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1679 Meal-tub plot

109

1680 Origin of the terms, petitioners and abhorrers, whig

and tory

111

The duke of York presented to the grand jury of Mid-
dlesex as a popish recusant

112

A parliament: the king's conciliating speech......
The commons proceed violently against the abhorrers. 114
And in the prosecution of the popish plot

An exclusion bill again brought in

Arguments for and against the exclusion .....

116

.... 118

119

Doubt as to the king's power of remitting part of his

Violent proceedings of the commons

1681 Parliament dissolved .............

Extraordinary votes passed in a tumultuous manner..
A new parliament summoned to meet at Oxford
The king addresses them in an authoritative style
The commons proceed with their usual violence
The case of Fitzharris and Everard

128

ib.

129

130

ib.

132

The spies and informers offer their service to the mini-

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1681 Scotch parliament: the covenant renounced, passive

obedience assented to

The earl of Argyle indicted and convicted of high

treason

Seditious spirit of the zealots in Scotland
1682 The duke of York's severe administration there
State of the ministry in England

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154

Dispute about the nomination of sheriffs for London.. 155
Pilkington sued by the duke of York for defamation. 157
1683 A writ of quo warranto issued against the city of London ib.
The charter restored under certain regulations ......... 160
Great power of the crown

......

ib.

A conspiracy entered into by Shaftesbury and others. 161

Howard and others convicted and punished..................................... 175
Remarkable trial of Rosewel

177

Monmouth received at court, and afterwards banished 178
1684 The lady Anne married to prince George of Denmark 180
Foreign affairs: the haughty conduct of Lewis................. 181
Charles returns to his former connexions with the

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1685 Sends an agent to make submissions to the pope

The chief offices continued in the hands of protestants ib.
Is influenced by the queen, the jesuits, and Mrs. Sedley 192
A parliament: the king's imperious speech
Reasons for and against a revenue during life ....

193

194

Compliant disposition of both houses

197

A parliament: the king asserts his power of dispensing
with the test act

Symptoms of opposition displayed by both houses 211
The king's imprudent precipitancy

Revocation of the edict of Nantz, and dispersion of the

ib.

.....

212

French protestants

213

1686 James attempts to establish his dispensing power by a

judicial decision

214

Displaces four of the judges

217

Four catholic lords brought into the privy council
State of Scotland: several noblemen embrace the court

219

religion

220

State of Ireland: the chief power committed to the
earl of Tyrconnel

A declaration issued suspending the penal laws........ 225

1687 James pays court to the dissenters..

226

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1687 Grants full permission to attend conventicles

........

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227

ib.

230

Violent proceedings against the protestants in Ireland 229
Ambassador sent to Rome: is coldly received
The pope's nuncio received, and catholic bishops con-
secrated
Mandate to the university of Cambridge disobeyed 232
Attempt upon Magdalen college ....
1688 Declaration of indulgence ordered to be read in churches 235

Six bishops present a petition to the king ...
They are imprisoned....

...

.....

ib.

.... ib.

236

Is solicited by the king to consent to the repeal of the

........

General commotion, and desertion of the army .... 259
Desertion of prince George and the princess Anne.... 260
The king's consternation.

261

He is seized at Feversham, and returns to Whitehall. 267

Vote passed that the king had abdicated the throne... 278

Settlement of the crown on the prince and princess of