The Greatest Novels of William Harrison Ainsworth (Illustrated Edition) (Annotated)

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The Greatest Novels of William Harrison Ainsworth (Illustrated Edition) gathers the works that made Ainsworth a defining figure of the Victorian historical romance. Rich in antiquarian detail, theatrical plotting, Gothic atmosphere, and brisk melodrama, these novels transform English history into pageantry: prisons, courts, conspiracies, outlaws, and doomed dynasties are rendered with energetic narrative color. The illustrations enhance the collection's period sensibility, recalling the visual culture of nineteenth-century serial fiction. William Harrison Ainsworth (1805–1882) was a contemporary of Dickens and Thackeray, and for a time rivaled them in popularity. Trained in law but drawn to letters, he possessed a lifelong fascination with old London, folklore, architecture, and the dramatic possibilities of national history. His editorial work, literary friendships, and antiquarian interests shaped a fiction that sought to entertain while reviving the textures of the past. This illustrated edition is recommended for readers interested in Victorian popular literature, historical fiction, and the evolution of the English novel. It offers not merely adventure, but insight into how the nineteenth century imagined its own national memory, heroes, villains, and spectacles. This enriched edition has been carefully crafted to add value to your reading experience. - A comprehensive Introduction outlines these selected works' unifying features, themes, or stylistic evolutions. - A Historical Context section situates the works in their broader era—social currents, cultural trends, and key events that underpin their creation. - A concise Synopsis (Selection) offers an accessible overview of the included texts, helping readers navigate plotlines and main ideas without revealing critical twists. - A unified Analysis examines recurring motifs and stylistic hallmarks across the collection, tying the stories together while spotlighting the different work's strengths. - Reflection questions inspire deeper contemplation of the author's overarching message, inviting readers to draw connections among different texts and relate them to modern contexts. - Lastly, our hand‐picked Memorable Quotes distill pivotal lines and turning points, serving as touchstones for the collection's central themes.

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1The Greatest Novels of William Harrison Ainsworth (Illustrated Edition) (Annotated)

658Chapter VIII. How the Queen Confided Her Griefs to the Cardinal.

2Introduction

659Chapter IX. The Franciscan.

3Historical Context

660Chapter X. Of the Counsel Given to Osbert Clinton by the Cardinal.

4Synopsis (Selection)

661Chapter XI. How Constance Passed Her Time in Lambeth Palace.

5Rookwood

662Chapter XII. How the Cardinal Visited Derrick Carver in His Cell in the Lollards’ Tower.

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6Memoir

663Chapter XIII. How Derrick Carver Fulfilled His Promise.

7Dedication

664BOOK IV. SMITHFIELD.

8Preface

665Chapter I. How a Solemn Procession was Formed at Saint Paul’s, and Set Forth Towards Smithfield.

9BOOK 1. THE WEDDING RING

666Chapter II. The Halt at Newgate.

10Chapter 1. The Vault

667Chapter III. Smithfield in the Sixteenth Century.

11Chapter 2. The Skeleton Hand

668Chapter IV. What Passed in Saint Bartholomew’s Church.

12Chapter 3. The Park

669Chapter V. The Proto-martyr of the Protestant Church.

13Chapter 4. The Hall

670BOOK V. THE INSURRECTION.

14Chapter 5. Sir Reginald Rookwood

671Chapter I. What Passed Between Osbert and Constance in the Sacristy.

15Chapter 6. Sir Piers Rookwood

672Chapter II. How Father Alfonso Interposed in Constance’s Behalf.

16Chapter 7. The Return

673Chapter III. How Osbert was Induced to Join a Conspiracy.

17Chapter 8. An Irish Adventurer

674Chapter IV. What Philip Heard While Concealed Behind the Arras.

18Chapter 9. An English Adventurer

675Chapter V. How the Queen Consulted with the Cardinal.

19Chapter 10. Ranulph Rookwood

676Chapter VI. Of the Midnight Meeting in the Crypt Beneath the Chapter-house.

20Chapter 11. Lady Rookwood

677Chapter VII. In What Manner the Outbreak Commenced.

21Chapter 12. The Chamber of Death

678Chapter VIII. How the Insurgents Proceeded to Lambeth Palace.

22Chapter 13. The Brothers

679BOOK VI. THE LEWES MARTYR.

23BOOK 2. THE SEXTON

680Chapter I. Of the Parting Between Derrick Carver and Constance.

24Chapter 1. The Storm

681Chapter II. How Derrick Carver was Taken to Lewes.

25Chapter 2. The Funeral Oration

682Chapter III. How Derrick Carver was Placed in a Vault Beneath the Star Inn at Lewes.

26Chapter 3. The Churchyard

683Chapter IV. The Procession to the Calvary.

27Chapter 4. The Funeral

684Chapter V. How Captain Brand Sought to Capture the Conspirators.

28Chapter 5. The Captive

685Chapter VI. The Martyrdom of Derrick Carver.

29Chapter 6. The Apparition

686BOOK VII. THE TREASURE-CHESTS.

30BOOK 3. THE GIPSY

687Chapter I. The Loves of Og and Lilias.

31Chapter 1. A Morning Ride

688Chapter II. Of the Meeting Between Og and Lilias on Tower-green.

32Chapter 2. A Gipsy Encampment

689Chapter III. By Whom the Wedding Breakfast was Interrupted.

33Chapter 3. Sybil

690Chapter IV. How the Treasure-chests were Carried to Traitors’ Gate.

34Chapter 4. Barbara Lovel

691Chapter V. Showing Who was Concealed in the Jewel House.

35Chapter 5. The Inauguration

692Chapter VI. How the Plot was Discovered by Xit, and Disclosed by Him to Magog.

36Chapter 6. Eleanor Mowbray

693Chapter VII. How the Conspirators Went in at Traitors’ Gate But Came Not Out Again.

37Chapter 7. Mrs. Mowbray

694BOOK VIII. CONSTANCE TYRRELL.

38Chapter 8. The Parting

695Chapter I. Of the Important Dispatch Received from the Emperor by Philip.

39Chapter 9. The Philter

696Chapter II. How Sir Henry Bedingfeld Came for Osbert’s Death-warrant; And What He Obtained.

40Chapter 10. Saint Cyprian’s Cell

697Chapter III. Two Lights Extinguished.

41Chapter 11. The Bridal

698The Constable de Bourbon

42Chapter 12. Alan Rookwood

699BOOK I. THE AFFRONT.

43Chapter 13. Mr. Coates

700I. Fontainebleau.

44Chapter 14. Dick Turpin

701II. François I.

45BOOK 4. THE RIDE TO YORK

702III. Louise de Savoie.

46Chapter 1. The Rendezvous at Kilburn

703IV. What Passed Between the King and Bourbon.

47Chapter 2. Tom King

704V. The Dame de Beaujeu.

48Chapter 3. A Surprise

705BOOK II. THE FLIGHT.

49Chapter 4. The Hue and Cry

706I. The Secret Treaty.

50Chapter 5. The Short Pipe

707II. How Saint-vallier Remonstrated with the Constable.

51Chapter 6. Black Bess

708III. Showing How the Plot Progressed.

52Chapter 7. The York Stage

709IV. The Comte de Maulevrier.

53Chapter 8. Roadside Inn

710V. What Passed in the Sick Man's Chamber.

54Chapter 9. Excitement

711VI. Diane de Poitiers.

55Chapter 10. The Gibbet

712VII. Perot de Warthy.

56Chapter 11. The Phantom Steed

713VIII. How Bourbon Quitted the Chateau de Moulins.

57Chapter 12. Cawood Ferry

714IX. Chantelle.

58BOOK 5. THE OATH

715X. How the Bishop of Autun and the Comte de Saint-vallier were Arrested.

59Chapter 1. The Hut on Thorne Waste

716XI. Marcelline d'Herment.

60Chapter 2. Major Mowbray

717XII. The Chateau de Lallières.

61Chapter 3. Handassah

718XIII. The Mountain Hostelry.

62Chapter 4. The Dower of Sybil

719XIV. The Mill at Saint-simphorien.

63Chapter 5. The Sarcophagus

720XV. Vienne

64L’Envoy

721XVI. The Rock. In the Rhone.

65Jack Sheppard

722XVII. The Inn at Saint-andre

66EPOCH THE FIRST. 1703. JONATHAN WILD.

723XVIII. Saint-claude.

67Chapter 1. The Widow and her Child.

724XIX. In What Manner Bourbon Entered Besançon.

68Chapter 2. The Old Mint.

725BOOK III. THE CHEVALIER BAYARD.

69Chapter 3. The Master of the Mint.

726I. How the Comte de Saint-vallier's Pardon was Obtained.

70Chapter 4. The Roof and the Window.

727II. How Bourbon was Appointed to the Command Op the Imperial Army.

71Chapter 5. The Denunciation.

728III. The Two Armies in the Milanese.

72Chapter 6. The Storm.

729IV. How the Duke de Bourbon Entered Milan.

73Chapter 7. Old London Bridge.

730V. The Contessa di Chieri.

74EPOCH THE SECOND. 1715. THAMES DARRELL.

731VI. How Bourbon Assumed the Command of the Imperial Army.

