Cassell's History of England, Vol. 3 (of 8)

Chapter XVII: THE REIGN OF QUEEN ANNE (continued) (4)

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Lindsay, Lord, at the battle of Edgehill, 15, 16.

Lisle, Sir George, shot by Parliamentary troops, 78.

Literature in the Stuart period, 355 _et seqq._

Locke, John, proposal regarding coinage, 483.

Lockhart, Sir William, Cromwell's ambassador at the Hague, 147.

London, Defence against Charles I., 16;
growth of, 168;
moral condition under the Stuarts, 188, 379;
the Great Plague, 215-16;
the Great Fire, 219;
terror at the French invasion under Tourville, 434;
great storm of 1704, 547.

Londonderry, Siege of, 413-416.

Long Parliament, The, Cromwell's address to the, 118;
the _coup d'état_, 118-119.

Louis XIV., in league with Cromwell against Spain, 144;
war with Holland, 235, 243;
joins with James II. against William of Orange, 334;
decay of power, 498;
designs in Spain, 505;
proclaims the son of James II. King of England, 529;
inroads on the German Empire, 546;
great exertions against the Allies, 564;
emissaries in Scotland in support of the Pretender, 579;
active operations on the Continent, 580;
capture of Lille, rejects propositions of peace, 582;
ruinous effects of his ambition, 583;
sues for peace with Holland, 584;
his terms of peace, 585;
the forty articles, refuses the ultimatum of the Allies, 586;
fall of Tournay, battle of Malplaquet, 587;
renews overtures for peace, 595.

Lucas, Sir Charles, shot by Parliamentary troops, 78.

Ludlow, Colonel, denounces Charles I., 80;
fanaticism of, dislike to Cromwell, 124.

Lunsford, Colonel, appointed Lieutenant of the Tower, 5.

Macaulay quoted, 224.

Mackay, General, in command in Scotland, 406;
battle of Killiecrankie, 408.

Mackenzie, Sir George, 364.

Maguire, Cornelius, Irish rebel leader, 1.

Malplaquet, Battle of, 587.

Manchester, Earl of, disputes with Cromwell, 30.

Marlborough, Duke of, in command in Ireland, 437;
character of, 440, 451;
dismissed from office, 452;
imprisonment, 460;
receives the Order of the Garter from Queen Anne, appointed
Captain-General of the English army, 536;
influence of his party, commander-in-chief, 538;
in command on the Rhine, his bold plans, 539;
warm welcome in England, alienation from the Tories, 542;
the Toleration Act, 543;
campaign in Flanders, 544-545;
campaign on the Moselle, 550;
assault on Schellenberg, 552;
battle of Blenheim, 555;
third campaign against the French, 560;
battle of Ramillies, 565;
wane of his party influence, 578;
battle of Oudenarde, 580;
battle of Malplaquet, 587;
decline of power, 596;
end of his influence, 598;
in disgrace, 599;
opposition to his efforts by the Tories, 602;
his fall, 607;
the charges brought against him, his defence, 608.

Marston Moor, Battle of, 28.

Marten, Henry, 91.

Marvell, Andrew, 360.

Mary, Princess, at the Dutch Court, 8.

Massinger, Philip, 175.

Mayday, Celebration of, 383.

Mazarin, 47, 133.

Meal-Tub Plot, The, 266.

Middleton, Thomas, 175.

Mildmay, Sir Henry, 83.

Militia Bill, Opposition of Charles I. to, 11.

Milton, John, 91;
his prose, 182;
his Republican sympathy, 355;
_Paradise Lost_, 356.

Ministers' Bill, The, 195.

Monk, General, policy in Scotland, 108;
his reserve, 155;
march to London, 159;
proclaims a full and free Parliament, 160;
secretly working for the Restoration, 162;
receives Charles II. at Dover, 165;
commander-in-chief, 194.

Monmouth, Duke of, 263;
popularity of, 266;
makes a royal progress through the provinces, 273;
proclamation for his apprehension, 277;
reconciliation with his father, 282;
at the Court of Holland, 286;
expelled from Holland, his reception in England, 298;
political blunder of, 299;
battle of Sedgemoor, 301;
death of, 303.

Monmouth, Earl of, impeached by the Commons, 12.

Mons captured by Louis XIV., 439.

Montagu, Lord, 256.

Montreuil, negotiation with Scots on behalf of Charles I., 50.

