by Simon Schama
Frederick the Great 359
Gage, General 373, 381, 382, 383, 412
Garbett, Samuel 312
Gardiner, S.R. 17
Garnet, Father Thomas 37
Garway, Thomas 328
Gauden, Dr John 145
Gay, John 297
George I 282, 288–91 passim, 317
George II 297, 298, 302, 307, 318, 363, 409
George III 363, 380, 412
Gilchrist, John 411
Glassford, John 313
Glencoe massacre 267–8
Glenlyon, Captain Robert 267
Godfrey, Sir Edmund Berry 240–1
Goodman, Bishop Godfrey 38
Gordon, John 18
Goring, General 127, 128
Gowrie, Earl of 25
Graham, James, Earl of Montrose 17, 95, 125–6
John, 1st Viscount Dundee 265
Grand Remonstrance 80, 98–100, 139
Great Seal 141, 144, 188, 259
Greene, Ann 192
Grenville, Sir Bevil 16, 104, 117
Grenville, George 363, 366, 367, 370–2 passim
Gresham College 210, 215
gunpowder 66; plot 36–8
Haidar Ali, Sultan of Mysore 412, 416
Halhed, Nathaniel Brassey 411
Halifax, Marquis of 252
Hamilton, Duke of 22, 72, 74, 75, 134, 152, 283
Hamilton, James, Earl of Abercorn 32
John, 2nd Baron Belhaven 276
Hampden, John 18, 62, 81, 83, 100, 111, 112, 119, 322, 323, 385, 421
Hancock, John 368, 372, 373, 382, 383
Handel, Frederick 310
Harley, Brilliana 55, 68, 93, 103, 108, 109, 118–19
Edward 131, 291
Robert 34, 44, 55, 63, 68, 89, 93, 96, 103, 108, 118, 119, 165, 274
Harrington, James 203, 372
Harrison, Major-Gen. Thomas 157, 180, 185, 209, 210
Haselrig, Sir Arthur 83, 88, 91, 100, 111, 119, 161, 175, 178, 182, 189, 202, 206
Hastings, Warren 391, 408–13
Hatfield House 39
Hawke, Admiral 361
Hay, Lord James 39
Heads of the Proposals 132, 136
Henrietta Maria 55, 65, 85, 92, 100, 232
Henry, Prince of Wales 41, 42
Henry, Patrick 370
Hickey, William 410
Hill, Col. Sir John 266
Hispaniola 231, 333, 345
Hobart, Sir Miles 60, 61, 62
Hobbes, Thomas 142–5, 159–60, 175–6, 191, 204, 244, 262
Behemoth 143
Leviathan 142, 143, 159
Hogarth, William 295, 296, 298, 307, 311
Holland, Earl of 77, 152
Holland 56, 186, 234, 252–7 passim, 330–1, 392, 401
war with 178, 186, 216, 226, 234–5
Hollar, Wenceslaus 145, 224
Holles, Denzil 60, 62, 82, 100, 101, 111, 114, 115, 119, 130, 131, 164, 165, 206, 207, 242
John, 1st Duke of Newcastle 282
Holwell, Zephaniah 401
Home, Henry, Lord Kames 362, 372
de Hooghe, Romeyn 247
Hooke, Robert 215, 222, 227
Hopkins, John 18
Hopton, Sir Ralph 116–17, 119–20
Hotham, Sir John 109, 116
Houghton Hall 290, 291, 316
House of Lords 59, 93, 141, 151, 152, 260, 261
Howard, Frances 42, 43–5
Thomas, 2nd Earl of Arundel 76
Howe, Gen. Sir William 357, 387
Huggins, John 295
Hughes, Rev. Griffith 343
Huguenots 55, 56, 251, 264, 281
Humble Petition and Advice 196, 236, 261
Hume, David 314, 315, 372
Hutchinson, Lucy 142
Hutchinson, Governor Thomas 369, 371, 374, 376, 377, 378, 412
