to be given for secret service, 145, 146 sent to the tower, ibid.
Cook, sir William, I. 11. Cook, tried for being in the plot of invasion in 1696, II. 174, 175, condemned and banished, 175. Cooper, Ant. Astley, I. 85, 163.
See Shaftsbury, earl of. Copenhagen besieged, II. 243,
244. a plague there, 579. Cornbury, I. 252. his regiment joins the prince of Orange, 790.
Cornish, chosen sheriff, his cha- racter, I. 480, 497. executed, 651.
Coronation of queen Anne, II.
Cotton, sir Robert, his library
given to the public, II. 441. Covenanters, their leaders' cha- racters, I. 28. Disputes among them, 61, 62, 63, 64. Coventry, Mr. H. I. 242. Coventry, sir John, reflects on the king's amours, I. 269. has his nose slit, 270. those who did it banished, ibid. Coventry, sir William, the duke of York's secretary, I. 170. his character, 265. made secretary of state, 306, 364, 372, 388, 398, 406. against a land army, 411. an odd expression of his, 412. another explained, 442. II. 682.
Court of Charles II. its immo-
rality, I. 262, 267.
Court of session in Scotland, I.
Courtin, ambassador from France,
Cowper, Mr. made lord keeper, II. 426. refuses the usual new year's gifts, 439. is made a peer and lord chancellor, 472. resigns the seals, 553, 560, 716.
Cranborn executed for the as- sassination plot, II. 174. Cranmer, ecclesiastical laws by, II. 126.
Crawford, earl of, I. 39. his cha- racter, 102, 110. opposes the rescissory act, 118, 126. de- clares against episcopacy, 128, 132, 147, 150. at the head of the presbyterians, II. 29. Credit, public, destroyed by shut- ting the exchequer, I. 348. very great, II. 438. sinks upon the change of the ministry, 555.
Crewe, bishop of Durham, his character, I. 392, 675, 676. II. 696.
Crofts, bishop, made dean of the chapel, I. 258.
Croissy, ambassador from France, I. 349. recalled, 366. Cromarty, earl of, II. 397, 547. See Tarbet. Cromwell, Oliver, argues with the Scotch for the king's death, I. 42. enters Scotland, 54. dis- sembles when charged with putting force upon the parlia- ment, 45, 46. in suspense as to the king's death, ibid. marches into Scotland, 54. de- feats the Scots at Dunbar, ibid. Edinburgh capitulates, 55. he displaces the governor of Aberdeen, 58. builds three forts in Scotland, 61. Depu- ties sent to him from the ge- neral assembly, 64. his max- ims, 65. his arts in gaining parties, 67, 68. debates for making him king, 69, 70. he
refuses the crown, ibid. seizes money from the Spaniards, 71. obtains the best intelligence of what passed abroad, and in Charles's court, I. 71, 72. in- quires into the state of the protestants in France, 72. espouses the French interest in opposition to Spain, 73. his designs in the West Indies, 74. his zeal for the protestants abroad, 76, 77. some curious passages in his life, 78, 79. his public spirit, 80. the whole world stood in awe of him, 81. his death, 82, 97, 98. said to have intrigued with miss Mur- ray, afterwards lady Dysert,
245, 294, 381, 496, 580, 673. Cromwell, Richard, his son, de- clared protector, I. 82. resigns, 83. Crook, judge, I. 359, 381. Cudworth, Dr. his character, I. 187, 462. II. 676. Culpepper, lord, I. 798, 819. Cumberland, Dr. made bishop of Peterborough, II. 76. Cunningham, sir John, I. 238, 469, 512.
Cutts, lord, I. 549. II. 169, 325. Cyprian, St. much studied by our author, II. 678. Czar. See Muscovy.
Dada, nuntio to king James, I. 705. Daillé, of Charenton, II. 677. Dalrimple, sir James, president
of the session in Scotland, I. 369, 516. much trusted by king William, II. 24. made lord Stair, 26.
Dalrimple, sir John, his son, a commissioner to tender the crown to king William and queen Mary, II. 24. made con- junct secretary of state with lord Melvil, 74. is dismissed, 90, 157, 458. See Stair. Dalziel, general, I. 214, 234. de-
feats the rebels at Pentland Hill, 235. his cruelties in the west of Scotland, 238, 246. Danby, earl of, I. 352. patron of the church party, 373, 378, 383, 386. is attacked in the house of commons, 382, 398. his discourse with monsieur Courtin, 391, 392, 393, 402, 403. tries to bring the king off from the French interest, 407. proposes the lady Mary's marriage with the prince of Orange, 408, 409, 410, 411. supports Lauderdale, 420. gets the king to ask an additional revenue of three hundred thou- sand pounds for life, 421. is universally hated, 422, 424, 438. his letters to Montague concerning a pension to king Charles from France, 440. im- peached, 441. the lords will not commit him, ibid. 442, 448. treats with the country party for a new parliament, 443. quits the treasury, 451. prevails on the king to send away the duke of York, 452. is prosecuted by the commons notwithstanding the king's pardon, 453. a bill of attainder against him, 454, 455. is sent to the tower, 460, 469, 502. is bailed with the popish lords, 591, 640. joins for inviting. over the prince of Orange. 712, 764, 766, 777, 791, 818, 819, 820. made marquis of Carmarthen, II.4. See Carmar- then and Leeds. Dangerfield, his meal-tub plot, I. 475, 476. convict of perjury and whipped, 637. his death, ibid.