Montrose, Marquis of, policy of, 24;
unfurls the royal standard at Dumfries, at Blair Athol,
defeats Elcho, 42;
attack on Argyleshire, defeats Argyll, defeats John Ury, 43;
a second victory over Baillie, 44;
fame of, rising in favour of Charles II., 101;
defeat in Ross-shire, betrayal of, execution, 102.

Moore, Roger, incites the Irish against England, 2.

Mountjoy, Lord, Treachery of James II. towards, 411.

"Muggletonians," 355.

Muscovy Company, The, 167.

Music under the Puritans, 373;
in the time of Charles II., 374.

Namur, captured by Louis XIV., 454;
second siege, 480;
fall of, 481.

Nantes, Edict of, revocation of by Louis XIV., 307.

Napier, Lord, of Merchiston, 366.

Naseby, Battle of, 39.

Navigation Act, passed by Parliament, 111;
in operation, 388;
growth of trading companies, 390.

Navy, English, in the Stuart period, 386.

Netherlands, Disturbances in the, 147.

"Neuters," 115.

Newbury, Battle of, 22.

Newcastle, Marquis of, in command of the Royalist army, 26;
Battle of Marston Moor, 28.

Newmarket, meeting of Parliament soldiers, 62.

Newport, Lord, controversy with the king, 6.

Newton, Sir Isaac, 366.

Nonconformists, The, 352.

Non-Jurors, Rise of the faction of, 399.

Northumberland, Earl of, Lord High Admiral, under Parliament, 10, 11.

Nottingham, Charles I. raises his standard at, 14.

"Novum Organum," The, 181.

Oates, Titus, the Popish plot, his story before the Council, 248;
imitators of, 250;
effect upon the people, 251;
his real character, 252;
his forgeries, 253;
impeachments by, 255;
convicted of perjury, 292.

Oath, Coronation, of William and Mary, 403.

Occasional Conformity Bill, The, 543, 547.

O'Connelly, Sir John, 2.

O'Neil, Sir Phelim, 2;
the Irish massacre of 1641, 3.

Orange, Prince of, 587.

Orange, William of (_see_ William III.).

Ordinance, The Self-denying, 31.

Ormond, Earl, makes terms with Parliament, 55;
leader of the Irish Royalists, 97;
secret visit to England on behalf of Charles I., 147;
unfair treatment by James II., 290.

"Orrery Letters," The, 144.

Oudenarde, Battle of, 580.

Overton, Colonel, plot against Cromwell, 130.

Owen, Sir John, Trial of, by Parliament, 93.

Oxford, Charles I. at, 18;
Parliament at, 27, 268;
declaration by the University of, 279.

Pack, Sir Christopher, "Remonstrance" against Cromwell by, 139.

Painting during the Stuart period, 371.

Papal Nuncio, James II. pays homage to the, 323.

Parker, Dr., effort of James II. to install him at Magdalen College, 324.

Parliament, discussion with Charles I., 18;
makes a new Great Seal, 19;
further propositions to Charles I., 38;
treaties with the Scots regarding possession of Charles I., 54;
resolution in regard to the Constitution, 76;
condemns Charles I., 86-88;
dishonesty under Charles II., 242.

Parliament, The Little, 119.

Parsons, Sir William, 1.

Partition Treaty, The, 523.

Paterson, William, projector of the Bank of England, 510.

Pauperism under the Stuarts, plan for decrease of, by Yarranton, 393;
benevolent scheme of Firmin, 394.

Penn, William, 229.

Pension Parliament, The, 258.

Pepys, Samuel, 364.

Peterborough, Earl of, his able generalship, assault of Barcelona, 562;
brilliant exploits in Spain, 563.

Peters, Hugh, 97, 198.

"Petition and Advice," The, 145;
legality of, debated in Parliament, 151.

Petre, Father, Jesuit Provincial, at the court of James II., 311.

Petty, Sir William, on mercantile shipping, 386.

Philiphaugh, Battle of, 46.

Plague, The Great, 215, 216.

Plymouth Adventuress, The, 167.

Poets during the Stuart period, 174.

Post Office, Origin of the English, 388.

Poynings' Act, 38.

Presbyterians, difference from Independents, 59;
treaty with Charles I., 79;
condition under Charles II., 196;
assailed in Scotland, 212.

Press, Liberty of the, 466, 482.

Preston, Battle of, 78.

"Pride's Purge," 83.

Prose writers during the Stuart period, 362.

Protestantism, declaration of William III., 397.

