ing a Papist, 395. Remonstrates against the use of bribery, 433. His
sermon on the general Fast Day (1690), 437. His interview with Wil-
iiam, 474. His explanation of Marlborough's disgrace, iv. 134, note. His
alleged advice for the establishment of the National Debt, 259. His Pas-
toral Letter, 285. Which is ordered to be burned by the Commons, 287.
His mortification, 287, and note. Supports Fenwick's attainder, 605.
His Thanksgiving Sermon, 644. His visit to the Czar Peter at Deptford,
v. 60. Attack upon, in the House of Commons, 196. Its defeat, 198. His
share in passing the Resumption Bill, 217. Attends William III. on his
death-bed, 238.
Burnet, Thomas, Master of the Charter-house; his resistance to the admis-
sion of a Roman Catholic, ii. 227.
Burrington joins William, ii. 387.
Burt, Captain, his description of the Scottish Highlands, iii. 238.
Burton, James, a fugitive conspirator, concealed by Elizabeth Gaunt, in-
forms against his benefactress, i. 522, 523.
Butler, Samuel, i. 313. His satire on the Royal Society, 320, note.
Butler, Captain, leads an assault on Londonderry, iii. 157.
Buyse, Anthony, i. 451. Accompanies Monmouth's flight, 484. Taken, 486.
Cabal, the, i. 165. Its measures, 165–167. Dissolved, 173.
Cabinet, the; its origin and nature, i. 164, 165.
Caermarthen, Marquess of. See Leeds, Duke of.
Caermarthen, Peregrine, Marquess of, son of the above; joins the Prince of
Orange at the Hague, ii. 356. Assists in the arrest of Preston and his
accomplices, iii. 576. Takes part in the attack on Brest, iv. 407. Becomes
a favorite with the Czar Peter, v. 60. Disappointed of the Auditorship
of the Exchequer, 125.
Caillemote, Count of, colonel of a regiment of French Huguenots, iii. 326.
Slain at the Boyne, 501.
Calais, bombardment of, iv. 411.
Calderwood, George, iii. 559, note.
Callieres; his negotiations with Dykvelt, iv. 566, 567. French negotiator at
Ryswick, 628, 629.
Calvinists, their principle of resistance to rulers, i. 45.
Cambon, Colonel, iii. 326.
Cambridge University, eminent divines at, i. 305. Decline of Greek learning
at, in the time of Charles II., 310, 311, and note. Address from, to James
II., 375. Loyalty of the University, ii. 216. Attacked by James II., 217–
219. Election for (1690), iii. 424. Election for (1701), v. 233.
Cameron, Sir Ewan, of Lochiel, iii. 253. His character, 253. His reputation
for loyalty, 254. Meeting at his house, 261. His advice to Dundee, 268,
269. At the battle of Killiecrankie, 284, 285. Retires from the Highland
army, 294. Keeps up the war in the Highlands, 541. Wounded in sepa-
rating a quarrel, 542. Takes the oaths to William III.'s Government,
iv. 156, 163.
Cameronian regiment, iii. 272. Stationed at Dunkeld, 295. Repulses an
attack of Highlanders, 297.
Camerons, the, iii. 255.
Campbell, Archibald. See Argyle.
Campbell, Captain, of Glenlyon, commands the company stationed at Glen-
coe, iv. 167. Massacres the Macdonalds, 170. His remorse, 174. Declared
by the Scotch Parliament a murderer, 461.
Campbell, Lieutenant, commands a party of William's troops at Wincanton,
ii. 399.
Campbell, Sir Colin, of Ardkinglass, administers the oaths to Macdonald of
Glencoe, iv. 157.
Campbells, persecution of, after the failure of Argyle's expedition, i. 422.
Their ascendency and character in the Highlands, iii. 249. Coalition
against, 250. Disarmed by the Royalist clans, 271. Their predominance
in the Highlands (1693), iv. 303.
Canales, Spanish ambassador in England, his insulting note to William III.,
v. 153. Ordered to leave the country, 154.
Canals, i. 280.
Cannon, commander of Irish auxiliaries under Dundee, iii. 281. Succeeds to
the command of the Highland army; increase of his force, 292. Disorders
in his camp, 294. Defeated at Dunkeld, 296. His army dissolved, 298
Superseded in the command, 541.
Canterbury, Archbishop of; his income, i. 240.
Capel, Sir Henry, Commissioner of the Treasury, iii. 16. His jealousy of
Halifax, 323. Defends Clarendon in the Privy Council, 478. One of th
Lords Justices of Ireland, iv. 294.