75Chapter 1. The Idle Apprentice.

732VII. How Bonnivet Resolved to Retreat from Novara.

76Chapter 2. Thames Darrell.

733VIII. In Which Bayard Relates His Dream to de Lorges.

77Chapter 3. The Jacobite.

734IX. The Retreat of Romagnano.

78Chapter 4. Mr. Kneebone and his Friends.

735BOOK IV. THE SIEGE OF MARSEILLES.

79Chapter 5. Hawk and Buzzard.

736I. Moncalieri.

80Chapter 6. The first Step towards the Ladder.

737II. The Castle of Monaco.

81Chapter 7. Brother and Sister.

738III. How Bourbon was Proclaimed Comte de Provence.

82Chapter 8. Miching Mallecho.

739IV. Showing How Marseilles was Fortified.

83Chapter 9. Consequences of the Theft.

740V. In What Manner Pomperant Entered Marseilles.

84Chapter 10. Mother and Son.

741VI. “The Basilisk.”

85Chapter 11. The Mohocks.

742VII. The Amazons.

86Chapter 12. Saint Giles’s Round-house.

743VIII. Showing How the Bishop's Palace and the Church of Saint Cannat were Demolished.

87Chapter 13. The Magdalene.

744IX. Les Tranchers Des Dames.

88Chapter 14. The Flash Ken.

745X. How Pomperant Furnished a Safe-conduct to the Deputies to the King.

89Chapter 15. The Robbery in Willesden Church.

746XI. How Toulon was Besieged and Taken by the Marquis Del Vasto.

90Chapter 16. Jonathan Wild’s House in the Old Bailey.

747XII. Avignon.

91Chapter 17. The Night-Cellar.

748XIII. How Pomperant was Ordered for, Execution.

92Chapter 18. How Jack Sheppard broke out of the Cage at Willesden.

749XVI. The Mine.

93Chapter 19. Good and Evil.

750XV. How the Siege of Marseilles was Raised.

94EPOCH THE THIRD. 1724. THE PRISON-BREAKER.

751BOOK V. THE BATTLE OF PAVIA

95Chapter 1. The Return.

752I. How François I. Set Out for Italy, and How He Entered Milan.

96Chapter 2. The Burglary at Dollis Hill.

753II. Bonnivet's Last Interview with the Comtessa di Chieri.

97Chapter 3. Jack Sheppard’s Quarrel with Jonathan Wild.

754IV. Of the Stratagem Practised by Antonio de Leyva.

98Chapter 4. Jack Sheppard’s Escape from the New Prison.

755V. George von Frundsberg.

99Chapter 5. The Disguise.

756VI. How François I. Refused to Raise the Siege of Pavia.

100Chapter 6. Winifred receives two Proposals.

757VII. In What Manner Pomerrant Procured a Supply Op Powder for the Governor of Pavia.

101Chapter 7. Jack Sheppard warns Thames Darrell.

758VIII. How Marcelline d'Herment Came to Pavia to Solicit Her Brother's Pardon Prom the King.

102Chapter 8. Old Bedlam.

759IX. How Pescara Caused a Breach to be Made in the Walls of the Park of Mirabello.

103Chapter 9. Old Newgate.

760X. The Battle.

104Chapter 10. How Jack Sheppard got out of the Condemned Hold.

761XI. How Bonnivet was Slain by Bourbon.

105Chapter 11. Dollis Hill revisited.

762XII. How the King Surrendered to the Viceroy of Naples.

106Chapter 12. The Well Hole.

763BOOK VI. CHARLES V.

107Chapter 13. The Supper at Mr. Kneebone’s.

764I. How François I. was Taken to Madrid, and Confined in a Moorish Castle.

108Chapter 14. How Jack Sheppard was again captured.

765II. How the Treaty of Madrid was Signed.

109Chapter 15. How Blueskin underwent the Peine Forte et Dure.

766BOOK VII. THE SACK OF ROME.

110Chapter 16. How Jack Sheppard’s Portrait was painted.

767I. How von Frundsberg Once More Entered Italy with His Lanz-knechts.

111Chapter 17. The Iron Bar.

768II. How Bourbon Commenced His March to Home.

112Chapter 18. The Red Room.

769III. How Bourbon Reached the Apennines.

113Chapter 19. The Chapel.

770IV. The Prince of Orange.

114Chapter 20. The Leads.

771V. How Lannoy Vainly Attempted to Arrest Bourbon's March.

115Chapter 21. What befell Jack Sheppard in the Turner’s House.

772VI. Von Frundsberg's Last Carouse.

116Chapter 22. Fast and Loose.

773VIII. How Bourbon and His Bands Arrived Before Rome.

117Chapter 23. The last Meeting between Jack Sheppard and his Mother.

774VIII. Benvenuto Cellini.

118Chapter 24. The Pursuit.

775IX. The First Shot from the Walls.

119Chapter 25. How Jack Sheppard got rid of his Irons.

776X. In Saint Peter's.

120Chapter 26. How Jack Sheppard attended his Mother’s Funeral.

777Boscobel

121Chapter 27. How Jack Sheppard was brought back to Newgate.

778Preface

122Chapter 28. What happened at Dollis Hill.

779BOOK I. THE BATTLE OF WORCESTER

123Chapter 29. How Jack Sheppard was taken to Westminster Hall.

780Chapter I. How Charles the Second arrived before Worcester, and captured a fort, which he named “Fort Royal”

124Chapter 30. How Jonathan Wild’s House was burnt down.

781Chapter II. Showing how the Mayor of Worcester and the Sheriff were taken to Upton-On-Severn, and how they got back again

125Chapter 31. The Procession to Tyburn.

782Chapter III. How Charles made his triumphal entry into Worcester; and how he was proclaimed by the Mayor and Sheriff of that loyal city

126Chapter 32. The Closing Scene.

783Chapter IV. How Charles was lodged in the Episcopal Palace; and how Doctor Crosby preaohed before His Majesty in the Cathedral

127The Tower of London

784Chapter V. How Charles rode to Madresfield Court; and how Mistress Jane Lane and her brother, with Sir Clement Fisher, were presented to His Majesty

128Preface.

785Chapter VI. How Charles ascended the Worcestershire Beacon; and of the ambuscade prepared for him as he came down

129BOOK ONE

786Chapter VII. How Colonel Legge brought important news to the King, and how His Majesty paid a visit to Severn End.

130I. Of the Manner in Which Queen Jane Entered the Tower of London.

787Chapter VIII. Of the counsel given by Colonel Lesley to the King

131II. Of the Indignity Shown to the Privy Council by the Duke of Northumberland; And of the Resolution Taken by Simon Renard to Avenge Them.

788Chapter IX. Of the Grand Muster at Pitchcroft

132III. Of the Three Giants of the Tower, Og, Gog, and Magog; Of Xit, The Dwarf; Of the Fair Cicely; Of Peter Trusbut, The Pantler, and Potentia His Wife; Of Hairun the Rearward, Ribald the Warder, Mauger the Headsman, and Nightgall the Jailor: And of the Pleasant Pastime Held in the Stone Kitchen.

789Chapter X. The Bivouac on the Plain

133IV. Of the Mysterious Occurrence that Happened to Queen Jane in Saint John’s Chapel in the White Tower.

790Chapter XI. Colonel Roscarrock relates how the Earl of Derby was routed at Wigan

134V. Of the Misunderstanding that Arose Between Queen Jane and Her Husband, Lord Guilford Dudley.

791Chapter XII. How Urso Gives was wedded to Mary Rushout

135VI. Of the Solemn Exhortation Pronounced to the Giants by Master Edward Underhill, the “Hot-gospeller,” at Their Lodging in the By-ward Tower; And of the Effect Produced Thereby.

792Chapter XIII. Showing how the King had fortified the City

136VII. How Cuthbert Cholmondeley was Thrown into a Dungeon Near the Devilin Tower; And How a Mysterious Female Figure Appeared to Him There.

793Chapter XIV. By what means General Lambert gained the pass at Upton Bridge

137VIII. How Gilbert Escaped from the By-ward Tower, and Swam Across the Moat; How Og Hung Xit Upon a Hook; And How Lawrence Nightgall Brought the Token to Cicely.

794Chapter XV. How Cromwell reconnoitred the City from Red Hill

138IX. Of the Mysterious Manner in Which Gunnora Braose was Brought to the Tower.

795Chapter XVI. In which Massey proposes a night attack on the Enemy

139X. How the Duke of Northumberland Menaced Simon Renard in Saint Peter’s Chapel on the Tower-green; And How Queen Jane Interposed Between Them.

796Chapter XVII. How the suburbs of the City were burnt

140XI. How the Duke of Northumberland was Prevailed Upon to Undertake the Enterprise Against the Lady Mary.

797Chapter XVIII. How Urso Gives had an interview with the Lord General in the stable of Spetohley Manor-House

141XII. How Magog Became Enamoured of a Buxom Widow, Ycleped Dame Placida Paston; How He Went a Wooing; And How He Prospered in His Suit.

798Chapter XIX. The Camisade

142XIII. Of the Stratagem Practised by Cuthbert Cholmondeley on the Jailor.

