and intellect of North. GENERAL REFERENCES FOR THE AGE OF GEORGE III. Source Materials : Adams and Stephens. 492 ft'.; Calendar of Home Office Papers, 1760-75, o vols.; Cobbett'S Parliamentary History: Hansard's Debates ; Woodfall, Letters of Junius ; YValpole, Memoirs of the Court of George II; lb , 28 Memoirs of the Court of George ILL; Letters; Hervey, Memoirs: Russell, Me- morials and Correspondence of Charles fames Fox ; Wilkes, North Briton; Donne's Correspondence between George III and Lord JVorth : Statutes of the Realm ; and the other materials mentioned in the " Select Bibliography." Secondary Authorities : Mahon, Historv of England (1713-83); Massey, Hist, of England during the Reign of George III; Adolphus, Historv of England (1760- 1820); Lecky, England in the 18 th Centurv, III, 1-288; May, Constitutional His- tory, I, 15 ft'., 263-5 (parliamentary representation) ; Green, IV, 137 ft'., 156 ft., 166 ft'., 176 ft". (Pitt), 197 ft'. (George III and America), 213 (George III and Parliament); Hosmer, Anglo-Saxon Liberty, chap, xiii; Trevelyan, American Revolution ; lb., Early History of Charles fames Fox; Russell, Life and Times of . . Fox ; Stanhope, Life of . . William Pitt ; Fitzgerald, Life and Times of fohn Wilkes ; Waite, Life of the Duke of Wellington ; Goldvvin Smith, United Kingdom, II, 195 ft'.; Earle, English Premiers from Sir Robert Walpole to Robert Peel ; Adams, Eng. Party Leaders and Eng. Parties from Walpole to Peel. Sect. II. The Relations of the Parliament to the Crown, the Law, and the People (May, I, ch. vii., 364-463). I. The struggle with Wilkes : abuse of parliamentary privilege and violation of liberty of the subject. I. Parliament of 1763-1768. a. The alleged libel in " North Briton," No. 45. General character of the "North Briton." b. "General warrants": arrest of Wilkes and the printers (May, II, 245 ff., Ill ff. ) ; general search warrants declared illegal (May, II, 249-252). c. Illegal proceedings in the Commons ; proceedings in the King's Bench : Wilkes outlawed and absconds; he is expelled from the House; actions for damage (May, II, 247-9; I, 364 ff.) d. Proceedings in the Lords : The Essay on Woman and the Vent Creator; the Droit Le Roy (May, I, 369; II, 111). 2. Parliament of 1768-1774. a. Imprisonment by King's Bench, 1768, for out- lawry and libel. b- Elected for Middlesex : his expulsion ; grounds of; rights of constituents violated (Ma} 7 , I, 370-1). c. Wilkes thrice reelected ; the case of seating Col. Lutrell (May, I, 374-5). cl. Efforts to reverse proceedings of the Commons ; position of Chatham ; of Grenville, Rocking- ham, and others. 29 II. The struggle for publication of debates. 1. The privilege of excluding strangers; origin and relaxa- tion of the right (May. I. 38 1 ff.) 2. Exclusions, 1770 (May, I, 386-88); contest between the Houses. 3. Contest of the Commons with the printers, 1771. a. Progress of reportiug and publication of debates. b. Misrepresentations of reporters (May, I, 392-4). c. Complaints against Thompson and W neble, 1771 ; against others. d. Struggle with the Mayor and aldermen of London. e. Liberty of reporting established ; present state of the law. ,/. Publication of division lists. III. Publication of parliamentary reports and papeis. 1. Publication of statistical and financial reports. 2. Publication of other documents. IV. Petitions to Parliament. 1. The practice in the Middle Ages. 2. Petitions to the Long Parliament. 3. Practice after restoration ; petitions restrained by statute (May, I, 411). 4. Petitions,^ KhSN- 1771) : little use of. 5. Origin of modern system, 1779 ; the Gordon petitions and riots. 6. Petitions for Parliamentary reform and abolition of slave trade, 1782; the practice to 1*24. 7. Increase of number of petitions since 1824. 8. 1839: Debates on presentation of petitions foibidden by statute (May, I, 417). V. Pledges of members, 1. Kise of the practice. 2. The importance of the principle involved. VI. Privileges abandoned. 1. Those of servants, 1770. 2. Immunity of members and servants from distress of goods and civil suits abandoned, 1772. 3. Kneeling of prisoners at the bar abandoned, 1772. 4. Privilege and the courts. a. The Burdett case, 1810. b. The Hansard cases, 1836 ff. ; question of right of Parliament to publish papers affecting character. c. The act of 3 and 4 Victoria (May, I, 426-7). d. The case of Howard vs. Gosset. 30 REFERENCES. Adams and Stephens, 492-3 (decisions on general warrants ; Howell, State Trials, vol. XIX, pp, 1026-7, 1067); May, I, II (as cited) ; Taylor, II; Green, IV, 220 fl'.; 243 ff.; Palgrave's House of Commons, 111 ft'.; Rogers, Historical Cleanings, 131-185; Taswell-Langmead, 771 ft'.; Ransome, 222 ft'. ; Lecky, III, 76 ff., 139 ff. ; Bright, III, 1043 ff. ; Woodfall's Junius, I, 257 ff. (lette'r to George III) ; Wilkes. 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Grey's notice, 1792. b. His motions of 1793, 1797. 7. Burdett's scheme, 1809 : electoral districts, franchise to be vested in male taxpayers; in 1818 he pro- poses universal male suffrage, ballot, equal election districts, etc. 8. Lord John Russell's measures. a. 1820, three resolutions (May, I, 321). b. The Grampound disfranchisement bill, 1820, 1821 (Adams and Stephens, 507-8). c. Motions of 1821, 1S22-3, 1826. 9. Blandford's motion, 1829-1830. 31 III. The Reform act of 1832 (Adams and Stephens, 514-26). 1. Immediate causes of the final struggle. a. Leicester and Northampton cases, 1*26-7. b. Penryn and East Retford cases, 1826-8; weak policy of opposition. c. Attempts to enfranchise Leeds, Birmingham, and Manchester, 1830: why resisted ? d. Death of George IV ; deposition of Charles X of France. 2. Duke of Wellington's ministry; his foolish declaration cause of fall. 3. Lord Grey's ministry : cause of dissolution of Parliament ? 4. 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