Northumberland Household Book, i. 245.
Northumberland, George Fitzroy, Duke of, Lord of the Bedchamber to
James II., ii. 429, 430.
Norwich, in the time of Charles II., i. 263.
Nottingham, i 264.
Nottingham, Heneage Finch, Earl of; his high reputation, ii. 191.
Nottingham, Daniel Finch, Earl of, son of the above; his conferences with
Dykvelt, ii. 191. His character and appearance, 192. His hesitation in
joining the revolution, 318. Questioned by James II., 370. His speech
in favor of a Regency, 490. His speech on the settlement of the Govern-
ment, 506. Appointed Secretary of State under William and Mary, iii.
14. His dissensions with the Earl of Shrewsbury, 50. His ecclesiastical
views, 63. Brings forward the Toleration Bill, 64. Moves the Compre-
hension Bill, 71. Resists the Bill confirming the Acts of the Parliament
of 1689, 449. One of the Council of Nine, 473. His interview with Crone
in Newgate, 477. Imparts to Queen Mary the news of the victory of the
Boyne, 512. Attends William III. at the Hague, iv. 7. Hated by the
extreme Whigs, 141. His quarrel with Admiral Russell, 233. Supported
by the Peers, 244. William's confidence in his honesty, 374. Retires
from office, 376. Supports the Bill for regulating State Trials, 381. His
scruples in regard to the Association, 545. Resists Fenwick's attainder,
605.
Nugent, Thomas, Irish Chief-Justice of the King's Bench, ii. 334; iii. 103.
Oates, Titus, i. 181. His extravagant stories and evidence, 183. His evi-
dence against Lord Stafford, 202. Proceedings against him; attempts to
procure his escape, 379. His appearance; his trial, conviction, and sen-
tence, 380. His punishment, 381. His impostures, why successful, ii. 5, 6.
Released from Newgate, iii. 306. Brings a writ of error before the Lords,
305. His sentence confirmed, 307. Bill for annulling his sentence passes
the Commons, 308. Conference of the Houses on his case, 309. Receives
a pardon and a pension, 311. His reappearance, 404. His discontent;
joins the Baptists, iv. 140. Expelled by them, 140. His connection with
Fuller, 141.
O'Brien, an adventurer employed by Sir John Fenwick, iv. 588.
"Observator," the, 306.
O'Donnel, Baldearg; his exile in Spain; escapes; arrives in Ireland, iii.
532, 533. Enters Limerick, 533. Makes terms with General Ginkell, iv.
76.
Ogilby; his Itinerarium Angliæ, i. 242, note.
Oglethorpe, Colonel, attacks the rebels at Keynsham, i. 470. At the battle
of Sedgemoor, 480.
Oldham, i. 255, note.
Oldmixon, i. 501, note.
Omagh, destroyed by the inhabitants, iii. 129. James II. at, 147.
O'Neil, Sir Neil, killed at the battle of the Boyne, iii. 498.
O'Neills, family of, ii. 102.
Orange, dismantled by Lewis XIV., ii. 145.
Orford, Earl of (Edward Russell), takes part in the consultations with Dyk-
velt, ii. 196. Negotiates between William Prince of Orange and the leaders
of English parties, 314. Obtains the adhesion of Shrewsbury, 315. Signs
the invitation to William, 319. Arrives in Holland, 344. One of the
Council of Nine, iii. 473. Proposes the despatch ordering Torrington
to give battle; sent down to the fleet, 479. His character, iv. 44. His
letter to William; his dealings with the Jacobites, 45. James II.'s ex-
pectations of assistance from, 178. Disgusted by James's Declaration,
186. Joined by the Dutch fleet, 187. Reads the Queen's despatch to his
assembled officers, 188. Stands out to sea, 188. Defeats Tourville at La
Hogue, 189-193. Puts to sea, and returns, 232. Quarrels with Notting-
ham, 233. Supported by the Commons, 244. Superseded in the command
of the Navy, 297. His communications with Middleton, 312. His influ-
ence over the Whig party, 357. Made First Lord of the Admiralty, 376
His secrecy in regard to the plan against Brest, 406. Sails for the Medi-
terranean, 407. Arrives in the Mediterranean, 411. Baffled by the Span-
ish Government; his improved naval administration, 412. Winters at
Cadiz, 412. His superiority in the Mediterranean (1695), 480.
