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The Glorious Revolution

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by Edward Vallance


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  INDEX

  ‘abdication’ discussion 168–9

  Achallader, Treaty of 220

  Act of Grace 1690: 238

  Act of Settlement 1701: 206, 207, 212, 289–90, 299, 310–11

  Addison, Thomas 250

  Affirmation Bill 280

  Ailesbury, Earl of 144, 146, 149, 156, 158, 159

  Albemarle, Arnald van Keppel, Earl of 229, 288, 293

  Albemarle, Christopher Monck, Duke of 64

  alehouses 185–6

  American colonies

  James II’s plans 105

  news of revolution 163

  American Declaration of independence 177

  Andros, Sir Edmund 105

  Anglican

  bishops cleared 100–1

  bishops indicted for seditious libel 100–1

  clergy against allegiance to William 280–1

  ‘passive resistance’ 91

  toleration of dissenters 100–1

  Anne, Princess, later Queen Anne

  abandons James II 136–40

  birth of Prince of Wales 100, 102–3

  death 299

  Duke of Gloucester 288

  illnesses 297

  Lady Sarah Churchill 298

  loyalty to William 174

  nicknames for William 228

  self-belief 298

  succeeds to throne 293

  Anne, Queen (first wife of King James II) 80

  Ansely, Abraham 155

  ‘Antrim Plot’ 155

  Argyll, Earl of 51, 53, 73, 198

  arms carried by private individuals 103–4

  Arras, siege of 81

  Assembly of Commoners 132

  Association 1696: 274–82

  Athenian Gazette, or Casuistical Mercury 191, 310

  Athenian Mercury see Athenian Gazette, or Casuistical Mercury

  Atkins, Jeremiah 71

  Atterbury, Francis (Letter to a Convocation Man) 272

  Aughrim, battle of 219–20

  Axminster church records 49, 60, 65, 86, 244, 282

  Balcarres, Earl of 202

  Baldwin, Edward (The History of England for the Use of Schools) 12

  Bank of England 226, 250–1, 271, 284–5, 295

  Barbados 68–70

  Barcelona, blockade of 269–70

  Barclay, Sir George 273

  Barillon, Paul (Marquis de Branges) (French ambassador) 131, 141, 157

  Barker, Sir Richard 24–5

  Barnes, Ambrose 248

  Bartholomew Fair 183

  Bath 89–90

  Beachy Head, battle off 234, 246, 247

  Beaufort, Duke of 127, 129

  Bedloe, William 29–30

  Benedict XIV, Pope 304

  Benedict, Henry, Cardinal of York ‘King Henry IX’ 303–4, 304–5

  Benn, Tony 4

  Bentinck, Hans Willem (Earl of Portland) 142, 229, 288, 293

  Berkeley, George 251

  Bermuda 56

  Berwick, James Fitzjames, Duke of 85, 143, 159, 208, 210, 211, 274, 276–7

  Bethel, Slingsby 39–40

  betting on sieges’ outcome 251
/>   Bill of Rights: 5, 12, 13, 15, 18, 164, 177, 309

  Birch, John 74, 237

  Bishop, Robert 69

  Bishop, Samuel 67

  ‘Black Lists’ 260

  black people 126

  Blair Atholl, siege of 213

  ‘Bloody Assizes’ 18, 49–50, 177

  Bond of Association (Exeter 1688) 131, 139

  Bond of Association 1584: 274

  ‘Bonnie Prince Charlie’: see Stuart, Charles Edward

  Boscawen, Hugh (Whig MP for Cornwall) 167

  Bothwell Bridge, battle of 52, 62, 197

  Boyne, battle of the 217–19, 227, 295

  Brady, Nicholas 276–7

  Braine, Sir Bernard 3, 5

  Bramston, Sir John 87, 96

  Brest, raid on 239

  bribes for royal pardons 66–7

  Bridgwater 64

  Bristol 58, 268

  Bristol, Earl of 122

  Brixham 125–6

  Broderick, Sir Christopher 126

  Burke, Betty 304

  Burke, Edmund 9–10, 177, 294, 311

  Burnet, Gilbert later Bishop of Salisbury 84, 126, 131, 132–3, 142, 165, 202, 228, 242, 256, 266, 293

