be careful in preserving the publick Peace of the Kingdom 8. 28. 1672 The French having besieged Muyden one of the Keys of Amsterdam the Prince obliged them to raise the Siege and to retire dit 1696 This Day their Excellencies Signior Soranzo and Signior Venier Ambassadors extraordinary from the Republick of Venice to his Majesty made their publick Entry having been received at Greenwich by the Earl of Radnor and Sir Charles Cotterel Master of the Ceremonies accompanied by six Gentlemen of his Majesty's Privy Chamber and brought by Water in the King's Barge to the Tower They were complimented at their Landing by the Lord Lucas Governour of the same and saluted with a Discharge of the Cannon the Standard being display'd From thence their Excellencies were conducted in his Majesty's Coach followed by eight Coaches of their own and many others with six Horses apiece to the Lady Portland's House in the Pall-mall that was prepared for his Majesty's Entertainment of them where they receiv'd the Compliment of Welcome from the King by the Lord Guildford and from their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princess of Denmark by the Earl of Sandwich and the Lord Fitzharding Masters of their Horse They had a very numerous Retinue with very rich Liveries 9. 29. 1696 Robert Lowick Ambrose Rook-wood and Charles Cranburn lately convicted of High Treason for conspiring to assassinate the King were this Day executed at Tyburn They owned the Crime they were condemned for 10. 30. 1662 This Day was born that incomparable Princess the Lady Mary Daughter to James D. of York our late Renowned Queen dit 1694 This Day his Majesty was pleased to create the Marquiss of Caermarthen Duke of Leeds the Earl of Bedford Duke of Bedford the Earl of Devonshire Duke of Devonshire the Earl of Clare Duke of Newcastle and the Viscount Newport Earl of Bradford  May  11. 1. 1689 Admiral Herbert having notice that the French Fleet was sailed towards Ireland steered his Course that way and fought them in Bantry-Bay and tho the French had 28 Men of War and 5 Fireships and that the English had but 19 yet the French Admiral finding the Place too hot stood further into the Bay and left the Honour of the Day to the English dit 1691 Maj. Wood having notice that the Rapparees were in great Bodies about Brittas in the Queen's County in Ireland he went out with 300 of my Lord George Hamilton's and Colonel Lloyd's Foot and 50 of Colonel Byerly's Horse with which he first killed near seventy Rapparees and leaving part of his Men to secure several Passes he went three Miles further beyond a Place called the Tougher of Malahone having with him one hundred and ten Foot and thirty Horse but instead of the Rapparees whom he only expected he discover'd about 800 Men of the Irish Army divided into two Bodies notwithstanding the great Inequality in number he encountred them and after several Charges put them to the rout killing 150 on the Place amongst whom were one Captain Schales and two Lieutenants Major John Fitzpatrick who commanded the Party was taken Prisoner with 17 Officers more 6 Sergeants 16 Corporals 2 Drummers a Chirurgeon and 80 private Sentinels We lost in that brave Action but a Corporal and a Trooper with 2 Foot Souldiers and Lieutenant Robinson wounded dit 1696 Signior Soranzo and Venier Ambassadors Extraordinary from the State of Venice had their publick Audience of the King with the following Ceremonies The Earl of Denbigh and Sir Charles Cotterel Master of the Ceremonies with 6 Gentlemen of the Privy Chamber received them at the House where they were entertained by his Majesty's Appointment and conducted in his Majesty's Coach followed by their own and a great many other Coaches with 6 Horses apiece and attended with a numerous Retinue to the Audience of his Majesty in the Banqueting-house at Whitehall with all the Ceremonies and Honours that are usual on the like Occasions About nine at Night they took their Leaves privately of the King at Kensington and his Majesty knighted Signior Soranzo the eldest of the Ambassadors as has been practised by his Majesty's Predecessors   There was a great Council at Kensington where the King declar'd his Intention of setting out the next Day for Holland and that he had appointed the Archbishop of Canterbury Sir John Summers Lord Keeper of the Great Seal the Earl of Pembroke Lord Privy Seal the Duke of Devonshire Lord Steward of his Majesty's Houshold the Duke of Shrewsbury one of the Principal Secretaries of State the Earl of Dorset Lord Chamberlain of the Houshold and the Lord Godolphin first Commissioner of the Treasury to be Lords Justices of England for the Administration of the Government during his Majesty's Absence   His Majesty was pleased to create Sir John Lowther of Lowther a Baron and Viscount of this Kingdom by the Title of Baron of Lowther and Viscount Lonsdale   Sir John Thompson was created at the same time Baron of Haversham in the County of Bucks and Sir Thomas Littleton was constituted one of the Lords of the Treasury 12. 2. 