Arran, Earl of, ii. 474.
Articles, Lords of, ii. 276.
Arundel, Earl of, i. 495.
Arundell, Lord, of Wardour, 1i. 37. Made a Privy Councillor, 66. Lord
Privy Seal, 124.
Ashley, Anthony Ashley Cooper, Lord; his maiden speech, iv. 514. His
"Characteristics," 515.
Ashton, John, Jacobite agent, iii. 573. Arrested, 575. His trial and execu-
tion, iv. 13, 14.
"Association, The;" instituted on the discovery of the assassination plot,
iv. 533. Debate in the Lords upon, 545. Its signature throughout the
country, 546-548.
Astry, Sir Samuel, Clerk of the Crown, ii. 290, 298.
Athanasian Creed, question of, iii. 375.
Athlone, importance and situation of, iv. 64. Siege of, and capture, 66-70.
Athlone, Earl of (General Ginkell), reduces the Scotch mutineers to surren-
der, iii. 32. At the battle of the Boyne, 495. Commander of William
III.'s forces in Ireland, iv. 56. Takes the field, 73. Reduces Ballymore,
64. Besieges Athlone, 66. Takes the town, 69. Advances in pursuit of
Saint Ruth, 71. Attacks the Irish at Aghrim, 73. Gains a complete vic-
tory, 74. Takes Galway, 76. Bombards Limerick; takes the camp of the
Irish cavalry, 79. Takes the fort on Thomond Bridge, 80. Refuses the
terms demanded by the Irish, 83. Offers conditions; which are accepted,
83. His dispute with Sarsfield, 85. Created Earl of Athlone; Presides at
the court-martial on Grandval, 229. Surprises Givet, 554. Grant of for
feited Irish lands to, v. 209.
Athol, territory of, iii. 278. War in, 281.
Athol, John Murray, Marquess of; opposes Argyle, i. 430. Devastates Ar-
gyleshire, 448. Leader of the Scotch Jacobites, iii. 216. His proceedings
in the Convention, 226. His power, and weak character, 278. Leaves
Scotland, 299.
Atkyns, Sir Robert, Chief Baron, iii. 18.
Attainder, the Great Act of, iii. 172.
Atterbury, Francis, ii. 85.
Augsburg, Treaty of, ii. 148.
Aurungzebe, iv. 105. His quarrel with the East India Company, 111.
Austin, Thomas, a juryman in the bishop's trial, ii. 298.
Austria, conduct of, in the peace negotiations of 1697, iv. 628, 629.
Auverquerque, Master of the Horse to William III., 19. At Limerick, 529.
His gallant conduct at Steinkirk, iv. 226. At the death-bed of William
III., v. 238.
Avaux, Count of, French envoy at the Hague, ii. 145, 350. His representa-
tions to Lewis XIV., 349. His warnings to James II., 349. His audience
of the States General, 350. Advises a French invasion of Holland, 353.
His character, iii. 133. Chosen to accompany James to Ireland, 134. His
observations on Ireland, 137. His policy, 144. Accompanies James into
Ulster, 146. Returns to Dublin, 148. His advice to James, 169. Assists
the violent Irish party, 175. Supports Rosen in his barbarities, 184. Ad-
vises a massacre of Protestants in Ireland, 329. His report of the Irish
soldiers, 330. Advises James to enforce discipline, 460. Recalled to France,
462. His low opinion of the Duke of Berwick, iv. 59, note.
Ayloffe, John, i. 414, note. His execution, 447, 448.
Bacon, Lord, his philosophy, i. 320.
Badminton, the Duke of Beaufort's household at, i. 467. Visit of James II.
to, ii. 228. Visit of William III., iii. 536.
Baker, Major Henry, takes up the defence of Londonderry, iii. 152. Chosen
military governor, 155. Dies of fever, 182.
Balcarras, Colin Lindsay, Earl of, iii. 213
His commission from James II.,
214. His interview with William III., 214. Arrives at Edinburgh, 215.
His proceedings in the Convention, 220. Arrested, 260. Takes the oath
of allegiance to William, 544. His resentment against Montgomery, 551.
Balfour's regiment, iii. 281.
Ballymore, taken by Ginkell, iv. 64.
Bandon, muster of Protestants at, iii. 111. Reduced by Gen. Macarthy, 127.
Bank of England. See England, Bank of.
Banking, origin of, iv. 394. Proposals for a National Bank, 400.
Bantry Bay, action in, iii. 160.
Baptists, iii. 65.
Barbary, horses from, i. 245.
