ABINGDON, James Bertie, Earl of, i.
593. Deprived of the Lord Lieu-
tenancy of Oxfordshire, ii. 327. Pro-
posed for the Chancellorship of the
University of Oxford, 423. Joins
William of Orange, 501.
Abjuration Bill, iii. 570, 571. Debate
upon, in the Lords, 574, 575.
Act of Grace, iii. 575. Exceptions to,
576. Was the act of William III.
alone, 577, 578.
Adda, Ferdinand, Count of, Papal Nun-
cio in England, ii. 20. Advises James
II. to proceed legally, and with moder-
ation, 53, and note. Consecrated at
St. James's Palace, 270. Procession
in honour of, at Windsor, 272. His
report of the acquittal of the bishops,
388. note. His escape from England,
Addison, Joseph, i. 481. note. His pic-
ture of a Dissenting minister, iii. 98.
Aghrim, battle of, iv. 91–93.
Agriculture, state of, in 1685, i. 311—
316. Reform of, 410.
II.'s death, i. 440. note. Takes the
oath of allegiance to William, iii. 33.
Takes part in Jacobite plots, 586.
His protest against the rejection of the
Place Bill, iv. 344. His connexion
with Jacobite conspirators, 586. Sent
to the Tower; his dealings with
Porter, 714.
Akbar Khan; his death and power, iv.
Albemarle, George Monk, Duke of; his
character, i. 146. Marches to Lon-
don, 147. Declares for a free Parlia-
ment, 148. His sea service, 301.
Albemarle, Christopher Monk, Duke of;
Marches
son of the above, i. 578.
against Monmouth; his retreat, 579.
Proclaimed a traitor by Monmouth,
588. Chancellor of Cambridge Uni-
versity, ii. 279.
Albemarle, Arnold Van Keppel, Earl
of; his character, v. 81; becomes a
favourite of William III.; his ele-
vation to the Peerage; Portland's
jealousy of him, 82. Forfeited Irish
property bestowed on him, 264. Dis-
patched with William's last instruc-
tions to the Hague, 305. His return,
309. Present at the King's death-bed,
310.
Aikenhead, Thomas, condemned to death, Albeville (White), Marquess of, ii. 47.
iv. 785. Executed, 786.
Ailesbury, Countess of; her death from
terror, iv. 769.
Ailesbury, Earl of; his account of Charles
His meanness and corruption, 242.
James's II.'s envoy at the Hague, 454,
464. Insulted by the populace at the
Hague, 607.
Albigensians; their movement prema-
ture, i. 45.
Aldrich, Henry, Dean of Christchurch,
i. 332. A member of the Ecclesiasti-
cal Commission, iii. 470.
Alexander VIII., Pope, iii. 439. James's
embassy to, 440.
Alford, Gregory, Mayor of Lyme; gives
the alarm of Monmouth's landing, i.
578.
Allegiance, oath of, difficulties in regard
to, iii. 100-107. The houses of Par-
liament differ, 114.
Alleine, Joseph, i. 585.
Allibone, Richard, a Roman Catholic;
raised to the Bench, ii. 275.
the judges at the trial of the bishops,
375. Delivers his opinion, 384.
Alsatia. See Whitefriars.
cated a Protestant, i. 211. Married
to Prince George of Denmark, 270.
Her attachment to the Duchess of
Marlborough, ii. 257. Scheme for in-
ducing her to become a Roman Catho-
lic, 309. Her absence at the birth of
the Prince of Wales, 364, 474. Her
disbelief of his legitimacy, 474. Her
flight, 520. Consents to William's
election to the throne, 649. Gives
birth to a son,
iii. 395. Provision made
for, by Parliament, 559, 566. Her
subserviency to Lady Marlborough,
560. Her bigotry, 563. Her letter
to her father, iv. 158. Her interview
with Mary on Marlborough's treason,
165. Her rupture with her sister,
167-169. And reconciliation, 534
Her reconciliation with William, 567.
Alsop, Vincent, a Nonconformist of the Anne's, Queen, Bounty, iii. 78.
Court party, ii. 221, 348.
America. Puritan settlements in, i. 92.
Trade with, from Bristol, 337. Bri-
tish Colonies in, their alleged piratical
conduct, v. 246.
Anselm, Archbishop, i. 23.
Antrim, Alexander Macdonnell, Earl of,
marches on Londonderry, iii. 144.
Flight of his division at the Boyne,
631.
America, Spanish, hatred of the Span- Apocrypha, question of lessons taken
iards in, v. 97.
Amsterdam, meeting of British exiles
at, i. 541. The authorities connive at
Argyle's expedition, 549, 571. Op-
position in, to William of Orange, ii.
262, 416. Disputes with Lewis XIV.,
436. The Bank of, iv. 494.
mercial prosperity of, v. 205.
Anderton, keeper of a secret Jacobite
press, iv. 419.