Captains, sea, under Charles II., i. 233.
Care, Henry, ii. 173.
Carey, Henry, a natural son of Lord Halifax, iv. 435.
Carlisle, Earl of, ii. 506.
Carmelites in London, ii. 77.
Carmichael, Lord, William III.'s Commissioner in the Scotch General As-
sembly, iii. 560.
Carrickfergus, taken by Schomberg, iii. 333. Landing of William III. at, 487.
Carstairs, a witness in the Popish plot, i. 184. His death, 379.
Carstairs, William; his fortitude under torture, ii. 356. His advice to Wil-
liam III., 378. His influence with William in Scotch affairs, iii. 235.
Carter, Admiral, iv. 187. Killed in the battle of La Hogue, 189. His
funeral, 194.
Carthagena, sacked by the French, iv. 637.
Cartwright, Thomas, Bishop of Chester, ii 69. Takes part in a Popish pro-
cession, 212. At Chester, 229. Commissioner at Oxford, 232. A tool of
James 11., 270, 278. Insulted by the populace, 286, 299. Present at the
interview of the bishops with James, 270. Attends James II. to Ireland,
iii. 132. His death, 174.
Caryl, John, agent of James II. at Rome, ii. 59.
Cassels; his share in the assassination plot, iv. 522, 531.
Castile, supremacy of, over the Spanish empire, v. 75. Strong feeling in,
against the partition of the Spanish dominions, 110, 111.
Catalonia, French successes in (1694), iv. 53.
Castelmaine, Roger Palmer, Earl of, ii. 36. James II.'s ambassador to Rome,
59, 206. His audiences with the Pope; his dismissal, 209. Impeached,
Catharine of Portugal, Queen of Charles II., i. 148.
Catinat, Marshal, leads French forces into Piedmont, iii. 562.
victory of Marsiglia, iv. 343. Joined by the Duke of Savoy, 567.
Cavaliers, designation of, i. 78. Party, how composed, 79, 80. Their argu
ments, 80. Their early successes. 85. Under the Protectorate, 102. Coa-
lesce with the Presbyterians, 107. Their renewed disputes with the
Roundheads after the Restoration, 115-117. Their Discontent, 141.
Cavendish, Lady, her letter to Sylvia, iii. 2.
Celibacy of Clergy, how regarded by the Reformers, i. 60.
Celts, in Scotland and Ireland, i. 51.
Chamberlayne, Hugh, a projector of the Land Bank, iv. 395, and note. His
miscalculations, 396. His persistence in his scheme, 551.
Chambers; his share in the assassination plot, iv. 525, 530.
Chancellors, provision for, on their retirement, v. 199.
Chaplains, domestic, i. 255, 256.
Charlemont, taken by Schomberg, iii. 586.
Charlemont, Lord, iv. 93.
Charleroy taken by the French, iv. 330.
Charles I., his accession and character, i. 64. Parliamentary opposition to
65. Reigns without Parliaments; violates the Petition of Right, 67. His
measures towards Scotland, 72. Calls a Parliament, 74. Dissolves it, 74.
His scheme for a Council of Lords; summons the Long Parliament, 75.
His visit to Scotland, 76. Suspected of inciting the Irish rebellion, 79.
Impeaches the five members, 84. Departs from London, 85. His adhe-
rents, 87. His flight and imprisonment, 92. His deceit, 98. Executed,
99. Public feeling regarding his martyrdom, iii. 402.
Charles II.; acknowledged by Scotland and Ireland, i. 100. His restoration,
112. His character, 130, 131. Profligacy of his reign, 140.
His govern.
ment becomes unpopular, 146, 148. His marriage, 148. His revenge on
Sir John Coventry, 159. His league with Louis XIV., 159–163.
modes of raising money, 167. Thwarts the foreign policy of Danby,
175-182. Consults Sir William Temple, 186. Resists the Exclusion Bill,
201. His politic measures, 204, 205. Violates the law, 210. Factions in
his Court, 212. His army, 228-231. State of his navy, 231-237. Ordi-
nance, 238.
His envoys abroad, 239. Entertained at Norwich, 263. His
Court; his affability, 285. His laboratory at Whitehall, 319. His habits,
336. His sudden illness, 336. Refuses the Eucharist from Protestant
bishops, 340. Absolved by Friar Huddleston, 343, 344. His interview
with his natural children, 344. His death, 345. Conflicting accounts of
his death scene, 346, 347, note. Suspected to have been poisoned, 347.
His funeral, 349. His dislike of Jeffreys, 355. Papers in his writing pub-
lished by James II., ii. 35. His popular qualities, iii. 40. Touches for the
king's evil, 379.
