in sending Queen and Prince to France, ib.; leaves London, 127; retained at Sheerness, 128; escorted back to London, 130; flight to France, 131, 132; received by Louis XIV., ib.; summary of his reign, 133; lands in Ireland, 137; calls Irish Parliament, 139- 140; at battle of Boyne, 142; flight of, 143; plots against William, 163, 167. James Edward, the Pretender, 234; helped by Louis XIV., 236; at French court, 240; sets out for England, 242; arrival in Scotland, 248; departure of, 249; lives at Avignon, 252; marries Clementina Sobieski, 278; plot in favour of, 280, 281; his court, 283; his wife, ib.; last attempt at throne, 307. Jansenists, in France, 86; persecution of 195- 198, 295; toleration of, 238.
Jeffreys, Sir George, sentences Langhorne, 22; on circuit,56; at Lord Russell's trial, 67; made chief justice, 68; at Sidney's trial, 69; at Armstrong's trial, etc., 70; tries Titus Oates, 76; begins bloody assize, 82; at Winchester ib., 83; at Dorchester, 83; at Exeter, ib.; in Somersetshire, ib.; his executions, etc., 84; Lord Chancellor, ib.; insolence of, 104; threatens seven bishops, 113; at birth of Prince of Wales, 117; flight and capture of, 127, 128; sent to the Tower, 129; death of, ib.
KEN, Bishop of Bath and Wells, at Charles II.'s death-bed, 73, 75; pleads for the fol- lowers of Monmouth, 82; preaches at Bath, 105; opposes reading of Indulgence, 108; his career, 108, 109; before the king, III, 112; trial and acquittal of, 115; retires to Salisbury, 157; rebukes Tenison, 161. Kenmure, Lord, 243; at Preston, 245; in Tower, 249; executed, 252.
Kilmarnock, Lord, surrenders, 391; trial of, 392; execution of, 393.
Kingsburgh, Macdonald of, helps Pretender, 383, 384; imprisoned and released, 395. Kirkby, informs Charles II. of Popish plot, 11. Kirke, Colonel, pursues Monmouth's troops,
81; executions by, 82; sent to relieve Derry, 138; aids Enniskillen Protestants, 139.
LAKE, John, Bishop of Chichester, 109; trial and acquittal of, 115.
Lamoignon de Bâville, persecutes Huguenots, 179; death of, 180.
Las Torres, General Count de, 185; retreats, 186.
Lauderdale, receives dukedom, 8; created Lord High Commissioner, ib.
Lauzun, aids Queen Beatrice in her flight to France, 127; arrives with troops in Ireland, 141; at battle of Boyne, 142, 143; with- draws into Galway, 144.
Lavardin, Marquis de, ambassador at Rome, 96; quarrels with Pope, ib.
Law, John, financial schemes of, 254; colonis-
ing schemes of, 255; importance in Paris, 256; his remedies for run on bank, 257; fail- ure of his schemes, 258; flight, ib. Leopold I., Emperor of Germany, 58; be- sieged by Turks, 59; sends for Sobieski, ib., 60; his reception of him, 61; subscribes to League of Augsburg, 97; interview with Peter I., 177; death of, 185.
Limerick, siege of, 144; second siege of, 147. Lisle, "Lady," trial of, 82, 83; execution of, 83.
Lloyd, William, Dr., funeral sermon, 13; examines Prance, 20; Bishop of St. Asaph, 109; presents petition against reading of In- dulgence, 111; trial and acquittal of, 115; a non-juror, 157.
Lochiel, of the Camerons, 357; protects Pre- tender, 386.
London, panic in, on advance of Pretender to Derby, 368.
Londonderry, siege of, 136-139; relief of, 138. Lorraine, ceded to France, 313.
Lorraine, Prince Charles of, ravages Alsace, 300; defeated by Frederick II., 345; in com- mand at Rhine, 348.
Lorraine, Duke of, in command of German army, 59; meets Sobieski, 60; they relieve Vienna, ib.
Lorraine, Duke Francis of, marries Maria Theresa of Austria, 313; appointed Regent in Austria, 344.