799Chapter XX. How Urso Gives was arrested

143XIV. How Simon Renard and the Lords of the Council were Arrested by Lord Guilford Dudley.

800Chapter XXI. Showing how Dame Gives became a widow

144XV. How Gunnora Braose Sought an Audience of Queen Jane.

801Chapter XXII. How the Earl of Derby arrived at Worcester

145XVI. How the Council Deposed Queen Jane; And How She Fled from the Tower.

802Chapter XXIII. In what manner Jane Lane was captured, and brought before Cromwell

146XVII. In What Manner Jane was Brought Back to the Tower of London.

803Chapter XXIV. What Charles beheld from the summit of the Cathedral tower

147BOOK THE SECOND

804Chapter XXV. How Cromwell constructed a bridge of boats across the Severn

148I. Of the Arrival of Queen Mary in London; Of Her Entrance into the Tower; And of Her Reception of the Prisoners on the Green.

805Chapter XXVI. How Cromwell threw a flying bridge over the Teme

149II. How Jane was Imprisoned in the Brick Tower.

806Chapter XVII. The Fight of Powick Bridge

150III. How Simon Renard Ascended to the Roof of the White Tower; And of the Goodly Prospect He Beheld Therefrom.

807Chapter XXVIII. How the Battery on Perry Wood was taken by the King

151IV. Of the Tower of London; Its Antiquity and Foundation; Its Magnitude and Extent; Its Keep, Palace, Gardens, Fortifications, Dungeons, and Chapels; Its Walls, Bulwarks, and Moat; Its Royal Inmates; Its Constables, Jailors, Warders, and Other Officers; Its Prisoners, Executions, and Secret Murders.

808Chapter XXIX. How the Battle of Worcester was lost by the King

152V. How the Duke of Northumberland was Arraigned of High Treason in Westminster Hall; And How He Made Four Requests After the Judgment.

809Chapter XXX. How the Enemy entered the City, and how the King quitted it

153VI. By What Means the Duke of Northumberland was Reconciled to the Church of Rome.

810Chapter XXXI. The last stand made by the Royalists

154VII. How the Duke of Northumberland was Beheaded on Tower Hill.

811Chapter XXXII. The consultation at Barbourne Bridge, and the King’s flight

155VIII. Of Queen Mary’s Attachment to Courtenay.

812BOOK II. WHITE LADIES

156IX. Of the Duel Between Courtenay and Simon Renard; And How It was Interrupted.

813Chapter I. How Cromwell visited the dying Duke of Hamilton at the Commandery; and what passed between them

157X. Of the Conference Held Between Bishop Gardiner and Lady Jane Grey in the Beauchamp Tower.

814Chapter II. How the fugitive King and his companions rode from Barbourne Bridge to White Ladies

158XI. How Cuthbert Cholmondeley Revisited the Stone Kitchen; And How He Went in Search of Cicely.

815Chapter III. The Penderels

159XII. How Edward Underhill, the “Hot-gospeller,” Attempted to Assassinate Queen Mary; And How She was Preserved by Sir Henry Bedingfeld.

816Chapter IV. How Charles was disguised as a woodman

160XIII. How Magog Nearly Lost His Supper; How His Beard was Burnt; How Xit was Placed in a Basket; And How He was Kicked Upon the Ramparts.

817Chapter V. How Charles was concealed in Spring Coppice, and how it rained there, and nowhere else in the neighbourhood

161XIV. Of the Masque Given by Courtenay in Honour of Queen Mary; And How Xit was Swallowed by a Sea-monster.

818Chapter VI. How Charles supped at Hobbal Grange, and whom he met there

162XV. By Whose Instrumentality Queen Mary Became Convinced of Courtenay’s Inconstancy; And How She Affianced Herself to Philip of Spain.

819Chapter VII. How Charles And Trusty Dick were frightened by the Miller of Evelith

163XVI. What Befel Cicely in the Salt Tower.

820Chapter VIII. How the King was received by Mr. Francis Woolfe at Madeley Court

164XVII. Of the Conspiracy Formed by De Noailles; And How Xit Delivered a Letter to Elizabeth, And Visited Courtenay in the Lieutenant’s Lodgings.

821BOOK III. THE ROYAL OAK

165XVIII. How Courtenay Escaped from the Tower.

822Chapter I. Showing how the hunting-lodge was built by the Lord of Chillington, and how it acquired its name

166XIX. How Queen Mary Visited the Lions’ Tower; How Magog Gave His Dame a Lesson; And How Xit Conquered a Monkey, and was Worsted by a Bear.

823Chapter II. How Trusty Dick bethought him of the oak

167XX. How Edward Underhill was Burnt on Tower Green.

824Chapter III. How the King and Careless took refuge in the oak

168XXI. How Lord Guilford Dudley and Lady Jane were Arraigned and Attainted of High Treason; And How They were Pardoned by Queen Mary.

825Chapter IV. How Careless captured an owl in the oak

169XXII. Of Jane’s Return to Sion House; And of Her Endeavours to Dissuade Her Husband from Joining the Conspiracy Against Queen Mary.

826Chapter V. How they breakfasted in the oak

170XXIII. How Xit was Imprisoned in the Constable Tower; And How He was Wedded to the “Scavenger’s Daughter.”

827Chapter VI. How Colonel James halted beneath the oak

171XXIV. How Xit Escaped from the Constable Tower; And How He Found Cicely.

828Chapter VII. How they played at dice in the oak

172XXV. Of the Arrival of the Imperial Ambassadors; And of the Signing of the Marriage-treaty Between Mary and Philip of Spain.

829Chapter VIII. How they had a visitor in the oak, and in what manner they treated him

173XXVI. By What Means Gardiner Extracted the Secret of the Conspiracy from Courtenay; And of the Consequences of the Disclosure.

830Chapter IX. How Charles slept in the secret closet; and how Careless slept in a priest’s hole in the garret

174XXVII. Of the Insurrection of Sir Thomas Wyat.

831Chapter X. In which the King proves himself a good cook

175XXVIII. Of the Queen’s Speech in the Council-chamber; And of Her Interview with Sir Thomas Wyat.

832Chapter XI. What brought Father Huddlestone to Boscobel

176XXIX. The Siege of the Tower.

833BOOK IV. MOSELEY OLD HALL

177XXX. How Queen Mary Comported Herself During the Siege; How Lord Guilford Dudley was Captured; And How Sir Thomas Wyat and the Duke of Suffolk were Routed.

834Chapter I. Chillington House

178XXXI. How Jane Surrendered Herself a Prisoner; And How She Besought Queen Mary to Spare Her Husband.

835Chapter II. How the King was well-nigh captured by Madmannah

179XXXII. How the Princess Elizabeth was Brought a Prisoner to the Tower.

836Chapter III. How the King rode the miller’s horse; and how he was escorted during his ride

180XXXIII. How Nightgall was Bribed by De Noailles to Assassinate Simon Renard; And How Jane’s Death-warrant was Signed.

837Chapter IV. Where the King found Jasper

181XXXIV. How the Princess Elizabeth was Confronted with Sir Thomas Wyat in the Torture-chamber.

838Chapter V. By what device the King escaped being captured by Colonel Ashenhurst

182XXXV. How Xit Discovered the Secret of His Birth; And How He was Knighted Under the Title of Sir Narcissus Le Grand.

839Chapter VI. How the King bade farewell to the Penderels; and how His Majesty was received by Mr. Thomas Whitgreave of Moseley Old Hall

183XXXVI. How Cholmondeley Learnt the History of Cicely; How Nightgall Attempted to Assassinate Renard; And of the Terrible Fate that Befel Him.

840Chapter VII. How the King was presented to Mrs. Whitgreave

184XXXVII. How Jane was Imprisoned in the Martin Tower; How She was Visited by Roger Ascham; How She Received Feckenham’s Announcement that the Time of Her Execution was Fixed; And How She was Respited for Three Days.

841Chapter VIII. How two spies came by night to Moseley Old Hall

185XXXVIII. How the Princess Elizabeth and Courtenay were Delivered Out of the Tower to Further Durance; And How Queen Mary was Wedded, by Proxy, to Philip of Spain.

842BOOK V. JANE LANE

186XXXIX. Of the Wedding of Sir Narcissus Le Grand with Jane the Fool, and What Happened at It; And of the Entertainment Given by Him, on the Occasion, to His Old Friends at the Stone Kitchen.

843Chapter I. By whom the two spies were put to flight

187XL. Of the Vision Seen by Mauger and Sorrocold on the Tower Green.

844Chapter II. How the King arrived at Bentley House

188XLI. Of the Union of Cholmondeley with Angela.

845Chapter III. How Will Jones found a friend in the stable

189XLII. The Execution of Lady Jane Grey.

846Chapter IV. How Will Jones breakfasted with the men-servants in the buttery

190Guy Fawkes

847Chapter V. How they set out on the journey

191Preface.

848Chapter VI. What passed between Will Jones and the blacksmith

192BOOK THE FIRST. THE PLOT.

849Chapter VII. How they were received at Packington Hall

193Chapter I. An Execution in Manchester, at the Beginning of the Seventeenth Century.

850Chapter VIII. How they were stopped by the Troopers at Wootton Wawen

194Chapter II. Ordsall Cave.

