Matthew, Henry Colin Gray et al., editors. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. http://www.oxforddnb.com/.
King William III
Standard Name: William III, King
Used Form: William of Orange
Connections
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Wealth and Poverty | Sarah Butler | This SB
, whom her editors believe not to be the writer, received a pension from the British crown under William III
, but it ended on the king's death, and she later experienced debtors'... |
Wealth and Poverty | Lady Lucy Herbert | Most of the remaining Powis family estates, valued at £10,000 a year, were re-assigned to Whigs by William III
after 1688. It took LLH
's relations years of struggle to recoup some of them. |
Theme or Topic Treated in Text | Susanna Hopton | In this remarkably self-assured letter SH
takes a challenging, uncompromising tone. She urges Geers to leave the mainstream (schismatic) Anglican Church
, now it has vowed loyalty to William
and Mary
, and to enter... |
Theme or Topic Treated in Text | Elizabeth Singer Rowe | It gathered together published and unpublished work (some written at boarding-school) both religious and secular: hymns, epistles, odes, pastorals (including an imitation of Anne Killigrew
and an elegy for Queen Mary
), praise of King William |
Theme or Topic Treated in Text | Maria De Fleury | |
Theme or Topic Treated in Text | Katharine Tynan | Other poems in this volume treat distinctively Irish themes. The Flight of the Wild Geese mourns the loss of Irish soldiers going as mercenaries (the wild geese) to continental armies after William III
's... |
Textual Production | Joan Whitrow | JW
followed her recent address to King William
with To Queen Mary
: the Humble Salutation, and Faithful Greeting of the Widow Whitrowe. Solo: Search Oxford University Libraries Online. http://solo.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/primo_library/libweb/action/search.do?vid=OXVU1&fromLogin=true&reset_config=true. |
Textual Production | Joan Whitrow | JW
addressed a New Year message to both the joint monarchs: To King William
and Queen Mary
, Grace and Peace, The Widow Whitrow's Humble Thanksgiving to the Lord. This text is available online... |
Textual Production | Mary Pix | He had been a Gentleman of the Bedchamber to William III
, and at the time of his death was one of the Commissioners for the Union of Scotland with England. Cokayne, George Edward. The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, extant, extinct, or dormant. Editor Gibbs, Vicary, St Catherine Press. 2: 431-2 |
Textual Production | Joan Whitrow | In a longer pamphlet entitled The Widow Whiterows Humble Thanksgiving for the King
s Safe Return, JW
relates parts of her life-story. McDowell, Paula. The Women of Grub Street: Press, Politics, and Gender in the London Literary Marketplace, 1678-1730. Clarendon. 312 |
Textual Production | Joan Whitrow | JW
personally delivered into King William
's hands a detailed political message received from God three days before and printed as a broadside: To the King
and Both Houses of Parliament. British Library Catalogue. http://explore.bl.uk/primo_library/libweb/action/search.do?dscnt=0&tab=local_tab&dstmp=1489778087340&vid=BLVU1&mode=Basic&fromLo. |
Textual Production | Jean Plaidy | |
Textual Production | Alicia D'Anvers | It bore the author's name and a subtitle: By Way of a Dialogue between Belgia and Britannia.ADA
aimed to drum up support for the anti-French views which William III
was to expound at a... |
Textual Production | Agnes Strickland | Agnes
and Elizabeth Strickland
(the latter, as usual, not credited on the title page) turned to a more esoteric subject in their The Lives of the Seven Bishops Committed to the Tower in 1688... |
Textual Production | Margaret Fell | MF
composed one of the last of her writings included in her collected works: To King William (personally delivered to the king by Susan Ingram
); the others were To Edmund Waller, and An... |
Timeline
1662: An Act of Settlement confirmed that poor...
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1662
An Act of Settlement confirmed that poor relief could be received only in one's parish of settlement (that is, in one's birthplace).
23 October 1677: The marriage of the future monarchs William...
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23 October 1677
30 June 1688: A letter was signed by national leaders inviting...
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30 June 1688
A letter was signed by national leaders inviting William of Orange
to assume the throne of England.
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.
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.
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.
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.
October 1690: William III addressed the General Assembly...
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October 1690
William III
addressed the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland
, speaking against extremism in the newly established national church. The more radical Covenanting Cameronians
thereupon split from the main body.
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...
28 December 1694: Queen Mary died of smallpox during a severe...
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28 December 1694
Queen Mary
died of smallpox during a severe epidemic, leaving her husband, William
, to reign alone.
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