King William III

Standard Name: William III, King
Used Form: William of Orange

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Connections Author name Excerpt
politics Susanna Hopton
In the year 1689 SH became a Jacobite. She felt that William and Mary had no right to the English throne, which still belonged in principle to James II . She made herself a strong...
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.
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George Fox continued to frequent Swarthmoor, and at the time of the Restoration (May 1660) was...
politics Elizabeth Walker
In 1685, perhaps in connection with the death of Charles II and the succession of the openly Catholic James II , Anthony Walkersuffered some form of persecution for ten days and seems to have...
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 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 Celia Fiennes
In politics CF was an ardent Whig: King William III was her hero.
Fiennes, Celia. The Illustrated Journeys of Celia Fiennes. Editor Morris, Christopher, Macdonald; Webb and Bower, 1982.
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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
Once abroad, she first visited James II
politics Anne Finch
AF 's husband was arrested, accused of plotting against William and Mary .
McGovern, Barbara. Anne Finch and Her Poetry: A Critical Biography. University of Georgia Press, 1992.
58
politics Lady Rachel Russell
William and Mary vindicated the memory of LRR 's husband by reversing the attainder on him, six years after he was executed.
Schwoerer, Lois. Lady Rachel Russell: "One of the Best of Women". Johns Hopkins University Press, 1988.
188
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 M. Marsin
She was a strong Whig, that is, a supporter of William III .
politics Sarah Lady Cowper
SLC took a keen and informed spectator's interest in local and national politics, but whereas her husband and his family were Whigs, she inclined rather towards the Tories. Reading Clarendon 's history of the civil...
politics Joan Whitrow
Having apparently been a critic of the Stuart regime on moral and religious grounds, JW was disgusted when the Protestant William and Mary failed to institute reform. O Ye Church and People of England! what...
politics Susanna Wesley
One evening SW refused to say Amen to her husband 's prayer for the king : that is, she implicitly declared herself a Jacobite.
Wesley, Susanna. “Introduction”. Susanna Wesley: The Complete Writings, edited by Charles, Jr Wallace, Oxford University Press, 1997.
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Publishing Anne Halkett
In this year there reached print at Edinburgh, together with three works by AH , a printed version of her memoirs, radically recast by S. C. (who was probably Simon Couper , one of...

Timeline

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.
Evelyn, John. The Diary of John Evelyn. Editor De Beer, Esmond Samuel, Oxford University Press, 1959.
990
The Concise Dictionary of National Biography: From Earliest Times to 1985. Oxford University Press, 1995, 3 vols.
2: 1971

20 September 1697: The Treaty of Ryswick ended the Nine Years...

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20 September 1697

The Treaty of Ryswick ended the Nine Years War: only nine years of peace followed.
Defoe, Daniel. Selected Poetry and Prose of Daniel Defoe. Editor Shugrue, Michael F., Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1968.
323
Haydn, Joseph. Haydn’s Dictionary of Dates and Universal Information. Editor Vincent, Benjamin, 23rd ed., Ward, Lock, 1904.

April 1698: Jeremy Collier published his Short View of...

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April 1698

Jeremy Collier published his Short View of the Immorality and Profaneness of the English Stage, a book in heavy-handed pamphlet style with exaggerated typography.
Hume, Robert D. “Jeremy Collier and the Future of the London Theatre in 1698”. British Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies (BSECS) Conference, Oxford, 3 Jan. 1998.

7 December 1698: Edward Rigby, a naval captain, was prosecuted...

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7 December 1698

Edward Rigby, a naval captain, was prosecuted for sodomy with William Minton, whom he had picked up at a fireworks display and taken to a tavern.
May, James E. “Scribleriana Transferred since late 1994”. The Scriblerian, Vol.
xxxi
, No. 1, Department of English, Temple University, 1 Sept.–30 Nov. 1998, pp. 118-32.
130

20 February 1702: William III broke his collar-bone when his...

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20 February 1702

William III broke his collar-bone when his horse stumbled on a mole-hill; this was the ultimate cause of his death the following month.
Defoe, Daniel. Selected Poetry and Prose of Daniel Defoe. Editor Shugrue, Michael F., Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1968.
326
Stephen, Sir Leslie, and Sidney Lee, editors. The Dictionary of National Biography. Smith, Elder, 1908–2024, 22 vols. plus supplements.

8 March 1702: King William III died and Queen Anne assumed...

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8 March 1702

King William III died and Queen Anne assumed the throne; she was crowned on 23 April, which was Charles II 's coronation day as well as St George's Day.
Fryde, Edmund Boleslaw. Handbook of British Chronology. Editors Greenway, D. E. et al., 3rd ed., Offices of the Royal Historical Society, 1986.
45
Cook, Chris, and John, 1946 - Stevenson. The Longman Handbook of Modern British History 1714-1987. 2nd ed., Longman, 1988.
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Miles, Peter. “’Humphry Clinker’: the politics of correspondence”. Journal for Eighteenth-Century Studies, Vol.
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, No. 2, 1 Sept.–30 Nov. 2000, pp. 167-82.
167

5 November 1709: Henry Sacheverell preached a notorious sermon...

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5 November 1709

Henry Sacheverell preached a notorious sermon at St Paul's Cathedral challenging the 1688 settlement of the succession.
Grundy, Isobel. Lady Mary Wortley Montagu: Comet of the Enlightenment. Clarendon, 1999.
216
Backscheider, Paula R. Daniel Defoe: His Life. Johns Hopkins University Press, 1989.
264
Stephen, Sir Leslie, and Sidney Lee, editors. The Dictionary of National Biography. Smith, Elder, 1908–2024, 22 vols. plus supplements.

1723: Dr Thomas Bray, who had founded the Society...

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1723

Dr Thomas Bray , who had founded the Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge , used a bequest from a Dutch secretary to William III to found Dr Bray's Associates , an organization supporting parochial libraries...

Late 1739: There was published, bearing the date of...

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Late 1739

There was published, bearing the date of 1740, The Life and Adventures of Mrs. Christian Davies , commonly call'd Mother Ross. Taken from her own mouth, the story of a woman cross-dressing to be a soldier.
English Short Title Catalogue. http://estc.bl.uk/.
Easton, Fraser. “Plebeianizing the Female Soldier”. Canadian Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies (CSECS) Conference, St John’s, Newfoundland, 15 Oct. 2010.

4 November 1789: Richard Price delivered a sermon at the Old...

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4 November 1789

Richard Price delivered a sermon at the Old Jewry Meeting House, London, to mark the anniversary of the Revolution of 1688 and celebrate the revolutionary spirit of France.
Tomalin, Claire. The Life and Death of Mary Wollstonecraft. Revised, Penguin, 1992.
122

12 August-3 September 1821: The newly-crowned George IV visited Ireland...

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12 August-3 September 1821

The newly-crowned George IV visited Ireland (the first British monarch to do so since William III made war there), and was rapturously received in Dublin.
Stephen, Sir Leslie, and Sidney Lee, editors. The Dictionary of National Biography. Smith, Elder, 1908–2024, 22 vols. plus supplements.
Campbell, Mary, 1917 - 2002. Lady Morgan: The Life and Times of Sydney Owenson. Pandora, 1988.
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