Currency, debased state of (1695). v. 85, 88. General suffering caused thereby, v.
89. Literary allusions to, v. 89, note. Ineffective legislation on the subject, v.
92. Consultations for the restoration of, v. 94. Pamphlets on, v. 94. Parlia
mentary preceedings, v. 100. The Recoinage Bill, v. 103. Efforts for its restor
ation, v. 105. And their success, v. 108.
Customs, produce of, i. 264. Of Liverpool, i. 314. Of London, i. 318.
Cutlery, i. 312.
Cutts, John, at the battle of the Boyne, iv. 21. Serves in the Brest expedition,
iv. 557. His gallantry in the siege of Namur, v. 58, 59. Present at the inter-
view between William and Pendergrass, v. 123. His exertions during the fire at
Whitehall, v. 309.
Dalrymple, Sir James, of Stair; his life and character, iii. 261. President of the
Court of Session, iii. 270.
Dalrymple, Sir John (Master of Stair); agent of William III. at Edinburgh,
iii. 261. Appointed Lord Advocate, iii. 270. Opposes Montgomery in the
Scotch Parliament, iv. 77. Appointed Secretary of State for Scotland, iv. 274.
His hatred to the Macdonalds of Glencoe, iv. 283. His probable motives; his pol-
icy towards the Highlanders, iv. 287, 288. Obtains William's signature for the
extirpation of the Macdonalds of Glencoe, iv. 289. His arrangements, iv. 290,
291. His disappointment at the incompleteness of the massacre, iv. 300. Ac-
companies William to Holland, iv. 439. Dislike and jealousy of him, v. 44.
Proved to be the cause of the Glencoe massacre, v. 46. Address of Scotch Par-
liament to the King regarding him, v. 46, 47. Dismissed by William, v. 50.
Dalrymples, the, disliked by the Scotch aristocracy, iii. 317.
Daly, an Irish judge, iii. 126. His censure of the proceedings of the Jacobite
Irish Parliament; summoned to the bar of the House; discharged, iii. 192.
Danby, Earl of. See Leeds, Duke of.
Danby, Earl of, son of the above. See Caermarthen.
Danes; their struggle with the Saxons, i. 20. Danish troops in William's army
at the Boyne, iv. 21.
Dangerfield, a witness in the Popish plot, i. 238. His trial, i. 440. His death
from flogging, i. 441. His narrative published by Williams, ii. 311. See Wil-
liams.
Danvers, an English refugee in Holland, i. 473. A follower of Monmouth, i. 489.
His cowardly conduct, i. 530.
Darcy, Colonel John, ii. 34.
Dare, Thomas, a follower of Monmouth, i. 514. His quarrel with Fletcher of
Saltoun; is slain, i. 518.
Darien, Scottish colonization of, proposed by William Paterson, v. 422, 424. The
Company, v. 425. Number of small shareholders, v. 427. The violation of the
rights of Spain overlooked, v. 428. Impolicy of the scheme, v. 429. Certain
hostility of other powers, v. 430. Unfavorable opinions in England, v. 430, 431.
The scheme persisted in, v. 435. Departure of the expedition; arrival at the
Isthmus, v. 436. Establishment of the colony; dealings with the native chief-
tains, v. 437. Internal government; Hostility of the neighboring settlements,
v. 438. Rumors of disaster reach London, v. 439. Strange inattention to con-
siderations of climate. v. 441. Mortality among the settlers; disastrous night;
a remnant arrives at New York, v. 442. Arrival of the second expedition at
Darien, v. 413. Internal quarrels, v. 444. Besieged by a Spanish force; capit-
ulate, v. 445.
Dartmouth, George Legge, Lord; receives Monmouth into his custody, i. 556.
The commander of James II.'s fleet, ii. 416. Detained in the Thames by wind;
driven into Portsmouth by weather, ii. 430, 436. Refuses to send the Prince of
Wales to France, ii. 473, 474. Removed from the command of the fleet, ii. 53.
