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INDEX TO THE LIFE. 



WORCESTER. 



transactions preceding his father s 

 death. ) his letter to the Bishop of 

 Femes, 184 ; expects the Queen to 

 befriend Ireland, 185 ; leaves Ireland 

 for France, 185; in exile, 186; his 

 inventions neglected in his time, 187 ; 

 styled &quot; Lord Herbert of Raglan,&quot; and 

 a pass to France granted to his wife, 

 187; account of his being in Paris, 1 88 ; 

 his introduction to Cardinal Mazarine, 

 188 ; seeks to be Lord Lieutenant of 

 Ireland, 188; interview between his 

 wife and Ormond, 188 ; her ill-timed 

 resentment, 188; at St. Germain s, 

 189 ; wrote to Charles II., and his 

 gracious reply, 190; four or five years 

 in France, 190 ; general poverty, 191 ; 

 difficulties in the way of study abroad, 

 191; his family in England, 192; 

 disposal of his property by Parlia 

 ment, 193; Worcester House, during 

 his life, 195 ; a Bill for settling the 

 same, 195; his son and two daughters, 

 201 ; his property, 20 2, 203, 204 ; 

 Parliamentary resolutions in regard 

 to valuation, 205, 206, 207 ; a trying 

 period of five years, 207 ; his property 

 assists the Government, 207 ; treat 

 ment of his wife and family signifi 

 cant of his being esteemed, 208 ; re 

 turn to England, 209; Parliamentary 

 resolution in regard to him as being 

 banished and his property confiscated, 

 209 ; supposed to have been sent to 

 England by Charles II., 210; his visit 

 considered, 210, 211; committed to 

 the Tower, 211 ; his trial to be con 

 sidered, 211; his petition, 212; order 

 for his liberation, 212 ; period of con 

 finement, 213 ; his age, 213 ; loan of 

 20., 214 ; summary of his history, 

 214; his &quot;Century&quot; written, 214; 

 writes to Chris. Copley, 215; his 

 solemn obligation to Chris. Copley, 

 216; names his &quot; water- work,&quot; 216; 

 letter to Secretary Thurloe, 217; 

 desires an interview with Cromwell, 

 218 ; probable meaning of his letter, 

 218, 219, 220 ; letter to the Earl of 

 Lotherdale, 223; promises him an 

 ingeniously contrived box, 223 ; his 

 humour not to produce an invention 

 a second time, 223 ; looks for an Act 

 of Parliament, 223 ; offers his lord 

 ship the benefit of 500 (share), 223; 

 his &quot; definition,&quot; 224, 225 ; earliest 

 distinct reference, 225 ; his wonderful 

 inventive faculty, 225 ; his son resi 

 dent at Badminton, 226 ; letter of 

 explanations to Lord Clarendon, 227; 

 exposed himself to &quot; any expense or 

 difficulty,&quot; 227 ; object to screen 



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Charles L, 228; the &quot;amplitude of 

 his commission,&quot; 228; the &quot;height of 

 his Majesty s design,&quot; 228; immense 

 army arrangements, 228; 30,000 

 from the Pope and Catholic Princes, 

 228; the signing and sealing, 229; 

 no use made by him of his great 

 powers, 229; his petition in respect 

 to grants and promises made by 

 Charles I., to his father and himself, 

 to recommend the same to the notice 

 of Parliament, 230 ; circular note to 

 creditors, 231; his prospects at the 

 Restoration, 234 ; sketch of his cha 

 racter and that of Charles II., 234 ; 

 political enemies, 235; offer of Wor 

 cester House to Lord Clarendon, 235 ; 

 seeks his friendship, 236 ; refers to 

 the &quot; obnoxiousness of his religion,&quot; 

 236 ; intimates his desire to make a 

 secret communication to the King, in 

 his lordship s presence, 237; conjec 

 ture as to his meaning, 237, 238 ; he 

 petitions the House of Lords, 238; 

 restoration of his estates ordered, 238; 

 deeds and writings, his property, 

 ordered to be given up, 238; Ann 

 Tisser s purchase, 239; his Patent, a 

 prejudice to the Peers, 239; Lords 

 committee to consider, 240 ; acknow 

 ledges a patent to create him Duke 

 of Somerset, 240; delivers up his 

 patent, 242 ; reflections on the treat 

 ment he receives, 242; retained the 

 titles of Earl of Glamorgan and Baron 

 Beaufort, 243 ; attends the House of 

 Lords, 243; present when the king 

 prorogues parliament, 244; petition 

 in respect to debts, 245; bill to restore 

 his estates, 245; encumbered, 246; 

 petitioners against him, 246 ; magni 

 tude of his claims, 247 ; his patent 

 for four inventions, 248; further in 

 ventions, 249 ; his letter in testimony 

 of Captain Foster s character, 250; a 

 second letter, 251; &quot;my six years 

 experience of him during my im 

 prisonment in the Tower,&quot; 251 ; period 

 of his own imprisonment considered, 

 252; the pot-lid story exploded, 252 ; 

 Act for his water- commanding engine, 

 and he attends the House, 253, 254, 

 256, 256; passed, 256; surrenders a 

 warrant to the value of 40,000, 257; 

 and nofc, 257; may have resided at 

 Vauxhall, 261; noticed by Sorbiere, 

 264; his secrcsy in regard to works, 

 266; reported to be buying Vauxhall, 

 257; at Vauxhall, 268; Duke of Al- 

 bemarle represents his case, 269; his 

 petition to Charles II. 269; another, 

 in respect to Henry and John Hall, 