851Chapter IX. How they arrived at Long Marston

195Chapter III. Ordsall Hall

852Chapter X. How Charles incurred the cook’s displeasure

196Chapter IV. The Search.

853BOOK VI. ABBOTS LEIGH

197Chapter V. Chat Moss.

854Chapter I. How the two grooms changed horses at Stoke-on-the-Wold

198Chapter VI. The Disinterment.

855Chapter II. How Charles took shelter during a storm in Rats Abbey barn; and how he delivered Careless and Dame Gives from the Troopers

199Chapter VII. Doctor Dee.

856Chapter III. What passed in the barber’s shop at Cirencester

200Chapter VIII. The Magic Glass.

857Chapter IV. Bristol in the Seventeenth Century

201Chapter IX. The Prison on Salford Bridge.

858Chapter V. How Charles found a faithful adherent at Abbots Leigh

202Chapter X. The Fate of the Pursuivant.

859Chapter VI. Careless brings the King good news

203Chapter XI. The Pilgrimage to St. Winifred's Well.

860Chapter VII. The Tavern-Keeper and the Skipper

204Chapter XII. The Vision.

861Chapter VIII. St. Augustine’s Green

205Chapter XIII. The Conspirators.

862Chapter IX. The Gorge of the Avon

206Chapter XIV. The Packet.

863BOOK VII. TRENT

207Chapter XV. The Elixir.

864Chapter I. Of the vengeance taken by Careless on the Troopers

208Chapter XVI. The Collegiate Church at Manchester.

865Chapter II. How Jane Lane agreed to attend the King to Trent

209Chapter XVII. The Rencounter.

866Chapter III. Colonel Francis Wyndham, of Trent

210Chapter XVIII. The Explanation.

867Chapter IV. Juliana Coningsby

211Chapter XIX. The Discovery.

868Chapter V. How Charles arrived at Fleet

212Chapter XX. The Departure from the Hall.

869Chapter VI. Of the Parting between the King and Jane Lane

213BOOK THE SECOND. THE DISCOVERY.

870Chapter VII. Of the interview between the King and Sir John Strangways in Melbury Park

214Chapter I. The Landing of the Powder.

871Chapter VIII. How the King heard the particulars of his own death and burial

215Chapter II. The Traitor.

872Chapter IX. Captain Ellesdon, of Lyme Regis

216Chapter III. The Escape Prevented.

873Chapter X. Stephen Limbry of Charmouth, Shipmaster

217Chapter IV. The Mine.

874Chapter XI. Of the arrangements made by Harry Peters with Dame Swan

218Chapter V. The Capture of Viviana.

875Chapter XII. How the King played at hide-and-seek at Trent

219Chapter VI. The Cellar.

876Chapter XIII. How Charles set out for Charmouth

220Chapter VII. The Star-chamber.

877Chapter XIV. How the King and Juliana were received by Dame Swan

221Chapter VIII. The Jailer's Daughter.

878Chapter XV. The Watchers by the Sea

222Chapter IX. The Counterplot.

879Chapter XVI. How the grey mare proved the better horse

223Chapter X. White Webbs.

880Chapter XVII. The Reverend Bartholomew Wesley

224Chapter XI. The Marriage in the Forest.

881Chapter XVIII. How the King fled from Bridport Harbour

225Chapter XII. The Fifth of November.

882Chapter XIX. Broad Windsor

226Chapter XIII. The Flight of the Conspirators.

883Chapter XX. Colonel Robin Philips, of Montacute House

227Chapter XIV. The Examination.

884Chapter XXI. How the King left Trent

228BOOK THE THIRD. THE CONSPIRATORS.

885Chapter XXII. How they dined at the George at Mere; and how the host related his dream

229Chapter I. How Guy Fawkes was Put to the Torture.

886Chapter XXIII. Heale House

230Chapter II. Showing the Troubles of Viviana.

887Chapter XXIV. How Charles encountered Desborough on Salisbury Plain

231Chapter III. Huddington.

888Chapter XXV. The Parting at Stonehenge

232Chapter IV. Holbeach.

889The Good Old Times (The Manchester Rebels of the Fatal '45)

233Chapter V. The Close of the Rebellion.

890Preface.

234Chapter VI. Hagley.

891BOOK I. ATHERTON LEGH.

235Chapter VII. Viviana's Last Night at Ordsall Hall.

892Chapter I. How the Infant Heir was Stolen.

236Chapter VIII. Hendlip.

893Chapter II. Manchester in 1745.

237Chapter IX. Whitehall.

894Chapter III. Introduces Dr. Deacon, Dr. Byrom, and Colonel Townley.

238Chapter X. The Parting of Viviana and Humphrey Chetham.

895Chapter IV. Sir Richard Rawcliffe.

239Chapter XI. The Subterranean Dungeon.

896Chapter V. Introduces Our Hero.

240Chapter XII. The Traitor Betrayed.

897Chapter VI. Advice.

241Chapter XIII. The Trial.

898Chapter VII. Rencounter Near the Old Town Cross.

242Chapter XIV. The Last Meeting of Fawkes and Viviana.

899Chapter VIII. Beppy Byrom.

243Chapter XV. Saint Paul's Churchyard.

900Chapter IX. The Two Curates of St. Ann's.

244Chapter XVI. Old Palace Yard.

901Chapter X. Constance Rawcliffe.

245Chapter XVII. The Last Execution.

902Chapter XI. The Boroughreeve of Manchester.

246Old Saint Paul's

903Chapter XII. The Rescue.

247BOOK THE FIRST.

904Chapter XIII. Constance Makes a Discovery.

248I. The Grocer of Wood-street and His Family.

905Chapter XIV. St. Ann's Square.

249II. The Coffin-maker.

906Chapter XV. How Salford House was Saved from Destruction.

250III. The Gamester and the Bully.

907Chapter XVI. Tom Syddall.

251IV. The Interview.

908Chapter XVII. How Tom Syddall was Carried Home in Triumph.

252V. The Pomander-box.

909Chapter XVIII. The Meeting in the Garden.

253VI. The Libertine Punished.

910Chapter XIX. Mrs. Butler.

254VII. The Plague Nurse.

911Chapter XX. The Jacobite Meeting in Tom Syddall's Back Room.

255VIII. The Mosaical Rods.

912Chapter XXI. Ben Birch, the Bellman of Manchester.

256IX. The Miniature.

913BOOK II. PRINCE CHARLES EDWARD IN MANCHESTER.

257X. The Duel.

914Chapter I. How Manchester was Taken by a Sergeant, a Drummer, and a Scottish Lassie.

258BOOK THE SECOND.

915Chapter II. The Proclamation at the Cross.

259I. Progress of the Pestilence.

916Chapter III. Father Jerome.

260II. In What Manner the Grocer Victualled His House.

917Chapter IV. General Sir John Macdonald.

261III. The Quack Doctors.

918Chapter V. Helen Carnegie's Story.

262IV. The Two Watchmen.

919Chapter VI. Captain Lindsay.

263V. The Blind Piper and His Daughter

920Chapter VII. A Residence is Chosen for the Prince.

264VI. Old London from Old Saint Paul's.

921Chapter VIII. Interview Between Secretary Murray and the Magistrates.

265VII. Paul's Walk.

922Chapter IX. Arrival of the First Division of the Highland Army. Lord George Murray.

266VIII. The Amulet.

923Chapter X. The Duke of Perth.

267IX. How Leonard was Cured of the Plague.

924Chapter XI. Arrival of the Second Division.

268X. The Pest-house in Finsbury Fields.

925Chapter XII. The Young Chevalier.

269XI. How the Grocer Shut Up His House.

926Chapter XIII. The Prince's Interview with Mrs. Butler and the Two Damsels.

270BOOK THE THIRD.

927Chapter XIV. The Prince's March to Head-quarters.

271I. The Imprisoned Family.

928Chapter XV. The Prince's Levee.

272II. How Fires were Lighted in the Streets.

929Chapter XVI. The Illuminations.

273III. The Dance of Death.

930Chapter XVII. A Quarrel at Supper.

274IV. The Plague-pit.

931Chapter XVIII. Captain Weir.

275V. How Saint Pathos was Used as a Pest-house.

932Chapter XIX. Captain Weir is Interrogated by the Prince.

276VI. The Departure.

933Chapter XX. The Duel.

277VII. The Journey.

934Chapter XXI. Castle Field.

278VIII. Ashdown Lodge.

935Chapter XXII. Father Jerome Counsels Sir Richard.

279IX. Kingston Lisle.

936Chapter XXIII. The Prince Attends Service at the Collegiate Church.

280BOOK THE FOURTH.

937Chapter XXIV. The Prince Inspects the Manchester Regiment.

281I. The Plague at Its Height.

938Chapter XXV. An Unsatisfactory Explanation.

282II. The Second Plague-pit.

939Chapter XXVI. The Ride to Rawcliffe Hall.

283III. The House in Nicholas-lane.

940Chapter XXVII. Rawcliffe Hall.

284IV. The Trials of Amabel.

941Chapter XXVIII. A Startling Disclosure.

285V. The Marriage and Its Consequences.