Takes the oath of allegiance to William III., iii. 40. Takes part in Jacobite
plots, iii. 523. Furnishes Preston with information for Saint Germains, iii.
524. Informed against by Preston, iv. 129, 131. Dies in the Tower, iv. 131.
Davenant, Charles; his calculations of agricultural produce, i. 288. Of mineral
produce, i. 290, note. His estimate of clerical incomes, i. 297.
Davenant, a French partisan; found at supper with the French ambassador;
pretends that the meeting was accidental, v. 499. Loses his seat in Parliament,
v. 503.
Declaration of Indulgence. See Indulgence.
Declaration of Right, ii. 584, 585
Defoe, Daniel, his "True-born Englishman," iii. 64, note.
Delaniere, Henry Booth, Lord. See Warrington, Earl of.
De la Rue; his share in the assassination plot, v. 116. Informs against his con
federates, v. 123. His evidence, v. 129.
Delaval, Sir Ralph, destroys French ships at Cherburg, iv. 319. Placed over the
navy, iv. 437.
His mismanagement in the matter of the Smyrna fleet, iv.
Delegates, Court of, ii. 90.
Delft, residence of the French envoys during the negotiations at Ryswick, v.
Denmark; its jealousy of England and Holland, iv. 336.
Derby, i. 310.
Derby, James, Earl of, ii. 310.
Derby, William, Earl of (grandson of the above), ii. 296.
Derbyshire, roads in, i. 340.
De Ruyter, i. 180.
De Vere, Captain; his reply to Queen Elizabeth at Tilbury, v. 265.
Devonshire, wages in, i. 376. Muster of, in expectation of a French landing after
the battle of Beachy Head, iv. 54.
Devonshire, William Cavendish, Earl of, ii. 39. His quarrel with Colepepper,
ii. 228. Fined exorbitantly; imprisoned, ii. 229. Released, ii. 230. Joins the
revolutionary conspiracy,; signs the invitation to William of Orange, ii. 306.
Heads the rising in Derbyshire, ii. 459. Meeting of peers at his house, ii. 571.
Appointed Lord Stewart, iii. 32. Made a Knight of the Garter, iii. 118. In-
quiry into his case, iii. 347. One of the Council of Nine, iii. 533. Accompanies
William to Holland, iv. 113. Involved in Preston's confession, iv. 129. Wil-
liam's magnanimity to him, iv. 130. Raised to the dukedom, iv. 555. Appoint-
ed one of the Lords Justices, v. 35. Transmits Fenwick's confession to Wil-
liam, v. 169. His part in the debate on Fenwick's attainder, v. 206. At the
death bed of William III., v. 509.
Devonshire, Countess Dowager of, ii. 230.
De Witt. John, Grand Pensionary of Holland, i, 189. Murdered, i. 204.
Dieppe, Bombardment of, iv. 561.
Digby, Edward; his letters from the Tower, ii. 18.
Dispensing power, i. 37, 38. Questions as to the extent of, i. 206.
claim to, ii. 82. Recognized by the Court of King's Bench, ii. 86.
ercise of, ii. 87.
Dissent, secret (time of Charles I.), i. 90.
"Dissenter, Letter to a," ii. 202.
Dockwray, William; his penny post, i. 351.
Dowdwell, Henry; his Jacobitism; included in the Act of Attainder, iii. 202. A
nonjuror, iii. 414. His strange theories, iii. 414.
Dolben, Gilbert, ii. 558.
Domains, royal, i. 37; v. 279.
Donelagh, Captain, a Jacobite agent, v. 166.
Donore, James II.'s head-quarters at, iv. 19.
Dorsetshire, Jeffreys at, i, 576.
Dorchester, Countess of (Catharine Sedley), ii. 71. Her power over James II.,
ii. 72. Retires to Ireland, ii. 75. Returns to London, ii. 142. Her letter to
James, iv. 109.