Hyde, Anne 213, 232, 247
Edward, Earl of Clarendon 84, 85, 88, 94, 99, 104, 106, 110, 138, 139, 143, 209–13, 226, 227, 232, 236
Code 211, 212
Laurence, Earl of Rochester 245
Icolmkill, Statutes of 30
Ile de Ré 59
India 325, 345, 346, 356, 359, 375, 385–6, 388–422
College of Fort William 421
Mughal Empire 395–8, 404–5, 418
Indonesia 392
Instrument of Government 187, 189
Inverlochy, battle of 16
Ireland 14, 21–3 passim, 31–3, 78–9, 90, 95–9, 120, 124–5, 129, 148, 166–72, 192–3, 250–3, 263, 264
Confederacy 98, 124, 129, 135, 148, 166
and Cromwell 165–72
plantations 31–2, 90, 95
rebellion 96–8, 129–30, 163, 230–1
Ulster 31, 32, 33, 72, 90, 95, 96, 124, 129
Ireton, Henry 127, 130, 131, 135–6 passim, 138, 149, 150, 152, 165, 171, 208
Jackson, Sir John 57
Jacobitism: 1715 rebellion 282–3, 302–3; 1745 rising 303–13
Jacombe, Robert 288
Jahangir, Emperor 392, 421
Jamaica 340, 342, 343, 363
James VI and I 18–54, 56–7, 63, 67, 73, 325
Basilikon Doron 25
Book of Sports 47, 194
court 38–40, 44–5
and parliament 22, 38, 40–1, 50–1
True Law of Free Monarchies 25, 26
James VII and II 144, 246–60, 263–4, 279
as Duke of York 110, 112, 213, 220, 229, 232, 236, 238, 242, 243, 246–7, 323, 385
James Edward Stuart 255, 258–9, 260, 273, 274, 282–4
Jefferson, Thomas 380, 384, 385
Jeffreys, Judge 247, 368
Jews 181–91, 264
Johnson, Sir Patrick 275
Johnston, Archibald 23, 73, 77
Jones, Inigo 33, 39, 128
Jones, Lt-Col. Michael 166, 168
Jonson, Ben 19–22 passim, 28, 39, 42
Joyce, Cornet George 131
JPs 65, 86, 130, 186, 193, 195
Juán de Mariana 36
Kedleston Hall 315, 316
Kent, William 290, 321, 322, 324
de Kéroualle, Louise 233
Kettle, Tilly 410
Killiecrankie, battle of 265–6
kingship 25–7, 58, 59–60, 64, 94–5, 128, 139–40, 238, 242, 251–2, 263, 264, 279
La Bourdonnais, Bertrand-Francis 397
Lambert, Gen. John 187, 189, 193, 197, 204
Lancaster, Treaty of 350
Langport, battle of 128
Lansdown, battle of 16, 117
Laud, Archbishop 55–7, 60, 67–9 passim, 72, 73, 80, 84, 87–9, 93, 94, 150, 211, 223, 224, 323, 368
Lauderdale, Earl of 233
Lauzun, Comte de 253, 263
Law, John 287
Lawrence, Governor Charles 354
Leicester, sack of 127
Lenthall, Speaker 101, 180
Leslie, Gen. Alexander, Earl of Leven 75, 86, 119
Leslie, Gen. David 121, 173
l’Estrange, Roger 212
Levellers 130, 135, 149–56, 175, 185, 203
Ligon, Richard 332
Lilburne, Elizabeth 153
John 130, 149–56, 175
Lindsey, Earl of 110
loan, forced 56, 57, 58, 90, 104, 143
Locke, John 242, 244, 261, 285
London 293–5, 297
city of 190–1, 221–3
fire of 217–21, 239–40
plague 216–17
Louis XIV 213, 233, 235, 247, 253–6 passim, 273, 283, 284
Louis XV 63, 309
Louisbourg, siege of 358
