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God's Fury, England's Fire_ A New History of the English Civil Wars - Michael J. Braddick [480]

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opened 380–83, 408

King’s Covenant 38

King’s Evil (scrofula), touching for 474–6, 527, 581

Kingston-on-Thames, arsenal at 182

knighthood fines 68, 140–41

Knox, John 12, 106

Knyvett, Thomas 207–8, 211

Komensky, Jan see Comenius

labour supply 57–8, 400–401

Lambe, Dr John 46

Lambert, John 542, 543–4, 545

Lambeth Palace 93–4, 94, 97, 116

Lanark, William Hamilton, Earl 520

Lancashire 130, 172, 222, 265, 266, 430

militia in 214, 217, 223

neutralism 219, 221

royalist troops in 328, 386–7

Lancaster 265

Lanes, Colonel Thomas 402

Langdale, Sir Marmaduke 376, 377, 384, 386, 529

at Preston 544, 545

Langley, John 582

Langport, battle of, 1645 384–5, 413, 439

language(s) 380–81, 450

contested meanings 449, 450–51

foreign 453

political 461

Lansdown, battle of, 1643 288, 321

Large Petition, to Commons, 1647 487, 488, 489, 493, 503

Last will and testament… 534

Lathom House 265, 326, 393

latitudinarianism 490

Laud, William, Bishop of London, Archbishop of Canterbury 2, 22, 23, 24, 28, 44, 78, 279

Catholicism, rumoured conversion to 93, 97, 103, 116

anti-Laudianism 78, 81–2, 93, 96, 98, 119, 121, 124, 127, 134–5, 145–6, 147, 152, 228, 312, 313, 324–5

as anti-Puritan 42, 79

John Felton and 42

impeachment/trial 134, 147, 359–60

Influence/importance 48, 53, 71–80, 95, 116

as a martyr 360–61, 369

William Prynne and 359

visitation powers, use of 72

execution 356, 359, 360, 459; speech from the scaffold 360–61

See also Lambeth Palace

Lauderdale, John Maitland, 2nd Earl 520

Laugharne, Major-General Rowland 385, 538, 539

law 44, 490, 511

common 47, 54

criminal 62

habeas corpus 45

military 286

royal prerogative see royal prerogative

salus populii principle 557, 558, 573, 586

vox populii principle 573

See also legal system

Le Neve, Sir William 246–7

legal system 212, 218, 405–6

assizes 62, 205, 212, 213–14, 216, 285

Commissions of the Peace 212

courts 62; Exchequer 69; High Commission 121, 141, 153; Oyer and Terminer 94–5; See also Star Chamber high constables 58–9, 60

judicial torture 95

juries 52; See also Grand Juries

King’s Negative Voice 189, 194, 554

litigation 114, 123

magistrates (Justices of the Peace) 59, 61–2, 65, 79

Parliament’s role in 123, 183, 188–9, 194, 405

quarter sessions 61–2, 65, 67, 212, 285

sheriffs 70

village/parish constables 58, 60, 64, 65, 70

Leicester, sack of, 1645 375–6, 384, 442

Leicestershire 66–7, 68, 211, 214, 254

Leighton, Alexander 278

Lennox, Esmé James Stewart, Earl (later Duke) 14, 15, 34, 185

Lenthall, William, Speaker of the House of Commons 379, 440, 443

Leslie, David 492

letter writers, professional 173, 454

letters/correspondence

C’s 382–3, 459, 525, 581

publication of 382–3, 450, 459

Levellers 195, 373, 591

Agreement of the People revised by 565

Humble Petition… 553–4

ideals/motivation 234, 443, 444, 549

influence/importance 444, 549, 551, 553–4

John Lilburne as a Leveller 458, 508, 565

origins/growth of 443–4, 448, 489, 508

petitions by 410, 487, 553–4, 555

print campaign by 444, 519

women as 410, 411

See also New Model Army

Leven, Alexander Leslie, 1st Earl 4, 39, 112, 449, 328, 335–6, 375, 386

at Marston Moor 330, 332–3

Lewes, Stephen 188

Licensing Ordinance 1643 459–60

See also print licensing

Lichfield/Lichfield Cathedral 265, 266, 345

Lilburne, Elizabeth (wife of John Lilburne) 411

Lilburne, Henry (brother of John Lilburne) 544

Lilburne, John 136, 137, 252, 273, 440, 442–4, 463, 534, 559

attacks on 279, 442–3, 444–5

John Bastwick and 442–3

Henry Burton and 440, 441–2

C’s trial, opposition to 565

Copie of a letter… To Mr. William Prinne Esq. 344

England’s Birth-Right Justified 443

George Glover’s engraving of 440

imprisoned for publishing illicit tracts 440, 441, 486–7, 489

William Lenthall, Speaker of the Commons and 443

as a Leveller 458, 508, 565

New Model Army, his influence on 490, 508, 512

Parliament, his attacks on 443, 507–8, 584

in parliamentary army 440; resignation from 372

print campaign in defence of 442–3

William Prynne and 343–4, 441, 442–3

religious beliefs 372, 440, 486

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