INDEX.

ABINGDON.

A.

Abingdon, James Bertie,Earl of, II. 162. Deprivedof the Lord Lieutenancyof Oxfordshire, III. 146.Proposed for the Chancel-lorship of the University ofOxford, III. 232. Joins Wil-liam of Orange, III. 300.

Abjuration Bill, V. 234—236.Debate upon, in theLords,V. 238, 239.

Act of Grace, V. 240. Ex-ceptions to, V. 240. Wasthe act of William III.alone, V. 241—243.

Adda, Ferdinand, Count of,Papal Nuncio in England,II. 255. Advises James II.to proceedlegally, and withmoderation, II. 287, andnote. Consecrated at St.James’s Palace, III. 97.Macaulay, History. X-

AILESBURY.

Procession in honour of, atWindsor, III. 98. His re-port of the acquittal of thebishops, III. 201. note. Hisescape from England, III.356.

Addison, Joseph, 11.52. note.His picture of a Dissentingminister, IV. 98. note.Aghrim, battle of, VI. 204—206.

Agriculture, state of, in 1685,1. 306 — 311. Reform of,

I. 403.

Aikenhead, Thomas, con-demned to death, VIII. 241.Executed, VIII. 243.Ailesbury, Countess of; herdeath from terror, VIII.227.

Ailesbury, Earl of; his ac-count ofCharlesII.’s death,

II. 12. note. Takes the

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