Ludlow, Edmund 160, 171, 175, 183, 192, 193, 202, 208, 209, 210, 261–3
Macaulay, Thomas Babington 250, 253, 263, 400
MacColla, Alasdair 17, 124–5
MacDonald, Alasdair 266
Flora 313
Macdonnell, Randal,
Marquis of Antrim 79, 124
Maclains of Glencoe 266–7
Major-generals 195
de Mandeville, Bernard 297
Mandeville, Viscount, Earl of Manchester 100, 115, 122–3, 132, 151, 164
Mansfeld, Count Ernst von 52
Mar, Earl of 283
Marston Moor, battle of 120–1
Marten, Henry 141, 161, 175, 177, 179, 183, 184
Marvell, Andrew 172, 238, 239
Mary, Princess 233, 247, 252, 253, 254, 255;
Queen 261
Mary of Modena 231, 242, 255
Mary, Queen of Scots 24, 36, 53, 136, 138
Mary Tudor 248
Mead, Joseph 58
Melville, Andrew 25, 29
Menasseh ben Israel 189, 190
Mersenne, Marin 142
Milton, John 146–7 passim, 205, 209, 231, 322, 421
Eikonoklastes 147
Tenure of Kings and Magistrates 146
Mir Jafar, nawab of Bengal 402, 403
Monck, Gen. George 204–7 passim
Monmouth, Duke of 173, 242, 246–7, 252
Monro, Robert 98, 120, 124, 166, 168
Montagu, Edward, Earl of Sandwich 185, 188, 201, 203, 205, 207, 210
Montagu, Lord 106
Montague, Richard 55, 60
Montcalm, Marquis de 359–61 passim
Montesquieu 349, 372
Morley, Herbert 204
Murray, Lord George 306, 308, 309
Nadir Shah 396
Naseby, battle of 127–8
Navigation Act 178
Nayler, James 159, 196
Nedham, Marchmont 160
Newbury, battle of 122
Newcastle, Duke of 120, 121
Newdigate, John 33
newsletters 61–2, 80
Nijmegen, Treaty of 254
Nonconformists 211, 212, 234, 251, 281 see also individual entries
Norden, John 14
North, Lord 375, 376, 380, 408
Oates, Titus 236, 238–41, 244, 249
O’Donnell, Rory, Earl of Tyrconnel 31
Ogilvy, James, Earl of Seafield 276
Oliver, Andrew 369, 377
O’Neill, Hugh, Earl of Tyrone 31, 96
Owen Roe 97, 124, 166
Phelim 96, 166
Ormonde, Duke of 148, 166, 282; Earl of 96, 98
Otis, James 368, 370
Overbury, Sir Thomas 42, 43, 44
Overton, Mary 153
Richard 149, 152, 155
Paine, Thomas 384
Panipat, battle of 404
Paris, Peace of 363
parliament 26, 37, 38, 56, 57, 60–3, 79–80, 84–5, 87–93, 99–106, 123, 128–31, 134, 147, 148, 189, 196, 238, 242, 243, 253, 278 see also Scotland
Barebones 185–7
‘Cavalier’ 210, 236
and Charles I 53–7, 59–62, 79, 85–7, 99–102, 109–29, 135–8, 146–7, 177–8
Committee of Account 262
Convention 206, 260–1, 263, 273
and Cromwell 165, 178–86
and Crown 22, 38, 41, 50–1, 52, 54–5, 60, 61, 88, 242–3, 261, 278
Long 87–137, 165, 261, 263
Militia Ordinance 102, 104, 107
19 Propositions 102, 107
‘Protestation’ 50
and revenue/taxation 40–1, 50, 56–60, 65, 81, 82, 84, 87, 261, 277–8, 323
Rump 136, 138, 177–84, 201, 202, 205
Self-denying Ordinance 123
Septennial Act 290, 323
Short 84, 85
Triennial Act 88, 262
