Fifth Monarchists, 54–5, 59, 95–6, 102, 106, 109, 121, 143, 160, 173, 175
fireworks, 179
Fisher, John, 191
Fitzgerald, Colonel John, 273
FitzJames, Lady, 166
Fitzpatrick, Colonel, 17
Fitzpatrick, Teige and Simon, xx
Fleet prison, London, burnt down, 280
Forbes, Sir Arthur, 24
Ford, Sir Richard, 93, 101, 103
Foulke, John, 22, 28, 32
Four Days Battle, 255
Freer, William, 69–70, 73–4, 86, 259
French Guards, 202
Frend, Sarah, 191
Frying Pan Alley, London, 100–1, 265
Fuller, William, Bishop of Lincoln, 165
Fyan, Thomas, 244
Gant, William, 88
Gardiner, Thomas, 258
Garret, William, 52
Gascoign, Sir Bernard (ambassador in Vienna), 161
Gatehouse prison, Westminster, 106–8, 141, 185–7, 267
General Post Office, 50, 156
George VI, King, 270
Gilson, Thomas, 164
Gladman, Major John, 159
Glencairn, William Cunningham, Earl of, 246
Glorious Revolution, 203
Godfrey, Sir Edmund Berry (magistrate), 178–9
Gorges, Colonel, 29
Gower, Sir Thomas, 58
Grafton, Henry Fitzroy, Duke of, 197–8
Graham, Sir James, 206
Great Fire of London, 69, 177, 188, 257–8, 262, 280
Great Ormond Street, London, 144
Great Plague, 63, 251, 254, 265
Great Seal of England, 144
Great West Road, 90
Green, Robert (Dublin resident), 30
Green, Robert (labourer), 178
Green Ribbon Club, 173–4
Grey of Wilton, Arthur, Lord, 232
Grice, Captain John, 68, 71, 256–7
Griffin, John, 21
Gunpowder Plot, 118, 179, 198
Gwynn, Nell, 53, 112
H., R. (Richard Halliwell?), Blood’s biographer, xxi, 61, 76, 193–4
Hacker, Francis, 238
Hale, Sir Matthew, 109
Halliwell, Captain Richard, 198, 266
and assault on Ormond, 95, 100–4, 109
and attempt on Crown Jewels, 121, 124, 126, 129, 141
in Spitalfields, London, 198
Halliwell, Katherine, 102–3
Hampton Court, 63
hanging, drawing and quartering, 39–40
Harris, James, 198
Harrison, John, 139, 199
Harrison, Major General Thomas, 121, 272
Hart, Mr (Scottish minister), 41
Harwood, Sarah, 183
hearth (chimney) tax, 53, 57, 250–1
Henley (coachman), 96
Henry IV, King, 116
Henry V, King, 270
Henry VII, King, 35, 116–17
Henry VIII, King, 91, 117
his effigy, 235–6
Henry, Hugh, 205
Henry, Joseph, 205
Henshaw, Sir Thomas, 140–1, 149
Herostratus, 120, 271
Heselrige, Sir Arthur, 57, 256
Hewlett, Captain William, 10–12, 238
Heywood (prisoner), 118
Hickeringill, Edmund (rector of All Saints, Colchester, Essex), 284
Hickey, Maurice, 184, 186
highway robbery, 73–4, 86, 88, 96, 101, 143, 175
Hill, Lawrence, 178, 286
Hobart, Sir Nathaniel, 150
Hobson, Paul, 10
Hogan, Hugh, xx
Hogden, Widow, 61
Holcroft:, Charles, 168
Holcroft, Hamlet, 5
Holcroft, Lieutenant Colonel John, xxiii–xxiv, 5
his estate, 168–9
Holcroft, Margaret, xxiii, 5–6, 59
Holcroft, Thomas, xxiii–xxiv, 5–6
Holland Henry, 205
Holles, Denzil, 147
Holmes, Samuel, 88, 106
Hone, William, 199
Hooker, Justice, 106
Hopkins, Jenkin, 10
Hopton, Sir John, 166
House of Lords, planned attack on, 138–9, 144, 170
Howard, Lord, 104
Howell (friend of Halliwell), 102–3
Hubert, Patrick, 257
hue and cry, 81, 260
Huggett, William, 52
Huguenots, 284
Hunt, Michael, xx
Hurst, Elizabeth, 104
Hurst, John, 101–2, 104–5
Hutton, William, 205
Hyde, Edward, see Clarendon, Edward Hyde, Earl of
Inchiquin, Murrough McMur-rough O’Brien, Earl of, xvii, 230–1
informers, see spies and informers
Ingoldesby, Sir Henry, 17