Dorset, Charles Sackville, Earl of, ii. 293. Dismissed from the Lord-Lieutenancy
of Sussex, ii. 295. Assists the flight of the Princess Anne, ii. 465. Appointed
Lord Chamberlain, iii. 32. His conduct towards Dryden, iii. 32. One of the
Council of Nine, iii. 533. Accompanies William III. to Holland, iv. 113. In
volved in Preston's eonfession, iv. 129. William's magnanimity to him, iv. 139.
Appointed one of the Lords Justices, v. 35. His part in the debate on Fenwick's
attainder, v. 206. Resigns the office of Chamberlain, v. 223.
Dort. Synod of, i. 79, 81.
Douglass, Andrew; his part in the relief of Londonderry, iii. 217.
Douglas, James, commands the Scotch foot-guards at the battle of the Boyne, iv.
21, 22. Falls at Steinkirk, iv. 357.
Dover, treaty of, i, 196,
Dover, Henry Jermyn, Lord, ii. 53. Made Privy Councillor, ii. 86. His advice
to James II., ii. 138. At the Board of Treasury, ii. 151. Lord-Lieutenant of
Cambridgeshire, ii. 298. Sent to Portsmouth to aid the Prince of Wales's es
cane, ii. 472. Attends James to Ireland, iii, 157. Makes his submission to
William III., iv, 99.
Drama, the, under Charles II., i. 364, 365, 366.
Drogheda, iv. 19. Surrenders to William III., iv. 33.
Dromore, skirmish at, iii. 154.
Drumlanrig, Earl of, deserts James II., ii. 464.
Drummond, Captain; his part in the massacre of Glencoe, iv. 294. Denounced
by the Scotch Parliament, v. 47.
Drummond, General, a Scotch Privy Councillor, ii. 114. Resists the measures of
James II., ii. 117.
Dryden, John; his sneers at the militia, i. 268, note. His testimony to Arch-
bishop Tillotson, i. 304, note. At Will's Coffee House, i, 336. His Fables; price
of the copyright, i. 365. His Absalom and Achitophel. i. 367. His Annus
Mirabilis, i. 370. Converted to Popery, ii. 183. His Hind and Panther, ii. 185,
183. Literary attacks on, ib. Regrets James II.'s violent measures, ii. 287.
Dismissed from the laureateship, iii. 33. His dedication to Halifax, iv. 48. His
Aurungzebe, iv. 225. His translation of Virgil; price of the copyright, iv. 571.
His complaints of bad money sent by Tonson, v. 91.
Duart, Maclean of, iii. 301.
Dublin, James II.'s entry into, iii, 163. Its appearance in 1689, iii. 163. Factions
in the Court at, ib. Irish Parliament at, iii. 164. James II.'s Court at, iii. 518.
Excitement in, on the news of William III.'s landing, iv. 15. Return of James's
army after the battle of the Boyne, iv. 33. Evacuated by the Jacobite troops,
iv. 36. William's entry into, iv. 37.
Dudley, Guilford, i. 563.
Dugdale, a witness against Lord Stafford, i. 240. Against College, i. 244. His
death, i. 435.
Du Guay Trouin, a French privateer, iv. 367.
Dunbarton's regiment, i. 542.
Dunblane, Peregrine Osborne, Lord. See Caermarthen.
Dumont, an accomplice in the plot for assassinating William, iv. 360. Betrays
Grandval, iv. 361.
Duncombe, Charles, a banker, purchases Helmsley, v. 92. A partisan of Sunder-
land, v. 268. Attacks Montague in Parliament, v. 282. Convicted of fraud and
forgery, v. 283. Bill of Pains and Penalties against him passed by the Com-
mons, v. 286. The inode of procedure an objectionable one, v. 289. His judges
interested in his condemnation, v. 290. Objections raised in the House of
Peers, v. 291, 292. The Bill thrown out, and the prisoner released, v. 292.
Again arrested, v. 292.
Dundalk, Marshal Schomberg's camp at, iii. 383.
Dundee, James Graham, Viscount of (Claverhouse), i. 449. His cruelties, i. 250,
251. His presence in England during the Revolution, iii. 246. His interview
with James II.; returns to Scotland under William 111.'s protection. iii. 247.