Prynne, William, his efforts against Laud, 34.

Purcell, Henry, 374.

Pym, 26.

Quakers, The (_see_ Society of Friends).

Quebec, Expedition to, 601.

Rainsborough, Colonel, revolt of fleet in favour of Charles I., 76.

Raleigh, Sir Walter, 166.

Ramillies, Battle of, 565.

Remonstrance on the state of the kingdom, composition of, 4.

Resumption Bill, The, 517.

Revenue in the Stuart period, 385.

Rights, Declaration of, 350;
Bill of, 423.

Rochester, Earl of, Prime Minister, 310;
love of office, 317;
fall of, 318;
loyalty to James II., 344;
declares for William, 345.

Rooke, Admiral Sir George, expedition to Cadiz, 540;
Battle of Vigo Bay, 541;
Capture of Gibraltar, 559.

Rosen, General, at the siege of Londonderry, his savagery, 415.

Royal Society, Founding of the, 365.

Rubens, 186.

Rullion Green, Battle of, 223.

Rump, The, origin of the name, 83;
influence in political affairs, 152, 153.

Rupert, Prince, his style of warfare, 16;
battle at Chalgrove, 19;
victories by, 27;
surrenders Bristol, character of, 44;
carries on the war by sea, 109.

Russell, Lord William, 278;
trial and execution of, 279.

Rye House Plot, The, 276.

Ryswick, Treaty of, 501.

Sacheverell, Dr. Henry, accused of high treason, 588;
taken into custody, 590;
riots by partisans, 591;
trial of, 592, 593.

Sales, Bill of, 195.

Sancroft, Archbishop, Trial of, 328.

Schomberg, Marshal, 416;
arrival in Ireland, 427;
death at the Battle of the Boyne, 430.

Scone, Charles II. crowned at, 106.

Scotland, dealings with the Parliament, invasion of England, 24;
army crosses the Tweed, 27;
propositions of leaders to Charles I., 35;
rising under Montrose, 101, 102;
invaded by Cromwell, Cromwell's military stations, 103;
Charles II. crowned at Scone, 106;
disaffection to Cromwell, 124;
claims under Charles II., 200, 201;
persecutions by Charles II., Presbyterianism assailed, 212;
the Covenanters, 222;
continued religious persecutions, 262, 283, 316;
meeting of Parliament, 292;
the triumph of Presbytery, meeting of the Convention, 403;
Jacobite rising, 407-410;
affairs under William and Mary, 435;
Massacre of Glencoe, 456;
Parliament of William and Mary, 478;
excitement against the Orange ministry, 510;
enthusiasm in the Darien expedition, 512;
indignation against William, 514;
union with England, 567.

"Scourers, The," 379.

Sedgemoor, Battle of, 301.

"Seekers," The, 354.

Self-denying Ordinance, The, 32.

Sexby, Colonel, at the court of Madrid, 134;
attempt of Popish invasion, 137.

Seymour, Sir Edward, 294.

Shaftesbury, Earl of (First Earl), attacks on Popery, 261;
schemes of rebellion, 274;
death of, character of, 275.

Shakespeare, 173.

Sharp, Archbishop, 203;
murder of, 263.

Sheldon. Dr., 55.

Sherlock, Bishop, proposal in favour of James II. at the Revolution, 349.

Shovel, Sir Cloudesley, 559;
in command of the English fleet, 576;
wreck and death of, 577.

Sidney, Algernon, Trial and execution of, 280-282.

Sindercomb, attempt to assassinate Cromwell, 138.

Solemn League and Covenant, The, 25.

Somers, Lord, 506;
forced to resign the Lord Chancellorship, 517;
trial of, 527;
integrity of, 535.

Spain, acknowledges the Commonwealth, 110;
dispute with Cromwell, 133;
visit of king Charles to England, 546;
collapse of his power, 567.

Spencer, Earl of Northampton, impeached of high treason by
the Commons, 12.

Sport under Charles II., 380.

Stafford, Lord, Trial and execution of, 267.

Steam-engine introduced into England, 369.

St. John, Oliver, chief justice under the Commonwealth, 91.

Strode impeached, 7.

Suckling, Sir John, 178.

Sunderland, Earl of, Prime Minister under Charles II., character of, 259;
intrigues in behalf of James II., 310;
treason to James II., 338.

Tallard, Marshal, 554.

Tangier, Settlement of, 207.

Tarbet, Lord, advice to William III. regarding the Highlands, 140, 407.

