King Charles II (108 page)

Authors: Antonia Fraser

Domestic policy
: absolutism,
(i)
,
(ii)
,
(iii)
,
(iv)
,
(v)
,
(vi)
,
(vii)
,
(viii)
; Army,
(ix)
,
(x)
,
(xi)
,
(xii)
; colonialism,
(xiii)
; economy,
(xiv)
,
(xv)
,
(xvi)
; Ireland,
(xvii)
,
(xviii)
,
(xix)
,
(xx)
; Jews,
(xxi)
; judiciary,
(xxii)
,
(xxiii)
,
(xxiv)
; land settlement,
(xxv)
,
(xxvi)
; local government,
(xxvii)
,
(xxviii)
,
(xxix)
; Navy,
(xxx)
,
(xxxi)
,
(xxxii)
,
(xxxiii)
,
(xxxiv)
,
(xxxv)
; Parliament,
(xxxvi)
,
(xxxvii)
,
(xxxviii)
,
(xxxix)
,
(xl)
,
(xli)
,
(xlii)
,
(xliii)
,
(xliv)
,
(xlv)
,
(xlvi)
,
(xlvii)
,
(xlviii)
,
(xlix)
,
(l)
,
(li)
,
(lii)
,
(liii)
; religion,
(liv)
,
(lv)
,
(lvi)
,
(lvii)
,
(lviii)
,
(lix)
,
(lx)
,
(lxi)
,
(lxii)
,
(lxiii)
; Scotland,
(lxiv)
,
(lxv)
,
(lxvi)
,
(lxvii)
,
(lxviii)
,
(lxix)
,
(lxx)
,
(lxxi)
,
(lxxii)
,
(lxxiii)

Foreign policy
: Dutch,
(i)
,
(ii)
,
(iii)
,
(iv)
,
(v)
,
(vi)
,
(vii)
,
(viii)
,
(ix)
,
(x)
,
(xi)
,
(xii)
,
(xiii)
,
(xiv)
,
(xv)
,
(xvi)
; France,
(xvii)
,
(xviii)
,
(xix)
,
(xx)
,
(xxi)
,
(xxii)
,
(xxiii)
,
(xxiv)
,
(xxv)
,
(xxvi)
,
(xxvii)
,
(xxviii)
,
(xxix)
,
(xxx)
,
(xxxi)
,
(xxxii)
,
(xxxiii)
,
(xxxiv)
,
(xxxv)
,
(xxxvi)
,
(xxxvii)
,
(xxxviii)
,
(xxxix)
,
(xl)
; Spain,
(xli)
,
(xlii)
,
(xliii)
,
(xliv)
,
(xlv)
,
(xlvi)
,
(xlvii)
,
(xlviii)
,
(xlix)
,
(l)
,
(li)
,
(lii)

Health
:
(i)
,
(ii)
; fever,
(iii)
,
(iv)
,
(v)
,
(vi)
,
(vii)
; gout,
(viii)
,
(ix)
; last illness and death,
(x)
; leg sore,
(xi)
,
(xii)
; seizures,
(xiii)
,
(xiv)
,
(xv)
,
(xvi)
; smallpox,
(xvii)

Religious views and policy
: Catholicism,
(i)
,
(ii)
,
(iii)
,
(iv)
,
(v)
,
(vi)
,
(vii)
,
(viii)
,
(ix)
,
(x)
,
(xi)
,
(xii)
,
(xiii)
; Church of England,
(xiv)
,
(xv)
,
(xvi)
,
(xvii)
,
(xviii)
; Presbyterianism,
(xix)
,
(xx)
,
(xxi)
,
(xxii)
,
(xxiii)
,
(xxiv)
; Protestantism,
(xxv)
,
(xxvi)
,
(xxvii)
,
(xxviii)
,
(xxix)
,
(xxx)

Scientific interests
:
(i)
,
(ii)
; astronomy,
(iii)
,
(iv)
; bird life,
(v)
; botany,
(vi)
; chemistry,
(vii)
; clocks and watches,
(viii)
; laboratory experiments,
(ix)
,
(x)
; mathematics,
(xi)
; navigation,
(xii)
,
(xiii)
,
(xiv)
,
(xv)
; physics,
(xvi)
; physiognomy,
(xvii)