At Edinburgh, iii. 248. Threatened by the Covenanters, iii. 252. His flight, iii.
256. His interview with the Duke of Gordon, ib. His threatened arrest; joins
Macdonald of Keppoch, iii. 299. His design for a coalition of clans, iii. 308.
Muster of his supporters iii. 310. Quarrels in his army, iii. 311. Applies to
James for assistance, iii. 311. Hatred of, in the West of Scotland, fii, 312.
Marches into Athol, iii. 322. Arrives at Blair; holds a council of war, iii. 321.
Gives battle at Killiecrankie, iii. 327, 328. His death, iii. 328. Buried at Blair
Athol, iii. 332.
Dumferline, James Seton, Earl of, iii. 308.
mains, iv. 447.
Dunkeld, battle of, iii. 339.
Dunkeld, James Galloway, Earl of, iii. 307.
Conduct of James II. to, at St. Ger-
Dunkirk, sale of, by Charles II., i. 179. Privateers of, iv. 367. Naval attack upon,
in 1694, iv. 561.
Dunlop, a Scotch Presbyterian minister, iv. 85.
Dunning, Richard; his tract on the condition of the poor in Devonshire, i. 376.
Dunton; his Athenian Mercury, v. 69.
French commander in the Palatin-
Durant, his share in the assassination plot, v. 117.
Duras, Duke of, takes Philipsburg, ii. 409.
ate, iii. 119.
Durfey, Thomas; his Political Odes, i. 364.
D'Usson, commands the defence of Athlone, iv. 184.
treat, iv. 187, 188. Besieged in Galway, iv. 194.
Limerick, iv. 196.
Dutch, the jealousy of, in the English army, iv. 249.
357. Departure of William's Dutch guards, v. 401.
Duval, Claude, the celebrated highwayman, i. 348.
Dyer; his newsletters, iv. 568.
Trampled upon in the re-
Capitulates; returns to
Animosity to, in 1698, v.
Dykvelt, Everard Van, Dutch envoy; his conversation with James II., i. 492.
His second mission to England, ii. 225. His communications with English
statesmen, ii. 225, 226. Returns to the Hague, ii. 237. Sent by the States Gen-
eral to congratulate William on his success, ii. 540. Arrests Boufflers, v. 65, 66.
His negotiations with Callieres, v. 163, 164.
Eachard, John, on the condition of the clergy, i. 300, note; i. 302, note.
East India Company, incorporation of, iv. 224. Its growing trade, iv. 226. Its
great profits, iv. 227. Assailed by interloping traders, iv. 228. Political changes
in, iv. 229. Quarrels with the Mogul Government, iv. 231. Its position after
the Revolution, iv. 231, 233. Proposed reforms in; formation of the New Com-
pany, iv. 235. Contest between the Old and New Companies, iv. 237. Obtains
a new charter, iv. 485. Persecutes independent traders; affair of the Red-
bridge, iv. 525, 526. Parliamentary examination of its accounts, v. 24. Its
losses by privateers, v. 69. Its position in 1698, v. 302. Petitions against Mon-
tague's Indian policy, v. 304.
East India House (in the 17th century), iv. 226.
East Indies, trade with; question regarding, iv. 224.
Ecclesiastical Commission, appointed by William III., iii. 420. Its first proceed-
ings, iii. 423. Discussions regarding the Eucharist. iii. 424. Questions concern-
ing the baptismal service; the surplice; Presbyterian ordination; the Calen、
dar; the Athanasian Creed, iii. 425.
Edgehill, James II.'s visit to, ii. 269.
Edgeworth, Miss, ii. 125, note.
Edinburgh, riots in, ii. 111, 542. State of (1689), iii. 232. Surrender of the castle,
iii. 314.
Eland, Lord; his spirited defence of his father the Marquess of Halifax in the
House of Commons, iii. 370. His marriage to the Lady Mary Finch, v. 18.
Eldon, Lord, on the Roman Catholic Question, ii. 218.
