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Acton, 132 Burton, Henry, 101, 110–16, 221 addresses, 196, 215–17, 219, 223 Bushey, 136 alehouses, taverns, 8, 20, 36, 37, Bute, Lord, 235, 243 78–9, 84–5, 91, 140, 159, 160, 245, 248 Caistor, 33 Alnwick, 175 Cambridge, 102, 175, 214 Alton, 237 Canterbury, 44, 246 Amicable Grant (1525), 15, 67–70, Care, Henry, 183, 210 76, 91 Carleforth, 40 ancient constitution, 44, 182, 183 Carolina, 178–9 Anne, Queen, 177, 240, 241 Caroline, Queen, 259, 272, anti-catholicism, 15, 204, 224, 235, 278–80, 284 237, 240, 244, 251 Catherine of Aragon, 47, 48, 79 Ardeley, 174 Charles I, 14, 15, 167, 180, 200–2, Aughton, 143 221–2; regicide, anniversary of Aylesbury, 37–8 (30 January), 238, 240, 243 Aylesford, 36 Charles II, 3, 14, 16, 22, 177, 195, Aylsham, 37, 55–6 196, 202–6, 208–9, 212–17, 219–24; birthday/Restoration Banbury, 160–1 Day (29 May), 202–3, 214–15, Bancroft, Richard, 102, 104, 105 238, 240, 241, 242, 244 Basingstoke, 237 Chelsea, 175 Bastille Day (14 July), 244 Cheshire, 167 Bastwick, John, 101, 110–15, 221 Chester, 115 Bedale, 131, 138, 139, 140, 142 Chichester, 235 Begbrooke, 75–6 Chigwell, 132 Berkshire, 39 churchwardens, 12, 73, 87, 125, Beverley, 36 127, 129, 133–4, 136, 140, 160, Birmingham, 258 161, 163, 164, 165, 166, 169, 171, bishop’s faculties, 129–34, 144, 145–6 172, 175 Bishop, Richard, 41, 52–3, 85 citizens, citizenship, 153–4, 168–9, Boleyn, Anne, 48, 54 173, 176, 181, 183–4, 234, 245 Boxford, 141, 143 Cobbett, William, 245, 257 Bradford, 255 coffee-houses, 8, 20, 159, 163, Braintree, 130, 138, 139, 140, 142, 196, 204 145, 174 Colchester, 162, 253 Braughing, 142–3 conservatives, conservatism, 49–50, Brentford, 249, 250, 251 56–7, 59, 259 Bridgwater, 242 constables, 11–13, 14, 73, 125, 129, Bristol, 174, 215 133, 136, 160–71 (passim), 178, Buckingham, 37–8, 54 179, 207, 218, 278 Buckingham, George Villiers, 1st Constantine, 138, 140, 142, 145 Duke of, 100, 101, 106 conventicles, 14, 166, 207–8, 218 Burghley, William Cecil, Lord, 173, Corn Law (1815), 276 177, 182 Coventry, 20, 206, 236 Burnam, Robert, 86–7 Cranbrook, 131, 135, 140, 141

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Crawford, James, 37, 55 French and Napoleonic wars, 19, Cromwell, Oliver, 75 253–8 Cromwell, Thomas, 39, 45, 47, 49, Frodsham, 141 51, 53 Frome, 237 Croydon, 102–3, 105 Fuller, James, 80, 81

