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INDEX.

BEACIIY HEAD,rated; refuses to be a toolof the Court, III. 57. Takesthe lead in the coalitionof Dissenters with theChurch, III. 165—'172.Complies with the Tolera-tion Act, IV. 89.

Beacliy Head, battle of, V.272,

Bearbaiting, 1.159.

Beaufort, Henry Somerset,Duke of, II. 161. Com-mands in Bristol againstMonmouth, II. 166. Hisfailure to obtain supportfor James II.’s policy, III.147. Takes Lovelace pri-soner, III. 300. Submitsto William III., IV. 32.Entertains William atBad-minton, VI. 63.

Beaumont, Lieut.-Col., pro-tests against the admissionof Irish recruits, III. 240.At the Boyne, VI. 10.

Becket; cause of his popu-larity, I. 23.

Bedford, Earl of, III. 81.Raised to the dukedom.VII. 318.

Bedford House ,1.351.

BENTINCK.

Bedfordshire, contested elec-tion for (1685), H. 50.

Bedloe, witness in the PopishPlot, I. 234. His death.II. 53.

Beer, consumption of, I. 315.

Belfast, VI. 1.

Belhaven, Lord, V. 21. Hissupport of Paterson’s Da-rien scheme,IX. 253—259.

Bellamont, Richard Coote,Earl of; appointed Gover-nor of New York and Mas-sachusets, X. 15. Hismea-sures for the suppressionof piracy in the Indian seas,X. 15. Employs WilliamKidd, X. 16.; arrests himat New York, X. 19, 20.

Bellasyse, John, Lord, amoderate Roman Catholic,II. 280. Made a PrivyCouncillor by James II.,II. 318. Made First Lordofthe Treasury, II. 391.

Bellefonds, Marshal, appoint-ed to command the Frenchinvasion of England, VII.34.

Bentinek,'William. SeePort-land.