  History of My Own Time 256

  Bussex rhine 61

  Cambridge, University of 84, 91

  Campbell, Colin 222

  Care, Henry (Weekly Pacquet of Advice from Rome) 92

  Carlos II of Spain, King 52, 289

  Carrickfergus 217

  Castle Ashby 139

  Catholic persecution 37, 42

  Cavalier Parliament 34

  Chalmers, George 10

  Charles I, King 116, 146, 155, 176

  Charles II, King

  Cavalier Parliament 34–5

  illness 37

  Louis XIV diplomacy 43

  no reputation for plain dealing 116

  opposition crushed 39

  Parliaments dismissed 41–2

  ‘Popish Plot’ 17, 25–31

  proclamation against petitioning 38

  regency proposals 41

  rule without Parliament 46

  succession 36, 39, 44

  town charters 88, 97

  war with Cameronians 197

  church courts 252

  ‘Church in Danger’ slogan 272

  ‘Church Party’ 272

  Churchill, Lady Sarah 137–8, 239, 298

  Claim of Right 203–4

  Clarendon, Henry Hyde, Earl of 84–5, 99, 105, 142, 167, 205–6

  Clark, J. C. D. 15, 16

  Claverhouse, John Graham, Viscount 197, 203, 213–14

  Cleveland, Barbara Villiers, Duchess of 258

  coffee houses 184–5, 188–92

  coin-clipping 282–3

  coinage crisis 268–9, 283–5

  Coleman, Edward 27–8, 31–2

  Commission for Ecclesiastical Causes 82–3

  Commissions of Public Accounts 249, 271

  Committee of Foreign Affairs 27

  compounders 239

  Comprehension 243, 245, 256–7

  Compton, Sir Francis 62

  Conventicle Act 1670: 94

  conventicles 54, 196–7

  Convention

  ‘abdication’ discussion 168–9

  confusing debates 163

  constituted a Parliament 178

  declaration of rights discussion 164, 172

  James II letter ignored 166

  joint monarchs motion 170, 172

  Mary sole ruler concept 170

  oaths of loyalty 175, 179, 180–2

  Prince of Wales ignored 168

  regency concept support 170

  sexual politics 167–8

  summonsed 165–6

  throne to be offered to William and Mary 174–5

  weakness of politicians’ position 173

  Whig dominance 166–7

  William unwilling to accept role of consort 170–1, 173

  Convocation 243

  Cooke, Thomas 185–6

  Corbyn, Jeremy 4–5

  Cork 219

  Cornbury, Lord 131

  Cornish, Henry 39–40

  Corporation Act 39, 72, 79

  Coventry, Sir John 52

  Coward, Barry 16

  Coward, William 108

  Cryer, Bob 5

  Culloden, battle of 303–4

  Cumberland, Duke of 303

  d’Adda, Ferdinand 109

  D’Albeville, Marquis 109, 114

  D’Arcy, John 117, 129

  D’Avaux, Comte (French Ambassador) 210

  Dalrymple, Sir John 221–3

  Danby, Thomas Osborne, Earl of (later Duke of Leeds) 26, 34–5, 37, 117, 124, 129–30, 139–40, 160–1, 271

