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elegit, 65, 125
Elizabeth I, 76
Ellesmere, Thomas Egerton, Lord, 21, 26,
61,
123-4
Ellis,
Sir William, 122, 133
Elton, G. R., 24n
Engagement, the, 4, 63, 71, 77, 79, 85
Epicurus, 200, 220
equity, 13, 21-2, 100, 113, 123-4, 123n
Erastianism, 161, 190
Exchequer, 4, 5, 123, 133-4
Exchequer Chamber, informal court of,
114,
132
excommunication, 72-3, 125-6, 161,
179-80, 190
Exeter, 133
Eyston v. Studd, 25n
Fabri, Honoratus, 214—15
failure of justice, 90, 111-12, 115, 132, 134
Fall of Man, 151-2, 149, 225, 229, 235
Fagg, Sir John, 115
Fairfax, Sir Thomas, 141n
faith, 147-8, 153, 154n, 155, 162-7, 170,
232
Feme, Henry, 48n
Filmer, Sir Robert, 116
Finch, Henry, 28, 39; Description of the
common laws, 28n; Nomotechnia,
28n
Fisher v. Patten, 124
Fitzherbert, Sir Anthony, 14, 45
Five Knights case, 31
Fleming, Sir Thomas, 31
Fortescue, Sir John, 13n, 19n, 25n, 34
Fountain, John, 185, 186
Fowell, Edward, 69, 8In
Fox, George, 183, 191
Gassendi, Pierre, 199, 210, 219, 223, 227,
229,
230
Geis,
Gilbert, 237n
Gentili, Alberico, 48
Gilbert, William, 220
Glanvill, Joseph, 224-5, 238
Glanville, John, 42
Glisson, Francis, 221, 227n.
Gloucestershire, 6, 44n, 86
Glyn, John, 68n., 69, 81, 83
Goddard, Guibon, 78-9
gravitation, 199, 208, 211-13, 216, 218, 235
Grey of Ruthin case, 43, 45
Grotius, Hugo, contrasted with Selden, 39,
47,
48, 90; with Hale, 90-1, 94-6;
theology of, 158n, 163; De jure belli,
46-8,
46n, 48n; Mare liberum, 39, 94
Hale, Anne (first wife), 5, 43
Hale, Lady Anne (second wife), 5
Hale, Joan (mother), 1
Hale, Sir Matthew, passim: biography, 1-7;
early associates, 42-4; works on
prerogative, 45-57; attitude to
republic, 62-4; minimises legal change,
64-73;
treats Protector as usurper,
74—80;
attitude to Stuart restoration,
84—9;
moral philosophy, 90-3; on
property, 93-7; opposes Hobbesian
jurisprudence, 100-3; History of
common law, 104—9; on Admiralty,
109—11;
on parliamentary judicature,
114-17; as Restoration judge, 118-23;
particular late judgements, 123-35;
religious background, 139-41;
Discourse of the knowledge of God,
141-55;
the puzzle of his
'latitudinarianism', 156-9; liberalising
influences, 159—63; late theology,
163-72;
desires religious uniformity,
173—7; views on church settlement,
178-83;
dislikes anti-puritans, 183-5;
relationship with Baxter, 185-91;
religious purpose in scientific writings,
195-7; opposes mechanistic theories,
197-203;
but also vitalism of Henry
More, 203-6; learns from Helmont,
206—8;
on Torricellian experiment,
209-17; concept of soul, 218-19; on
magnets, 219—21; on plant and animal
life,
221-4; on human reproduction,
224-8;
theological implications,
228-33;
general conclusion, 234—6;
views on witches, 237-9.
Hale, Sir Matthew, works: Analysis, 6, 42,
104;
Contemplations, 156, 157, 191;
'De Deo', 6, 156, 157, 168, 171, 173,
198;
Difficiles nugae, 209, 214-7;
Discourse of the knowledge of God,
141-55,
157, 159, 163, 165, 167-8, 170,
172,
183, 195, 196, 199, 205, 230;
'Discourse concerning ... judicature',
114;
Discourse touching ... the poor,
95n;
'Discourse of religion', 165-6;
Essay touching the gravitation ... of
fluids, 209, 210-14, 210n; Hale's
prerogatives of the king, 45; Historia
placitorum coronae, 6, 95, 134, 239;
History of the common law, 6, 23, 33,
36,
63, 64, 104-9, 117; 'Incepta de
juribus corona', 45, 55, 117; Judgement
of the late Sir Matthew Hale, 165-6;
Jurisdiction of the Lords House,
115—17; Life of Pomponius Atticus,