Inishbofin island, 2
Innes, James, 155–6
intelligence gathering, 49–56
Ireton, Henry, 238, 262
Irish Confederation Wars, xx, 1, 4, 97, 237–8, 241
Jamaica, 2, 104
James I, King, 271
James II, King (James, Duke of York), 110, 136, 160, 170, 174, 181, 186
accedes to throne, 195, 202
and naming of New York, 263
plots against, 50, 198–202
religion and succession to throne, 93, 166
Jenkins, Sir Leoline, 186–7, 198
Jenkins (shoemaker), 19
Jenks, Francis, 185, 202
Jennings, Jonathan, 154, 159, 163
Jennings (ship’s surgeon), 105–6
Jephson, Colonel Alexander, 15–18, 21, 36, 38–9, 44–6, 48
Jesuits, 176–8, 180
John, King, 271
Johnson, Francis, 106
Johnson (shoemaker), 68
Jones, Major Henry, 28
Jones, Inigo, 94
Jones, John, 104
Jones, Captain Roger (‘Mene Tekel’), 57, 61, 68, 70, 74, 84, 139, 159, 170, 252
Jones, Sebastian, 268
Jones, Sir Theophilus, 15–18
Joplin, Robert, 74, 84
Joyner, Robert and Margery, 264
Keeling, Chief Justice, 88, 189
Kelsey, Thomas, 52
Ketch, Jack (executioner), 200
Key, Joseph, 5
Kilnaboy Castle, xvii–xx
King, Richard, 203
King, Robert, 6
King’s Bench court, Dublin, 34–6, 47
King’s Bench court, London, 186
King’s Bench prison, Southwark, 159, 188
Kingston, John King, Baron, 12
Kirby, Christopher (chemist), 177–8
Kirke, Mr, 133
Knipe, John, 50
Knocknaclashy, Battle of, 240
Lambert, General John, 58, 252–3
Lancaster Castle, xxiv
Lane, Dame Dorcas, 64–5
Lane, Sir George, 30, 34, 36, 40, 44–5, 47, 64–5, 68–9, 201
Langdale, Sir Marmaduke, xxi
Langley, Dr Henry (former Master, Pembroke College, Oxford), 165, 281
Langley, Sir Roger, 58, 60
Laud, Archbishop, 239
Lauderdale, John Maitland, Earl of, 156–8
Lawrence, Lady, 105
Le Mar, Philip, 183, 186
Leake, Sir Francis, 104
Leckie, Mrs, 38–9
Leckie, William, 4, 13, 18, 22, 36–40, 47–8
Lee, Major, 61, 73
Leigh, Robert, 40, 45–6, 132
Leighton, Sir Ellis, 269
Leventhorpe, Mrs, 98, 265
Leving, William, 52, 57–8, 60, 62–3, 69–71, 73–5, 81–6
his death, 85–6, 183
salary for spying, 258
Levinz, Sir Cresswell, 186
licences for worship, 163–4
Lisburne, Adam Loftus, Viscount, 204, 290
Lisle, John, 67
Lisle, Thomas, 191
Littlebury,
Robert, 34
Livesey, Sir Michael, 94, 263
Lockyer, Captain John, 59–61, 66, 71, 73, 76, 81, 83–5, 105, 114, 159
his supposed marriage, 259
London Gazette, 55, 69, 100–1, 105, 124, 132
Louis IX, King of France, 271
Louis XIV, King of France, 161, 202
Loveland, Frances, 183
Low, Major William, 159
Lowestoft, Battle of, 255
Ludlow, Edmund, 9, 12, 66–8, 83, 105, 136, 143, 147, 200
return to England and death in Vevey, 196–7
role in Irish wars, 237–8
Lyttleton, James, 142–3
Lyttleton, Sir Thomas, 141–3
McCormack, Andrew, 28, 32, 42, 60, 71, 245
Maddox, Katherine, 129
Magalotti, Lorenzo, 55
Manchester, Edward Montague, Earl of, 268
Manning, Leonard, 53
Manton, Dr Thomas, 280
Marlborough,J ohn Churchill, Duke of, 203, 242
Marshalsea prison, Dublin, 244
Marshalsea prison, Southwark, 88, 104, 109, 141, 186
Marvell, Andrew, 133
Mary II, Queen, 203
Mary of Modena, Queen, 270
Mascall, William, 81, 163–4
Mason, Captain John, 57, 69, 75–85, 87, 96, 105, 113–14, 133, 188
brewer in Wapping, 198
refuses pardon, 159–60
Matthews, Colonel Edward, 200
maypole dancing, 49, 248
Meal-tub plot, 184
Meath, Earl of, 268
Medinaceli, Duke of, 273