party politics 238, 278–81, 290 see also Tories; Whigs
Paterson, William 269, 275
patronage 289–91
Pelham, Henry 304, 346
Thomas, Duke of Newcastle 346, 351, 353, 357
Penn, William 250, 252, 262
Penruddock, John 194
Pepys, Samuel 205–7, 210, 212, 214–15, 217–19 passim, 226, 229, 241, 250
Percy, Thomas 36, 37
Perth, ‘5 Articles’ of 29, 73
Petition of Right 59, 162, 323
Pett, Peter 226
Petty, Sir William 15, 191–3, 203, 215
Philip III of Spain 49
Philiphaugh, battle of 126
Phillips, Thomas 336, 343
Pitt, William the elder, Earl of Chatham 301, 318, 321, 346–49, 357, 359, 360, 361–6, 371–3 passim, 381, 386
The younger 381, 386, 391
plague 16, 20, 52, 216–17
Plassey, battle of 402, 403
Popish Plot 236–41 passim
Portuguese 330, 331, 335, 391, 392
Powell, Vavasour 157, 185, 186
Pratt, Sir Roger 221, 224–7 passim
prayer book 69, 71, 73, 74
Presbyterians 88, 93, 123, 129–32 passim, 134, 165, 211, 212, 251 see also Scotland
Preston, battle of 135
Preston, John 98
Prestonpans, battle of 305
Price, Richard 372
Pride, Col. Thomas 136, 165, 182, 184, 205
Prince, Thomas 152, 155
Protectorate 161, 187–202, 203, 231, 261
Providence Island Company 83
Prynne, William 80, 81, 87
Puritans 23, 34, 35, 45, 46–7, 54–7, 65, 66, 80, 82–3, 84, 213
Pye, Sir Robert 58
Pym, John 18, 58, 62, 63, 83–90 passim, 91, 93, 96, 99–101, 119, 120, 177, 196, 230
Quakers 156–9, 212
Quebec 350, 356, 359–60, 362
Quiberon Bay, battle of 361
Quincy, Josiah 368, 377
Rainborough, Col. Thomas 131, 150
Rampaigne, Dorothy 132
Zachariah 97
Ranters 157
Reason, Gilbert 47
Regency Act 274
Reilly, Tom 166, 168
religion 22, 29, 34–6, 45–7, 55–6, 67–75, 93–4, 156–8 see also individual entries
Revere, Paul 374, 379, 382
Richelieu, Cardinal 55
Rinuccini, Cardinal 97, 166
Roe, Sir Thomas 392
Roebuck, Dr John 312
Rogers, John 157, 185, 187
Rota Club 203, 213
Roundway Down, battle of 117, 119
Rous, Francis 58, 185
Royal Africa Company 333, 338
Royal Naval Hospital 276
Royal Society 192, 210, 214, 215, 241
rum 366
Rupert, Prince 102, 109–12 passim, 115, 117, 120, 127–9, 333
Rush, Dr Benjamin 376
Rushworth, John 385
Russell, Lord William 246
Rutherford, Samuel 73, 74, 82–3
Rye House Plot 246
Rysbrack, John Michael 319, 322
Sacheverell, Dr Henry 281, 282
Sancroft, Archbishop 247, 248, 255
Sanquhar, Lord 28
Saxton, Christopher 14
Saye and Sele, Viscount 59, 77, 82, 83, 85–8 passim, 113
Schomberg, Field Marshal 253
Scotland 14, 21–3 passim, 63, 69, 71–80, 85–7, 119, 120, 124–6, 133–4, 135, 148, 172–4, 265–76, 283–4, 302–16, 357–8
Company of 270–5
Hebrides/Highlands 30–1, 95–6, 125, 266–9, 309–11
Kirk 24, 25, 29, 71–5, 276; and bishops 25, 29, 71–2, 74–5
parliament 74–5, 77–8, 276
Scottophobia 28, 307