Charles II. of Spain, joins the coalition against France, iii. 96. Justifies his
league with heretics, 99. His imbecility, iv. 210. His expected demise
without issue, v. 72. Intrigues of the several claimants at his Court, 78.
His physical and mental incapacity, 79, 80. Factions in his Court, 81.
Designates the Prince of Bavaria as his successor, 111. Superstitious
terrors inspired by Cardinal Portocarrero, 150. His visit to the sepulchre
of the Escurial, 151, 152.
Charles XI. of Sweden; his death, iv. 630.
Charles, Duke of Lorraine, takes Mentz, iii. 346.
Charlton, Judge, dismissed by James II., ii. 64.
Charnock, Robert, ii. 225, 226. Supports James's attack on Magdalene
College, 230-235. Becomes a Jacobite Conspirator, iv. 455. Sent by his
confederates to St. Germains, 468. His share in the assassination plot,
521. Arrested, 532. His trial, 535. And execution, 538. His paper
justifying his conspiracy, 538.
Charter, the Great, i. 12.
Charterhouse, James II.'s attack on, ii. 227.
Charters, municipal, seized by Charles II., i. 209.
Chartres, Philip, Duke of, at the battle of Steinkirk, iv. 224.
Chateau Renaud, Count of, commands the French fleet in Bantry Bay iii.
Cheshire, discovery of salt in, i. 247. Contested election for (1685), 277.
Chester, James II. at, ii. 228. William III.'s departure from, for Ireland,
Chesterfield Philip, Earl of, joins the rising for William Prince of Orange in
the North, ii. 398. The privy seal offered to him, iii. 425.
Chesterfield, Philip Dormer, Earl of; his opinion of William Cowper, and
of Marlborough, iv. 594.
Cheyney, Graham, Viscount; his duel with Lord Wharton, v. 185.
Chiffinch, introduces Friar Huddleston to Charles II.'s death-bed, i. 343.
His contract with Jeffreys, 354.
Child, Sir John, Governor of Bombay, iv. 111. His death, 116.
Child, Sir Josiah, Director of the East India Company; his wealth, iv. 108
Adopts Tory politics, 110. Becomes sole manager of the Company; his
influence at Court, 110. Clamor against, after the Revolution, 112–118.
His resistance to the proposed measures of Parliament, 118. His secret
management of the East India Company's affairs, 341. Sets parliamen-
tary authority at defiance, 380.
Cholmondley, Lord, joins the rising for William Prince of Orange in the
North, ii. 398.
Christ Church, Oxford, appointment of a Roman Catholic to the deanery
of, ii. 68.
Christina of Sweden at Rome, ii. 208.
Churchill, Arabella, i. 361.
Churchill, George, takes the Duke of Berwick prisoner at Landen, iv. 325.
Churchill, John. See Marlborough.
Cibber (the sculptor), i. 324.
Citters, Arnold Van; Dutch ambassador at the Court of James II., i. 430.
Despatch of, ii. 95, note. His absence at the birth of the Prince of Wales,
282, 367. His account of the acquittal of the bishops, 297, note. His
interview with James, 351. His account of the election of 1690, iii. 423.
Civil List, origin of the, iii. 440-442.
Civil war, commencement of the, i. 88.
"Claim of Right," iii. 229.
Clancarty, Donough Macarthy, Earl of; his romantic history, v. 23, 24.
Pardoned by Lady Russell's influence, 25.
Clancy, a Jacobite agent, iv. 569. Arrested, tried, and pilloried, 570.
Clarendon, Edward Hyde, Earl of, i. 77. His character, 134. His fall, 153.
His official gains, 241. His house in Westminster, 278. On the legality
of the Acts of the Convention of 1660, iii. 23.
Clarendon, Henry Hyde, Earl of, son of the preceding, appointed Lord
Privy Seal, i. 352. His interview with Monmouth, 506. Deprecates
James II.'s conduct towards the Church, ii. 34. His opinion of the Irish
Church, 104, note. Arrives in Ireland as Lord Lieutenant, 108. His want
of influence, 109. His alarm and meanness, 111. Incurs the displeasure
of James II., 114. Dismissed, 122. Effects of his dismission, 124. Joins
in the consultation of the bishops, 270. Questioned by James II., 371.
His lamentations at his son's desertion to the Prince of Orange, 391. His
speech in the council of Lords, 407. Joins William, 416. Advises the
imprisonment of James, 451. Resumes Tory principles, 503. Refuses to
take the oath of allegiance, iii. 26. Takes part in Jacobite plots, 473, 474.