Davy, Agnes, 40, 42, 45–6 Geddington, 143 Dawson, Captain Dorothy, 77, 78 George I, 237–8, 240, 241, 242 Defoe, Daniel, 165, 168, 239 George II’s accession day (11 June), demonstrations, 13–14, 201–5, 207, 14, 242–3, 246 212–16, 219, 223, 235–44, 247–51, George III, 243–4, 247, 252–4, 258–9, 265, 270–2, 282 285 dissenters, nonconformists, 14, 164, George IV (Prince Regent), 257, 173, 206, 207, 218, 241 270, 273 Dorchester, 43, 162 Glorious Revolution (1688), 2, 177, Dorset, 8, 40, 163, 178, 242 224, 243 Doughty, Robert, 164, 165 Glorious Revolution Dover, 44, 200, 214, 249 centenary celebrations (1788), Dublin, 216, 268 251–2 Durham, 129, 215 Gloucester, 165, 171, 247 Gloucestershire, 40, 253 Ealing, 131, 133 Godmanchester, 182 East Anglia, 37, 67, 69, 83–4, 89, 91–2, Gordon riots (1780), 20, 251 178, 252 Graunte, Thomas, 40, 44, 50 East Dereham, 253 Grene, John, 69, 74, 76, 78 Eccleshill, 255 Griffith, Ellis, 68–9, 74 Edinburgh, 15, 212–13 Guildford, 235 Effard, Peter, 33–5 Gunpowder Treason Day electorate, 157–8 (5 November), 14, 199, 202, Elizabeth I, 81, 86, 177, 197–8, 220, 204, 205, 218, 238, 244 221, 222; accession day (17 November), 14, 197, 199, 202, halters, 68, 78–80 204, 205, 218, 238, 244 Handborough, 166 Elyot, Sir Thomas, 73–5, 85 Hanoverian accession (1 August), enclosures, 2, 9, 18, 75–6, 77, 78, 240, 241 88–90, 127 Hanwell, 132 Enfield, 132 Hardy, Thomas, 244 Essex, 67–8, 76, 91, 128 Harley, Robert, 234–5 Exclusion Crisis, 7, 23, 24, 195, Harrington, James, 178, 180 204–19 Hegel, G. W. F., 184 Exeter, 41, 161, 165, 168–9, 170, Henry VIII, 15, 79, 221 175, 176, 181, 207, 235, 238 rumoured dead, 39–52 Exeter, Henry Courtney, Marquis Hereford, 235 of, 47–8 Hertfordshire, 128, 167 Hexham, 143 Fakenham, 247, 252 Hexton, 135 Felton, John, 106–10, 117 Higham, 44, 51 fenlands, 2, 77 Highgate, 241 Fenning, William, 268–9, 278 Highley, 135, 163, 171, 172, 174 fireworks, 203, 245–7, 255–6 Hone, William, 257, 267, 270, Foxe, John, 112, 113 273, 274, 276, 278, 279, 280–1, Frampton, 128, 134, 135, 136, 142 282, 285 France, 195, 204, 235 Hooker, John, 168–9, 170, 176, 181 Index 293

Horsham, 40 Lincolnshire rebellion (1536), 33 Hull, 34 literacy, 6–7, 19, 23, 71, 73, 84, 101, Hunt, Henry, 245 163, 208 Hunt, John and Leigh, 267, 273, 274, Little Munden, 165, 171 279, 280 Little Wilne, 172 Huntingdonshire, 40, 45 Liverpool, 245 Locke, John, 167, 168, 178–9, Ipswich, 37, 55, 252 181–2 Ireland, 111, 204, 216, 244, 268, London, 1, 2, 3, 6, 7, 14, 15, 23, 46, 278, 284 99, 106, 113–16, 128, 131, 162, Isleworth, 41, 132, 133 163, 165–76 passim, 182, 197, Islington, 132 200–7 passim, 210, 213–18 passim, 235, 239–53 passim, 256, 258, 259, Jacobites, Jacobitism, 15, 177, 237–8, 265, 266, 268, 269, 271–6 passim, 241–3 281, 282 James I, 117, 198–9, 201, 221, 222 London Corresponding Society, James II, 3, 15, 177, 195, 204, 205, 244, 273 212–17, 219, 220, 223, 224, 240 Long Newton, 137 juries, jurors, 11, 126, 128, 147, Louth, 33, 35 162, 163, 164, 167–8, 170, 171–2, Lytham, 143 178–9, 182–3, 207, 218, 242 justices of the peace, 11, 159–60, Maldon, 89 162, 164, 165, 166, 168, 