King James II

MB here recounts the story, set during the final days of James II 's reign, of Mary Savile, a fictional maid of honour toMary of Modena , James's wife (whose actual maids of honour...

The story is set shortly before James II 's abdication, after his alarming assault upon our church. It encompasses Monmouth 's Rebellion. The action unfolds partly in Cornwall, with some scenes in...

Anne Kingsmill (later AF ) became a maid of honour to Mary of Modena , wife of the future James II .

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...

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.

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 ....

In organising the Fund she was interested in promoting social cohesion among Quakers as well as relieving hardship.George Fox continued to frequent Swarthmoor, and at the time of the Restoration (May 1660) was...

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...

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. Once abroad, she first visited James II

LLH , like her parents, was a Jacobite and an activist in the cause. She looked on James Edward Stuart as James III, rightful king of England and Scotland, and must have been delighted when...

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...

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...

Her timing may have had to do with the death of the former James II on 3 September 1701, though she had apparently been praying for William III during his reign so far. During the...

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...

The king promised EC , she said, what she had asked for in print: a Corporation of Midwives and a Cradle Hospital .