942Chapter XXIX. The Mysterious Chamber.

286VI. The Certificate.

943Chapter XXX. A Terrible Catastrophe.

287BOOK THE FIFTH.

944Chapter XXXI. Sir Richard Rawcliffe's Confession.

288I. The Decline of the Plague.

945Chapter XXXII. Atherton's Decision is Made.

289II. The Midnight Meeting.

946BOOK III. THE MARCH TO DERBY, AND THE RETREAT.

290BOOK THE SIXTH.

947Chapter I. An Old Jacobite Dame.

291I. The Fire-hall.

948Chapter II. Atherton's Gift to Constance.

292II. The First Night of the Fire.

949Chapter III. A Retreat Resolved Upon.

293III. Progress of the Fire.

950Chapter IV. How the Manchester Regiment was Welcomed on Its Return.

294IV. Leonard's Interview with the King.

951Chapter V. A Fresh Subsidy Demanded.

295V. How Leonard Saved the King's Life.

952Chapter VI. A False Message Brought to Helen.

296VI. How the Grocer's House was Burnt.

953Chapter VII. A Court-martial.

297VII. The Burning of Saint Paul's.

954Chapter VIII. Helen Pleads in Vain.

298VIII. How Leonard Rescued the Lady Isabella.

955Chapter IX. Together to the Last.

299IX. What Befel Chowles and Judith in the Vaults of Saint Faith's.

956Chapter X. Mr. James Bayley.

300X. Conclusion.

957Chapter XI. The Vision.

301The Miser's Daughter

958Chapter XII. The Retreat from Manchester to Carlisle.

302BOOK I. RANDULPH CREW

959BOOK IV. CARLISLE.

303Chapter I.

960Chapter I. Colonel Townley Appointed Commandant of the Carlisle Garrison.

304Chapter II.

961Chapter II. Atherton Taken Prisoner.

305Chapter III.

962Chapter III. The Duke of Cumberland.

306Chapter IV.

963Chapter IV. Surrender of Carlisle to the Duke of Cumberland.

307Chapter V.

964BOOK V. JEMMY DAWSON.

308Chapter VI.

965Chapter I. The Escape at Wigan.

309Chapter VII.

966Chapter II. The Meeting at Warrington.

310Chapter VIII.

967Chapter III. Atherton Takes Refuge at Rawcliffe Hall.

311Chapter IX.

968Chapter IV. An Enemy in the House.

312Chapter X.

969Chapter V. A Point of Faith.

313Chapter XI.

970Chapter VI. A Letter from Beppy Byrom.

314Chapter XII.

971Chapter VII. Atherton Questions the Priest.

315Chapter XIII.

972Chapter VIII. The Search.

316Chapter XIV.

973Chapter IX. Who was Found in the Dismantled Rooms.

317Chapter XV.

974Chapter X. A Successful Stratagem.

318Chapter XVI.

975Chapter XI. Atherton Meets with Dr. Deacon at Rosthern.

319Chapter XVII.

976Chapter XII. A Sad Communication is Made to Dr. Deacon.

320Chapter XVIII.

977Chapter XIII. A Journey to London Proposed.

321Chapter XIX.

978Chapter XIV. Jemmy Dawson's Letter.

322Chapter XX.

979Chapter XV. The Parting Between Monica and Her Mother.

323BOOK II. TRUSSELL BEECHCROFT

980Chapter XVI. The Journey.

324Chapter I.

981BOOK VI. KENNINGTON COMMON.

325Chapter II.

982Chapter I. Monica Visits Jemmy in Newgate.

326Chapter III.

983Chapter II. Colonel Conway.

327Chapter IV.

984Chapter III. Cumberland House.

328Chapter V.

985Chapter IV. The Trial of the Manchester Rebels.

329Chapter VI.

986Chapter V. The Night Before the Executions.

330Chapter VII.

987Chapter VI. The Fatal Day.

331Chapter VIII.

988Chapter VII. Five Years Later.

332Chapter IX.

989Preston Fight

333Chapter X.

990BOOK THE FIRST: THE EARL OF DERWENTWATER.

334Chapter XI.

991I. Dilston Castle.

335BOOK III. ABEL BEECHCROFT

992II. The Chevalier de Saint George.

336Chapter I.

993III. Nicholas Ribbleton.

337Chapter II.

994IV. The Little Chapel.

338Chapter III.

995V. Anna Webb and Dorothy Forster.

339Chapter IV.

996VI. Lady Webb.

340Chapter V.

997VII. The Proposal.

341Chapter VI.

998VIII. Colonel Oxburgh and His Companions.

342Chapter VII.

999IX. Confession.

343Chapter VIII.

1000X. A Banquet.

344Chapter IX.

1001XI. A Mysterious Occurrence in the Chapel.

345Chapter X.

1002XII. A Letter from the Earl of Mar.

346Chapter XI.

1003XIII. The Betrothal.

347Chapter XII.

1004XIV. The Spy.

348Chapter XIII.

1005XV. A General Departure.

349Chapter XIV.

1006BOOK THE SECOND: BAMBOROUGH CASTLE

350Chapter XV.

1007I. The High Sheriff.

351Chapter XVI.

1008II. Pursuit.

352Chapter XVII.

1009III. Lord Widdrington.

353Chapter XVIII.

1010IV. Dunstanborough Castle.

354Windsor Castle

1011V. How the Prince was Lodged in the Old Fortress.

355BOOK 1. ANNE BOLEYN

1012VI. Anna's Adventure in the Cavern.

3561.

1013VII. An Alarm.

3572.

1014VIII. How the Sheriff and His Troop were Cared for.

3583.

1015IX. The Prince's Parting Injunctions to Lord Derwentwater and Anna.

3594.

1016X. The Escape.

3605.

1017BOOK THE THIRD: THE INSURRECTION IN SCOTLAND.

3616.

1018I. The Hunting in Braemar.

3627.

1019II. Brigadier Mackintosh of Borlum.

3638.

1020III. How the Standard was Set Up, and King James Proclaimed at Castletown.

3649.

1021BOOK THE FOURTH: THE RISING IN NORTHUMBERLAND.

36510.

1022I. Dilston Revisited.

366BOOK 2. HERNE THE HUNTER

1023II. A Warrant Issued for the Earl's Arrest.

3671.

1024III. The Woodcutter's Hut

3682.

1025IV. The Maiden's Walk.

3693.

1026V. How Charles Radclyffe Provoked Sir William Lorraine.

3704.

1027VI. How Charles Radclyffe Joined the Earl at the Hut.

3715.

1028VII. How the Magistrates and the Militiamen were Forced to Quit the Castle.

3726.

1029VIII. How the Earl Took Leave of the Countess.

3737.

1030IX. Mad-jack Hall of Otterburn.

3748.

1031X. The Race on Simonside.

3759.

1032XI. Wanny Crags.

37610.

1033XII. Warkworth Castle.

377BOOK 3. THE HISTORY OF THE CASTLE

1034XIII. Organisation of the Force.

3781.

1035XIV. The Earl's Brief Visit to Dilston.

3792.

1036XV. How the Earl was Rescued by Nathan the Woodcutter.

3803.

1037BOOK THE FIFTH: THE MARCH FROM HEXHAM TO LONGTOWN.

3814.

1038I. The Junction with the South Country Scots.

3825.

1039II. Mackintosh's Achievements.

383BOOK 4. CARDINAL WOLSEY

1040III. Sunday at Kelso.

3841.

1041IV. A Council of War.

3852.

1042V. Further Dissensions.

3863.

1043VI. The Highlanders Refuse to Cross the Border.

3874.

1044VII. Lord Widdrington Returns from Lancashire.

3885.

1045BOOK THE SIXTH: THE MARCH FROM PENRITH TO PRESTON.

3896.

1046I. The Rout on Penrith Fell.

3907.

1047II. Madam Bellingham.

3918.

1048III. Hornby Castle.

3929.

1049IV. Sir Henry Hoghton and the Quaker.

39310.

1050V. How the Prisoners in Lancaster Castle were Released.

39411.

1051VI. Lancashire Witches.

39512.

1052BOOK THE SEVENTH: THE ATTACK.

396BOOK 5. MABEL LYNDWOOD

1053I. Proud Preston.

3971.

1054II. How King James was Proclaimed for the Last Time.

3982.

1055III. The Countess and Dorothy Arrive at Preston.

3993.

1056IV. Mrs. Scarisbrick.

4004.

1057V. Important Recruits.

4015.

1058VI. The Ball at the Town-hall.

4026.

1059VII. Ralph Fairbrother.

4037.

1060VIII. Apathy of General Forster.

404BOOK 6. JANE SEYMOUR

1061IX. Parson Woods of Chowbent.

4051.

1062X. General Wills Arrives at Preston.

4062.

1063BOOK THE EIGHTH: THE DEFENCE

4073.

1064I. The Barricades.

4084.

1065II. What the Countess and Dorothy Beheld from the Summit of the Mansion.

4095.

1066III. The Commencement of the Assault.

4106.

1067IV. Altercation Between Forster and MacKintosh.

4117.

1068V. How the Two Large Houses in Church-street were Taken by the Assailants.

4128.

1069VI. Houses Burnt by the Assailants.