Loudon, Lord, attacks Pretender, 375.
Louis XIV., extravagance of, 41; bribery of governments, 42, 44; friendship for Mme. de Maintenon, 45, 46; returns to his wife, 46; seizes Strasbourg by bribery, 47; reduces Algerine pirates, 57; encroaches on Spain, 58; makes final ruin of Port Royal, 86; the Régale, 87; Four Articles, 88; death of the Queen, ib.; secretly marries Mme. de Mainte- non, 89; establishes dragonnades, 90; system of conversion, 91; revokes Edict of Nantes, 92; his blinded conscience, 95; disapproves of League of Augsburg, 97; reduces expendi- ture, ib.; visits death-bed of Condé, 98; in- vades Palatinate, ib.; welcomes Queen of England, 127; and James II., 132; aids James in Ireland, 137; persecutes Hugue- nots, 179; last years of his reign, 195; under Jesuit influence, 197; desirous of peace, 199; reconciled to Duke of Orleans, 200; grief at death of Dauphin, 201; desolation of, 203; peace of Utrecht, 222; bereave- ments of, 227; his will, 228; last illness of, 230; at his death-bed, 231, 232; summary of his reign, 233.
Louis XV., in his nursery, 238; visited by Peter the Great, 264; proclaimed of age, 288; his ministers, 289; marriage of, 291; struggle with Church and Parliament, 294; allies with Prussia, 349; joins his army, 350; illness of, 351; at Fontenoy, 354.
Lovat, Lord, taken prisoner, 391; trial of, 393; execution of, ib.
MACARTHY, General, at the siege of Derry, 139. Macdonalds the, feud among, 374.
Macdonald, Flora, guides the Pretender, 382- 384; imprisoned and released, 395; marries Kingsburgh, 396.
Macpherson, Cluny, his "cage," 386, 387. Maine, Duke of, his childhood, 45; guardian to Louis XV., 237.
Maine, Duchess of, her plots, 275; arrested and imprisoned, 276.
Maintenon, Madame de, 44, 45; influence with Louis XIV. and the Queen, 46; attitude towards Huguenots, 88, 89; secretly marries Louis XIV., 89; tries to prevent war, 97; friendly to Mary Beatrice, 132; old age of, 199; letters from, 201, 202; at death-bed of Louis, 231, 232; reception of Peter I., 264. Mar, Earl of, deposition from Scotch Govern- ment, 240; raises standard of rebellion, 241; aims at Edinburgh, 243. at Perth, 245; at Sheriffmuir, 246; flies with Pretender, 249. Maria Theresa, accession of, 342; war with Prussia, ib., 343; loyalty of her nobles, 344; treaty with Prussia, 345; entry into Vienna, 348 Marlborough, John Churchill, Duke of, in Ireland, 145; plots against William, 158; sent to Tower, 159; pardoned by William, 162; cleared of Charnock's plot, 166, 167; asked to retain command, 213; disgraced, 214; charges against, 218; insulted, 220; in Holland, 222; Commander-in-chief, 235; death of, 278.
Marlborough, Lady, dismissed from court, 158; pardoned, 162; quarrels with Anne, 213, 214; old age of, 278. Marseilles, plague at, 286.
Mary, Princess of Orange, Queen of England, 62, 108; suspicions of, about Prince of Wales, 118; character of, 150; affection for husband, 151; her court, 152; letters to William, 154; her cabinet, 155; at fire of Whitehall, 158; quarrels with Anne, ib., 159; death of, 160,
Mary Beatrice, Queen, coronation of, 76; sus- picions about her son the Prince of Wales,
117, 118; flight to France with Prince, 127; at French court, 132; death of, 252. Masham, Mrs., 215; quarrels with Oxford, 225; at Jacobite council, 227.
Maurice of Saxe, Count in French army, 311, 349; at Fontenoy, 354.
Meal Tub Plot, the, 53.
Melfort, Lord, converted to Catholicism, 100. Middleton, Earl of, has to resign, 3; character of, ib.