Tried for treason,
Arbuthnot, his satire on the first Parti-
tion Treaty, v. 133.
Archangel, founded by British adven-
turers, v. 71, 72. Secret trade in
tobacco, 72.
Com-Arches, Court of, ii. 90.
421. Executed, 422.
Angus, Earl of, raises the Cameronian
regiment, iii. 344.
Annandale, Earl of, a member of the
Club at Edinburgh, iii. 298, 355.
Goes to London, 682. Arrested; his
confession, 699.
Ann Hyde, Duchess of York, Talbot's
slanders against, i. 48.
Anne, Princess, afterwards Queen; edu-
Archidiaconal Courts, ii. 90.
Argyle, Archibald Campbell, Marquess
of, i. 537. His power, iii. 316.
Argyle, Archibald Campbell, Earl of;
son of the above, i. 537. Sentenced
to death; escapes to Holland, 538.
His power, 539. Appointed com-
mander of the expedition to Scotland,
543. Lands in Scotland, 550. His
proclamation; raises his clan, 551.
His plan of operations; thwarted by
his followers, 552-556. Marches on
Glasgow, 557. His troops dispersed,
558. Taken prisoner, 559. His for-
titude, 561. His last sayings, 563.
His execution, 564. His unpopular-
ity in Scotland, iii. 317.
Argyle, Archibald Campbell, Earl of;
son of the above. Joins William
Prince of Orange at the Hague, ii.
459. Takes his seat in the Conven-
tion at Edinburgh, iii. 271. Admin-
isters the coronation oath for Scotland
to William III., 291, 292. Alarm in
the Highlands at his restoration, 318.
His insignificant character; his hatred
to Macdonald of Glencoe, iv. 196.
Joins in the plan for the extirpation
of the Macdonalds of Glencoe, 204.
Aristocracy, English; its character, i.
37. Thinned by wars of the Roses, 39.
Arlington, Henry Bennet, Lord, i. 213.
His official gains, 311.
Arminian controversy, i. 80.
Armstrong, Sir Thomas; execution of,
iii. 526.
Arnold, Michael, a juryman in the trial
of the bishops, ii. 377. Holds out for
a conviction, 385.
Arran, Earl of, ii. 612.
Articles, Lords of, ii. 120, 122.
Arundel, Earl of, i. 339.
Arundell, Lord, of Wardour, ii. 46.
Made a Privy Councillor, 85. Lord
Privy Seal, 158.
Ashley, Anthony Ashley Cooper, Lord;
his maiden speech, iv. 646, 647. note.
His "Characteristics," 647.
Ashley. See Shaftesbury.
Ashton, John, Jacobite agent, iii. 723.
Arrested, 727. His trial and execu-
tion, iv. 17, 18.
“Association, The;" instituted on the
discovery of the assassination plot, iv.
670. Debate in the Lords upon, 685.
Its signature throughout the country,
686-688.
Athanasian Creed, question of, iii. 473.
Athlone, importance and situation of,
iv. 80. Siege of, 81-83. Taken by
the English, 85, 86.
Athlone, Earl of, (General Ginkell)
reduces the Scotch mutineers to sur-
render, iii. 42. At the battle of the
Boyne, 625. Commander of Wil-
liam III.'s forces in Ireland, iv. 70.
Takes the field, 79. Reduces Bally-
Athlone, 81.
Advances in
Attacks
Gains a
more, 80. Besieges
Takes the town, 86.
pursuit of Saint Ruth, 90.
the Irish at Aghrim, 91.
complete victory, 93. Takes Galway,
95. Bombards Limerick; takes the
camp of the Irish cavalry, 98. Takes
the fort on Thomond Bridge, 99. Re-
fuses the terms demanded by the Irish,
103. Offers conditions; which are
accepted, 104. His dispute with Sars-
field, 106, 107. Created Earl of Ath-
lone; Presides at the court-martial
on Grandval, 286. Surprises Givet,
696. Grant of forfeited Irish lands
to, v. 272.
Athol, territory of, iii. 351. War in,
Athol, John Murray, Marquess of; op-
poses Argyle, i. 546. Devastates
Argyleshire, 569. Leader of the
Scotch Jacobites, iii. 272.
His pro-
ceedings in the Convention, 286, 287.
His power, and weak character, 351.
Leaves Scotland, 352.
Atkyns, Sir Robert, Chief Baron, iii. 23.
Attainder, the Great Act of, iii. 216—
219.
Atterbury, Francis, ii. 108.
Augsburg, Treaty of, ii. 189.
Aurungzebe, iv. 131. His quarrel with
the East India Company, 139.
Austin, Thomas, a juryman in the
bishops' trial, ii. 385.
Astry, Sir Samuel, Clerk of the Crown, Austria, conduct of, in the peace nego-
tiations of 1697. iv. 789, 801.
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