1691 His Majesty being resolved to command the Confederate Army in Person this Summer embarked this Day at Harwich for Holland being attended by a Squadron of Men of War under the Command of Rear Admiral Rook and the next Day landed at Oranje Polder dit 1688 The Prince designing to sit out a Fleet for his Expedition into England and the Consent of the Province of Holland being necessary for it his Highness acquainted their Deputies with it who unanimously consented thereunto and told the Prince that tho they did not see the necessity of such an Equipment in time of Peace yet they were throughly satisfied that his Highness would not put the States to so great a Charge unless it were absolutely necessary for their Safety dit 1696 His Majesty left Kensington this Morning intending to embark at Margate for Holland dit 1692 Sir George Treby was sworn Lord Chief Justice of the Common Pleas and Sir John Summers Attorney General 13. 3. 1695 The King came to the House of Lords to give the Royal Assent to several Acts and having made a gracious Speech to both Houses the Lord Keeper prorogued them to the 18th of June   His Majesty declar'd in Council the Archbishop of Canterbury the Lord Keeper the Earl of Pembrook the Duke of Devonshire the Duke of Shrewsbury the Earl of Dorset and the Lord Godolphin Lords Justices of England for the Administration of the Government during his Absence   The same Day his Majesty was pleased to constitute the Right Honourable Sir William Trumball formerly Envoy extraordinary to the Court of France and Ambassador to Constantinople one of his Majesty's principal Secretaties of State who accordingly took the usual Oaths in Council 14. 4. 1692 Their Majesties Fleet being fitted up with an incredible Diligence by the Care and Application of Admiral Russell the
Members of Parliament in K. Charles's Reign met at Westminster by the Prince's Advice and presented him an Address of Thanks for rescuing the Nation desiring him to take upon him the Government till January 22. and in the mean time to issue out Letters for the Meeting of a Convention and take into his Care the Condition of Ireland 7. 1689 28. 1688 He issues out his Letters for electing Members for the Convention 8. 29.  9. 1689 30. 1688 The Prince puts out his Proclamation authorizing Sheriffs Justices of Peace c. to act 10. 1678 31. 1677 This Day a Treaty between England and Holland was concluded at the Hague in order to reestablish Peace in Christendom and oblige the French King to grant reasonable Terms to the Crown of Spain c.  January  11. 1.  12. 2. 1689 The Prince of Orange publishes a Declaration for the better collecting the Revenue 13. 3. 1689 The Lord Dartmouth brings back the English Fleet into the Downs 14. 4.  15. 5. 1689 The Prince of Orange publishes an Order for the regular Election of Convention Men. dit 1691 King William prorogues the English Parliament 16. 6. 1691 His Majesty sets out for Holland to confer with several Confederate Princes but the Wind turning contrary he is forced to come back 17. 7. 1672 The States General appoint John de Wit Mynheer Beverning and Mynheer Fagel to draw up the Commission of Captain General 18. 8. 1651 The States General meet to dispose of the Places vacant by the Prince of Orange's Death dit 1689 The Prince puts out a Proclamation at London for quartering of Souldiers 19. 9. 1672 The Prince is proclaimed Captain General of Holland and Westfrizeland 20. 10. 1672 The Prince sets out from the Hague to view the Fortresses of the States and order the Magistrates of the several Provinces dit 1689 The Scots Lords present an Address to the Prince to take the Government of their Kingdom upon him till March next and to issue out his Letters for calling the States of Scotland to meet the 14th of the said Month. 21. 11.  22. 12. 1674 The States of Holland encrease the Houshold of his Royal Highness and the Number of his Guards 23. 13. 1673 The Prince presents the States with his tenth Part of all Prizes to be applied to the Defence of the Country 24. 14. 1689 The Prince of Orange being waited upon by the Scots Lords tells them that he has given all necessary Orders for the Security of their Kingdom 25. 15. 1679 He returns to the Hague having visited the Fortifications of Naerden and other Places in the Provinces of Vtrecht and Holland 26. 16. 1691 The King goes on board a second time for Holland attended by the Dukes of Norfolk and Ormond the Earls of Portland Dorset and Devonshire the Bishop of London and other Lords 27. 17.  28. 18.  29. 19. 1675 The States of Vtrecht sent their Deputies to advise the Prince to accept of the Soveraignty of Guelderland and Zutphen 30. 20. 