Militia, the, led against Monmouth, 79, 80; Bill for training of, 85.
Minorca, conquest of, 192.
Mississippi Scheme, the, 255; failure of, 257. Mitchell, attempts to murder Sharpe, 7; iden- tification of, 8; trial and execution of, 9. M'Kay, Anne, helps Nairn to escape, 390; punished, ib.
M'Leod, Donald, guides Pretender, 379-381; captured, 381, 382.
Monmouth, Duke of, in Scotland, 29, 30; sent to Holland,51; returns, 52; progress through country, 55; arrested, 56; on bail, ib.; joins Whig leaders, 63; implicated in Rye House
Plot, 64; escapes to Holland, ib.; pardoned, 70; grief at his father's death, 76; at Brus- sels, 77; invasion of, 78; lands at Lyme Regis, 79; proclaims himself king, 80; at Sedgemoor, ib.; flight into New Forest, 81; captured, ib.; execution of, 82.
Monmouth, Earl of, implicated in Charnock's plot, 163. (See Earl of Peterborough.) Montague, Charles, ambassador at Paris, 42; returned for Northampton, ib.; accuses Danby of high treason, 43; chancellor, 152. Morris, Admiral Sir John, 349. Moyle, General, at Edinburgh, 319. Murray, Lord George, with Pretender, 367; at Derby, 368; difficulties of retreat, 369; at Falkirk, 372, 373; at Culloden, 376, 377. Murray, of Broughton, treachery of, 393.
NAPLES, seized by Spain, 311.
National debt, origin of, 152; bids for annui- ties of, 259.
Neipperg, Count, leads Germans against Prussians, 333.
Nelson, Robert, his book on Fasts and Festi vals, 205.
Newcastle, Duke of, Premier, 344. Newton, Sir Isaac, 298.
Nithsdale, Earl, escape of, 250, 251. Nonconformity, fines for, 3.
Norfolk, Duke of, accompanies James II. to mass, 75; in William's favour, 122. North, Lord, implicated in Atterbury's plot,
OATES, Titus, his education, etc., 10; em- ployed by Dr. Tonge, ib. ; makes affidavit before Godfrey, 11; evidence before Council, 12; his blunders, ib.; causes peers to be impeached, 15; receives pension, ib. ; asser- tion about Queen Catharine, 17; accuses her of high treason, ib.; gives evidence for Col- lege, 53; trial and sentence of, 76. Oglethorpe, General, youth of, 323; inquires into state of jails, 324, 325; colonisation schemes, 326; settles in Georgia, ib. ; friendly with Indians, 327; takes Wesley to Georgia, 328; difficulties with Spaniards, 329. Orleans, Duke of, in Spain, 191; his plots, 192; character of, 200, 238; reconciled to Louis 200; in disfavour with Louis, 228, 229; at Louis' death-bed, 231; regent, 237; refuses to help Pretender, 240; founds National Bank, 254; at burst of Bubble, 258; quarrels with Duke and Duchess of Maine, 275; at war with Spain, 276; peace with Spain, 277; death of 289, 290; toleration of, 292. Ormond, Duke of, accused of" stifling plot," 20, 21; forfeits Lord-Lieutenancy of Ireland, 21; made Lord Justice of Ireland, 37; plot against, 39; made Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland, ib.; recalled, ib.; reinstated, 40; death of, ib. Ormond, Duke of, in command of army, 220, 221; at Jacobite council, 227; flight of, 235; in Scotland, 277; collects troops for Jacobite cause, 280.
Orrery, Lord, implicated in Atterbury's plot,
Oudenarde, battle of, 192.
Outlaws, the seven, protect Pretender, 385. Oxford, Lord, impeachment of, 236; in Tower, ib.
Oxford, in the reign of James II., 103-105.
PALATINATE, the, quarrel about, 96, 97; in- vaded by French, 98.
Parkyns, Sir William, plots against William, 163; executed, 165.
Paterson, William, founder of the Bank of England, 171; colonising schemes, 172. Paulet, Earl, insults Marlborough, 220. Pavillon, Bishop, of Alet, a Jansenist, 86; re- fuses king's nominees, 87; death, of, ib. Penn, Quaker, a friend of James II., 103, 105; his letter to James, 155; the consequences, 156. Pentland rising, the, 1.