Election of 1660, i. 211.
of 1679, i. 220.
the second of 1679, i. 231.
of 1685, i. 430. Controverted returns, ii. 37.
of 1689, ii. 541, 542.
of 1690, iii. 478.
of 1695, iv. 80, 81. The result favorable to William III., iv. 81.
of 1698, v, 257, 259.
of 1701, v. 502, 503.
Elections, Bill for regulating, iv. 144. Petitions against; the Bill passed, v. 145.
Negatived by the King, v. 146. Passed by the Commons, v. 217. Rejected by
the Lords, v. 218.
Elizabeth, Princess, suspected to have been poisoned, i. 398.
Elizabeth, Queen; her supremacy, how defined, i. 61. Difficulties at her acces-
sion, i. 62. The leader of Protestantism, i. 65. Grants monopolies, i. 67. Her
abandonment of them; her death, i. 67. Her conduct in the question of monop-
olies, iv. 222.
Elliot, a Jacobite agent, iii. 108. Arrested, iii. 110.
Elphinstone, an officer under Argyle; his misconduct, i. 408.
Enfield, Forest, i. 285.
England, early Christian, i. 17, 18. Danish invasions, i. 20. Under the Normans,
i. 23. Power of (14th century), i. 26, 27. The laws binding on the Crown, i. 38.
But violated by the Kings, i. 40. The effects of the civil wars partial, i. 43, 45.
Union with Scotland and Ireland, i. 68. Diminished importance, i. 69, 73. Long
internal peace, i. 84. Origin and character of the two great parties, i. 92, 99.
Their first conflict, i. 102. The civil war, i. 111, 115. Military domination, i.
117. The Commonwealth, i. 126. England under Cromwell, i. 131. Under
Charles II., i. 158, 164. War with the Dutch, i. 180. Indignation against
Charles II., i. 181. The Triple Alliance with Holland and Sweden, i. 190. Loss
of power and influence, i. 214. State of, in 1685, i. 257, 386. Changes, i. 258.
Population in 1685, i. 259, 261. Rude state of the northern counties, i. 261.
Rapid progress, i. 263. Revenue in 1685, i. 264. Military system, i. 267. The
Kings were the Captain-Generals of Militia, i. 268. The Army, i. 269, 272. Navy,i.
274, 278. Ordnance i. 280. Agriculture, i. 284. Wild animals, i, 285. Agricul
tural produce, i. 287. Domestic animals, i. 288. Mineral produce, i. 290.
Rent of land, i. 291. Growth of towns, i. 306. Country towns, i. 309. Manufactur
ing towns, i. 311. Watering places, i. 360. Kings of, after the Revolution, i.
331. Travelling, i. 339, 345. First stage-coaches, i. 344. Neglect of female edu-
cation, i. 357. Decline of learning, i. 360. Scientific movement, i. 368, 370.
Fine arts, i. 374, 375. State of the common people, i. 375, 385. Cost of food, i.
377. Pauperism, i. 381. Fierceness softened by civilization, i. 383, 381. Past
and present times, delusions regarding, i. 386. Feelings of continental
governments towards, i. 412. Dread of Roman Catholics in, ii. 18. Feel-
ings in, on the persecution of the Huguenots in France, ii. 24. Dis-
content against James II., ii. 134. State of parties (1688), ii. 545. Re-
joicings on the accession of William and Mary, iii. 14.
General corrup-
tion of the Government, iii. 65. Effect produced by the news of James
II.'s persecution of Protestants in Ireland, iii. 206. Commercial relations
with Scotland, iii. 233, 234. Parliamentary corruption, iii. 484, 485, Preva-
lence thereof after the Restoration, iii. 486, 487. Not diminished by the
Revolution, iii. 487. Danger, after the battle of Beachy Head, iii. 543. Spirit
of the nation roused; excitement against the French, iii. 545, iv. 45. Jealousy
of the Dutch in, iv. 249. Era of fictitious plots, iv. 252. Preparations to repel
invasion, iv. 307. Rejoicings for the victory of La Hogue, iv. 321. Zeal in the
war against Lewis XIV., iv. 335. Complaints of naval naladministration, iv.
