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    Bridgeman, Sir Orlando, 144
    Bridges, Sir Thomas, 154
    broadsheets, 193
    Broderick, Sir Allan, 237
    Brooks, Thomas, 97
    Browne, Captain, 18, 28, 63
    Browne, Sir Richard, 160
    Bruce, Alexander, 130
    Buckingham, George Villiers, Duke of, 53–4, 56–7, 62, 86
    and assault on Ormond, 110–12, 135
    and attempt on Crown Jewels, 142, 144–5
    and Blood’s downfall, 182–90
    death, 195–6
    enmity towards Ormond, 110–12, 135–6, 262, 269
    founder of Bilsdale Hunt, 288
    and political conspiracies, 173, 175–6, 179–80, 202
    reputation for violence, 183
    Buffalo Head tavern, Westminster, 185
    Buggery Act, 183
    Bull Head tavern, Charing Cross, London, 94–5
    Burghclere, Lady, 258
    Burgoyne, Sir Roger, 150
    Burnet, Gilbert, Bishop of Salisbury, 142
    Burnett, Ralph (Lincoln postmaster), 285
    Bury, Captain John, 180 Butler, Dr Nicholas, 155–6, 158, 162, 164
    Butler, Timothy, 60, 71, 73, 76, 81, 83–5, 87, 114
    Buxton, John, 106, 141
    Calveley, Edward, 5
    Calveley, Ralph, 237
    Calveley, Richard, 169
    canary wine, 95, 264
    Careless, William, 108
    Caroon House, South Lambeth, housing debtors, 280
    Carpenter, Philip, 244
    Carr, Colonel Gilbert (‘Gibby’), 28, 30–2, 41–2, 60, 64
    Carr, Mrs, 42
    Carrickfergus, capture of, 203
    Carter, Captain Nicholas, 168
    Cartmel Priory, xxiv
    Cashel, capture of, 203
    Catherine of Braganza, Queen, 92–3, 107, 178, 198, 262, 273
    Catholicism, royal family and, 165–6
    Catholics, banished from London, 179
    Cellier, Elizabeth, 284–5
    Chamberlain, Dr (Middlesex magistrate), 182
    Chamberlain, Thomas, 202
    Chamberlin, John (Dublin brewer), 28, 32, 43
    Chambers, Captain John, 21, 32, 48
    Chambers, Robert, 28
    Chapel of the Pyx, Westminster Abbey, xvi, 115, 229
    Charles I, King, xx, xxiii, xxv, 115, 196, 233, 238–9, 252
    Charles II, King
    and assault on Coventry, 112
    and assault on Ormond, 99–100
    and Blood’sinterrogation, 134–41
    and Blood’s pardon, 146–9
    and Blood’s role in Pentland uprising, 71
    and Crown Jewels, 116, 119, 137, 144–5
    and Dublin Castle conspiracy, 8–9, 15, 25, 30, 33, 35–6, 44, 48
    entry into London, 248
    and forfeiture of Blood’s property, 67
    and intelligence gathering, 49, 51–2, 56–7
    interrogation of Oates, 180
    Lauderdale’s influence with, 157
    pardons Blood’s accomplices, 159–60
    plots against, xv, 50, 113–14, 121, 135–6, 138–9, 144, 160, 170, 174–81, 198–200
    proclaimed king at Pontefract, 233
    and religious toleration, 156, 158, 161–3, 165–6
    and restoration of Blood’s properties, 149, 167, 204
    Rochester’s satire on, 150–1
    and scientific experiments, 177
    shortage of money, 92, 117, 144, 151
    and succession to throne, 92–3, 165
    tendency to absolutism, 165
    total of illegitimate children, 263
    Charnock, Stephen, 14, 31, 33–4, 42
    Choqueux, Dr (French physician), 179
    Christian, Edward, 182–3, 186
    Christmas Day, observance of during Commonwealth, 248
    Church, Mr, 155–6, 158, 186
    Churchill, Winston, 24, 237, 242
    ciphers, 50–1
    Clancarty, Earl of, 17
    Clarendon, Edward Hyde, Earl of, 10, 56, 61, 90, 110, 231
    Clarendon House, Piccadilly, London, 90, 96–8, 100, 262
    Clarges, Sir Thomas, 33
    Clarke, Thomas, 98
    Claveley, John, 6
    Cleveland, Barbara Villiers (née Palmer), Duchess of, no, 135–6, 198
    Clifford, Sir Thomas, 149
    Clotworthy, John, 39
    cock-fighting, 259
    Coddan, Philemon, 182, 184–5
    coffee houses, 11, 133, 142, 160, 239
    Committee of Foreign Affairs, 153
    Congress of Cologne, 167
    Constable, John, 108
    Conventicles Act, 154–5
    Conway, Viscount, 71, 257
    Cook, Mrs Dorothy, 204
    Cooke, Colonel Edward, 237
    Cooke, William, xix
    Cooke (brewer), 64
    Corbet, Miles, 67
    Court of Claims, 4, 15, 22, 24, 179
    Covent Garden, London, 94, 263
    Coventry, Sir John, 112–13
    Craven, William, Earl of, 139, 265
    Cromwell,