His ser-
vices and popularity, 492. Elected for Middlesex (1695), 493. Joins the
fleet on the discovery of the assassination plot, 532. Puts to sea, 534.
Implicated in Fenwick's confession, 573. His demeanor, 576. Demands
inquiry into Fenwick's confession, 589. Made Earl of Orford and Vis-
count Barfleur, 619. His administration of the navy, v. 139. Parlia-
mentary inquiry into his administration, 140. Compelled to resign the
Treasurership of the Admiralty, 142. His dispute with Sir George
Rooke, and retirement, 143.
Orkney, Countess of. See Elizabeth Villiers.
Ormond, James Butler, Duke of, i. 140. His income, 240. High public es-
timation of, 350. Recalled from Ireland, 352. Keeps aloof from Popish
observances, 371. His moderate counsel to James II., ii. 34. Supports
Catharine Sedley, 55. Chancellor of the University of Oxford, 215.
His death, 328.
Ormond, Duke of (grandson of the above); elected Chancellor of the Uni-
versity of Oxford, ii. 328. Deserts James II., 402. Present at the coro-
nation of William and Mary, iii. 93. Made a Knight of the Garter, 95.
Meeting of Irish proprietors at his house, 118. At the battle of the
Boyne, 494. Accompanies William III. to Holland, iv. 1. At the battle of
Steinkirk, 225. His house broken into, 236. Taken prisoner at Landen,
326. His part in the debate on Fenwick's attainder, 605, 607. Grant of
Irish lands to, by the House of Commons, v. 210. Present at the death-
bed of William III., 238.
Oropesa, Spanish minister, popular attack upon, v. 148.
Osborne, Sir Thomas. See Danby, Earl of.
Ossory, Earl of, commands British auxiliaries in Holland, i. 177.
Ostalric, taken by the French, iv. 411.
Ottobuoni, Peter. See Alexander VIII.
Overall; Bishop; his treatise on the rights of governors, iv. 36, 37, note.
Oxford, meeting of Parliament at (1681), i. 203. Eminent divines at, 258.
Flying coach to, 295. Low state of Greek learning at (time of Charles
II.), 310. Loyal address from, to James II., 374. Loyalty of the Univer
sity, 467. Roman Catholics at, under James II., ii. 67. Bishopric of, 68.
The University; its splendor, 215. Its loyalty, 216. James II.'s attack
upon, 219.
James II. at, 230. Agitation in, on the affairs of Magdalene
College, 237. The Corporation of, refuses to resign its charter, 263. Elec-
tion of Chancellor at, 328. Welcomes the insurgents, 415. William
III.'s visit to, iv. 490.
Oxford, Aubrey de Vere, Earl of. ii. 247. Dismissed from the Lord Lieu-
At the Council of Lords, 406. Joins William
Prince of Orange, 416. At the battle of the Boyne, iii. 494.
Oxford, Earls of, ii. 247.
Palamos, taken by the French, iv. 411.
Palatinate laid waste by the French under Duras, in 1689, iii. 97. Agair
ravaged by the French under the Duke of Lorges, in 1693, iv. 343.
Palatine Elector, the; his prudent advice to James II., ii. 79.
Papal supremacy, advantages of, in the dark ages, i 7.
Papilon, Thomas, a Director of the East India Company; an Exclusionist,
iv. 109. Retires from the Direction, 110. His accusation against Sir
Josiah Child, 113. Chairman of the Committee of the House of Com-
mons in the affair of the Redbridge, 379.
Paris, rejoicings in, on the report of William III.'s death at the battle of the
Boyne, iii. 509.
Parker, Samuel, made Bishop of Oxford, ii. 68. Recommended by James
II. for the Presidency of Magdalene College, 227. Installed in the Pres-
idency, 234. His death, 236.