1691 His Majesty comes in sight of the Dutch Coasts with 12 Men of War and 7 Yatchs but the Ships being unable to come nigh the Shore by reason of the Ice he takes a small Shalop to go on shore wherein he continued for 18 Hours together in a dark Night without view of Land or his Fleet exposed at once to die for Hunger to perish with Cold to be drowned at every Stroke his small Pinnace made against the Ice and to be taken Prisoner by every Pirate The Danger his Majesty was exposed to wholly dispirited his Attendants and seeing one of the Seamen who seemed to succumb under the Pressures of Cold Weariness and Fear he rouzed him up with this Expression What! dost thou fear to die in my Company An Expression very like to that used by Cesar in the Sicilian Strait Quid times Caesarem vehis Fortunam Caesaris and which had the same Effect for the Seamen being thereby encouraged surmounted all Difficulties and set his Majesty on Shore 31. 21. 1691 He arrives at the Hague incognito where nevertheless he is received with extraordinary Demonstrations of Joy It was the first time he came thither since crowned King of England and the States designed him the most magnificent Reception these last Ages have seen but his Majesty declined it dit 1697 This Day his Majesty was pleased to create the Honourable Arnold Joost Van Keppel an Earl Viscount and Baron of this Kingdom by the Title and Stile of Earl of Albemarle Viscount Bury and Baron of Ashford   The same Day his Majesty was pleased to appoint the Lord Viscount Gallway one of the Lords Justices of Ireland February   1. 22. 1689 The Convention of the States of England met at Westminster the Marquiss of Hallifax was chosen Speaker by the Lords and Henry Powle Esq by the Commons Both Houses desired the Prince to take on him the Administration of the Government for a farther time and ordered a Thanksgiving day to be kept Jan. 31. Old Stile in London and Feb. 14. throughout England for the Deliverance of the Nation The Prince sent a Letter to the House of Lords about setling the Government 2. 23. 1674 The States of Holland and West-Frizeland declare the Place of Governour Captain General and Admiral of their Provinces possessed by his Highness hereditary in his Male-Posterity   The same Day the States of Zealand did the like and also made the Dignity of first Nobleman bestowed upon his Highness hereditary He was a few Days after complimented thereupon by K. Charles II's Envoy 3. 24.  4. 25. 1677 At the Request of the States General he goes to Groâ—ingen attended by some of their Deputies to compose the Divisions that were in that Town 5. 26. 1679 This Day the Treaty of Peace between the Empire and France was signed at Nimeguen dit 1691 His Majesty was obliged at the States Desires and the Peoples Importunities to make a publick Entry inâ—â—â—he Hague which was performed with all the Solemnity imaginable 6. 27. 1691 He gives Audieâ—ce to several Princes and Deputies of the Cities of Holland 7. 28. 1689 The House of Commons resolves that K. James H. having endeavoured to subvert the Constitution of the Kingdom by breaking the Original Contract between King and People and by the Advice oâ— Jesuits and other wicked Persons having violated the Fundamental Laws and withdrawn himself out of the Kingdom has abdicated the Government and that the Throne is thereby become vacant dit 1691 His Majesty assists at the Assembly of the States of Holland and Westfrizeland of the States General and at the Council of State where he receives extraordinary Marks of Respect dit 1697 Sir John Fenwick Baronet attainted of High Treason for conspiring against the King and betraying his Country to the French was beheaded this Day on Tower-Hill 8. 29. 1689 The House of Lords being in a great Debate on
Prince was born as they say on Sunday the 10th of June Old Stile 1688. 2. 23. 1689 The Parliament after a short Prorogation met again this Day and his Majesty was pleased to refer them to what he had said to both Houses the 19th Instant in relation to the Affairs of Ireland   The same Day a great Number of Lords and Gentlemen of that Kingdom met at Bow-Church in Cheapside to render Thanks to Almighty God for the Deliverance of the bloody Massacre the Irish made of the Protestants in the Year 1641 which began upon this Day 3. 24. 1673 This Day the Prince of Orange with his Army joined the Imperial Forces commanded by Count Montecuculi between Aâ—dernacht and Bonn. 4. 25. 1684 The Chambre de Metz so famous for their unjust Judgments deprived his Highness the Prince of Orange of the Lands Mannors and Lordships he had in the French King's Dominions 5. 26. 1674 This Day there was a Rencounter between a Detachment of the Troops of the Duke of Lorain and the French Arrierban or Nobility commanded by the Marquiss de Sable consisting of 700 Gentlemen in which â—he latter were all killed or taken Prisoners except 17. The General himself was taken The Lorains were but 700 commanded by Monsieur Dupuy dit 1688 King James being acquainted that many made it their business by Writing Printing or Speaking to defame hisâ— Government with false and seditious News and Reports to create in his Subjects and universal Jealousy and Discontent and that in Coffee-Houses and other Places People took the Liberty to censure the Proceedings of State by speaking evil of things they understood not published this Day his Proclamation forbidding the spreading of false News and declaring that those who should hear seditious Reports and Reflections against him and his Ministers and should not reveal it should be likewise prosecuted with the â—tmost Severity This Proclamation rather increased the Aversion Men had then for the Government and there were very few who did not presently reflect on Father Petre then one of the Privy Council as fitter to be hang'd than reverenced 6. 