  Dangerfield, Thomas alias Whilloughby 38, 50, 75

  Dartmouth, Lady 166

  Dartmouth, Lord 121, 125

  de Bonrepos, Usson 109

  ‘de facto law’ 165

  de la Pryme, Abraham 152, 284

  de Rosen, Conrad 212

  Declaration of Rights

  Bill of Rights 177

  connection with offer of the Crown 175–6

  constitution cornerstone 177

  long lasting influence 178

  proposals for 164, 172

  retrospective content 176

  Declarations of Indulgence 76, 85–6, 88–9, 92, 99, 100, 105

  Defoe, Daniel 182

  Delamere, Lord later Earl of Warrington 117, 128–9, 238

  Denton, William 152–3

  Devonshire, Earl of 99–100, 117, 128–9

  Diches, John 54

  Dijkvelt, Everard van 91–2

  Disbanding Act 1699: 287

  Dorset, Lord 138

  Dromore, battle of 211

  Dumbarton, Earl of 198

  Dunes, battle of the 81

  Dunkeld, battle of 214

  Dunton, John 155, 191, 257–9, 263–4

  Edict of Nantes 75–6, 106, 253, 310

  Edict of Toleration 201

  Edinburgh, anti-Catholic riots 199, 200, 203

  Edward VIII, King 168–9

  Eilean Dearg 53

  ‘elective dictatorship’ 311

  Elementary History of England 12

  Elizabeth II, Queen 170

  Ellyott, Henry 162, 188

  Enniskillen 215

  Episcopalianism 204

  Essex, Earl of 237

  Eston, John 98

  Evelyn, John 159, 274

  Exclusion Bills 40, 44

  Exclusion Crisis 17, 53, 152, 179–80, 230

  Exeter 126–7, 131

  Fagel, Gaspar 112, 143

  Fairfax, Lord 117, 129

  Farmer, Anthony 90

  Faversham (Kent) 145–6

  Fenwick, Sir John 274

  Ferguson, Robert 52–3, 131, 203

  Feversham, Earl of 58–62, 133, 149, 157

  Fifth Monarchist sect 24

  Filmer, Sir Robert (Patriarcha) 45

  Fitton, Sir Alexander 207

  Floyd, Charles 75

  forged letters 26–7

  Fort William 220

  Frances, Robert 50

  Frisco, John William 293

  Game Act 1671: 103–4

  Gardiner, Bertha Meriton 12

  general elections, twelve in 26 years 270

  George I, King 299

  George II, King 305–6

  George III, King 305

  George, Prince of Denmark 133, 137

  Glasgow anti-Catholic riots 203

  Glencoe, massacre of 17, 221–3

  Gloucester, Duke of 269, 288–9, 297

  Godden v Hales 84, 86, 104

  Godfrey, Michael 250

  Godfrey, Sir Edmund Berry 21–2, 26, 27, 28, 29–32, 43

  Goodricke, Sir Henry 129

  Gordon, Duke of 198, 200

  government borrowing 250

  Grafton, Duke of 59, 133

  Grand Alliance

  First 268

  Second 290


  Great Seal 145

  Greatrakes, Valentine 32

  Grey, Lord 60, 61–2

  Grey, Robert 96–7

  Groundwork of British History, The 12–13, 294

  ‘gun money’ 211

  Gunpowder Plot rumours 28

  Gwyn, Francis 166

  Hailsham, Lord 311

  Halifax, Earl of 74, 79, 167, 173

  Letter to a Dissenter 79

  Hamilton, Duke of 200, 203

  Hamilton, Richard 212

  Hampden, John 238

  hanging, drawing and quartering 42, 67–8

  Hanover, House of 289–90, 296, 299, 305–6

  Harcourt, Simon 7–8

  Harley, Robert (Earl of Oxford) 288–9, 298

  hat honour 56

  Heffer, Eric 4

  Heinsius, Anthonie 287

  Henderson of Brompton, Baron 306

  Henrietta Maria, Queen 80

  Henry VII, King 165

  Herbert, Admiral 124

  Hickes, John 66

  Hill, Christopher (Century of Revolution, The) 13–14

  Hippisley, Sir John Coxe 304

  Hobbes, Edward 67, 96

  homosexuality 31, 260–2

  Hough, John 90

  Hounslow Heath 103, 122

  Huguenots 106, 253

  Hull 97, 103, 124, 130

  Humble Address of the Atheists, or the Sect of Epicureans, The 87

  Hume, Sir Patrick 98

  Huygens, Sir Constantijn 126, 133, 159

  Innocent IX, Pope 26

  intelligencers 183, 190

  interpretations of the Revolution

  Anglo-Scottish relations not improved 306

  bloodless political coup 14

  bloodlessness was its true glory 13

  centenary 11

  completed the work begun by Magna Carta 13

  concessions by the crown to the legislature 18

  constitution of England struggle 306

  constitutional year zero 9

  contemporary opinion 192–3

  counter-revolutionary revolution 9–10

  Declaration of Rights lasting influence 178

  different in Scotland and Ireland 193–5

  dynastic power grab 294

  dynastic revolution from the royal family 15

  essentially English occasion 294

  essentially European causes 307

  failed to effect any fundamental change 16

  far from bloodless 17

  financial revolution 308

  Ireland 224

  legislative tyranny not prevented 311

  monarchs’ powers limited 310–11

  not a revolution at all 3

  orchestrated by English ruling classes 2–3, 10

  parliamentary government secured 308–9

  people deeply involved 307–8

 

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