Porter, Anna Maria. The Barony. Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, and Green, 1830, 3 vols.
3: 554
King James II
Standard Name: James II, King
Used Form: Duke of York
Connections
| Connections Sort descending | Author name | Excerpt |
|---|---|---|
| Literary Setting | Anna Maria Porter | The story is set shortly before James II
's abdication, after his alarming assault upon our church. |
| Literary Setting | Ouida | The title piece is set during the Glorious Revolution and begins just before James II
is forced from the throne by William of Orange
. The story's characters naturally take the romantic side: as Jacobites... |
| Occupation | Anne Halkett | The widowed AH
began teaching for a living (not girls, but boys of good family) until James II
granted her a pension in recognition of her former services. Halkett, Anne, and Ann, Lady Fanshawe. “Note on the Text; A Chronology of Anne, Lady Halkett”. The Memoirs of Anne, Lady Halkett and Ann, Lady Fanshawe, edited by John Loftis, Clarendon Press, 1979, pp. 3-7. 7 |
| Occupation | Anne Finch | Anne Kingsmill (later AF
) became a maid of honour to Mary of Modena
, wife of the future James II
. McGovern, Barbara. Anne Finch and Her Poetry: A Critical Biography. University of Georgia Press, 1992. 20-1 |
| Occupation | Anne Killigrew | AK
also became a noted amateur painter. There are records of her portrait, religious, and mythological works; she also produced more than one self-portrait. The present royal collection includes her portrait of James II
.... |
| Occupation | Elizabeth Cellier | EC
was evidently consulted in her capacity as a midwife by James II
on the failure of his wife, Mary of Modena
, to bear a child. Cellier said the queen was fertile, and advised... |
| politics | Anne Halkett | Anne Murray (later AH
) became involved in monarchist plotting, with the spy and double agent Colonel Joseph Bampfield
. This led to her engineering the escape from England of the future James II
... |
| politics | Elizabeth Delaval | A warrant went out for the arrest of Lady Elizabeth Hatcher (the former ED
) as a Jacobite: for helping to convey letters between the exiled James II
and his supporters in England, in an... |
| politics | Anne Halkett | Anne Murray (later AH
) crossed the threshold of national history when she smuggled the young Duke of York (the future James II
), disguised in women's clothes, out of St James's Palace on the... |
| politics | Elinor James | EJ
actively exerted an influence on the course of national affairs. She was a radical traditionalist, monarchist, and Jacobite who was critical of all the Stuart monarchs before Queen Anne
, and a high-flying Anglican... |
| politics | Margaret Fell | In organising the Fund she was interested in promoting social cohesion among Quakers as well as relieving hardship. Kunze, Bonnelyn Young. Margaret Fell and the Rise of Quakerism. Macmillan, 1994. 87 |
| politics | Margaret Fell | Following the death of Charles II, when MF
had just spoken with him (fruitlessly) about a decade after their previous meeting, she had an interview with James II
in February 1685; she later sent an... |
| politics | Hester Biddle | By this stage in her life she had been imprisoned fourteen times over a period of fifty years. The Society of Friends
gave her permission for her journey. Mack, Phyllis. Visionary Women: Ecstatic Prophecy in Seventeenth-Century England. University of California Press, 1992. 389 |
| politics | Anne Finch | He was discharged for lack of evidence seven months later. He remained a Non-Juror: that is, he refused to take the oath of allegiance to the new monarchs, William and Mary, a refusal which would... |
| politics | Elizabeth Cellier | The king
promised EC
, she said, what she had asked for in print: a Corporation of Midwives and a Cradle Hospital
. Cellier, Elizabeth. A Scheme for a Corporation of Midwives. 1687. 7 |
Timeline
4 April 1687: James II's Abolition of the Test Act (a change...
Building item
4 April 1687
James II
's Abolition of the Test Act (a change which was also called the Declaration of Indulgence) extended freedom of worship without penalty to Catholics
and Dissenting
sects; but it remained in force only...
2 July 1687: James II dissolved the parliament which was...
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2 July 1687
James II
dissolved the parliament which was to be his last.
Henning, Basil Duke, editor. The House of Commons, 1660-1690. Secker and Warburg, 1983, 3 vols.
1: 86
8 June 1688: The seven bishops (the Archbishop of Canterbury...
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8 June 1688
The seven bishops (the Archbishop of Canterbury and six others) were imprisoned in the Tower of London for refusal to proclaim and distribute James II
's Declaration for Liberty of Conscience.