Barbesieux, Marquess of; his frivolity, iv. 176. Arranges the plan for the
assassination of William III., 228, 231.
Barcelona, taken by the French, iv. 637.
Barclay, Sir George, heads the plot for the assassination of William III., iv.
519. His commission from James II., 519. Arrives in London; his dis-
guises, 520. His dealings with Charnock and Parkyns, 520. His "Jan-
issaries," 522. Plan of attack, 523. Escapes to France, 535.
Barclay, Robert, the Quaker, iv. 23.
Barebone's Parliament, i. 104. Ordinance of, 129.
Barillon, French ambassador; his intrigues with the Country Party, i. 178.
His part in procuring a Romish priest to confess Charles II, 342, 343. His
letter to Lewis XIV., 365, note. Tries to embroil James II. with Parlia-
ment, ii. 17. His report of Mordaunt's speech, 26, note. Assists the Ro-
man Catholic faction in the Court, 40. His account of England (1686),
86. His interview with Rochester, 118. Informs Lewis XIV. of James II.'s
intention towards the Dissenters, 161. Sees the true temper of the country,
229. Advises the bringing over of Irish troops, 331. Deluded by Sunder-
land, 349. His house visited by rioters, 434. Ordered by William III. to
leave England, 461. Passed over by Lewis XIV. in the choice of an envoy
to Ireland, iii. 133.
Barnardistone, Sir Samuel, Director of the East India Company, an Exclu-
sionist, iv. 109. Retires from the direction, 110.
Barnstaple, the Corporation of, resists the Regulators, ii. 263.
Barrow, Isaac, i. 258.
Bart, John, a French privateer, iv. 234.
Bartholomew Fair, Jacobite farce represented at, in 1693, iv. 338.
Bateman, trial and execution of, i. 524.
Bates, a dissenting minister, ii. 269.
Bates, an agent of the Duke of Leeds, his evidence before the Committee of
the Houses, iv. 443-445.
Bath, John Granville, Earl of; at Charles II.'s death-bed, i. 343. Attempts
to influence the Western counties for James II., ii. 255. His adhesion to
William III., 397.
Battiscombe, Christopher, executed, i. 510.
Bavaria, Elector of, iv. 5. Made Governor of the Spanish Netherlands, 320.
Bavaria, Francis Joseph, Prince of; grounds of his claim to the Spanish
throne, v. 78; designated by Charles II. as his successor, 111; his death,
133.
Baxter, Richard; his political works burned at Oxford, i. 210. His mode-
ration, 387. Proceedings against; Jeffrey's behavior to, 388. His con-
viction and sentence, 388. Liberated; refuses to be a tool of the Court,
ii. 175. Takes the lead in the coalition of Dissenters with the Church.
269-275. Complies with the Toleration Act, iii. 70.
Beachy Head, battle of, iii. 481.
Beaufort, Henry Somerset, Duke of, i. 466. Commands in Bristol against
Monmouth, 468. His failure to obtain support for James II.'s policy, ii
254. Takes Lovelace prisoner, 388. Submits to William III., iii. 26.
Entertains William at Badminton, 536.
Beaumont, Lieut.-Col., protests against the admission of Irish recruits, ii.
335. At the Boyne, iii. 494.
Becket; cause of his popularity, i. 19.
Bedford, Earl of, ii. 196. Raised to the dukedom, iv. 405.
Bedfordshire, contested election for (1685), i. 376.
Bedloe, witness in the Popish Plot, i. 185. His death, 378.
Beer, consumption of, i. 250.
Belhaven, Lord, iii. 280. His support of Paterson's Darien scheme, v. 163–
167.
Bellamont, Richard Coot, Earl of; appointed Governor of New York and
Massachusetts, v. 190. His measures for the suppression of piracy in the
Indian seas, 190. Employs William Kidd, 190; arrests him at New York,
193.
Bellasyse, John, Lord, a moderate Roman Catholic, ii. 37. Made a Privy
Councilor by James II., 66. Made First Lord of the Treasury, 124.
Bellefonds, Marshal, appointed to command the French invasion of England,
Bentinck, William. See Portlanda
Berkeley, Earl of, commands the squadron against Brest, iv. 407. His oper-
ations in the Channel, 480.
Berkeley, Lady Henrietta, i. 416.
Bernardi, Major John; his share in the assassination plot, iv. 522. Arrested,
Berry, Lieut.-Colonel, sent to support the Enniskilleners, iii. 191. His action
with Anthony Hamilton, 192.
