Ontario High School History of England . ned to their sees, vicars and rectors to theirparishes. A good many clergy of Presbyterian views werewilling to remain in the Church of England, if some tolerationof their opinions was allowed. Most of the Presbyterianlaymen were satisfied that they had secured the onegreat object of the struggle, the rights of Parliament, andconformed to the Church of England, intending to workfor religious toleration from within. Of the countrygentlemen not already pronounced Cavaliers, a large num-ber seem to have followed this course. No longer did theywar on bishop
Ontario High School History of England . ned to their sees, vicars and rectors to theirparishes. A good many clergy of Presbyterian views werewilling to remain in the Church of England, if some tolerationof their opinions was allowed. Most of the Presbyterianlaymen were satisfied that they had secured the onegreat object of the struggle, the rights of Parliament, andconformed to the Church of England, intending to workfor religious toleration from within. Of the countrygentlemen not already pronounced Cavaliers, a large num-ber seem to have followed this course. No longer did theywar on bishops, as men of their class, like Hampden andCromwell, had done; and Puritanism lost with them thesocial standing which had helped to make it powerful inthe time of Charles I. More and more it was to find itschief support in the humbler ranks of society. The Clarendon Code.—Charles II had created Monk,Duke of Albemarle, and would have made him, also, his chiefminister. Monk, however, was a soldier, not a statesman, 318 HISTORY OF ENGLAND. Edward Hyde, Earl ofClarendon (1609-1674) and the man who now really ruled England was EdwardHyde, Earl of Clarendon. He had been one of the membersof the Long Parliament who sided with the king; he hadserved Charles II in his exile; andnow that indolent king laid on hisshoulders the chief work of govern-ment. Clarendons mind was nar-row; he had most of the prejudicesof the CavaHer class; he was devotedto the Church of England and resolvedto restore it to its old he wished to appear moderate,and was especially desirous of concil-iating the Presbyterians, who haddone so much to restore Charles could not, however, control thehot zeal of the Cavalier not the Puritans sent an anoint-ed king and an archbishop to the scaffold? Had they notpunished any one daring to take part in the services of theChurch of England, confiscated its property, driven out itsclergy, and brought cruel distress and want to hundreds ofCaval
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