Parkhurst, Bishop, i. 39.
Parkinson, R., on the population of Manchester, i. 266, note.
Parkyns, Sir William, a Jacobite conspirator, iv. 455. His share in the as-
sassination plot, 467. Arms found at his house, 535. His trial and con-
viction, 540. Refuses to bet ay his confederates; executed, 542.
Parliament, powers of, i. 23. Strength of Puritans in (under Elizabeth), 46.
Abstains from opposition, 48. Takes up the question of monopolies, 49.
Eleven years' disuse of, by Charles I., 65. Called in consequence of the
Scotch war, 74. Dissolved, 74. The Long Parliament, 75. Its meas-
ures; parties in, 76. Its unanimity at the outset, 77. Its increased de-
mands on the King, 85. Its resources at the commencement of the civil
war, 88. Reverses, 90. Subunits to military rule, 93. Dissolved, 102.
Parliaments under Cromwell, 105, 106. The Long, revived; second ex-
pulsion, 111. Its return, 114. And final dissolution, 115. Convention
summoned by Monk; its meeting, 116. Dissolved by Charles II., 136.
Parliament of 1661, its zeal for royalty, i. 157. Opposition in, to Charles
II., 152. Deceived by the Cabal; prorogued, 167. Dissolved, 184; iv.
267. Its servility, 268.
Parliament of 1679 (the first); its violence against Papists, i. 186. Pro-
rogued, 193. Second Parliament of 1679, 194. Meets; the Exclusion
Bill passed by the Commons, 201. The Lords throw out the Bill, 202.
Parliament of 1681; summoned to meet at Oxford, i. 202. Its meeting and
dissolution, 203.
Parliament of 1685; i. 360. Its attachment to the Court, 375. Meets; pre-
liminary consultations, 401. Elects a Speaker, 402. Its proceedings re-
garding religion, 406. Votes supplies, 409. Attaints Monmouth, 457. Its
liberal supplies to James II., 458. Adjourned, 460. Reassembled (Nov.
1685), ii. 14. Opposition organized in, 16. Majorities against Govern-
ment, 20. 22.
Addresses James II. on the Test; reprimanded by him, 23.
Prorogued, 63. Dissolved, 212.
Parliament of 1689 (see Convention) enters into the question of revenue
iii. 27. Passes the Toleration Bill, 64. And the Bill for settling oaths, 7.
Petitions William III. to summon Convocation, 89. Addresses the King
on the proceedings of Lewis XIV., 101. Disputes in, 300. Disputes be-
tween the Houses, 312. Recess, 328. Reassembles, 394. Votes supplies,
394. Passes the Bill of Rights, 395. Inquires into naval abuses, 396.
Inquires into the conduct of the Irish war, 397. Violence of the Whig
faction, 403. Impeachments, 404. Appoints the "Murder Committee,"
405. Prorogued, 421. Dissolved, 423.
Parliament of 1690; its meeting, iii. 440.
Settles the revenue, 442. Passes
a Bill declaring the Acts of the last Parliament valid, 449. Passes the
Act of Grace, 456. Prorogued, 458. Reassembles, 563. Grants supplies;
appoints Commissioners to examine accounts; debates on ways and
means, 564. Question of Irish confiscations, 564. Question of proceed-
ings against Lord Torrington, 565. Reassembles in October, 1691, iv. 96.
Grauts supplies; debates on official fees and salaries, 97-99. Debates on
the settlement of Ireland; question relative to the Treaty of Limerick,
99-101. Debates on the East India trade, 102. Passes resolutions on the
subject, 117. Bill brought in, but defeated by the Company, 118. Pe-
titions William III. to dissolve the Company, 119.
Discussion on the
Inquires into Ful-
for regulating Trials for High-Treason, 119-123.
Lords' amendment, 123-126. The bill dropped, 127.
ler's allegations of a plot, 144. Session of 1692, 238. Parties in, 239.
