Chapter 64, Footnote #10
The Articles of Impeachment
The articles were---That he had advised the king to govern by military power without parliaments; that he had affirmed the king to be a papist, or popishly affected; that he had received great sums of money for procuring the Canary patent and other illegal patents; that he had advised and procured divers of his majesty's subjects to be imprisoned, against law, in remote islands and garrisons, thereby to prevent their having the benefit of the law; that he had procured the customs to be farmed at under-rates; that he had received great sums from the vinters' company for allowing them to enhance the price of wines; that he had in a short time gained a greater estate than could have been supposed to arise from the profits of his offices; that he had introduced an arbitrary government into his majesty's plantations; that he had rejected a proposal for the preservation of Nevis and St. Christopher's, which was the occasion of great losses to those parts; that when he was in his majesty's service beyond sea, he held a correspondence with Cromwell and his accomplices; that he advised the sale of Dunkirk; that he had unduly altered letters patent under the king's seal; that he had unduly decided causes in council which should have been brought before chancery; that he had issued quo warrantos against the corporations with an intention of squeezing money from them; that he had taken money for passing the bill of settlement in Ireland; that he betrayed the nation in all foreign treaties; and that he was the principal adviser of dividing the fleet in June, 1666.