Evelyn, John. The Diary of John Evelyn. Editor De Beer, Esmond Samuel, Oxford University Press, 1959.
880-2
Matthew, Henry Colin Gray et al., editors. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. http://www.oxforddnb.com/.
under James II
10 June 1688: The son of Mary of Modena and James II was...
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10 June 1688
The son of Mary of Modena
and James II
was born; the date became one of annual importance to Jacobites.
Evelyn, John. The Diary of John Evelyn. Editor De Beer, Esmond Samuel, Oxford University Press, 1959.
882
8 November 1688: William of Orange (husband of James II's...
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8 November 1688
William of Orange
(husband of James II
's elder daughter, Mary
) landed near Torbay in Devon with a view to gaining control of Britain.
Evelyn, John. The Diary of John Evelyn. Editor De Beer, Esmond Samuel, Oxford University Press, 1959.
892-3
13-18 December 1688: James II twice left London as if to flee...
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13-18 December 1688
James II
twice left London as if to flee abroad, but then returned, before leaving finally on 18 December.
Evelyn, John. The Diary of John Evelyn. Editor De Beer, Esmond Samuel, Oxford University Press, 1959.
895
18 December 1688: William of Orange entered London (the same...
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18 December 1688
William of Orange
entered London (the same day that James II
finally left it) and held court at St James's Palace.
Evelyn, John. The Diary of John Evelyn. Editor De Beer, Esmond Samuel, Oxford University Press, 1959.
895
The Concise Dictionary of National Biography: From Earliest Times to 1985. Oxford University Press, 1995, 3 vols.
February 1689: Mary of Modena wrote to Pope Innocent XI...
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February 1689
Mary of Modena
wrote to Pope Innocent XI
asking him to lead an alliance of the Catholic rulers of Europe to restore her husband
as rightful and Catholic ruler of Britain.
Finch, Anne. “Introduction / Editors’ Note”. The Anne Finch Wellesley Manuscript Poems: A Critical Edition, edited by Barbara McGovern and Charles H. Hinnant, University of Georgia Press, 1998, p. xv - l.
xx
February 1689 to October 1791: The Williamite War was waged in Ireland between...
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February 1689 to October 1791
The Williamite War was waged in Ireland between supporters of the deposed James II
(who landed at Kinsale on 12 March 1689 with substantial French forces) and supporters of William of Orange
(who had assumed...
13 February 1689: James II having fled the kingdom the previous...
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13 February 1689
James II
having fled the kingdom the previous December, and his place been taken by his elder daughter and her husband, they assumed the throne jointly as King William III
and Queen Mary II
...
27 July 1689: John Graham of Claverhouse, Viscount Dundee,...
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27 July 1689
John Graham of Claverhouse, Viscount Dundee
, led a force of Scottish Highlanders loyal to James II
against William
ite English soldiers in the pass of Killiecrankie.
Stephen, Sir Leslie, and Sidney Lee, editors. The Dictionary of National Biography. Smith, Elder, 1908–2024, 22 vols. plus supplements.
25 November 1689: The House of Commons accepted the final wording...
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25 November 1689
The House of Commons
accepted the final wording of the Revolution Settlement, or what became known as the Bill of Rights, the nearest thing to a British constitution.
Matthew, Henry Colin Gray et al., editors. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. http://www.oxforddnb.com/.
under Atkyns
12 July 1690: William III heavily defeated James II at...
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12 July 1690
William III
heavily defeated James II
at the battle of the Boyne in Ireland, in which 62,000 men fought.
Defoe, Daniel. Selected Poetry and Prose of Daniel Defoe. Editor Shugrue, Michael F., Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1968.
324
Kelly, Matthew. “With Bit and Bridle”. London Review of Books, Vol.
32
, No. 15, 5 Aug. 2010, pp. 12-13. 22
12 July 1691: At the battle of Aughrim in county Galway,...
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12 July 1691
At the battle of Aughrim in county Galway, William III
's forces in Ireland (having just taken the town of Athlone with fearful destruction) won a decisive victory over those of James II
...
October 1691: Following William III's victory over James...
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October 1691
Following William III
's victory over James II
at the Battle of the Boyne the previous summer, the Treaty of Limerick severely curtailed the rights of Irish Roman Catholics to practise their religion, own property...
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