Sports
: fishing,
(i)
,
(ii)
; hawking,
(iii)
,
(iv)
,
(v)
; hunting,
(vi)
,
(vii)
; pêle mêle,
(viii)
; racing,
(ix)
,
(x)
; riding,
(xi)
,
(xii)
,
(xiii)
; sailing,
(xiv)
,
(xv)
,
(xvi)
,
(xvii)
; ‘sliding’ (skating),
(xviii)
; swimming,
(xix)
,
(xx)
; tennis,
(xxi)
,
(xxii)
,
(xxiii)
; yachting,
(xxiv)
,
(xxv)

Views and opinions
: absolutism,
(i)
,
(ii)
,
(iii)
,
(iv)
,
(v)
,
(vi)
; astrology,
(vii)
; boldness and age,
(viii)
; dissenters,
(ix)
,
(x)
; divorce,
(xi)
,
(xii)
; Dutch,
(xiii)
,
(xiv)
,
(xv)
,
(xvi)
,
(xvii)
; family relationships,
(xviii)
,
(xix)
,
(xx)
,
(xxi)
,
(xxii)
,
(xxiii)
; French,
(xxiv)
,
(xxv)
,
(xxvi)
;
Germans,
(xxvii)
; lampoons,
(xxviii)
; monarchy and succession,
(xxix)
,
(xxx)
,
(xxxi)
,
(xxxii)
,
(xxxiii)
,
(xxxiv)
,
(xxxv)
,
(xxxvi)
,
(xxxvii)
,
(xxxviii)
; Parliament,
(xxxix)
,
(xl)
,
(xli)
,
(xlii)
,
(xliii)
,
(xliv)
,
(xlv)
,
(xlvi)
,
(xlvii)
,
(xlviii)
,
(xlix)
,
(l)
; politicians,
(li)
; Privy Council,
(lii)
,
(liii)
; regicides,
(liv)
,
(lv)
,
(lvi)
; royal prerogative,
(lvii)
,
(lviii)
,
(lix)
,
(lx)
,
(lxi)
,
(lxii)
,
(lxiii)
,
(lxiv)
,
(lxv)
,
(lxvi)
,
(lxvii)
; Scots,
(lxviii)
,
(lxix)
,
(lxx)
,
(lxxi)
,
(lxxii)
,
(lxxiii)
,
(lxxiv)
,
(lxxv)
,
(lxxvi)
,
(lxxvii)
; Whigs,
(lxxviii)
,
(lxxix)

Charles James (first child of Charles I),
(i)
,
(ii)

Charles Louis, Elector Palatine,
(i)

Charles Edward Stuart, Prince,
(i)
n

Charmouth,
(i)

Chatham,
(i)
,
(ii)

Châtillon, Isabelle-Angélique, Duchesse de,
(i)
; C’s infatuation with,
(ii)
,
(iii)

Chelsea Royal Hospital,
(i)
n,
(ii)
n,
(iii)

Chesterfield, Philip Stanhope, 2nd Earl of,
(i)
,
(ii)
,
(iii)
,
(iv)

Chesterfield, Lady,
(i)

Chevalier, John,
(i)
n

Chevers, Norman,
(i)
n

Chicheley, Sir Thomas,
(i)

Chiffinch, Dorothy,
(i)
,
(ii)

Chiffinch, Thomas,
(i)
n

Chiffinch, William,
(i)
,
(ii)
,
(iii)
,
(iv)

Chirk Castle,
(i)

‘Chits, the’,
(i)
,
(ii)

Christ’s Hospital Mathematical School,
(i)

Christian IV of Denmark,
(i)

Christina of Sweden, Queen,
(i)

Churchill, John (later Duke of Marlborough),
(i)
,
(ii)
,
(iii)