172, Manchester, 258 173, 201 manorial courts, 126–8, 146 May Day, 37, 79, 88, 236–7, 240 Kendal, 90 melodrama, 275, 277–9, 286 Kent, 40, 43, 68, 76, 254 Midland Rising (1607), 90 Kett’s rebellion (1549), 58, 69, 79–80, Mildenhall, 130 84, 86, 88, 89, 91, 92 militia, 11, 13, 137, 160, 162, 169–70, Kettering, 256 172, 179, 214 Kirk, Robert, 167, 168 Mill, John Stuart, 184 Kirkby Moorside, 40, 42, 51 Monmouth, 223 Kirkby Stephen, 88 Monmouth Rebellion (1685), 20, Kirkbyshire, 88–9 205, 219 Monmouth, James Duke of, 205, Lancashire, 35, 259 206, 214 Laud, William, 99–100, 110–16, More, Hannah, 282 201, 240 More, Thomas, 178 Lavenham, 67–70, 74, 76–81, Morebath, 134, 136 85, 91 Layston, 137, 138, 140, 145 Nalson, John, 176 Leeds, 251, 255 Napoleon, 253, 275 Leicester, 251 Newcastle upon Tyne, 7, 164, 173, Leicestershire, 39, 40, 45 246, 257 L’Estrange, Roger, 195, 196, Newmarket, 213, 214 208–12, 223 Newport Pagnell, 255 Levellers, 116, 177, 182 Nidderdale, 77, 78, 88–9 Lewes, 40, 164, 174 Norfolk, 30, 37, 68, 78, 80, 91, 128, Licensing Act (1662), 23, 203, 164, 165, 172 204, 222 Norfolk, Thomas Howard, 3rd Duke Lichfield, 236 of, 68–70, 73, 78, 79 Lincolnshire, 33, 35, 36, 37, 40, 43, North Nibley, 142, 143 45, 50, 128 Northampton, 90, 253 294 Index

Northamptonshire, 39, 40, 45, 115, Pretender, the, 20, 234, 235, 241 247, 254 birthday (10 June), 14, 240, Northumberland, 35, 129 242–3 Norwich, 7, 80, 84, 86–7, 89, 157, Proctor, Sir Stephen, 78, 88–9 206, 213, 215, 236, 242, 253 prophecies, 16, 20, 41–3, 85 Nottinghamshire, 39, 40, 45 Prynne, William, 101, 110–16, 221 public opinion, 7, 8, 14, 16–17, 21, Oates, Titus, 206, 210 196, 198, 205, 215, 216, 217, 222, oligarchy, 12–13, 24, 126, 128–9, 224, 267, 272, 274, 275, 278, 280, 135–6, 144, 146–7, 171–2, 174 282, 285, 286 Ongar, 249 public sphere, 8, 21–2, 81, 146, 156, Ormonde, James Butler, 1st Duke 220–1, 259 of, 207, 209, 215, 216 Publow, 167 Otley, 53–4 puritans, 82, 99, 101, 104–5, 110–17, Oundle, 214 163, 164, 165, 201 Over, 164 overseers of the poor, 11–12, 127, radicals, 19, 183, 205, 243–4, 248, 135, 136, 160, 161, 164, 165, 166, 249–51, 253, 258–9, 266–8, 272, 171, 172, 178 274, 279–82, 286 Oxford, 39, 46, 108, 206, 214 Regency Act (1706), 177 Oxford Parliament (1681), 205, Ribchester, 135 214, 217 Rickmansworth, 254 riots, 2, 9–10, 15, 18, 20, 77, 78, 79, Padbury, 38 88–90, 156, 166, 203, 206, 207, 216, Paine, Thomas, 154, 244–5, 224, 239–43, 249–50, 251, 265, 271 280, 283 Romford, 164 patriarchalism, 73–6 royal entries, progresses, 197–203, Pattingham, 171 213–14, 222, 223, 239 Peace of Aix-la-Chapelle Rye House Plot (1683), 209, 219 (1749), 245 Peace of Paris (1763), 235, 238 Sacheverell, Dr Henry, 241 Peace of Utrecht (1713), 237, 241 Saltash, 206 