Ontario High School History of England . leaderssuffer for their resistance. That memorable scene in theCommons cost Eliot his life. He resisted every effort todraw from him an apology for his course, and Charleswould not release him until he made it. After three yearsof confinement, Eliot was attacked by consumption. Hisfamily then begged that the dying man might go to hishome, but Charles was unyielding, and Eliot died in theTower as Peter Wentworth had died there in the time ofElizabeth (p. 239). l_Let Sir John Elioli be buried in thechurch of that parish where he died, Charles wrote on the
Ontario High School History of England . leaderssuffer for their resistance. That memorable scene in theCommons cost Eliot his life. He resisted every effort todraw from him an apology for his course, and Charleswould not release him until he made it. After three yearsof confinement, Eliot was attacked by consumption. Hisfamily then begged that the dying man might go to hishome, but Charles was unyielding, and Eliot died in theTower as Peter Wentworth had died there in the time ofElizabeth (p. 239). l_Let Sir John Elioli be buried in thechurch of that parish where he died, Charles wrote on thepetition asking that Eliots body might be taken to lie withhis fathers; he was implacable even toward the dead. 3. The Tyranny of Laud The religious policy of Laud.—More than political differ-ences estranged Charles from many of his people. He wasfighting Puritanism too. His chief guide in regard toreligious policy was William Laud, who had already becomea bishop under James I, and who, in 1633, was made Arch- THE GREAT CIVIL WAR 267. William Laud, Archbishop ofCANTERBUKy. (1573-1615) bishop of Canterbury by Charles. He was, like Charleshimself, a well-meaning but narrow man, quite withoutsympathy or tact. Lauds views in regard to the churchwere those of Charles in regardto the state; in both spheres itwas the duty of the people toobey their rulers. Laud wishedto destroy Puritanism. In earlylife he had declared publicly thatPresbyterians were as far fromthe truth in one direction asRoman Catholics in the Laud the truth was to befound in the system establishedin England, where an Act ofUniformity required every one toaccept the same form of worship,and where the church was ruledby the bishops, with the author-ity of the king behind them. Enforce uniformity, saidLaud; make every one obey the church system establishedby law, and, in time, differences will disappear; unity willfollow uniformity. It was a shallow view, but Laud neverwavered in his conviction of its truth.
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