Berwick, James Fitzjames, Duke of; Lord Lieutenant of Hampshire, ii. 256
His attempt to enlist Irish recruits, 335. Accompanies James II. in his
flight from Rochester, 460. Attends James to Ireland, iii. 132. His affair
with the Enniskilleners, 190. Remains in Ireland as commander-in-chief,
535. Weakness of his government at Limerick, iv. 57. Recalled to
France, 61. At the battle of Steinkirk, 224. Taken prisoner at Landen;
his meeting with William, 324. Heads a plot for a Jacobite insurrection,
518. Proceeds to London, 519. Failure of his plot, 525. His privity to
the assassination plot, 527. Returns to France; his interview with Lewis
XIV., 527. His removal from Paris demanded on the ground of his con-
nection with the assassination plots, v. 71.
Beveridge, William, i. 258. A member of the Ecclesiastical Commission,
iii. 374. His sermon before Convocation, 387. Receives the offer of the
bishopric of Bath and Wells; his irresolution, iv. 35.
Bible, cost of, (14th century), i. 35.
Billop, arrests Jacobite emissaries in the Thames, iii. 575.
Birch, Colonel John; his origin, ii. 484. His speech for declaring the Con-
vention a Parliament, iii. 24. His advice in the matter of the Scotch
mutineers, 31. Urges sending relief to Londonderry, 177.
Birminghams; a nickname of Whig leaders, i. 200.
Bishops, the Seven, consultation of, at Lambeth, ii. 270. Their petition to
James II., 272. Their examination before the Privy Council, 278. Sent
to the Tower, 280. Brought before the King's Bench, 286. Liberated on
bail, 286. Their trial, 290-297. Rejoicings at their acquittal, 298. Re-
joicings in the camp, 303. And throughout the country, 303. Concur-
rence of parties in favor of, 304-306.
Blackhead, agent of Young, hides a forged treasonable paper at Bishop
Sprat's, iv. 198. Confesses his villany, 202.
Blackmore's Prince Arthur, iii. 19, note.
Blair Castle, iii. 279. Besieged, 280.
Blake, Robert, i. 234. His defences of Taunton, 460.
Blathwayt, witness for the crown against the bishops, ii. 293.
Bloody Assizes, i. 506–518.
Bloomsbury Square, houses in, i. 278.
Blount, Charles; his principles and writings, iv. 281. Attacks the restric-
tions on the press, 282. His attacks on Edmund Bohun, 283. Circum-
stances of his death, 289 and note.
Blue Posts, a Jacobite tavern; supper party at, v. 229–233.
Blues, regiment of; its origin, i. 229.
Bohun, Edmund, licenser of the press, iv. 279. His principles, 279. His
unpopularity, 280. Attacked by Charles Blount, 284. Brought to the
bar of the House of Commons, 285.
Boileau; his Ode on the Siege of Namur, iv. 219. Burlesqued by Prior, 480-
Boilman, Tom," i. 499.
Boisseleau, left in command of James II.'s forces at Limerick, iii. 529.
Bombay, disturbances at (time of James II.), iv. 109.
Bonrepaux, French envoy to England; his report on the English navy, i.
232. His ability, ii. 40. His low estimate of James II., 41. His despatch
concerning Ireland, 240, and note. Sent to offer naval assistance to James,
350. Coldly received, 352.
Books, scarcity of, in country places (1685), i. 308.
Booksellers' shops (London), i. 304.
Borland, John; his narrative of the Scottish expedition to Darien, v. 175–
Boscobel, James II.'s visit to, ii. 230.
Bossuet; his reply to Burnet, ii. 138. His advice on the subject of James
II.'s Declaration, iv. 314.
Bothwell Bridge, battle of, i. 200.
Boufflers, Marquess of, at the battle of Steinkirk, iv. 224. Throws himself into
Namur, 469. Surrenders the town, 472. His defence of the castle, 472.
Surrenders, 476. His detention by William III.'s orders, 478. Returns to
Paris; his reception by Lewis XIV. 479. His meetings with Portland, 633.
His conversations with Portland on his demand for the removal of James
II.'s court from St. Germains, v. 69, 70.
Bourbon, Baths of; James II.'s visit to, v. 221.
Bourbon, House of; its growing power, i, 156.
Bourbon, Lewis, Duke of, at the battle of Steinkirk, iv. 224. At the battle
of Landen, 325.
Boyle, Robert, his chemical experiments, i. 321.
Boyne, battle of the, iii. 498. Flight of James II., 504. Loss in the two
armies, 505.