Tate, Mr., moves the self-denying ordinance, 32.

Temple, Sir William, 261, 308.

Test Act, Operation of the, 320.

Thurloe, John, secretary for the Parliament, 37;
secretary of the Parliamentary Council, 122;
Secretary of State, 125;
his alertness, 140, 407.

Tories, early conflicts with the Whigs, 420, 422;
efforts to gain power, 508;
rivalry with the Whigs under William III., 524;
influence under Queen Anne, Marlborough's alienation from the, 542.

Treason, Bill for regulating trials in cases of high, 450, 484.

Treaty of Ryswick, The, 501.

Treaty, The Partition, 523.

Triennial Act, The, 211.

"Triers," 122.

"Trimmers," The, 451.

Tuam, Archbishop of, killed in a skirmish, 48.

Turenne, Marshal, 144.

Turkey merchants, The, 167.

Tyrconnel, Earl of, appointed Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland, 318;
plot with James II. to hand over Ireland to Louis XIV., 325;
treacherous character of, 411.

Union between England and Scotland, The, 573.

Uxbridge, Meeting of Royalist and Parliamentary Commissioners at, 37.

Vane, Sir Harry, 83;
ability of, 207;
executed by Charles II., 208.

Vaudois, Massacre of the, 134.

Vaughan, Lord Chief Justice, the trial of Penn, noble defence of
the rights of juries, 231.

Vendôme, Duke of, 580.

Venner, rising of Fifth-Monarchy men under, 140.

Verrio, Antonio, the painter, influence with Charles II., 371.

Vigo Bay, Battle of, 541.

Villeroi, Marshal, 565.

Waldenses, The, 439.

Waller, Edmund, 22.

Walton, Isaac, 363.

Warner, William, 176.

Warwick, Earl of, Admiral of the Parliamentary fleet, 78;
in league with the Royalists, 79.

Webster, John, 175.

Westminster Assembly, The, disagreement of Presbyterians and
Independents, 34.

Wexford, capture by Cromwell, 99.

Whigs, the name "Whiggamores," 84;
keen rivalry with the Tories, 508, 524;
triumph under William and Mary, 530.

White, Robert, the engraver, 373.

Whitelock, 116, 142.

Wildman, Colonel, plot against Cromwell, 131.

William III., dauntless spirit and ready resource of, 236;
arrival in England, 242;
marriage to his cousin Princess Mary, 243;
conquests in the Netherlands, 244-246;
visit to England, 271;
his opinion of the Declaration of Indulgence, popularity
in England, 320;
invited to expel James II., 331;
prepares to invade England, 332;
memorial in favour of, 335;
embarks for England, 338;
landing at Torbay, 339-342;
enters London, 348;
the succession difficulty, 349;
the Declaration of Rights, 350;
accession of, 396;
his first Ministry, 397;
settlement of the revenue, 399;
acknowledged king of Scotland, 406;
conflict with the Whigs, 419;
speech to Parliament, 423;
Irish campaign, 425;
his army in Ireland, 428;
battle of the Boyne, 430;
popularity with Parliament, 437;
with his army in the Netherlands, 452-456;
Continental campaign, 466;
reconciled with Anne, 479;
reception in London after capture of Namur, 482;
plot against, 485;
campaign in Flanders, 496;
triumphal entry into London, 501;
question as to the succession, 521;
illness, 530;
marks of the nation's confidence, 531;
fall from his horse, 533;
death of, 534;
appearance and character of, 402, 534.

Williams, Archbishop, attacked by a Puritan mob, address to the king, 6.

Winceby-on-the-Wolds, Battle at, 26.

Windebank, Colonel, 39.

Window tax, Origin of the, 483.

Wither, George, 178.

Worcester, Battle of, 106.

Worcester, Marquis of, 370.

Working classes, The, under the Stuarts, 391;
wages of artizans, enactments against free labour, 392.

Wroth, Sir Thomas, 74.

Yarranton, Mr., plan for decrease of pauperism, 393.

York, Duke of, in the custody of Parliament, 54;
escape to Holland, 75;
at the siege of Dunkirk, 148;
Admiral against the Dutch, 214;
victory at Southwold Bay, 235;
the Popish plot, 248;
opposes Monmouth, 264;
government in Scotland, 283 (_see_ also James II.).

Young, Commodore, victory over the Dutch fleet, 111.

Zulestein, General, mission to England, 322;
messenger to James II. from William of Orange, 347.

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