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Lives of the Friends and Contemporaries of Lord Chancellor Clarendon (3)
Lives of the Friends and Contemporaries of Lord Chancellor Clarendon - 3 Author:Lady Theresa Lewis Volume: 3 General Books publication date: 2009 Original publication date: 1852 Original Publisher: J. Murray Subjects: History / Europe / Great Britain Notes: This is a black and white OCR reprint of the original. It has no illustrations and there may be typos or missing text. When you buy the General Books edition of this book you get fre... more »e trial access to Million-Books.com where you can select from more than a million books for free. Excerpt: CHAPTER XV. Jealousies among the Parliamentary Generals -- The King attempts to open a Negotiation for Peace through Lord Essex -- He sends a Letter to Lord Essex by Lord Beauchamp -- Lord Essex refers the King to the Parliament -- Siee and Relief of Basing House -- Treaty of Uxbridge -- Lord Hertford acts as one of the Commissioners -- His Opinion on Church Government -- The King leaves Oxford, and joins the Scottish Army -- Surrender of Oxford -- The King is removed to Hampton Court -- Lord Hertford is displaced from the Office of Chancellor of the University of Oxford, and Lord Pembroke is reinstated -- The King attempts to escape, and takes refuge in the Isle of Wight -- He is lodged in Carisbrook Castle. The jealousies and disunion that too often obstructed the actions of the King and the operations of the Royalist forces were no less prevalent in the councils and camp of the Parliament. There was rivalry between the Earl of Essex and the Earl of Manchester. Again, the Parliament seemed to hold Lord Roberts, though inferior in military rank, in greater estimation than Lord Essex; and Lord Essex had the further vexation of seeing Lord Roberts cultivate the intimacy of Sir Harry Vane, whom he greatly disliked, and regarded as an enemy. There was constant jealousy between Lord Essex and Sir William Waller, leading even on one occasion to a suspicion in Lord Essex's mind that the Parliament, out of preference to Sir William Waller, had actually betrayed him and conspired his ruin ; whilst the Parliament looked upon L...« less