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The history of England, by sir J. Mackintosh . (1838)
The history of England by sir J Mackintosh - 1838 Author:James Mackintosh Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: . ' HISTORY ENGLAND. CHAP. I 1625. CHARLES I. ACCESSION OF CHARLES 1. HIS MARRIAGE. BUCKINGHAM'S MISSION. ARRIVAL OF THE QUEEN HENRIETTA. FI... more »RST PARLIAMENT OF CHARLES. ATTACKS OF THE COMMONS UPON BUCKINGHAM. SUPPLIES AND REDRESS OF GRIEVANCES. ENGLISH VESSELS SENT AGAIN! ROCHELLE. REFUSAL OK THE CREW. RICHELIEU. THE POPUL1R LEADERS. EX- PEDITION TO CADIZ. ITS FAILURE. SHERIFFS NAMED BV THE KING. THEIR 1NELIGIBILITY TO SIT IN PARLIAMENT. A PARLIAMENT SUMMONED. BUCKINGHAM AND BISHOP WILLIAMS. — CORONATION. Charles the First, born on the 19th of November, at Dunfermline castle, in Scotland, succeeded to the crown of three kingdoms in the 25th year of his age, on the 27th of March, 1625. Upon being informed that his father had expired, he made it known that he should indulge his grief in seclusion for that day. Thus early was he familiar with the art of imposing decorum for morality. Arrived next morning at Whitehall, from beside his father's remains at Theobalds, with the attendance only of Dr. Preston, his puritan chaplain, and the duke of Buckingham, his bosom friend t, he reap- Carte, iv. 131. t Fuller, Church Hist. 119. Bumet, Hist . of hii own Times, i. 33, 3t. . VOL. V. B pointed the council and renewed the commissions of the late king. The only change was the nomination of sir Alberms Moreton as secretary of state, in the room of sir George Calvert, disqualified by his avowing himself a Roman catholic, and retired with the title of lord Baltimore. Charles, like James, wished to assume the style of king of Great Britain, and directed the lord keeper Williams to consult the judges upon the manner of proceeding. They answered, that consistently with the existing laws it could not be done t, and informed him, that his fathe...« less