Question of privilege in the Lords, 240. Debates on the state of the
nation; the Grand Committee of Advice, 241. Inquiries into naval ad-
ministration, 242-244. Revival of the Bill for regulating Trials for Trea-
son, 246.
Resumed debate on the India trade, 250. Votes supplies, 251.
Regulates the Land Tax, 252. Dispute between the Houses, 253. Raises
money by loan, 260. Question of Parliamentary Reform, 265. Becomes
unpopular, 268. Debates on the Place Bill, 270, 273. On the Triennial
Bill, 277. Secrecy of debates, 278. Burns Burnet's Pastoral Letter, 286.
Addresses William III. on the state of Ireland, 294. Debates on naval
miscarriages, 374. On the trade with India, 379. On the regulation of
Trials for High-Treason, 381. On the Triennial Bill, 381.
Bill, 381. Excitement in on William III.'s employment of the Veto, 385.
Representation to the King; his reply, 386. Reaction in the King's fa-
vor, 386.
Debates on the Bill for the Naturalization of Foreign Protes-
tants, 387-389. Debates on Supply, 389. Ways and Means, 390. Debates
on the Bank of England Bill, 398-400. Prorogued, 403. Meets in No-
vember, 1694, 419. Debates on the Lancashire prosecutions, 421. Re-
sumed debates on the bills of the last session, 422. Abolishes the censor-
ship of the press, 432. Inquires into official corruption, 436. Expels Sir
John Trevor from the Speakership, 439. Impeachment of the Duke of
Leeds, 446. Dissolved, 486.
Parliament of 1695 assembles, iv. 509. Debates on the Currency, 511-513.
On the Bill for regulating State Trials, 514-516. Proceedings on the
grant of Crown Lands in Wales to the Duke of Portland, 517. Proceed-
ings on the assassination plot, 530, 532. “The Association," 533, 545–547.
Debates on the Bill for the Regulation of Elections, 549-551. On the Bill
for a Land Bank, 552. Reassembles, 579. Loyal resolutions, 580. Pro-
ceedings touching Fenwick's confession, 587-589. Commons' debates on
the Bill for Fenwick's Attainder, 589-599. Lords' debates, 600-610.
Debates on the Bill for regulating Elections, 614-615. On the Bill for the
Regulation of the Press, 616. Abolishes the privileges of Whitefriars and
the Savoy; close of the session, 618. Meets in Dec. 1697, v. 13. Loyal
address of the Commons to the King, 14. Resolution for the reduction of
the army, 15. Ineffectual attempt to rescind the resolution, 19. The
army reduced to 10,000 men, 20. Liberal provision for the navy; fixed
income for the King, 21. Provides securities against conspiracies and
disaffected persons, 21. Ways and means, proposed resumption of crown
property granted to the King's Dutch servants, 25, 28. The motion de-
feated, 29.
Debates on charges of fraud against Montague, 29, 30, 32.
Bill of Pains and Penalties against Charles Duncombe, 32. Rejected by
the Lords, 38. Dispute between the Houses, 39. Length of the session;
commercial questions, 40. Endeavor to prevent smuggling by severe
penalties, 41. Addresses to the King for the protection of the English
woollen manufactures against Irish competition, 47. Debates on the rev-
ocation of the East India Company's Charter, 49. On Montague's pro-
posal of a General Company, 50. Debate in the Lords; prorcgation, 51,
52. Steady support of government by the Parliament of 1695, 96.
Parliament of 1698, strength of parties in, v. 101. Discontent at William
III.'s delay in Holland, 112. Choice of a Speaker, 113. Election of Sir
Thomas Littleton, 114. Resolution for the reduction of the army to 7000,
116. Failure of the Ministry to rescind the resolution, 120. Variance
between the House of Commons and the Ministry, 126. Tyrannical con-
duct of the House, 120. The Bill for disbanding the army passes the
Commons 130. Debate in the Lords, the Bill passed, 131. Resolution
carried in the Lords in favor of retaining the Dutch guards, 134. Wil-
liam's message to the Commons, 135. The previous question carried, 137
Address to the King, 138. Discussion on naval administration, 139, 140.