Perth, Duke of, at Derby, 368.
Peter the Great, Czar of Russia, 173, 174; im- proves his navy, ib., 175; improves his army, ib.; travels, 176; in Germany, ib.; in Hol- land, ib.; in England, 177; in Vienna, ib.; returns to Russia, ib.; his reforms, 178; builds a palace, 262; alliance with Sweden, 263, 265; travels, 264; in France, ib. ; im- prisons his son, 264; death of, 267. Peterborough, Earl of, in Spain, 184; besieges Barcelona, 185; relieves San Mateo, ib., 186; deceives Arcos, 187; communicates with Stanhope, ib.; relieves Barcelona, 188; withdraws from Spanish camp, 189; at Va- lencia, ib.; recalled, 190.
Petre, Edward, leader of Jesuits in England, 99; influence over James II., ib. ; extremist,
Philip V. of Spain, at war with Charles VI., 187; besieges Barcelona, ib.; removes his wife from Madrid, 188; joins Berwick, ib. ; in Madrid, 190; personal campaign of, 193; defeated at Álmanza, ib.; re-enters Madrid, 194; renounces French throne, 221; marriage of, 228; ruled by his wife, 270; attacks Sar- dinia, 271; illness of, 272; war with France, 276; peace with France, 277; abdicates in favour of his son, 290; resumes crown at death of his son, ib.
Philosophy of 18th century, 297; in England, 298.
Pitt, William, first appearance in Parliament, 332.
Plélo, Colonel, at siege of Dantzic, 310. Plunket, Oliver, Archbishop of Armagh, ar- rested, 21; beheaded, ib. Polish election, the, 309, 310. Pompadour, Madame de, 352.
Pope, Alexander, 210; couplets of, 233. Port Royal, abolition of, 197, 198. Porteous, imprisonment of, 319; execution of, 320.
Pragmatic Sanction, the, 302.
Prance, accused of Godfrey's murder, 19; im- prisoned, 20.
Prendergrass, informs Bentinck of Charnock's plot, 164; evidence of, 165.
Presbyterians, Charles II.'s opinion of, 2 ; evic- tion of ministers, ib.
Ripperda, Baron de, 303; in Austria, ib.; in Spain, 304; fall of, ib.; in London, 305; death of, ib.
Robinson, Dr. John, Bishop of Bristol, 219; Bishop of London, 226.
Rochester, Earl of, 214; death of, 216.
Rosen, Count Von, 136; before Derry, 138; at Dundalk, 141.
Rullion Green, battle of, 5.
Rumbold, implicated in Rye House Plot, 77; executed, 78.
Russell, Lord William, 63; arrested, 64; trial of, 66, 67; intercession for, 67; execution of, 68.
Russell, Admiral, 163; cleared of Charnock's plot, 167.
Rye House Plot, the, 64.
Ryswick, the Peace of, 168.
SACHEVERELL, Dr. Henry, his sermon, 207; riots in connection with, ib., 208; trial of, ib.
Saltzburgers, persecution of the, 323.. Sancroft, Archbishop, at James II.'s corona- tion, 76; named for Court of High Commis- sion, 102; opposes Declaration of Indulgence, 107; career of, ib., 108; signs Petition against Declaration, 111; forbidden to appear at court, ib.; summoned before Council, 112, 113; in the Tower, 114; trial of, 115; peti- tions James to call Parliament, 123; sup- porter of William III., 130, 131; ejected from see, 157; retires to Fressingfield, ib., death of, 161.
Sanquhar Declaration, the, 31.
Sarsfield, General, defeated, 139; at Limerick, 144; at second siege of Limerick, 147; treaty, ib.
Sawyer, Sir Robert, Attorney-General, 66, 67. Schomberg, in Ireland, 140; trains his forces, 141; at battle of Boyne, 142; killed, 143. Scroggs, Mr. Justice, tries victims of the Popish Plot, 18, 19; acquits Sir J. Wakeman, 22. Sedgemoor, battle of, 80. Septennial Act, passed, 268.