Danish affairs, MSS. relating to, in the Cotton library, I. 397. Dantzick, a plague there, II. 534. Darby, earl of, II. 553.
Darien, the Scots settle there, II. 216. pursue it at a vast expense, 217. driven away by the Spaniards, 233, 234. voted in parliament a national affair. 235. great disorders on it, ibid. it is a great inducement to the union, 467, 468. Dartmouth, lord, I. 544. sent to demolish Tangier, 593, 762. commands the fleet against the prince of Orange, 766. is forced into Plymouth, 789. Dartmouth, lord, II. 314. made secretary of state, 552. D'Avaux, I. 734, 766.II.179, 269. Davies, Mrs. I. 263. Davison, a puritan, I. 18. Dauphin of France, commands in Flanders in 1694, II. 127, 233. for accepting the king of Spain's will, 252. for owning the pretender king of England, 293. his death, 568.
Dauphin, his son, II. 600. his death and character, ibid. See Burgundy.
Dauphiny, campaigns there, II.
100, 111, 154, 531. Dawes, sir William, made bishop of Chester, II. 487. Deagle, attorney general, II. 56. Deering of the treasury, dies, I.592. De Guiche, count, his intrigues, I. 302.
De Groot, I. 305.
De la Chaise, P. I. 426, 436, 567, 603.
De la Mere, lord, I. 629. tried
and acquitted, 668. raises a regiment for the prince of Orange, 791, 801. made earl of Warrington, II. 4. see Warrington.
De la Val, in the admiralty, II.
fairs of Bohemia, I. 13. Denbigh, earl of, I. 30. Denmark, king of, I. 222, 304. his death, II. 230. Denmark, king of, his son, his alliance against Sweden, II. 230. makes peace by king William's mediation, 243, 244. his troops join the confederates at Ramellies, 450. goes to Italy, 536. attacks the Swedes, and is defeated in Schonen, ibid. besieges Stralsund and Wismar without success, 579. the Danes are beat by Steinhock, 613.
Denmark, George prince of, he marries the princess Anne, I. 562, 749, 766. joins the prince of Orange, 791. a settlement on him of one hundred thousand pounds a year if he survive the queen, II. 338, 339. he is made lord high admiral with a council, and generalissimo of all the forces, 313. 314, 354. he sends a fleet into the Mediterranean, 358, 359jealous of having too little power, 487. answers the complaints of the admiralty, 490. his death and character, 515. Denmark, Anne, princess of,
sent to Bath, I. 750, 766. retires to Northampton at the revolution, 792, 819, 821. her revenue settled by parliament, II. 91. creates a misunderstanding with king and queen, ibid. made up at the death of queen Mary, 149. her son's education, 210, 211. her behaviour at his death, 246. she succeeds to the crown, 309. message to her relative to her son's education, 716. See Queen Anne.
De Ruyter, I. 87, 221. surprises our fleet at Solbay, I. 323, 334.
D'Estrades, I. 331. D'Estrees, cardinal, I. 661. D'Estrees, mareschal, II. 93. Des Vardes, his disgrace, I. 302, 303.
De Torcy, M. II. 527. Devonshire, countess of, I. 30. Devonshire, earl of, (see Caven-
dish,) I. 389, 664. is at lord Shrewsbury's, 764. joins in inviting the prince of Orange, 764, 766,791. made lord stew- ard of the household, II. 5, 15. is a duke, 175, 316, 377, 488. is turned out, 553. moves for a bill of precedence for the duke of Cambridge, 587, 590,
Digby, sir Everard, his letters on
the gunpowder plot, I. 11. Digby, sir Kenelm, I. 11. Dilks sent to reinforce Lake, II. 413. Dissenters, courted by king James
1. 701. their debates and re- solutions, 702. Divisions a- mong them, II. 215, 247. Divorce, the bishops divided about it, II. 126, 127. Dodd, one of Sacheverel's coun-
sel, II. 540. Dodwell, broaches strange no- tions, II. 604, 640. Dolben, judge, removed, I. 535. Dolben, bishop of Rochester, I. 396. archbishop of York, I. 590, 676.