413The Lancashire Witches

1070VII. The Windmill Barricade.

414INTRODUCTION. THE LAST ABBOT OF WHALLEY

1071VIII. How the Two Large Houses were Illuminated.

415Chapter 1. The Beacon on Pendle Hill

1072IX. The Ford.

416Chapter 2. The Eruption

1073X. By Whom the Countess and Dorothy were Liberated.

417Chapter 3. Whalley Abbey

1074XI. An Unlucky Shot.

418Chapter 4. The Malediction

1075BOOK THE NINTH

419Chapter 5. The Midnight Mass

1076I. How a Party of Dragoons was Routed by Captain Gordon.

420Chapter 6. Teter Et Fortis Carcer

1077II. Meeting of Carpenter and Wills.

421Chapter 7. The Abbey Mill

1078III. General Forster Wishes to Capitulate.

422Chapter 8. The Executioner

1079IV. Colonel Oxburgh Proposes Terms of Surrender to Wills.

423Chapter 9. Wiswall Hall

1080V. Captain Dalziel has a Conference with Wills.

424Chapter 10. The Holehouses

1081VI. How Forster Learnt that He Had Been Betrayed.

425BOOK THE FIRST. ALIZON DEVICE

1082VII. Colonel Cotton.

426Chapter 1. The May Queen

1083VIII. Hostages Required.

427Chapter 2. The Black Cat and the White Dove

1084IX. In What Manner the Hostages were Received by General Wills.

428Chapter 3. The Asshetons

1085X. Brigadier MacKintosh Dissuades the Earl of Wintoun from Sallying Forth.

429Chapter 4. Alice Nutter

1086XI. The Terms of the Treaty are Accepted.

430Chapter 5. Mother Chattox

1087XII. The Insurgent Officers Deliver Up Their Swords.

431Chapter 6. The Ordeal by Swimming

1088XIII. How Brigadier MacKintosh Parted with His Claymore.

432Chapter 7. The Ruined Conventual Church

1089XIV. The Two Generals Enter the Town.

433Chapter 8. The Revelation

1090XV. The Town is Plundered by the Soldiery.

434Chapter 9. The Two Portraits in the Banqueting-hall

1091XVI. Captain Shaftoe is Shot.

435Chapter 10. The Nocturnal Meeting

1092BOOK THE TENTH: THE DUNGEON.

436BOOK THE SECOND. PENDLE FOREST

1093I. The Chief Insurgent Prisoners are Taken to London.

437Chapter 1. Flint

1094II. The Earl of Derwentwater is Imprisoned in the Devereux Tower.

438Chapter 2. Read Hall

1095III. The Earl of Nithsdale's Escape.

439Chapter 3. The Boggart’s Glen

1096IV. The Earl of Wintoun's Escape.

440Chapter 4. The Reeve of the Forest

1097V. General Forster's Escape from Newgate.

441Chapter 5. Bess’s O’ Th’ Booth

1098VI. Brigadier Mackintosh's Escape

442Chapter 6. The Temptation

1099BOOK THE ELEVENTH: THE SCAFFOLD.

443Chapter 7. The Perambulation of the Boundaries

1100I. The Last Parting Between the Earl of Derwent-water and the Countess.

444Chapter 8. Rough Lee

1101II. How Lord Widdrington Took a Last Leave of the Earl of Derwentwater.

445Chapter 9. How Rough Lee was Defended by Nicholas

1102III. How the Earl of Derwentwater was Beheaded.

446Chapter 10. Roger Nowell and his Double

1103IV. What Happened in the Chapel at Dagenham Park.

447Chapter 11. Mother Demdike

1104V. The Journey to Dilston.

448Chapter 12. The Mysteries of Malkin Tower

1105VI. The Interment.

449Chapter 13. The Two Familiars

1106The Leaguer of Lathom

450Chapter 14. How Rough Lee was Again Besieged

1107BOOK I. THE SIEGE OF MANCHESTER

451Chapter 15. The Phantom Monk

1108Chapter I. A Presage of Ill

452Chapter 16. One O’clock!

1109Chapter II. Lord Strange

453Chapter 17. How the Beacon Fire was Extinguished

1110Chapter III. The Dying Earl

454BOOK THE THIRD. HOGHTON TOWER

1111Chapter IV. Prince Rupert

455Chapter 1. Downham Manor-house

1112Chapter V. Charles the First

456Chapter 2. The Penitent’s Retreat

1113Chapter VI. Colonel Rosworm

457Chapter 3. Middleton Hall

1114Chapter VII. Gertrude Rosworm

458Chapter 4. The Gorge of Cliviger

1115Chapter VIII. Alport Lodge

459Chapter 5. The End of Malkin Tower

1116Chapter IX. A View of Old Manchester from the Tower of the Collegiate Church

460Chapter 6. Hoghton Tower

1117Chapter X. Warden Heyrick and Mr. Bourne

461Chapter 7. The Royal Declaration concerning Lawful Sports on the Sunday

1118Chapter XI. The Assault

462Chapter 8. How King James Hunted the Hart and the Wild-boar in Hoghton Park

1119Chapter XII. Captain Cranage

463Chapter 9. The Banquet

1120Chapter XIII. Rosworm proposes to burn Alport Lodge

464Chapter 10. Evening Entertainments

1121Chapter XIV. The Nocturnal Thanksgiving

465Chapter 11. Fatality

1122Chapter XV. The Sortie

466Chapter 12. The Last Hour

1123Chapter XVI. The Burning of Alport Lodge

467Chapter 13. The Masque of Death

1124Chapter XVII. Whither Gertrude was taken

468Chapter 14. “One Grave”

1125Chapter XVIII. The Earl of Derby has an Interview with Rosworm

469Chapter 15. Lancaster Castle

1126Chapter XIX. How Rosworm got the Earl out of the Town

470Auriol

1127Chapter XX. How the Siege was Raised by Command of the King

471Prologue

1128BOOK II. CHARLOTTE DE LA TRÉMOILLE, COUNTESS OF DERBY

472BOOK THE FIRST. EBBA

1129Chapter I. Lathom House

473Chapter 1. The Ruined House in the Vauxhall Road

1130Chapter II. Queen Henrietta Maria

474Chapter 2. The Dog-fancier

1131Chapter III. What the Queen beheld from the Eagle Tower

475Chapter 3. The Hand and the Cloak

1132Chapter IV. How Gertrude Rosworm arrived at Lathom House

476Chapter 4. The Iron-merchant’s Daughter

1133Chapter V. How Gertrude personated the Queen

477Chapter 5. The Meeting near the Statue

1134BOOK III. THE STORMING OF LANCASTER

478Chapter 6. The Charles the Second Spaniel

1135Chapter I. Hoghton Tower

479Chapter 7. The Hand Again!

1136Chapter II. The Spanish Man-of-War

480Chapter 8. The Barber of London

1137Chapter III. Engracia

481Chapter 9. The Moon in the First Quarter

1138Chapter IV. How Don Fortunio and his Daughter were received by the Countess of Derby

482Chapter 10. The Statue at Charing Cross

1139Chapter V. Love and Jealousy

483Chapter 11. Preparations

1140Chapter VI. How the Mayor of Lancaster was summoned by the Earl of Derby to surrender the Tower

484Chapter 12. The Chamber of Mystery

1141Chapter VII. How Lancaster was taken by the Earl

485INTERMEAN 1800

1142Chapter VIII. How Preston surrendered to the Earl of Derby

486Chapter 1. The Tomb of the Rosicrucian

1143Chapter IX. How Frank Standish brought news of the Surrender of Preston

487Chapter 2. The Compact

1144Chapter X. How Hoghton Tower was blown up

488Chapter 3. Irresolution

1145Chapter XI. How Lord Goring brought a Despatch from the King to the Earl of Derby

489Chapter 4. Edith Talbot

1146BOOK IV. THE SURRENDER OF WARRINGTON

490Chapter 5. The Seventh Night

1147Chapter I. The Countess proposes to write to Prince Rupert

491BOOK THE SECOND CYPRIAN ROUGEMONT

1148Chapter II. What passed between Standish and Gertrude

492Chapter 1. The Cell

1149Chapter III. How Gertrude accompanied Standish

493Chapter 2. The Enchanted Chairs

1150Chapter IV. How Gertrude found her Father at Wigan

494Chapter 3. Gerard Paston

1151Chapter V. How Gertrude warned the Earl that Warrington was in danger

495Chapter 4. The Pit

1152Chapter VI. How Warrington was assaulted by Colonel Assheton and Colonel Holland

496Chapter 5. New Perplexities

1153Chapter VII. How Standish returned from his Mission

497Chapter 6. Doctor Lamb Again

1154Chapter VIII. How the Earl took his Departure for the Isle of Man

498The Star Chamber

1155BOOK V. THE BELEAGUERED MANSION

499Chapter 1. The Three Cranes in the Vintry.

1156Chapter I. Of the Garrison at Lathom House

500Chapter 2. Sir Giles Mompesson and his partner.

1157Chapter II. How Captain Markland brought a Letter from Sir Thomas Fairfax to the Countess

501Chapter 3. The French ordinary.

