Commonwealth established in England, vi. 68, 69; proclaimed in London, 73
Compiègne, Jeanne d'Arc taken prisoner at, iii. 53
"Complaint of the Commons of Kent," iii. 65, 66
Compton, Bishop of London, vii. 18, 19, 28, 35
Comyn, John, regent of Scotland, ii. 170, 171
Condé, Louis I., Prince of, iv. 188, 209, 264, 267
Congregation, Lords of the, their relations with Mary of Guise, iv. 168; occupy Edinburgh, 169; relations with Elizabeth, 170-174; treaty with Francis and Mary, 176; rise against Mary, 245, 246
Congress, the first American, vii. 330; at Philadelphia, viii. 19, 20, 22
Connaught conquered by the English, iii. 329; Wentworth's dealings with, v. 364, 365
Connecticut, first settlement of, v. 319, 320; refuses to join in war against England, viii. 203
Constable, the king's, origin of his office, i. 132
Constantinople captured by the Turks, iii. 189; English exiles at, i. 167
Continental System, viii. 175, 176; its results, 177
Convention of 1660, vi. 152; declares itself a Parliament, 194; of 1689, vii. 44-47; becomes a Parliament, 60; the Constituent, vi. 94-98; the French, viii. 101; Scottish, of 1659, vi. 150; of 1689, vii. 51. _See_ Parliament
Convocation, provincial, of the clergy, ii. 158; its legislative power taken away, iii. 301, 307; of 1413, iii. 20; of 1512, Colet's address to, 202, 203; of 1531, 296, 297; of 1532, 301; of 1533, 303; of 1604, its canons, v. 156; of 1689, vii. 63; of Perth, ii. 171
Conway, castle built at, ii. 121; captured by Owen Glyndwr, iii. 10; recovered by Percy, 11
Cooper, Anthony Ashley, vi. 95; his early life, 215, 216; attacks Cromwell's memory, 148; advises the return of excluded members of the Rump, 151; Chancellor of the Exchequer, 194. _See_ Ashley
Copenhagen, battle of, viii. 163; bombardment of, 180
Copper, export of, from Cornwall, iv. 279
Corfe, Eadward the Martyr slain at, i. 139
Cornwall conquered by Ecgberht, i. 102; Royalist rising in, vi. 5, 6; tin-mines in, i. 30; ii. 107; export of tin from, iv. 279; of copper, _ib._; West Welsh of, become vassals of Æthelstan, i. 120
Cornwall, Richard, Earl of. _See_ Richard
Cornwallis, Charles, second earl and first marquis, captures Charlestown, viii. 32; surrenders at York Town, _ib._; Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, 130, 138; victories in India, 131