Dorchester, countess of, I. 682,
748, 749- Dorset, earl of, his character, 1. 264, 303. made lord chamber- lain, II. 5. gives Prior an edu- cation, 580. Dorset, lady, I. 792. Doughty, Dr. I. 819. Dowglas, earl of Angus, I. 18,
Dowglas, lady Margaret, I. 19. Dowglas of Lochlevin, I. 34- Dowglas, a minister, I. 34- Dowglas, marquis of, I. 526. Downing, ambassador to Hol- land, I. 199.
Drumlanerick, lord, joins the prince of Orange, I. 791. Drummond, general, I. 42. in- vites king Charles II. to Scot- land, 60, 214, 240, 288. is im- prisoned, 375.
Dryden, a character of his plays, İ. 269.
Dublin declares for king William, II. 52.
Duffus, lord, I. 148.
Dugdale, his evidence in the po- pish plot, I. 444, 447, 450, 465, 488, 491, 504, 505, 509. Du Mont, engaged to assassinate king William, II. 95. Dumoulin, I. 374, 378.
Dunbar, defeat of the Scotch there, I. 54.
Dunbarton, earl of, I. 434. Duncomb, I. 265. made one of the lord justices of Ireland, II.
119. Dundee, earl of, heads the epi-
scopal party in Scotland, I. 805. goes to Scotland to raise rebel- lion, II. 22, 23. raises the high- lands, 26. routs the king's forces, 27. . is killed in the ac- tion, ibid. Dundonald, earl of, I. 634. Dunfermling, earl of, I. 8, 27. Dunfreis, earl of, I. 21, 24, 213. Dunkirk, cardinal Mazarine pro-
poses to Cromwell to take it, I. 72.
Dunkirk, sold to the French, I. 172. delivered to the English to be demolished, Il. 609, 610. 615, 619.
Dunmore, discovers Balmeri- noch's petition, I. 23. Duppa, Brian, I. 177. Dutch, the, worsted at sea by the duke of York, I. 218. en- gage the English with advan- tage, 229. burn the ships at Chatham, 241, 242. their Smyrna fleet attempted, 307. surprise the English in Solbay, 323. reduced to great extre- mities, 324, 325, 334, 335. are hated by the English, II. 85, 163, 219. love king William, 85, 219. their good conduct in their quarters, 86. they own the duke of Anjou king of Spain, 257. demand assistance from England and obtain it, 263, 268. love the duke of Marlborough, 309, 416. pro- hibit trade with France, 335, 349, 53, 531. divisions a- mongst them, 349, 551. con- sent to the.congress at Utrecht, 582. their first barrier treaty, 595, 596. condemned by par- liament, 597, 598. reflected on in the commons' address, 598. their memorial thereupon, ibid. the queen disengages herself from the alliances with them, 607, 608. their memorial printed, 611. their plan of peace, 611, 614. they sign the treaty at Utrecht, 615, 616, 617. their second barrier trea- ty, 613, 614, 615. D'Uxelles, marquis, minister at Gertruydenburgh, II. 551. Dyckvelt, ambassador to Eng- land, I. 324, 325. his charac- ter, 328, 337, 648, 691. sent
again with instructions to manage all sorts of people in England, 708, 710, 711, 712, 781. II. 693. Dysert, countess of, I. 245, 246, 279, 289, 299, 306. Earl, bishop of Salisbury, I. 225. Earl, general, II. 507, 508. Earthquake in England in 1692. II. 100.
East India company, their secret presents, II. 145. a new com- pany erected, 209, 210, 220. the two companies join, 296. "Ecclesiastical Polity" by Hook- er, II. 675.
Eckeren, battle of, II. 348, 349. Edward III. procures the punish-
ment of some commoners through the house of lords, I. 498.
Εἰκὼν Βασιλική, written by king Charles I. I. 50.
Elections decided in favour of the tories, II. 334. Elizabeth, queen, plots of the house of Guise against her, which eventually destroy the queen of Scots, I. 7, 17, 315, 457, 662.
Elliot, taken with lord Preston, II. 69, 70. Elliot, Mrs. I. 435. Elphinston, I.8. See Balmerinoch. Ely, bishop of, I. 798. his letters
to St. Germain's, II.69. England, affairs in, I. 159. remarks on the church of, II. 634. clergy, 637. character of the gentry, 648. its dangerous situation at three periods, 649. education there, 651, 654. elections in, 656. laws of, the necessity of their correction, 658,659.
Episcopacy, prejudices against it, 1. 158. abolished in Scotland, II. 23, 64. voted by the lower house of convocation to be of
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