27. 1688 The Earl of Sunderland President of King James's Privy Council and principal Secretary of State was turned this Day out of all his Places and the Lord Preston made Secretary in his room The Change surprized all Men and it was given out that his Lordship had lost out of his Scritore the Original League concluded between the French King and K. James for the Extirpation of the Protestant Religion here and the establishing Popery and Arbitrary Government and that the same had been carried over to the Prince of Orange but my Lord Sunderland in his Letter to a Friend in London that came out some time after viz. March 23 1689. says that he never heard of such a League but tells us the Jesuits exasperated King James against him because he opposed the Prosecution of the seven Bishops who were put in June last into the Tower for refusing to read in their Churches the King's Declaration for Liberty of Conscience because â—â—e advised the King to restore â—he Corporations annul the Ecclesiastical Court call a Free Parliament and redress all other Grievances He tells us also that he disswaded King James from calling a Parliament in Ireland which was designed to alter the Acts of Settlement I must not forget to mention two pieces of Service more to the Nation performed by his Lordship which was the refusing of the French Succours that were offer'd to King James which my Lord Sunderland opposed to Death and his hindring the securing the Chief of the disaffected Nobility and Gentry which was proposed to the Court as a certain way to break all the Prince's Measures 7. 28. 1677 His Highness having joined the Imperial Army held the 4th Instant a Council of War wherein it was resolved to besiege Bon and accordingly his Highness took his Quarters this Day before that Fortress which was invested the Day before 8. 29. 1689 This Day Sir Thomas Pilkington being continued Mayor of the City of London was according to Custom sworn before the Barons of the Exchequer at Westminster whither he went by Water accompanied by the Aldermen and the several Companies of the City in their respective Barges adorned with Flags and Streamers Their Majesties and their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princess of Denmark and the Lords and Commons assembled in Parliament having been pleased to accept of an humble Invitation from the Lord Mayor Aldermen and Common Council to dine in the City this Day their Majesties attended by his Royal Highness all the great Officers of the Court and a numerous Train of Nobility and Gentry in their Coaches went to Guild-hall the Militia of London and Westminster making a Lane for them the Balconies all along their Passage being richly hung with Tapistry and filled with Spectators and the People in great Crouds expressing their Joy with loud and continued Acclamations The Royal City-Regiment of Volunteer Horse richly accoutred under the Command of the Earl of Monmouth attended their Majesties from Whitehall to Guildhall where they were entertained with the Grandeur and Magnificence sutable to so august and extraordinary a Presence Christopher Lethieullier John Houblon Esq Sheriffs Edward Clark and Francis Child Aldermen received the Honour of Knighthood on this occasion Their Majesties returned in the Evening with the same Ceremonies amidst the Acclamation of their People Bonsires and Illuminations 9. 30. 1688 King James having received Advice the Day before that the Damage the Fleet of the Prince of Orange had received in the Storm which forced him back to Helvoetsluce had been magnified on purpose to delude him and that the Prince would sail in few Days sent fresh Orders to his Fleet to put to Sea and suspecting that the Prince would land in the North because of the great many disaffected Lords that were gone that way he sent thither a greater Number of his Forces which was looked upon as a new Instance of the Weakness of the Council of that Prince in sending his Forces to one of the Extremities of the Kingdom before he knew that his Enemy should not land in the other 10. 31. 1688 King James having read in the Prince's Declaration that his Highness was most earnestly invited hither by divers of the Lords both Spiritual and Temporal and by many Gentlemen and others his Majesty sent for some of the Bishops and required of them a Paper under their Hands in abhorrence of the Prince of Orange's intended Invasion which was designed to be tacked to a Proclamation which came out two Days after forbidding the reading of his Highness's Declaration upon severe Penalties but the Bishops of Canterbury London Peterborough and Rochester who were only sent for refused to do it at which the Jesuited Party were so violently inraged that if we may believe the Bishop of Rochester King James was advised to imprison the said Bishops and extort that Truth