1158Chapter III. How Captain Markland brought a second Letter from Sir Thomas Fairfax, and in what Manner the Countess replied to it

502Chapter 4. A Star–Chamber victim.

1159Chapter IV. How Sir Thomas Fairfax came to Lathom House, and what passed between him and the Countess

503Chapter 5. Jocelyn Mounchensey.

1160Chapter V. How a Stand in the Park was destroyed by Rigby, and a Mill burnt

504Chapter 6. Provocation.

1161Chapter VI. What happened in the Ruins of Burscough Priory

505Chapter 7. How Lord Roos obtained Sir Francis Mitchell’s signature.

1162Chapter VII. Of the Message brought by Colonel Morgan to the Countess

506Chapter 8. Of Lupo Vulp, Captain Bludder, Clement Lanyere, and Sir Giles’s other Myrmidons.

1163Chapter VIII. How the Intrenchments were made

507Chapter 9. The Letters–Patent.

1164Chapter IX. Of the Sortie made by Captains Chisenhale and Standish

508Chapter 10. The ‘prentices and their leader.

1165Chapter X. Of the important Prisoner brought in by Standish

509Chapter 11. John Wolfe.

1166Chapter XI. How the Countess received a Visit from several Royalist Gentlemen

510Chapter 12. The Arrest and the Rescue.

1167Chapter XII. How Rosworm was taken by Standish to the Guard-room in the Gate-house

511Chapter 13. How Jocelyn Mounchensey encountered a masked horseman on Stamford Hill.

1168Chapter XIII. In what Manner a Letter was sent to Colonel Rosworm

512Chapter 14. The May–Queen and the Puritan’s Daughter.

1169Chapter XIV. A Traitor punished

513Chapter 15. Hugh Calveley.

1170Chapter XV. How a Letter sent by the Earl of Derby to Fairfax was brought by Captain Ashhurst to the Countess

514Chapter 16. Of the sign given by the Puritan to the Assemblage.

1171Chapter XVI. How two Pieces of Ordnance were seized by Standish

515Chapter 17. A rash promise.

1172Chapter XVII. Of the Preparations made for a Grand Sortie

516Chapter 18. How the promise was cancelled.

1173Chapter XVIII. Of the Daring Deeds done by the Cavaliers in the Sortie; and how the New Fort was taken by Standish

517Chapter 19. Theobalds’ Palace.

1174Chapter XIX. How a Council of War was held by the Besiegers; and how a Day of Fasting and Prayer was appointed by Fairfax

518Chapter 20. King James the First.

1175Chapter XX. How a Cannon-shot fired by the Besiegers burst into the Countess’s Chamber

519Chapter 21. Consequences of the Puritan’s warning.

1176Chapter XXI. Of the Experiments made by the Besiegers with the Great Mortar

520Chapter 22. Wife and Mother-inLaw.

1177Chapter XXII. How a Summons was sent by Rigby to the Countess to yield up the Castle and sue for Mercy to the Parliament; and of the Answer she returned

521Chapter 23. The Tress of Hair.

1178Chapter XXIII. Showing how the Great Mortar was captured by Standish and Chisenhale

522Chapter 24. The Fountain Court.

1179Chapter XXIV. How Colonel Holland promised to bring Reinforcements from Manchester

523Chapter 25. Sir Thomas Lake.

1180Chapter XXV. Of Asaph the Avenger, and the terrible Crime he committed

524Chapter 26. The forged Confession.

1181Chapter XXVI. Of Gertrude’s last Parting with Standish

525Chapter 27. The Puritan’s Prison.

1182Chapter XXVII. How the Soldiers of the Garrison looked their last on their Favourite

526Chapter 28. The Secret.

1183Chapter XXVIII. How a Letter was brought to the Countess from her Husband

527Chapter 29. Luke Hatton.

1184Chapter XXIX. How Standish encountered Rosworm

528Chapter 30. Poison.

1185Chapter XXX. How Standish found Engracia at Knowsley

529Chapter 31. Counter–Poison.

1186Chapter XXXI. How the Jewels were sold to Simon Ophir, the Liverpool Jew

530Chapter 32. Showing that “our pleasant vices are made the whips to scourge us.”

1187BOOK VI. PRINCE RUPERT

531Chapter 33. How the forged Confession was produced.

1188Chapter I. Of the Royalist Force under Prince Rupert

532Chapter 34. A visit to Sir Giles Mompesson’s habitation near the fleet.

1189Chapter II. How Standish returned to Lathom House, but stayed to sup at Knowsley on the Way thither

533Chapter 35. Of the Wager between the Conde de Gondomar and the Marquis of Buckingham.

1190Chapter III. How Stockport Bridge was defended by Colonels Duckenfield and Mainwaring, and how it was taken by Prince Rupert and the Earl of Derby

534Chapter 36. A Cloud in the Horizon.

1191Chapter IV. Of the brief Visit paid by Prince Rupert to the Countess

535Chapter 37. Whitehall.

1192BOOK VII. THE STORMING OF BOLTON

536Chapter 38. Prince Charles.

1193Chapter I. How Bolton was assaulted; and how the Attack was repulsed

537Chapter 39. The old Palace–Yard of Westminster.

1194Chapter II. How Stephen Marsh offered to take Two Hundred Musketeers into the Town

538Chapter 40. The Tilt–Yard.

1195Chapter III. What passed between Colonel Rigby and Rosworm

539Chapter 41. The Tilting Match.

1196Chapter IV. How Engracia and her Father escaped by the subterranean Passage

540Chapter 42. The Felon Knight.

1197Chapter V. The Second Assault, and the Massacre

541Chapter 43. The private Cabinet of Sir Giles Mompesson.

1198Chapter VI. How Standish met Rosworm for the last Time

542Chapter 44. Clement Lanyere’s Story.

1199Chapter VII. How the Colours taken at Bolton were presented to the Countess

543Chapter 45. Sir Jocelyn’s rupture with de Gondomar.

1200Chapter VIII. Again on the Eagle Tower

544Chapter 46. Disgrace.

1201Chapter IX. How Prince Rupert visited Lathom House

545Chapter 47. How Sir Jocelyn’s cause was espoused by the ‘prentices.

1202Chapter X. How a Banquet was given in the Great Hall, and a Bonfire lighted in the Court- yard

546Chapter 48. A Noble Revenge.

1203Chapter XI. Of the Marriage that took place in the Chapel

547Chapter 49. A Place of Refuge.

1204Chapter XII. The Siege of Liverpool

548Chapter 50. The Arrest.

1205Chapter XIII. Death of Standish

549Chapter 51. The Old Fleet Prison.

1206BOOK VIII. SEVEN YEARS LATER

550Chapter 52. How Sir Jocelyn was brought to the Fleet.

1207Chapter I. The Earl of Derby’s last journey

551Chapter 53. The Abduction.

1208Chapter II. The Headsman

552Chapter 54. The “Stone Coffin.”

1209Chapter III. A Tumult

553Chapter 55. A Secret Friend.

1210Chapter IV. The Block

554Chapter 56. Showing how judgment was given by King James in the Star–Chamber, in the great cause of the Countess of Exeter against Sir Thomas and Lady Lake.

1211Chapter V. Martyrdom

555Chapter 57. The two warrants.

1212Chetwynd Calverley

556Chapter 58. The Silver Coffer.

1213INTRODUCTION. THE YOUNG STEPMOTHER.

557Chapter 59. How the Marriage was interrupted.

1214I. Ouselcroft.

558Chapter 60. Accusations.

1215II. Teresa.

559Chapter 61. Judgment.

1216III. Mr. Calverley.

560Concluding Chapter. Retribution.

1217IV. Father and Son.

561Ovingdean Grange

1218V. The Old Butler.

562BOOK I. JOHN HABERGEON

1219VI. Self-examination.

563Chapter I. A View From An Old Barrow On The South Downs

1220VII. Terrible Suspicions.

564Chapter II. Ovingdean Grange In The Year Sixteen Hundred And Fifty-One

1221VIII. Death of Mr. Calverley.

565Chapter III. Showing What Befel Clavering Maunsel After The Battle Of Worcester

1222BOOK THE FIRST. MILDRED.

566BOOK II. INCREASE MICKLEGIFT

1223I. Suitors.

567Chapter I. Showing That A Chimney May Serve For Other Purposes Than As A Passage For Smoke

1224II. Sir Bridgnorth Charlton.

568Chapter II. What Passed Between The Independent Minister And Dulcia In The Churchyard

1225III. Inquiries.

569Chapter III. Some Of The Vexations Experienced By A Royalist Gentleman At The Time Of The Commonwealth

1226IV. Portraits.

570BOOK III. HAWKING ON THE DOWNS

1227V. The Pocket-book.

571Chapter I. The Ostreger And His Son

1228VI. Brackley Heath.

572Chapter II. The Proclamation

1229VII. Captain Danvers.

573Chapter III. The Tartaret And The Heron

1230VIII. Brackley Hall.

574Chapter IV. Captain Stelfax

1231IX. Lady Barfleur.

575BOOK IV. THE SEARCH BY THE IRONSIDES

1232X. The Gallery.

576Chapter I. The Priory Ruins

1233XI. What Passed in the Garden.