Clause for the appointment of Commissioners to take account of property
forfeited in Ireland; the Lords demur, 141. Prorogation, 142. Proceed-
ings on the establishment of the Scottish Company for colonizing Darien,
168. Assembles in Nov. 1699, 194. Intemperate address of the Com-
mons to the King, 195. Attack on Somers, 195. On Burnet, 196, 197.
Second attack ou Somers, 199, 200. Proceedings on the report of the
Commissioners on Irish forfeited estates, 206. Remuneration to the
Commissioners who signed the report, 206. Sir Richard Levinz sent to
the Tower; the Resumption Bill, 207. Extravagant grants to the Duke
of Ormond, 210. The Resumption Bill tacked to the Land Tax Bill; in-
dignation in the House of Peers, 211. Amendments carried by them;
rejected by the Cominons, 212, 213. Violence of the House of Commons,
213. Conferences between the Houses, 215. The Lords give way and
pass the Bill, 217. Motion in the Commons for the removal of Lord
Somers from office, 219. Its defeat, 219. Prorogation, 220. Dissolu-
tion, 231.
Parliament of Ireland, summoned by James II., in 1689, iii. 160. Passes the
Toleration Act, 164. Confiscates the property of Protestants, 165.
Parliament (Irish), of 1692; assembles; its composition and limited powers,
iv. 292. Rejects the Act of Settlement; appoints Committee of Griev-
ances, 293.
Parliament, Scotch, constitution of, i. 72. Parliament of 1685; its subser-
viency to James II., 388. Enacts the statute against conventicles, 389.
Assembles in 1686, ii. 93. Its refractory spirit, 94. Representatives of
towns, 94, 95. Adjourned, 97. The Parliament of 1689; factions in, iii.
275. Passes the Act of Incapacitation, 276. Refuses supplies, 277. Ad-
journed, 289. Reassembles in 1690, 542. Factiousness and venality of the
leading statesmen, 543. Government obtains a majority; Votes supplies,
544. Restores the ejected Presbyterian ministers, 546. Settles the church
constitution, 546, 549 Settles the question of church patronage, 549.
Adjourns, 554. Reassembles in 1693, iv. 300. Its unexpected modera-
tion, 301. Meets in 1695, 457. Proceedings in regard to the Glencoe mas-
sacre, 458-460. Votes supply, 464. Meets in the autumn of 1696; passes
Acts for the security of Government; Act for the Settling of Schools, 622.
Passes an Act incorporating a Company to carry out Paterson's scheme,
v. 161. Powers given to the Company, 162.
Partition Treaty, the first, v. 101. Unreasonable outcry against, 102-106.
The second Partition Treaty, 147.
Pascal Blaise, ii. 46, 47.
Pasquinades, ii. 207.
Paterson, William; his plan of a National Bank, iv. 398. His fruitless proj-
ects, 155. His intimacy with Fletcher of Saltoun, 155. Popularity of his
schemes in Scotland, 156, 157. Proposes the colonization of Darien by
Scotland, 158-161. His examination before the House of Commons, 169.
His obstinate self-delusion, 169. Sails for America, 170. His disastrous
failure, 178.
Patrick, Simon, preacher at St. Paul's, Covent Garden, i. 258.
in the conference with Roman Catholic divines, ii. 118. His share in
resisting the reading of James II.'s Declaration, 269, 270. A meniber of
the Ecclesiastical Commission, iii. 372. Employed to rewrite the Col.
lects; his style, 377 and note. Made Bishop of Chichester, 384. Trans-
lated to the See of Ely, iv. 34.
Pauperism, diminution of, i. 329, 330, note.
Payne, Neville, a Jacobite agent, iii. 540. Flies to Scotland, 553. Seized
and examined by torture; his firmness, 555.
Pearson, John, Bishop of Chester, i. 258. His death, ii. 69.
Pechell, Dr. John, Vice-Chancellor of Cambridge University, ii. 219 Bo
havior of Jeffreys to, 220.
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