brought it to the Custody of a Messenger at Arms. 25. 15. 1689 The Duke of Gourdon refusing to surrender the Castle of Edinburgh the Convention sent the Heraulds with the usual For malities to command him to deliver the same and upon his Resusal he was proclaimed Rebel and Traitor 26. 16. 1691 The French having invested Mons on the 15th Instant his Majesty King William having sent Prince Waldeck before to assemble the Confederate Army at Brussels set out from the Hague after having taken his Leave of the States General followed by the Duke of Zell General Chanvet and many other Princes dit 1689 King William and Queen Mary were proclaimed in the Island of Jersey 27. 17. 1673 The Prince of Orange gave Audience to the Ambassadors of the Emperor and the King of Spain and sent in his Name the Sieur de Odyck to the Congress it Cologne and opposes the Suspension of Arms that was demanded because an Express he had sent to the Elector of Brandenburgh was not yet returned 27. 17. 1689 The Convention of Scotland publishes a Proclamation requiring all Persons from the Age of 16 to 60 to be in a Readiness to take Arms when they shall think fit to give farther Directions   They approved what the Nobility and Gentry had done in praying King William to take upon him the Government of their Kingdom They ordered some Arms and Gun-powder to be sent with all speed into Ireland for the Assistance of the Protestants of that Kingdom 28. 18. 1696 This Day Robert Charnock Edward King and Thomas Keys condemned the 11th Instant for conspiring against his Majesty's Life were drawn from Newgate to Tyburn in a Hurdle They said nothing to the Spectators but each of them delivered a Paper to the Sheriffs wherein they own to have been concerned in the Assassination of King William which Charnock called to attack the Prince of Orange and his Guards They were hang'd and afterwards quartered according to the Sentence past upon them 29. 19. 1680 The Prince set out from the Hague to take a View of the Fortifications of Boisleduc Berggopzoom and other Frontier Places of Brabant 30. 20. 1689 His Majesty King William appoints the Lords Lieutenants of the Counties of England and fills all other Vacancies occasioned by the late Revolution 31. 21. 1696 The King sent a Message to the House of Lords to acquaint them that he had received Information upon Oath that the Earl of Ailesbury was concerned in the Conspiracy against his Government and his Lordship was committed the same Day to the Tower for High Treason dit 1689 The Forces sent by King William into Scotland arrive at Edinburgh under the Command of Major General Mackay April   1. 22. 1691 The King arrives at Vilvord and causes his Army to march cowards Hall in order to attempt to relieve the City of Mons besieged by the French 2. 23. 1675 The Prince of Orange falls sick of the small Pox which caused a general Consternation through all the Vnited Netherlands and in most Courts of Europe dit 1689 The Convention of the States of Scotland signed this Day a Letter to King William and sent it by the Lord Ross wherein they return their hearty Thanks to his Majesty for the Danger he has exposed himself to for the Deliverance of their Kingdom They desire also his Majesty to continue his Care and Protection assuring that they will shortly fall upon such Resolutions as may be acceptable to him and secure their Religion Laws and Liberty dit 1691 The King took a Review of the Confederate Forces near Brussels and marched to Hall having given fresh Orders for the Artillery to march with all speed dit 1696 This Day Sir John Friend was brought to his Trial for High-Treason The Matters charged against him were That he had received and accepted a Commission from the late King James for raising a Regiment of Horse that he had appointed several Officers of his Regiment had paid several Sums of Money for the raising and listing of Men was present at several Meetings and Consultations with Charnock and others where it was resolved to send Charnock to France to invite the late King James to invade this Kingdom with a Body of French Troops and to join the late King James upon his Landing here with 2000 Horse That the said Sir John Friend knew of the said Invation and had made Preparations to join the French upon their Landing and that he was acquainted with the Intended Assassination of his Majesty All which being fully and clearly proved against him he was found guilty of High Treason 3. 24. 