Shaftesbury, Earl of, Prime Minister, 50; brings in Bill of Exclusion, ib.; Habeas Corpus Act, ib.; removed from office, 51; organises Guy Fawkes procession, ib.; sent to Tower, 54; pamphlets against, ib.; released, ib.; has to fly from London, 56; reaches Amsterdam, ib.; death of, ib.
Sharpe, Archbishop of St. Andrew's, attempt to murder, 6; anecdote about, ib.; retires from
Court of High Commission, 8; murder of, 25, 26.
Sheriffmuir, skirmish at, 246.
Shrewsbury, Lord, Lord Chamberlain, 212, 235; in power, 225, 227; Lord Treasurer, 226. Sidney, Algernon, his views, 63; arrested in connection with Rye House Plot, 65; trial of, 68, 69; execution of, 69.
Soazen, Bishop, persecuted and banished, 293. Sobieski, John, King of Poland, aids Austria,
59; marches towards Vienna, ib; relieves Vienna, 60; his entry, ib.; meeting with Leopold, 61; pursues Turks, ib.
Society for Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts, 205; for Promoting Christian Know- ledge, ib.; Society, state of, in the reign of Queen Anne, 209.
Somerset, Duchess of, objections to Swift, 223,
Somerset, Lord, implicated in South Sea Bubble, 261.
Sophia, Electress, of Brunswick, her claims
to the English throne, 153; visits William, 170; Act of Settlement on, ib.; death of, 224. South Sea Bubble, the, 172, 258; some schemes
of, 259; bursts, ib.; trial of directors of, 260. Spain, colonies of, 331; war with, 332. St. John, Henry, Secretary of State, 214; created Viscount Bolingbroke, 221.
St. Paul's, consecration of the new, 168. St. Ruth, in command of James's forces in Ireland, 146; killed, ib.
Stafford, Earl of, tried before the Lords, 22; executed, 23.
Stair, Lord, takes part in colonising schemes, 172; at French court, 240; at Dettingen, 347. Staley, accusation and trial of, 18; execution of, ib.
Stanhope, General Lord, in Spain, 187; urges Charles to advance, 188; at Barcelona, 190; captures Minorca, 192; at Almanza, 193; made prisoner, 194; death of, 260; with George I. in Hanover, 268; Premier, 269; enlarges fleet, 272; leaves Spain, 273. Stanislas Lecksinski, elected King of Poland, 309; besieged at Dantzic, 310; flight of, ib.; acknowledges Frederick Augustus King of Poland, 313; receives Duchy of Lorraine, ib.
Staremberg, Marshal, in Spain, 191, 193, 194. Steele, Sir Richard, joint author of papers, 210; joint editor of Spectator, 233. Stirling Castle besieged, 371; siege raised,
Strasbourg, seized by the French, 47.
Stuart, Henry, Cardinal, 397; receives pension from George III., ib.; death of, ib.; monu- ment to, 398.
Stuarts, present representative of the, 398. Sunderland, Earl of, dismissed from office, 213. Swift, Jonathan, Dean of St. Patrick's, 209, 224; recommended to the see of Hereford, 223; objections raised, ib. ; books by, 233; letters of, 285.
TALBOT, Colonel, commands Irish army, 101; created Earl of Tyrconnel, ib. (See Tyr- connel.)
Taylor, Jeremy, Bishop of Down and Connor, 37; his sermon in St. Patrick's Cathedral, ib.; his opinion of Irish morals, ib., 38; sermon at opening of new Irish Parliament, 38; death of, 40.
Tate and Brady, their Psalms, 211. Tea, introduction of, into England, 152. Tekeli, Count Emmerich, allied with Sultan against Leopold I. of Austria, 58; created Prince of Upper Hungary, ib.; besieges Vienna, 59, 60; driven off by Sobieski, 60. Tenison, Vicar of St. Martin's, signs petition against Indulgence, 110; Archbishop of Canterbury, 160; rebuked by Ken, 161; reconciles Anne and William, 162.