Medway, River, Dutch raid on, 92, 255
Melborne, Robert, 60
Mervyn, Sir Audley, 7–8, 39
Mews, Peter (vice-chancellor, University of Oxford), 165
Milligan, James, 42
Milner, Richard Dean, 5
mince pies, proscription of, 49
Molyneux, Lord, xxiv
Monmouth, James Scott, Duke of, 112, 200
Moore, Lieutenant Colonel William, 28, 63–4, 91, 95, 98, 106–7, 109, 121
Moray, Sir Robert, 158
Morland, Sir Samuel, 51, 250
Morley, George, bishop of Winchester, 139
morris dancing, 248
Morrison, Colonel, 233
Morton, Sir William, 88, 107–8, 145, 277
Mosely, William, 103
Mumford, William, 88
Musgrave, Sir Philip, 71, 87
Muskerry, Donagh MacCarthy, Viscount, 240–1
Nag’s Head tavern, Cheapside, London, 173
Naseby, Battle of, 249
Neale, Sir Paul, 250
Neat Houses, 101, 265
Nelson, Admiral Horatio, 236
Nelthorpe, James, 160
Nelthorpe, Richard, 281
Netherlands (United Provinces), 66–7, 136, 146, 161, 255
Netterville, James, 179–80
Nevis, 2, 105
New Forest, tree planting in, 53
New Model Army, xxiii, 1, 58
New York, 263
Newman, Mr, 166
Newmarket races, 199
Newton, Thomas, 274
Nicholas, Sir Edward, 52
Nisbet, Captain John, 240
Nonsuch House tavern, Bow Street, London, 173
North, Sir Dudley, 276
North, Henry, 62, 175–6
Northampton, Lord, 276
northern rebellion, 57–8, 60, 74, 133
Northumberland, Henry Percy, Earl of, 118–19
Oates, Titus, 69, 176–82, 286
O’Brien, Teige, xx
Okey, John, 67
Oldenburg, Henry, 51, 249–50
Old Man’s Head tavern, St James’s, London, 173
O’Neill, Hugh, xvii
Order of the Garter, 98
Ormond, James Butler, Duke of, xx, 4–5, 55, 64, 67–8, 70–1, 118, 262
assault on, 43, 90–114, 133, 135–7. 143–4. 155, 174
and Blood’s apology, 147–8
and Blood’s pardon, 136, 147–9
and Buckingham’s enmity, 110–12, 135–6, 262, 269
death, 197
and Dublin Castle conspiracy, 8–13, 15, 18–23, 25–39. 4I-4, 247–8
plots against, 198–9, 282
Orrery, Roger Boyle, Earl of, 27, 29, 63–4, 68, 71, 240
Osborne, Sir Thomas, 141–3
Ossory, Thomas Butler, Earl of, 110–12, 182
Ovid, 197, 196–7
Owen (servant), 104
Owens, George, xx
Oxford Gazette, 251
Parry, Dr, 37
Partridge, Henry, 108
Paston, Sir Robert, 140
Paulden, Captain William, xxi, 233
Peachy, Thomas, 268
Peel, Sir Robert, 99
Pennington, Alderman, 268
Pentland uprising, 70–1, 130, 258
Pepys, Samuel, 11, 55, 158, 251, 255, 264, 266, 272, 274
captain of Jersey, 283
Pepys papers, 122, 188
Percival, Sir John, 38
Percival, Richard, xxiv
periwigs, fashion for, 255
Perrot, Captain Robert, 121, 124, 126–7, 129–30, 134, 146, 148, 198, 200, 275, 277
Perryn, Mrs, 103
Perwich, William, 150
Petty, Sir William, 3, 236, 241
Peyton, Sir Robert, 173–4, 179, 285
Pheasant tavern, Inner Temple, London, 173
Phelps, John, 66–7, 197, 256
Philippa of Hainault, xvi
Phillips (glover), 31
Piccadilly, 90–1, 96–8, 108, 173, 261–2
Pilgrimage of Grace, xxiv
piracy, xviii
Plunkett, Oliver, archbishop of Armagh, 181
poison, 85, 183
political clubs, 173
Ponsonby, Sir John, 37, 246
Pontefract Castle, Yorkshire, xxi, 233–4
Popish Plot, 176–82, 198
Porter, Henry, 238–9
postal service, and intelligence gathering, 50–2, 249
Poultney (grazier), 95
Povey, Captain Thomas, 55, 144
Prance, Miles, 178
Pratt, Sir Roger, 262
Preston, Battle of, xxi, 233
Prestwood, Joan, 259
Pretty, Colonel Henry, 240
Pretty, Matthew, 95
Pretty, William, 264