1674 The States General present the Prince with two Millions of Florins in Consideration of the Liberty obtained for the Dutch by his Highness from Charles II. for the Herring Fishery dit 1696 Sir William Parkins was this Day tried at the Old Baily for High Treason and was charged to have received and accepted a Commission from the late King James for raising a Regiment of Horse that he had raised a Troop consisting of old Souldiers and had several old Officers that would go Volunteers under him was present at several Meetings and Consultations with Charnock and others where it was agreed to send Charnock to France to invite King James to invade the Kingdom c. That he did own to have seen and read a Commission written with K. James's own Hand for Raising and Levying War on the Person of King William that he was present at several Meetings and Consultations with Sir George Barclay Charnock and others for the Intended Assassination of his Majesty consented thereto and undertook to provide sive Horses for that Design and that a great quantity of Arms were found buried in his Orchard in Warwick-shire The Evidence being very full and clear against him he was found guilty of High-Treason and received Sentence of Death 4. 25. 1693 The Right Honourable Sir John Sommers Knight was made Lord Keeper of the Great Seal of England 4. 25. 1673 The Prince is obliged to take a Journey into Zealand to compose the Divisions that were in that Province which having ended to his Satisfaction his Highness returns to the Hague and takes a View in his way of Flushing L'Ecluse Bergopzoom Ardemburg Breda and Boisleduc 5. 26. 1689 The Convention of Scotland appoints a Committee of their Body composed of 8 Lords 8 Knights and 8 Burgesses to settle the Government   The Convention of Scotland ordered that the Militia of Horse and Foot of the whole Kingdom should be brought together and disposed into convenient Places to secure the Peace of the Country dit 1696 Four Conspirators against his Majesty's Person were this Day seized 6. 27. 1689 The States of Scotland gave a Commission in their Name to Major General Mackay to be Commander in chief of their Forces and to let the World know that they thought themselves the only Soveraigns of that Kingdom and that King James had
being assured of the hearty Concurrence and Assistance of our Subjects in Support of so good a Cause Hereby willing and requiring our General of our Forces our Commissioners for executing the Office of High-Admiral our Lieutenants of our several Counties Governours of our Forts and Garisons and all other Officers and Souldiers under them to do and execute all Acts of Hostility in the prosecution of this War against the French King his Vassals and Subjects and to oppose their Attempts willing and requiring all our Subjects to take notice of the same whom We henceforth strictly forbid to hold any Correspondence or Communication with the said French King or his Subjects and because there are remaining in our Kingdoms many of the Subjects of the French King We do declare and give our Royal Word that all such of the French Nation as shall demean themselves dutifully towards us and not correspond with our Enemies shall be safe in their Persons and Estates and free from all Molestation and Trouble of any kind Given at Hampton Court May the 7th 1689. dit 1694 The King landed at the Hook of Holland over against the Brill having left his Convoy several Leagues at Sea 18. 8. 1694 Their Majesties created the Right Honourable Henry Lord Viscount Sydney Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports and Master General of the Ordnance an Earl of this Kingdom by the Name and Stile of Earl of Râ—mney in the County of Kent dit 1696 The King being arrived at the Hague the Night before went to the Assembly of the States of Holland and afterwards to that of the States General and made a short Speech in each of them His Majesty was the same Day complimented by the States upon his safe Arrival by the Council of State and the Colleges of the Admiralty and foreign Ambassadors dit 1692 Admiral Russell with his Majesty's Fleet passed this Morning through the Downs and being joined by Admiral Allemond sailed to the Westward in quest of Count Tourville dit 1695 William de Nassan Seigneur de Zuilestein was created Baron of Enfield Viscount Tunbridge and Earl of Rochâ—fort   The same Day the Lord Gray of Wark was created Viscount Glendale and Earl of Tankerville 19. 9. 1691 Dr. Sharp Dean of Canterbury was this day nominated Archbishop of York dit 1689 A Proclamation was published at the Request of the House of Commons commanding all Papists to depart out of the Cities of London and Westminster and ten Miles adjacent dit 1692 A Proclamation came out for apprehending the Earl of Scarfdale the Earl of Litchfield the Lord Griffin the Earl of Newburgh the Earl of Middleton the Earl of Dunmore and a great many disaffected Persons for conspiring to subvert the Government dit 1695 The Duke of Schomberg the Earl of Tankerville and Peregrine Bertie Esq were sworn of his Majesty's most Honourable Privy Council 20. 10. 1692 This Day the Trained-Bands of the City of London consisting of 6 Regiments making about 10000 Men were drawn up in Hide-park under the Command of the Lord Mayor and received by the Queen who was extremely satisfied with the good Order they appeared in and of the great Zeal and Readiness which they expressed for their Majesties Service and their own Security against the Designs of the French who then threatned the Kingdom with a Descent their Fleet having appeared this Day off of Dartmouth dit 1694 The Earl of Stamford and Charles Mountague Esq one of the Commissioners of the Treasury and Chancellor of the Exchequer were sworn this Day of their Majesties most Honourable Privy Council 21. 