Test Act, the, extended to Lords, 15; in Scot- land, 34
Thomson, James, poet, 325.
Tillotson, John, Dean of St. Paul's, created Archbishop of Canterbury, 157; death of, 160.
Toulouse, Count of, commands French navy, 187; retreats, 188
Townshend, Lord, Secretary of State, 260; Lord-Lieutenant, 269.
Trelawney, Sir Jonathan, Bishop of Bristol, 110; before the king, 111; trial and acquittal of, 115.
Triple Alliance, the, 269.
Tullibardine, Lord, surrenders, 391; death of in Tower, ib.
Turner, Sir James, in command in Scotland, 3; made prisoner, 4.
Turner, Francis, Bishop of Ely, 109; trial and acquittal of, 115; writes to James II., 155; escape of, 156.
Tyrconnel, Earl of, Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland, 101; receives bribes from Louis XIV., ib.; reassures Irish Protestants, 135; summons James to Ireland, 136; at battle of the Boyne, 142, 143; flight to France, 145.
UTRECHT, Congress at, 219; Peace of, 220.
VENDÔME, DUKE of, re-enters Madrid with
Philip V., 194; defeats Stanhope at Bri- huega, ib.
Vernon, Admiral, sent with fleet to S. America, 333; takes Porto Bello, ib.; receives rein- forcements, 334.
Victor Amadeus, abdication of, 308; imprisoned by his son, 309; death of, ib. Vienna, siege of, 59, 60.
Villars, Marshal, treats with the Huguenot leader, Cavalier, 182; victory in Italy, 312; death of, ib.
Villiers, Elizabeth, Mary's letter about, 162; lands granted to, 170.
Vincent, Isabeau, the shepherdess of Dauphiné,
Voltaire, youth of, 299; imprisoned, ib.; in England, 300; his writings, 301.
WALKER, GEORGE, Governor of Derry, 137; rewarded, 142; killed, 143.
Wallace, leads Covenanters, 4; in conspiracy with Dutch, 5.
Walpole, Sir Robert, 235; violently opposes
South Sea Schemes, 259; Chancellor of Ex- chequer, 260; First Lord of Treasury, 261; quarrels with George I., 269; his ministry, 278, 306; discovers Atterbury's plot, 280; taxes Nonjurors, 282; education of, 315; in- fluence over Queen Caroline, 316; taxes gin, 318; endeavours to avert Spanish war, 332; resignation of, 344; raised to peerage, ib.; speech supporting King, 349; death of, 353. Walpole, Horace, at trials of Scotch Peers, 391. Wentworth, General, sent with reinforcements
Wesley, John, accompanies Oglethorpe to Georgia, 328; returns to England, 329. Wesley, Samuel, family of, 327, 328. Wharton, Earl of, Lord-Lieutenant, 208. White, Thomas, Bishop of Peterborough, 109; before King James, 112; trial and acquittal of, 115.
Widdrington, Lord, 243; in Tower, 249; trial of, 250.
William of Orange, visits England, 54; leader
of League of Augsburg,97; receives invitation from England, 118, 119; embarks from Hol- land, 120; lands at Torbay, 121; his sup- porters, 122, 123; conference at Hungerford, 126; at Windsor, 130; wishes James to depart peacefully, 131; enters London, ib.; lands in Ireland, 141; at battle of the Boyne, 142, 143; returns thanks, 144; before Limerick, ib.; his cause in Ireland, 147; habits of, 149; court of, 150; plot against, 156, 158; grief at Mary's death, 160, 161; reconciled to Anne, 162; his government, ib.; discovery of Char- nock's plot, 163; examines Fenwick, 167; dismissal of Dutch guards, 170; hears of nephew's death, ib.; displeased with Stair and Paterson, 172; presents Peter I. with a yacht, 177; receives in return a diamond, ib. Wilson, Thomas, Bishop of Sodor and Man,
Wintoun, Earl of, 244; in Tower, 249; trial and escape of, 252.
YOUNG, ROBERT, a forger, 159.
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