William III.'s forbearance to, 474. Arrested by order of the Privy Coun-
cil, 479. His letter to James, 574. Informed against by Preston, iv. 17.
William's leniency to, 18.
Clarges, Sir Thomas, ii. 15. Moves the address of thanks to William III.,
Clarges, Sir Walter, Tory, candidate for Westminster in 1695, iv. 491.
Clarke, Edward; his paper against the Licensing Act, iv. 433.
Claude, John, a Huguenot; his book burned by order of James II., ii. 60.
Claverhouse. See Dundee.
Clayton, Sir Robert; his house in the Old Jewry, i. 275. Mover of the Ex
clusion Bill; his election for London in 1688, ii. 483.
Cleland, William, iii. 218. Lieut.-Colonel of Cameronians, 272. At the
battle of Dunkeld, 297. His death, 297.
Clench, William, a Roman Catholic writer, ii. 86, note.
Clergy, their loss of importance after the Reformation, i. 253, 255. Two
classes of, 255-260. The rural clergy under Charles II., 254. Their de-
graded condition, 256. Their great influence, 258. Question of requiring
oaths from the clergy, iii. 90. Difference of the two Houses of Parlia
ment thereupon, 91.
Clerkenwell, establishment of a monastery in, ii. 77, 386.
Cleveland Duchess of, i. 163, 337.
Clifford, Mrs., a Jacobite agent, iii. 469, 476, 477.
Clifford, Sir Thomas, a member of the Cabal Ministry, i. 165. His retire-
ment, 174. The originator of the corrupting of Parliament, iii. 431.
Clippers of the coin, law of Elizabeth against, 495. Their activity and
gains; public sympathy with, 496. Extent of mischief caused by, 496-
46 'Club," the, in Edinburgh, iii. 236. Its power, 276. Its intrigues, 298.
Its intrigues with the Jacobites, 551. The chiefs betray each other, 552.
Coaches, first establishment of, i. 294–297.
Coad, John, his narrative, i. 513, note.
Coal, consumption of, i. 247. Cost of conveyance, 294.
Cochrane, Sir John, i. 425. His disputes with Argyle, 435. His attempt on
the Lowlands, 437. Taken prisoner, 440. Ranscmed, 517.
Coffee houses, i. 286, 287, 288, 305.
Cohorn, employed in the defence of Namur, iv. 216. Wounded, 217. Serves
in the Siege of Namur, 470. Surprises Givet, 554.
Coining, ancient and improved system of, iv. 495.
Coke, John, sent to the Tower by the House of Commons, ii. 23, 24.
Colchester, Richard Savage, Lord, joins the Prince of Orange, ii. 388.
Coldstream Guards, the, i. 229; iii. 346.
Colepepper, becomes an adviser of Charles I., i. 77.
Colepepper, his quarrel with the Earl of Devonshire, ii. 193, 194.
Coligni, Admiral, an ancestor of William III., iv. 329.
College, Stephen, trial and execution of, i. 205, 206.
Collier, Jeremy; his Essay on Pride, i. 362, note.
i. 256, 258. A nonjuror, iii. 364. His "Remarks on the London Gazette,"
iv. 337. Absolves Friend and Parkyns at Tyburn, 542. Sentence of out-
lawry pronounced against, 544.
Cologne, Archbishopric of, ii. 340.
Colonies, principle of dealing with them, v. 44, 45.
Colt, Sir Henry, candidate for Westminster in 1698, v. 99.
Comines, Philip de, his opinion of the English government, i. 29.
Commission, the High, Clarendon's testimony to its abuses, i. 69. Abol-
ished at the Restoration, ii. 70. Reappointed by James II., 71. Proceed-
ings in, against Bishop Compton, 73-76. Proceedings against the univer-
sities, 214. Against the University of Cambridge, 216, 220.
Magdalene College, Oxford, 222. Further proceedings in, 329.
ished, 363.
Commoners, distinguished families of, i. 29.
Commons, House of; its first sittings, i. 13. How constituted, 29. Com
mencement of its contest with the Crown, 65. See Parliament.
Commonwealth proclaimed, i. 102.
Companies projected (1692), iv. 257, 258.
Compounders, The, iv. 708." Advise James II. to resign the crown to hi
son, 313.
Comprehension Bill; its provisions, iii. 71, 72. Resistance to, 71. Suffered
to drop, 71. The object of it defeated by Convocation, 370.
Compton, Henry, Bishop of London; tutor to the Princesses Mary and
Anne, ii. 25. Disgraced by James II., 27. Declines to suspend Sharp.
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