Civil War: The History of England Volume III (76 page)

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Authors: Peter Ackroyd

Davies, Lady Eleanor,
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decimation tax,
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,
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Declaration of the Army
(1646),
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Declaration of Sports
,
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Dekker, Thomas:
The Seven Deadly Sins of London
,
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Denmark: England proposes holy crusade against Catholic powers,
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Derby, James Stanley, 7th earl of,
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Dering, Sir Edward,
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Desborough, John,
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Devonshire, William Cavendish, 4th earl (
later
1st duke) of,
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,
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D’Ewes, Simonds: criticizes Commons’ behaviour,
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; on Cotton’s decline,
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; on Charles I’s demand for ship-money,
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; on Strafford’s trial,
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; on ‘Grand Remonstrance’,
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; on 1641 election,
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; on Charles I’s military officers,
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; on effect of parliamentary declaration on opponents in civil war,
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; on women’s peace demonstration,
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Diggers,
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Digges, Sir Dudley,
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Dillingham, John,
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Discourse of the Religion of England
,
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dissenters (nonconformists):

proliferation,
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; under Charles II,
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; granted freedom of worship (1672),
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; under James II,
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Donne, John,
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,
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,
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Dorchester, Catherine Sedley, countess of,
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Dort, synod of (1618),
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,
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Doves, Samuel,
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Dowdall, Lady Elizabeth,
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Dowland, John,
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,
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drama
see
theatre

dress and fashion: under Charles II,
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,
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,
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Drogheda, Ireland,
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Dryden, John: on battle of Lowestoft,
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; as dramatist,
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;
Absalom and Achitophel
,
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,
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;
The Secular Masque
,
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Dublin: rebellion (1641),
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Duckenfield, Colonel Robert,
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Duke of York’s Servants (theatre company),
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Dunbar, battle of (1650),
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Dunkirk: sold to French,
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,
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; Anglo-French alliance against,
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Dutch Republic: in Triple Alliance (1668),
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; provokes near war with England (1623),
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; defensive league with England,
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; treaty with England (1625),
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; alliance with France,
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; attacks Spanish fleet (1639),
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; as trade rival,
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; war with England (1665–7),
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,
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; defensive treaty with France (1666),
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; peace negotiations,
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; raid into England (1667),
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; Anglo-French secret treaty against,
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; French and English war with (1672–4),
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,
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,
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; merchant vessels elude English navy,
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; French successes against,
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; and marriage of Princess Mary and William,
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; Louis XIV makes peace with,
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Earle, John,
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Earle, Sir Walter,
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East India Company: rivalry with Dutch,
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; trade with Russia,
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eastern association,
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,
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,
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Edgehill, battle of (1642),
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Edinburgh: Charles I visits (1633),
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; (1641),
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; James I visits (1617),
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; Charles I’s religious orders defied,
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; draws up national covenant,
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; parliament meets (1640),
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; supposed conspiracy (’the incident’),
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;
see also
Scotland

Edward III, King,
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Edwards, Thomas:
Gangraena
,
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elections (parliamentary): (1639),
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; (1640),
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; (1659),
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; (1679),
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; (1688),
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;
see also
Commons, House of; Parliament