11. 1689 This Day being appointed for the publick Reception of the Commissioners viz. the Earl of Argyle Sir James Montgomery of Skelmerly and Sir John Dalrymple of Stair younger who were sent by the Meeting of the States of Scotland with an Offer of the Crown of that Kingdom to their Majesties they accordingly at three of the Clock met at the Council-Chamber and from thence were conducted by Sir Charles Cotterel Master of the Ceremonies attended by most of the Nobility and Gentry of that Kingdom who reside in and about London to the Banqueting-House where the King and Queen came attended by many Persons of Quality the Sword being carried before them by the Lord Cardrosse Their Majesties being placed on the Throne under a rich Canopy the Commissioners presented a Letter from the States to his Majesty then the Instrument of the Government Thirdly a Paper containing the Grievances which they desired might be redressed â—nd lastly an Address to his Majesty for turning the Meeting of the said Estates into a Parliament All which being signed by his Grace the Duke of Hamilton as President of the Meeting and read to their Majesties the King return'd to the Commissioners the following Answer   WHEN I ingaged in this Undertaking I had a particular Regard and Consideration for Scotland and therefore I did emit a Declaration in relation to that as well as to this Kingdom which I intend to make good and effectual to them I take it very kindly that Scotland has expressed so much Confidence in and Affection to me they shall find me willing to assist them in every thing that concerns the Weal and Interest of that Kingdom by making what Laws shall be necessary for the Security of their Religion Property and Liberty and to ease them of what may be justly grievous to them   After which the Coronation-Oath was tender'd to their Majesties which the Earl of Argyle spoke word by word and the King and Queen repeated it after holding their right Hands up after the manner of taking Oaths in Scotland but when the Earl came to this part of the said Oath And we shall be careful to root out all Hereticks and Enemies of the true Worship of God that shall be convicted by the true Kirk of God of the aforesaid Crimes out of our Lands and Empire of Scotland the King declared that he did not mean by these Words that he was under any Obligation to become a Persecutor To which the Commissioners being authorized by the States of Scotland made answer That neither the Meaning of the Oath or the Law of Scotland did import it since by the said Law no Man was to be persecuted for his private Opinion and that even obstinate and convicted Hereticks were only to be denounced Reâ—els or out-law'd whereby their moveable Estates were consiscated Whereupon the King declared again that he took the Oath in that Sense and called for Witnesses the Commissioners and others present and then their Majesties signed the Coronation-Oath and the Commissioners and several of the Scotish Nobility were admitted to kiss their Majesties Hands 22. 12. 1689 His Majesty's Ship the Nonsuch of 36 Guns commanded by Captain Roomcoyle ingaged this Day off of Guernsey two French Men of War one of 30 Guns 120 Men and the other of 16 Guns 6 Pattereroes and 120 Men. The Fight lasted above
the State of the Nation the following Question was proposed Whether a Regency with the Administration of Regal Power under the Name and Stile of King James the Second during the Life of the said K. James be the best and safest way to preserve the Protestant Religion and the Laws of the Kingdom Upon which the House divided Contents 48 Non Contents 51.   February 11. 1. 1661 Charles II. demands from the States some Papers which the Princess of Orange his Sister had committed to his Care by her Will till the young Prince should come to Age but the States refused it as being themselves Guardians to the Prince This was the beginning or Pretence of a Breach between them 12. 2. 1651 The States General the Provinces of Holland and Zealand and the Cities of Amsterdam Delst and Harlem are desired to stand Godfathers to the Prince of Orange dit 1689 The Convention forbids the keeping of the 6th of February a Thanksgiving-Day as it was before it being the Day that K. James was proclaimed   The same Day a prodigious number of People go to Westminster to desire the Convention to crown the Prince and Princess of Orange 13. 3. 1689 The Prince sends 12 Men of War for Holland to bring the Princess into England 14. 4.  15. 5. 1689 The Commons desire a Free Conference with the Lords concerning the Abdication of King James II. and the Vacancy of the Throne which was long debated between the two Houses 16. 6. 