Peak Country, 74, 83–4, 91 Sandhill, 257 Peasants’ Revolt (1381), 21, 22, 70, 88 Sarum, 214 Peterborough, 237 Scotland, 199, 204, 212–13, 214, Peterloo, massacre of, 245, 259 216, 217 petitions, 114, 203, 205, 219, 251, scrofula, 201, 214 270, 271, 276 seditious words, 10, 14, 20, 72, 80–2, pews, 140–1 84–92, 207 Pickering, Lewis, 105 Settle, Elkannah, 195 Pilgrimage of Grace (1536), 15, Seymon, Robert, 52–3, 85 32–8, 42, 44, 45, 48, 51, 52, 58, Seymour, Jane, 40, 48 69, 88 Shaftesbury, 214 political celebrations, 14, 20, 239, Shaftesbury, Anthony Ashley Cooper, 251–7 1st Earl of, 178, 207, 210 poor laws, 137, 142, 155, 160, Shelton, 136 176, 183 Shepshed, 77 poor relief, 127, 133, 137–8, 141–3, Sherborne, 140 162, 165–6 sheriffs, 11, 160, 165, 166, 167, 168, Popish Plot (1678), 206, 208, 210 171, 207, 218 Porter, John, 80, 81 Shrewsbury, 37 Portsmouth, 106, 108, 109, 215 Sibly, John, 282 Prescott, 134 Sigglesthorne, 128, 140 Index 295

Silvester, Sir John, 270, 274, 275, Vaughan, Fulk, 46 276, 278 vestries, vestreymen, 11, 12, 126–47, Smith, Sir Thomas, 73, 125, 156, 176 160, 164, 165, 173–5, 275, 276 Solihull, 134, 135, 142 Somerset, 8, 163, 166, 168, 253 Wallington, Nehemiah, 113, 163 Southwark, 162, 163, 164, 165, 174 Walsall, 243 Spanish match, 100, 201, 221 Walsingham, 85, 169 Statute of Westminster (1285), 168 Warwickshire, 40, 46, 90 Stock, 254 Watkins, John, 270, 273, 276, Stone, 163 278, 281 Suffolk, 40, 45, 67–8, 76, 79–80, 91 Wentworth, Thomas, 99–100, 101, Suffolk, Charles Brandon, Duke of, 102, 111, 112, 114 67–70, 73, 78, 79 Westminster, 2, 111, 112, 114, 169, Swaff ham, 91 174, 175, 200, 215, 276 Swallowfield, 130, 139, 141, 145, 177 Westmorland, 88, 90, 163 Whickham, 128, 130, 135 Tadcaster, 249 Whigs, 171, 173, 182, 195, 196, Taunton, 215, 219 205–19 passim, 240–3, 244 taxes, 44, 49, 51, 57, 58, 87, 155, 159, Whitgift, John, 101, 102–6 160, 176, 182, 203–4, 206, 235 Wilkes, John, 243, 247–8, 249 Tempsford, 175 Wilkites, 168, 244, 247–50 Terling, 134, 164 William III, 3, 224, 238, 243, 244, 252 Thame, 37 Wiltshire, 8, 78, 163 Thompson, Nathaniel, 208, 210 Winchester, 214 Tiverton, 164 Windhill, 255 Tories, 171, 173, 195–6, 207–19, Wolsey, Thomas, 47, 69, 76, 78 223–4, 234, 241–2, 284 women, 6–7, 17–20, 37–8, 40–6 Toulmin Smith, Joshua, 183–4 passim, 50–1, 53–4, 76–8, 81, 84, Townley, Zouch, 108 89, 112, 134–5, 142–3, 172, 175, Turner, Charlotte, 269–70, 274, 280, 180, 237, 247, 253, 254–5, 271, 281, 284–6 277, 278–9 Turner, Orlibar, 269, 270, 274 Turner, Robert, 269, 273, 283, 285 Yardley, 142 Turnham Green, 252 Yarmouth, 213 Twickenham, 132, 133 York, 42, 90, 99, 162, 169, 207, 215 urban ceremonial, 236–7, 239 Yorkshire, 30, 35, 36, 40, 42, 44, utopian writing, 178–80 101, 102, 114, 254