The History of England from the Accession of James II.

Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1855

CONTENTS	1

Maladministration of Torrington	9

Temper of the Tories	11

Halifax	17

Joy of the Tories	20

The Household	23

The Members of the two Houses required to take the Oaths	31

Repayment of the Expenses of the United Provinces	37

Other Attainders reversed Case of Samuel Johnson	382

Bill of Rights	393

The Whigs dissatisfied with the King	404

Preparations for a Campaign in Ireland	410

Dismission of Melfort Schomberg lands in Ulster	420

Conspiracy among the French Troops in the English Service	426

The High Church Clergy divided on the Subject of the Oaths	440

Arguments for taking the Oaths	454

Suspension of the Habeas Corpus Act	47

The Court removed from Whitehall to Hampton Court	54

The Court at Kensington Williams foreign Favourites	58

Department of Foreign Affairs	69

Burnet Bishop of Salisbury	75

The Toleration Bill	81

The Comprehension Bill	89

The Bill for settling the Oaths of Allegiance and Supremacy	99

The Bill for settling the Coronation Oath	115

The Coalition against France the Devastation of the Palati	122

CHAPTER XII	129

History of the Town of Kenmare	135

Londonderry	141

Continental Affairs	145

William opens a Negotiation with Tyrconnel	147

Melville	149

Tyrconnel calls the Irish People to Arms	154

The Protestants in the South unable to resist	160

The Count of Avaux	168

Tumultuous Sitting of the Convention	218

William and Mary proclaimed the Claim of Right Aboli	288

The Cameronian Regiment raised	344

Troubles in Athol	351

Death of Dundee	362

The Highland Army reinforced	369

The Highlanders attack the Cameronians and are repulsed	375

Dodwell	461

CHAPTER XV	496

The Parliament meets Retirement of Halifax	552

Conduct of Clarendon	598

Arrests of suspected Persons	604

Spirit of the Nation	610

Battle of the Boyne	629

The Irish insist on defending Limerick	630

Flight of James	635

Entry of William into Dublin	642

Unsuccessful Assault on Limerick The Siege raised	667

Fort William built Meeting of the Scottish Parliament	685

The Coalition between the Club and the Jacobites dissolved	695

Excitement of the English Nation against the French	699

General Acquiescence in the new Ecclesiastical Polity	704

Hopes of the Jacobites	729

William and Mary accept the Crown of Scotland	735

The Jacobite Form of Prayer and Humiliation	737

Choice of a French Ambassador to accompany James 167	740

War breaks out in the Highlands State of the Highlands	742

The Bill of Rights passed	743

Issue of base Money	745

Battle of Newton Butler	752

Information of the Plot given to Caermarthen Arrest	755

The Revolution more violent in Scotland than in England	758

The Irish Army collected at Limerick Lauzun pronounces	764

Title	The History of England from the Accession of James II. Volume 3 of The History of England from the Accession of James II, Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay
Author	Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay
Editor	Lady Hannah More Macaulay Trevelyan
Edition	5
Publisher	Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1855
Original from	the University of California
Digitized	10 Jan 2008

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