366. Failure of the harvest (1692), iv. 368. Increase of crime, iv. 368. Increase
of the National Debt, and of wealth, iv. 394, 396. Origin of government by a
Ministry, iv. 492. Failure of assassination plots in, v. 120. Feeling, on the
discovery of the plot against William, v. 125. Financial crisis in, v. 153, 160.
Conduct of the people, v. 160. Return of prosperity, v. 180. Restoration of the
finances, v. 182. General anxiety during the negotiations at Ryswick, v. 244.
Rejoicings for the peace, v. 246. The Thanksgiving Day, v. 248. Causes for
thankfulness, v. 249, 250. Dislike of all classes to a standing army, v. 253.
Pamphleteering war on the question of disbanding the army, v. 259. Topics of
the writers in favor of immediate disbanding, v. 259, 260. Reply by Lord
Somers, v. 261, 265. Renewed disputes on the subject; temper of the army, v.
271. Commercial questions; smuggling, v. 295. Jealousy of Irish woollen
manufacturers, v. 299. Early trade with Russia, v. 311. Relations with France,
v. 318. Embassy to France, see Portland. Development of the system of min-
isterial government; prosperity of the country under the ministry of 1695, v.
355 Grounds of its unpopularity, v. 356. Alarm in, on the death of the Prince
of Bavaria, v. 394. Suspension of diplomatic relations with Spain, v. 417. Pre-
vious difference on the subject of the Scottish colony at Darien. See Darien.
Political animosities during the recess of Parliament, v. 447. Discontent in,
v. 453. Agitation on the subject of the Resumption Bill, v. 483. Indignation
On the proclamation of James III. by Lewis XIV., v. 498. Reaction against the
Tories, v. 498, 500. The election of 1701, v. 502, 503.
England, Bank of, first project of, iv. 540. Clamors against, ib. Foundation of,
iv. 541. Effects of, iv. 512. Attack on its credit, iv. 544. General Court of,
sends money to William III., v. 156.
England, Church of; its origin, i. 57. Was a compromise, ib. Its Liturgy, ib
Vestments, ib. Its relation to the Crown, i. 59. Its loyalty, i. 63. Its in-
creased dislike of Puritans, i. 78. Its papistical tendencies, 1. 80. Its ritual,
how regarded by reformers; by Churchmen under James I., i. 80. Its condi-
tion at the restoration, i. 160. Its zeal for hereditary monarchy, i. 168. James
II.'s declaration in favor of, i. 400. Its loyal principles, ii. 48. Under James
II.; its resistance to Popery, ii. 104, 105. Its alarm at James II.'s measures,
ii. 198. Its disputes with the King, ii. 199. Courts the Dissenters, ii. 200.
Alienated from James II., ii. 277. Placed in a dilemma, ii. 280. Discontented
with the Revolution, iii. 15. Divided into High and Low Church, iii. 72. Di-
visions in regard to oaths of allegiance, iii. 396. Arguments for acknowledging
William and Mary, iii. 397, 398. Arguments of the nonjurors, iii. 400. The
clergy take the oaths, iii. 401. With exceptions, iii. 405. See nonjurors.
English Architecture, early, i. 29.
English Constitution, i. 26. Development of, i. 34. Gradual growth, i. 35. Not
accurately defined, i. 39. Ancient and modern, compared, i. 39, 45.
government under, i. 43, 45.
English history, early, misrepresented, i. 31. The causes of this. i. 35.
English Kings; their prerogative, i. 36. Evade the limitations of them, i. 39.
Their excesses tolerated. i. 42. Of the House of Tudor, i. 43. Declared heads
of the Church, i. 59. Their ecclesiastical authority, i. 60. Irregularities in
their succession, i. 75. Their powers in matters of trade, iv. 229.
English language, formation of, i. 27. Early authors in, i. 29.
English literature (under Charles II.); French taste in, i. 360, 361. Its immoral-
ity, i. 361, 364, Comedies, i. 365, Dedications, i. 366.
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