Price, Mrs Elizabeth, 88, 106
Pride’s Purge, xxiv, 235
Primrose Hill, Middlesex, 178, 286
propaganda, government use of, 55
Proudfoot, George, 244
Proudfoot’s Castle jail, Dublin, 34
psalms, Scottish, 166
Quakers, 27, 54, 153, 164–5, 279
Queen’s Bench prison, 206
Queen’s College, Oxford, 198
Rainborowe, Colonel Thomas, xxi–xxii, 233
Rainsford, Lieutenant, 129
Rainsford, Sir Richard, 237
Rathbone, John, 272
Rathbone plot, 121
Rathmines, Battle of, 107
Richard II, King, statute of, 280
Richard of Pudlicott, xvi, 230
Richelieu, Cardinal, 158
Roberts, Mary, 246
Robinson, Sir John, 75, 130, 134, 145, 148, 153, 274
Rochester, John Wilmot, Earl of, 150, 278–9
Rook, Captain, 168
Royal Engineers, 206
Royal Exchange, London, 104–5, 170
Royal Menagerie, 120, 271
Royal Navy, 64, 143, 168, 202, 255
ships
Adventure, 176
Defiance, 283
Jersey, 168, 283
Mary, 202, 289
Merlin, 150
Portland, 105, 267
Royal Charter, 92
Unity, 92
Royal Society, 158, 249
Rullion Green, Battle of, 70–1
Rump Parli
ament, 1
Rupert, Prince, xxii, 113, 136–7
Ruxton, Lieutenant John, 28, 48
Rye House plot, 199–200
Ryther, Samuel, 182, 184–5
St Andrew’s, Hornchurch, Essex, 192–3
St Breock, near Wadebridge, Cornwall, 155
St Edward the Confessor, 116–17
St Fin Barr’s Cathedral, Cork, xviii
St James’s Day Battle, 255
St James’s marketplace, 173
St James’s Palace, 91, 99
St James’s Park, 177, 180
St John’s Head (or ‘Heaven’) tavern, Westminster, 104, 181, 267
St Mary-le-Bow, Cheapside, London, 199
St Mary’s Stoining, London, 177, 285
St Patrick’s Cathedral, Dublin, 22
St Paul’s Cathedral, London, 177, 257, 262
Salgado, James, 180
Sandford, Captain Theophilus, 21, 38
Sands, Captain, 64
Sandys, Thomas, 112
Santry, James Barry, Baron (Chief Justice of Irish King’s Bench Court), 34, 39, 244
Scott, John, 236
Scott, Colonel Thomas, 21, 38, 48
Scott (York barber), 75, 78–80, 82–3
‘Scottish Maiden’, the, 246
Scurlocke, Edward, 3
Sedgemoor, Battle of, 200
Sedition Act, 241
Seymour, Sir Edward, 196
Shaftesbury, Anthony Ashley-Cooper, Earl of, 147, 179–80
Shapcott, Lieutenant Colonel Robert, 31–2, 35, 48
Sherborne, Captain, 129
Sherborne, siege of, xxi, xxiii, 233
Short Parliament, xxiv
Sidney, Algernon, 66
silk armour, 202
Sill (soldier), 128
Simons (conspirator), 96, 109
Sir Joseph Williamson’s Mathematical School, Rochester, Kent, 198
Sloane, Mary, 205
smallpox, 278
Smith, Sir Edward, 237
Smith, Justice, 130
Smith, William, 96, 121, 124, 129, 141, 160, 174–5
Smullen, John, 21
sodomy, 173, 182–4, 186
Solemn League and Covenant, 17, 23
Somerset House, London, 198
Southwell, Sir Robert, 136, 197
spies and informers, 52–3, 172–3, 175
in Buckingham’s service, 110–11
payments to, 73, 83, 258
Spurway, Captain Humphrey, 160
Staples, Major Alexander, 12, 24, 28–9, 31–2, 34, 48
Staples, Charity, 248
Stevens, Sir John, 10
Strafford, Earl of, 239
Strange, Lord, xxiv
Stringer, Justice, 81, 83
Strype,John, 122
stuff, 265
Sturges, Andrew, 22
Sue, Eugene, 261
Sunderland, Robert Spencer, Earl of, 181, 186
Sunderland, Thomas, 107
Talbot, Sir Gilbert, 25, 117–19, 129, 134
Talbot, Sir John, 119
Talbot, Peter, archbishop of Dublin, 167, 282
Tanner, James, 18, 22, 31–4
Taylor, John, 248
Taylor (informant), 104
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