577Chapter II. Mock-Beggar Hall And Its Inmate

1234XII. Brackley Mere.

578Chapter III. How Ninian Delivered His Message

1235XIII. Pursuit of the Gipsies.

579Chapter IV. In What Manner The Captain Of The Ironsides Employed His Time At The Grange

1236XIV. The Bloodhound.

580Chapter V. Showing How Increase Micklegift Did A Turn To Clavering

1237XV. The Deerhounds.

581BOOK V. FOX AND WOLF

1238BOOK THE SECOND. THE HEIRESS OF BRACKLEY HALL.

582Chapter I. How Clavering Came Down The Chimney; And How Mickelgift Lent Him Aid For The Second Time

1239I. The Last of the Old Cheshire Squires.

583Chapter II. How Mickelgift Was Ignominiously Expelled From The Grange

1240II. A Consultation.

584Chapter III. How The Captain Of The Ironsides Took Possession Of The Colonel’s Chamber

1241III. Chetwynd's Letter.

585Chapter IV. Of The Message Sent By Micklegift To Stelfax; And Of The Plan For Ensnaring The Fugitives Devised By The Latter

1242IV. How the Direful News was Received by Mrs. Calverley; And How Sir Bridgnorth Volunteered to Make Inquiries as to Its Truth.

586Chapter V. How The Captain Of The Ironsides Inspected The Village Church, And Made Another Capture

1243BOOK THE THIRD. WALTER LIDDEL.

587BOOK VI. THE DEVIL’S DYKE

1244I. On Westminster Bridge.

588Chapter I. Showing How Ninian Escaped; And How The Other Prisoners Were Taken To The Church Tower

1245II. The House in Spencer's Kents.

589Chapter II. The Chase Of The Cavalier

1246III. Introduces Mr. Tankard, Mr. Laekins, and Mr. Pledger Dapp.

590Chapter III. Of The Guests At The Poynings’ Arms

1247IV. Sigebert Smart.

591Chapter IV. The Legend Of The Devil’s Dyke As Related By Master Cisbury Oldfirle, Schoolmaster, Of Poynings

1248V. Romney.

592Chapter V. How Stelfax Took The Cavalier To The Grange; And What Happened By The Way

1249VI. Rose Hartley.

593Chapter VI. By What Means The Prisoners Escaped From The Church

1250VII. Tom Tankard.

594BOOK VII. CAPTAIN TATTERSALL OF THE SWIFTSURE

1251VIII. As a Footman.

595Chapter I. How Sargeant Delves Was Reprimanded By His Leader

1252IX. In which Miss Clotilde Tripp and Miss Flora Sickle-more Make Their Appearance.

596Chapter II. In What Manner Colonel Gunter Was Liberated

1253X. Supper.

597Chapter III. The Night Ride To Newhaven—The Brig And The Frigate

1254BOOK THE FOURTH. PROBATION.

598Chapter IV. The “Star” At Alfriston

1255I. The First Step.

599Chapter V. How Mr. Beard And Dulcia Were Taken As Hostages For Colonel Maunsel

1256II. The Second Ordeal.

600Chapter VI. The Shepherds On Mount Caburn

1257III. The Return to Ouselcroft.

601Chapter VII. What Happened At The “Dolphin” At Shoreham

1258IV. Which of the Two?

602BOOK VIII. CHARLES THE SECOND AT OVINGDEAN GRANGE

1259V. How Captain Danvers was Thrown Over by Both Ladies.

603Chapter I. The Paper Bullet

1260VI. Mrs. Calverley Renders Chetwynd an Important Service.

604Chapter II. A Royal Wanderer

1261VII. How Chetwynd and Emmeline Plighted Their Faith in the Old Chapel.

605Chapter III. An Encounter With The Governor Of Arundel Castle

1262VIII. The Haunted Boom.

606Chapter IV. The Blacksmith Of Angmering

1263IX. What Passed Between Captain Danvers and Mrs. Calverley in the Garden.

607Chapter V. The Patriarch Of The Downs

1264X. An Invitation to Town.

608Chapter VI. What Happened At The “White Horse” At Steyning

1265BOOK THE FIFTH. LADY THICKNESSE.

609Chapter VII. Ditchling Beacon

1266I. In which Chetwynd Learns How a Quarrel has Taken Place Between Rose and Harry Netterville.

610Chapter VIII. Of The King’s Reception At The Grange

1267II. Harry Netterville's Jealous Rage.

611Chapter IX. How The King Was Shut Up In The Hiding-Place

1268III. Lord Courland.

612Chapter X. The Puritan’s Daughter

1269IV. A View of the Ring Road.

613Chapter XI. In Which The Tables Are Turned Upon Stelfax

1270V. Lord Courland Continues Undecided.

614BOOK IX. BRIGHTELMSTONE IN 1651

1271VI. Lady Thicknesse has a Conference with Scrope.

615Chapter I. A Glance At Brightelmstone In The Nineteenth Century

1272VII. The Visit to Mrs. Hartley's.

616Chapter II. The “George” At Brightelmstone

1273VIII. How Harry Netterville Found Romney.

617Chapter III. Introducing Two Of Captain Tattersall’s Crew

1274IX. Captain Danvers Arrives in Belgrave Square.

618Chapter IV. Containing Particulars Of The Conflict On Kingston Hill, And Of The Embarkation At Shoreham

1275X. Mrs. Calverley Makes an Important Conquest.

619L’Envoy

1276XI. Lady Thicknesse Consults Sir Bridgnorth.

620Cardinal Pole

1277XII. Another Explanation.

621BOOK I. PHILIP OF SPAIN.

1278XIII. A Soiree Dansante.

622Chapter I. How a Marriage was Agreed upon Between Mary Queen of England, and Don Philip, Prince of Spain.

1279XIV. An Unpleasant Inquiry.

623Chapter II. How the Spanish Fleet Entered the Solent Sea.

1280XV. Evidence in Chetwynd's Favour.

624Chapter III. Of the Affront Offered to the Spaniards by the Lord High Admiral; And of the Prince’s Arrival at Southampton.

1281XVI. Lord Courland Proposes to Mrs. Calverley.

625Chapter IV. Southampton in 1554.

1282BOOK THE SIXTH. THE CLAUSE IN MR. CALVERLEY'S WILL.

626Chapter V. How the Prince of Spain Obtained a Sight of Sir Bevis of Southampton and His Horse Arundel, of the Giant Ascapart, the Princess Josyan, King Canute, and Another Notable Personage.

1283I. Old Nobbis Questions Laura.

627Chapter VI. What Passed between Master Rodomont Bittern and the Prince.

1284II. The Cabinet.

628Chapter VII. The Devotee in the Chapel of the Domus Dei.

1285III. How the Will was Found.

629Chapter VIII. Of the Murtherous Attack Made upon the Prince in the Court of the Hospital.

1286IV. A Letter Prom Lord Courland.

630Chapter IX. Derrick Carver.

1287V. Showing what Mrs. Calverley's Dressing-box Contained.

631Chapter X. The Meeting at the Guildhall.

1288VI. Poison in the Cup.

632Chapter XI. Of Philip’s Public Disembarkation at Southampton.

1289VII. Pangs Op Remorse.

633Chapter XII. How the Prince Heard High Mass in Holyrood Church; And How He Once More Beheld Sir Bevis and His Companions.

1290VIII. Harry Netterville and Tom Tankard Appear at Ouselcroft.

634Chapter XIII. The Abbess of Saint Mary.

1291IX. The Attempted Abduction.

635Chapter XIV. Father Alfonso De Castro.

1292X. How Mildred Recovered.

636Chapter XV. The French Ambassador.

1293XI. More Letters.

637Chapter XVI. The Examination.

1294XII. Lord Courland Arrives at Ouselcroft.

638BOOK II. THE ROYAL NUPTIALS.

1295XIII. A Dance on the Lawn.

639Chapter I. Old Winchester from Saint Catherine’s Hill.

1296XIV. How Mrs. Calverley Passed the Night.

640Chapter II. Saint Catherine’s Chapel.

1297XV. How Doctor Spencer was Sent For.

641Chapter III. How the Prince of Spain Rode from Southampton to Winchester; How He Heard High Mass at the Cathedral, and Visited the Queen Privately at Wolvesey Castle.

1298XVI. Chetwynd Makes Communication to Sir Bridgnorth.

642Chapter IV. Of the Public Meeting between the Royal Pair.

1299XVII. Doctor Spencer.

643Chapter V. How the Royal Nuptials were Celebrated in Winchester Cathedral.

1300XVIII. Doctor Spencer has an Interview with Chetwynd.

644Chapter VI. How Philip, with Four-and-twenty Noble Guests, Dined at Arthur’s Round Table in Winchester Castle; And How the Feast Ended.

1301XIX. What Passed Between Lord Courland and Mr. Carteret.

645Chapter VII. Of Philip’s Public Entry Into London.

1302XX. The Parting Between Teresa and Lord Courland.

646Chapter VIII. Showing How Constance Tyrrell Embraced the Reformed Faith.

1303XXI. How Mrs. Calverley Made Her Will.

647Chapter IX. In What Manner Constance Fled From Hampton Court Palace.