Boyne, Gustavus Hamilton, Lord, Governor of Enniskillen, iii. 111. At the
siege of Athlone, iv. 69.
Bracegirdle, Anne, iv. 248.
Bradgate, iv. 489.
Brandenburg, Duke of; his conduct in the Coalition, iv. 209
Brandenburgers at the battle of the Boyne, iii. 495.
Bray, Thomas, Life of, i. 249, note.
Breadalbane, John Campbell, Earl of, iv. 152. Negotiates for William III.
with the Jacobite chiefs, 153. His quarrel with Macdonald of Glencoe,
153. Joins in the plan for the extirpation of the Macdonalds of Glencoe,
158, 163. His self-reproaches, 173.
Breakspear, Nicholas; his elevation to the Papacy, i. 18.
Brest, James II.'s departure from, for Ireland, iii. 134. Disastrous attack
upon, in 1694, iv. 407, 408.
Bridgewater, Earl of, ii. 253. Appointed First Lord of the Admiralty, v.
143. Presides in the House of Peers in the debate on the Resumption
Bill, 212.
Bridport, skirmish at, i. 455.
Brighton, i. 269.
Briscoe, John; his project of a Land Bank, iv. 395, and note.
Bristol, capture of, by the Royalists, i. 89. Its appearance and trade in the
time of Charles II. i. 261. Kidnapping at, 262. Threatened by Mon-
mouth, 479. Riots at, ii. 78.
Britain under the Romans; under the Saxons, i. 3, 4.
Brixham, ii. 375.
Brook, Lord, entertains William at Warwick Castle, iv. 489.
Brown, John, murdered by Graham of Claverhouse, i. 391.
Brown, Tom; his " Amusements," iii. 77, note.
Browne, Sir Thomas; his botanical garden at Norwich, i. 263.
Browning, Micaiah, breaks the boom across the Foyle; killed, iii. 186.
Brunswick Lunenburg, Duke of, iv. 209. Made Elector of Hanover, 213.
Brussels, bombarded by the French, iv. 472.
Bryce, John, military execution of, i. 391, 392.
Brydges, James (afterwards Duke of Chandos), his motion designed against
Somers, v. 199, 200.
Buccleuch, Dukes of, i. 497.
Buccleuch, Anne Scott, Duchess of; married to Monmouth, i. 194.
Buchan, appointed commander for James II. in Scotland, iii. 541. Surprised
and defeated by Livingstone, 541.
Buchanan; his political works burned at Oxford, i. 210.
Buckingham, George Villiers, Duke of; his character, i. 166. His intrigues
with the democratical party, 174. Opposes Danby's government, 177.
His income, 240. His house in Dowgate, 277. His chemical pursuits,
319, and see Cabal.
Buckingham, attempt to intimidate the corporation of, ii. 263.
Buckinghamshire, contested election for (1685), i. 376. Election for (1701),
v. 233.
Buffs, regiment of, i 229.
Bulkeley, a Jacobite; his dealings with Godolphin, iv. 46.
Bunyan, John, ii. 176. His writings, 177.
177. His attack upon Fowler, 270, note.
Burford, William III. at, iv. 489.
Refuses to join the Court party
Burke, Edmund; his opinion on the National Debt, iv. 262, note.
Burleigh, William III.'s visit to, iv. 488.
Burley on the Hill, iv. 434.
Burnet, Gilbert, preacher at the Rolls Chapel, i. 258. His merit as a writer
and preacher, ii. 136. His History of the Reformation, 139. Retires from
England, 139. His residence at the Court of the Prince of Orange, 140.
Brings about a good understanding between William and Mary, 140.
Enmity of James II. to, 189. His conversation with Williain at Torbay,
376. Sent forward to Exeter, 379. Preaches at the cathedral, 383. Draws
up a paper for the signature of William's followers, 396. His conduct in
Salisbury cathedral, 419. His friendship for Halifax, 421. Conversation
with Halifax at Littlecote, 424. Commissioned to protect the Roman
Catholics, 465. Preaches before the House of Commons, 499. Declares
the Princess Mary's intentions, 502. His zeal for Mary, 505. His me-
moirs, iii. 15, and note. His generous conduct to Rochester, 26. Made
Bishop of Salisbury, 60. His zeal and liberality in his diocese, 61. His
speech on the Comprehension Bill, 88. His Coronation Sermon, 93. His
plan for a union of the Church and Dissenters, 205. Proposes placing the
Princess Sophia in the succession, 312. His friendship for Tillotson, 385.
Proposer of the clause in the Bill of Rights against the sovereign marry-
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