Scott, John 241
Scott, Thomas 58, 182, 189
Scudamore, Viscount 67, 68, 103, 108
Selden, John 84, 106
‘separates’ 61, 80, 237
Settlement, Act of 274
Shaftesbury see Ashley Cooper
Shah Alam 405, 418
Sheldon, Archbishop 211, 221, 224, 231
Sherriffmuir, battle of 283–4
‘ship money’ 65, 77, 81, 84, 87, 93, 236, 381
Shirley, Governor William 349, 352
Shuja-ud-Daulah, nawab of Awadh 397, 404
Sibbald, Sir Robert 269
Sidney,
Algernon 246, 261, 323
Siraj-ud-Daulah, nawab of Bengal 356, 400–1, 402
Skippon, Philip 101, 122
Slare, Dr Frederick 329
slave trade 324–7, 330–44
Sloane, Hans 324
Smellie, William 314
Smith, Adam 315, 316, 407
Smith, Sir Thomas 31
Smollett, Tobias 311, 312
smuggling 367, 373
Solemn League and Covenant 114, 119, 120, 126, 130
Sophia, Electress of Hanover 274
South Sea Bubble 286–7
Spain 36, 48–50, 51, 55, 301, 345, 363
war with 49–50, 52–3, 55, 190–1, 194, 301–2
Speed, John 13, 14, 15, 22
The Theatre of the Empire of Great Britaine 13, 15
Speirs, Alexander 313
Spencer, Charles, 3rd Earl of Sunderland 288, 289
Robert 245, 252, 255
Star Chamber and High Commission, courts of 80, 85, 87, 150, 151
Stillingfleet, Dr Edward 229
St John, Henry, Viscount Bolingbroke 278, 282, 318–20 passim, 322
Patriot King 318, 321
Oliver 58, 81, 83, 87, 88, 89, 91, 96, 136, 161, 180, 188
St Paul’s Cathedral 67, 68, 94, 219, 222–30 passim
Stowe 321–3, 385, 421
Strafford see Wentworth
Strange, Lord 109
Strode, William 100, 117–18
sugar 329–32, 340, 343–4, 345, 359, 367, 368, 422
Sussex, Lady 107, 114, 133
Sydenham, William 186
Tarleton, Banastre 412
taxation 40, 54, 179, 181, 277–8, 292, 367–75, 380, 381, 387
America 367–75; stamp 367–73; tea 375; Townshend 373–4
India 396–9 passim, 404–5, 406, 407, 414–16
non-parliamentary 56–61 passim, 65, 81–2, 88, 263
tonnage and poundage 56, 60
tea 328–9, 375–6, 377–9, 422
Temple, Sir Richard, Viscount Cobham 318, 320–3 passim, 348
Test Act 235, 248, 251–3 passim, 257
Thistlewood, Thomas 340, 341
Thomson, James 315, 317, 319, 321, 322
Thornhill, James 276, 277
Thurloe, John 188–90 passim, 195, 207
Ticonderoga, battle of 358
Tipu Sultan of Mysore 416–17, 419
tithes, abolition of 149, 186
tobacco 313, 325, 327, 328, 332
Toleration Act 261
Tonge, Israel 236, 239, 240
Tories 238, 242, 248–53 passim, 259, 260, 278–81 passim, 282
Torricelli, Evangelista 142
Townshend, Charles 373–5 passim
trade 269–71, 313, 324–5, 328, 329, 343–5, 346, 367, 380, 391–2, 393, 395
boycott 370, 377
Traquair, Earl of 72
Treason Act 283
Tresham, Francis 36, 37
Sir Thomas 36, 37
Turner, Anne 44–5
Turnham Green, battle of 115
Tytler, James 314
Uniformity, Act of 212
union, England-Scotland 21, 22, 28, 29, 120, 128–9, 274–5, 276