Eliot, Sir John: on failure of 1621 parliament,
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; on impeachment of earl of Middlesex,
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; on death of James I,
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; criticizes Charles I in parliament,
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,
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; criticizes Buckingham,
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; taken to Tower and released,
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; speechmaking and oratory,
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,
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,
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; on power of bishops,
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; imprisoned,
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,
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,
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; death,
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Eliot, T. S.,
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,
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Elizabeth, Princess (Charles I’s daughter),
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Elizabeth, Princess (
later
queen of Bohemia),
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,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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Elizabeth I, Queen: death and succession,
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Ellesmere, Sir Thomas Egerton, baron,
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England: economic problems,
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,
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,
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,
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; prosperity and trade,
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; population increases,
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; social divisions,
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; Dutch trade rivalry,
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; troops conscripted for European service,
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,
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,
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; war with Spain (1625),
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,
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; peace with France (1629),
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; harvest failure (1630) and food riots,
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; secret treaty with Spain (1634),
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; and beginnings of war against Scots,
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; labourers and craftsmen pressed into Charles I’s military service,
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; harvest failures (1646–51),
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,
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; commonwealth proclaimed,
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; post-civil-war condition,
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; foreign relations under commonwealth,
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; Cromwell divides into eleven districts,
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; Spain declares war on (1655),
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,
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; power and administration under Charles II,
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; war with Dutch (1665–7),
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,
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; war with France (1666–7),
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,
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; proliferation of Christian sects,
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; war with Dutch (1672),
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; peace with Dutch (1674),
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; economic and social improvements following second Dutch war,
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; industrial development,
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; standing army under James II,
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Essex, Arthur Capel, 1st earl of,
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Essex, Robert Devereux, 3rd earl of: marriage to and divorce from Frances Howard,
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; dismissed by Charles I,
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; as member of committee for petitions,
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; as privy councillor,
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; as lord chamberlain,
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; commands parliamentary army,
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,
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,
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,
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; proposes truce offer to Charles I and deciding battle,
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; relieves Gloucester,
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; advances on Oxford,
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; in committee of both kingdoms,
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; favours accommodation with Charles I,
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; criticized,
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; laments Laud’s death,
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; removed from military command,
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‘etcetera oath, the’,
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,
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Etherege, Sir George:
She Wou’d if She Cou’d
,
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Eure, Margaret,
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,
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Evelyn, John: on Charles I’s return from negotiations with Scots,
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; on apparition,
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; attends Anglican service,
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; on women’s behaviour,
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; on Cromwell’s funeral,
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; on Richard Cromwell’s dissolving parliament,
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; witnesses return of Charles II,
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; on changes under Charles II,
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; on Charles II’s gambling,
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; on Great Fire of London,
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; disparages Charles II’s entourage,
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; on battle of Sole Bay,
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; on duke of York’s Catholicism,
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,
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; on Rye House plot,
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; on dissoluteness of Charles II’s court,
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; on James II’s summary acts,
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; on impending invasion by William of Orange,
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Everard, William,
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excise (tax): introduced,
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Exclusion Bills (1679),
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,
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; (1681),
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Fairfax, Sir Ferdinando,
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Fairfax, Sir Thomas: commands New Model Army,
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; besieges and captures Bristol,
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; greets Charles I,
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; petition of complaint from army,
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; in army’s march on London,
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; in second civil war,
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; besieges Colchester,
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; and trial of Charles I,
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,
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; opposes Lilburne,
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; refuses to invade Scotland,
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Fanshawe, Anne, Lady (
née
Harrison),
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Fanshawe, Sir Richard,
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Farmer, Anthony,
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farming
see
agriculture

Farnham Castle,
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Fauconberg, Mary, countess (
née
Cromwell; Oliver’s daughter),
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,
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Fauconberg, Thomas, earl,
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,
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Fawkes, Guy,
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Feake, Christopher,
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Felton, John,
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,
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fens: drained,
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Ferdinand II, Holy Roman Emperor (
earlier
archduke),
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,
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,
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, 876

Fifth Monarchy men,
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Finch, Heneage,
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Finch, Sir John,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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five knights case,
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,
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fleet (English): failed attack on Cadiz,
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,
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; sails against France (1627),
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; rebuilt and sails (1635),
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; supports parliament,
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; dominance,
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; strengthened under Charles II,
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,
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; parliament money to (1675),
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; Pepys develops for James II,
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Fleetwood, Major-General Charles,
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,
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,
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food and drink: under Charles II,
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Fox, George,
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Foxe, John:
Acts and Monuments
,
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France: demands liberties for English Catholics,
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,
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; as prospective ally against Spain,
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,
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; Protestants under threat,
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,
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,
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; expedition against (1627),
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; peace with England (1629),
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; alliance with Dutch,
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; rumoured potential invasion by,
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; payments to Charles II,
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,
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; Cromwell makes treaty with (1655),
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; relations with England under Charles II,
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; Dunkirk sold to,
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; occupies St Kitts,
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; war with England (1666–7),
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,
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; Triple Alliance against,
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; Charles II forms anti-Dutch alliance with,
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; war on Dutch (1672),
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; fleet inactive at battle of the Texel,
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; successes against United Provinces,
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;
see also
Louis XIV, king of France