1691 The Electors of Bavaria and Brandenburgh the Duke of Zell the Landgrave of Hesse Cassel the Marquiss de Gasbanaga Governour of the Spanish Netherlands and several other Great Lords come to the Hague to wait on his Majesty and confer together about the Affairs of the Alliance Never was a more illustrious Assembly there being about 50 Princes or Generals of Armies 14 English Lords above 30 Ambassadors and a great number of Princesses and other great Ladies 17. 7. 1689 The Lords agree with the Commons that King James has abdicated the Government and that the Throne is vacant dit 1676 The Elector of Brandenburgh proposes to the Prince a Match between his Highness and the Princess of Radzevill nearly related to the Elector who had a vast Fortune 18. 8.  19. 9. 1674 This Day was concluded a Treaty of Peace at Westminster between K. Charles II. and the States General of the United Netherlands The Marquiss del Frezno Ambassador of the King of Spain was Plenipotentiary for the Dutch 20. 10. 1675 The Prince being arrived at Arnhem where the Nobility and States of Guelderland were assembled he went to their Assembly and returned to them his Thanks for the Offers they had made unto him of the Sovereignty of those Provinces with the Title of Duke of Guelderland and Count of Zutphen for fear as he was pleased to express himself of occasioning Mistrust and lest his Enemies should accuse him of acting only for his own private Interest dit 1675 The States of the said Province elected his Highness their hereditary Governour which he accepted 21. 11. 1671 The Dutchess of York being brought to bed of a Girl the Prince of Orange is desired to stand her Godfather 22. 12. 1689 The Princess of Orange lands at Whitehall being received by several Lords and Ladies with the Acclamations of the People and all Demonstrations of Joy 23. 13. 1689 The Lords and Commons attend the Prince and Princess of Orange at the Banqueting-House at Whitehall and offer them the Imperial Crown of England and Ireland and all other Dominions thereunto belonging which being accepted they were the same day proclaimed in the Cities of London and Westminster with the usual Ceremonies by the Name of William and Mary 24. 14. 1689 King William makes choice of his Privy Council dit 1671 The Prince sets out from London for Holland attended by the Earl of Ossery dit 1672 He accepts the Dignity of Captain General of the Vnited Provinces dit 1689 King William puts out a Proclamation for the collecting of the Publick Revenue 25. 15. 1672 He took the Oath before the States General as Captain General dit 1696 A Company of Villains sent from France resolve to assassinate his Majesty in a narrow Lane near Turnham-Green as he should come from Hunting but by the good Providence of God his Majesty did not go out this Day as he used to do 26. 16.  27. 17. 1674 The Prince having considerably encreased his Army obliges the French to abandon Nimeguen Zutphea Arnhem Till and the Fort Schenck 28. 18. 1689 King William made a Speech to the Lords and Commons at Westminster it being the first time that he appeared as King in the House of Lords March   29. 19.  1. 20.  2. 21. He sent back part of the Dutch Forces for Holland 3. 22. 1689 King William issues out a Proclamation ordering the Irish Rebels to lay down their Arms by April next following dit 1696 The King having notice of the Design of the Conspirators against his Sacred Person forbears to go a Hunting They had resolved to murder his Majesty in a narrow Lane at Turnham-Green and were commanded by Sir George Barclay sent over by King James and the French King for that Villanous Design 4. 23. 1689 The King gives his Royal Assent to the Bill to declare the Convention a Parliament and for the Sitting of the same 4. 23. 1696 Several Warrants are issued out for apprehending a great many Villains who had conspired to assassinate the King the 15th Instant and afterwards the 22d About eleven of them were seized in the Morning and brought to the Horse Guard dit  An Express arrived from the Duke of Wirtemberg and brought Advice that the French had a great number of Transport Ships at Calais with 14000 Men ready to go on Board and that King James was arrived at Calais on the 2d of March New Stile or the 21st Febr. Old Stile and that they expected there a great Blow in England His Highness acquainted his Majesty that he had caused thereupon several Battalions to draw near Ostend to be ready to go on Board upon any Occasion and that the French gave out that He was very ill some others dead and others that he had been kill'd a-hunting A great Council was held at Kensington where it was resolved that Admiral Russel should immediately go on Board the Fleet the Earl of Rummey to Dover and raise the Militia and the Earl of Dorset in Sussex 5. 24. 1696 An Express arrives from the Elector of Bavaria with the Confirmation of the great Preparations the French were making at Calais and that King James was there dit  The King goes to the House of Lords and the Commons being sent for up his Majesty acquainted his Parliament with the Danger his Person had been nearly exposed to as well as the Kingdom that there was a Design of Assassinating his Person and at