Clarendon, Sir Edward Hyde, 1st Earl of,
(i)
,
(ii)
,
(iii)
,
(iv)
,
(v)
,
(vi)
,
(vii)
,
(viii)
,
(ix)
,
(x)
,
(xi)
,
(xii)
; on Civil War issues,
(xiii)
; in C’s Council of advisers,
(xiv)
,
(xv)
,
(xvi)
; accompanies C to West of England,
(xvii)
,
(xviii)
; character and principles,
(xix)
,
(xx)
; constant disapproval of C,
(xxi)
,
(xxii)
,
(xxiii)
,
(xxiv)
,
(xxv)
; accompanies C to Scillies and Jersey,
(xxvi)
,
(xxvii)
,
(xxviii)
,
(xxix)
; fails to prevent C’s departure for France,
(xxx)
,
(xxxi)
; opposes Scots involvement,
(xxxii)
,
(xxxiii)
,
(xxxiv)
,
(xxxv)
,
(xxxvi)
; in Holland with C,
(xxxvii)
,
(xxxviii)
; on Nicholas,
(xxxix)
; on Montrose,
(xl)
; dismay at C’s agreement to Covenant,
(xli)
; considers restoration better to come from co-ordinated English effort,
(xlii)
,
(xliii)
,
(xliv)
; on C’s debts,
(xlv)
; attitude to Papal support,
(xlvi)
; on C’s new regiments,
(xlvii)
; on ‘heartbroken’ Royalists at home,
(xlviii)
; on Cromwell’s death,
(xlix)
,
(l)
,
(li)
; on uncertainty of times,
(lii)
; and Declaration of Breda,
(liii)
; on Restoration,
(liv)
; dominates C’s ‘secret committee’,
(lv)
; on Henry, Duke of Gloucester,
(lvi)
; and James’s marriage to his daughter,
(lvii)
; and C’s marriage,
(lviii)
,
(lix)
,
(lx)
; and ‘Bedchamber Crisis’,
(lxi)
; anxious to restore expelled Anglican bishops to Lords,
(lxii)
; and origins of party system,
(lxiii)
; belief in Privy Council,
(lxiv)
,
(lxv)
; and restoration of Scottish episcopacy,
(lxvi)
; and Dutch War,
(lxvii)
,
(lxviii)
; fall and exile,
(lxix)
,
(lxx)
,
(lxxi)
,
(lxxii)
; on Shaftesbury,
(lxxiii)
; also cited and quoted,
(lxxiv)
,
(lxxv)
,
(lxxvi)
,
(lxxvii)
,
(lxxviii)

Clarendon Code,
(i)
,
(ii)
; harshness towards dissenters,
(iii)
; Anglo-Jewish benefit from,
(iv)

Classes, Act of (1650),
(i)
,
(ii)
,
(iii)

Claverhouse, John Graham of,
(i)

Clément, Nicholas,
(i)

Cleveland, Duchess of,
see
Villiers, Barbara

Clifford, Sir Thomas, 1st Lord Clifford of Chudleigh,
(i)
,
(ii)
,
(iii)
,
(iv)
,
(v)
; on Four Days’ Battle,
(vi)
; as Lord Treasurer,
(vii)
,
(viii)
; dislike of Triple Alliance,
(ix)
,
(x)
; and Treaty of Dover,
(xi)
,
(xii)
; and Declaration of Indulgence,
(xiii)
; suspected Catholicism,
(xiv)
,
(xv)
; resignation and death,
(xvi)

Cliveden,
(i)

Cockpit Theatre,
(i)

Coke, Thomas,
(i)

Colbert de Croissy, Charles,
(i)
,
(ii)
,
(iii)

Colchester,
(i)
,
(ii)
,
(iii)

Coldstream Guards,
(i)

Coleman, Edward: accused in Popish Plot,
(i)
,
(ii)
; executed,
(iii)

Colepepper, John, 1st Baron,
(i)
; in C’s Council of advisers,
(ii)
,
(iii)
,
(iv)
,
(v)
,
(vi)
; accompanies C to Scillies and Jersey,
(vii)
,
(viii)
; advocates France as ideal refuge,
(ix)
,
(x)