A.

Abbotsbury stormed and burned by S., i.
62-67; App. II. xxx.
"Absalom and Achitophel" (see Dryden).
Act of Uniformity, its mischievous nature,
i. 259; opposed by S., 261; clause pro-
posed to enable the King to dispense
with its provisions, 263; rejected, Act
passed, 264; its effects, 265, 268; Charles
II.'s declaration, 266; bill introduced to
dispense with the Act, 266; "Dispens-
ing Bill" supported by S., 267-269;
dispensing clause proposed by Charles
II, rejected by House of Lords, App. VI.
lxxviii, ii. 72.

Admiralty, Duke of York Lord High
Admiral, resigns on the passing of the
Test Act, ii. 141; the office put into
commission, 144.

Agricultural depression in 1667 and 1668,
remarks by Pepys, 300.
Ague, S. attacked with, i. 84.
Aix-la-Chapelle, treaty of, for peace be-
tween France and Spain, ii. 12, 13.
Albemarle, Monk, Duke of, as General
Monk supports Richard Cromwell, i. 145;
his first letter to S., 182; opposes the
proceedings of Lambert, 193; his own
subsequent proceedings, 193-203;
enters London, 204; *Narrative" of
his proceedings by S., 205-212; offer
by the Republicans to make him King,
his refusal, alleged influence of S., 215
-218; effects the Restoration, 220;
made K.G. and Privy Councillor, 227;
other honours conferred on him, 228;
made Duke of Albemarle, 229; appointed
a Treasury Commissioner, 305; his
notice of Sir W. Morrice, ii. 45.
Aldersgate Street (see Thanet House).
Ambassador's plate, a customary gift, re-

fused by S. and the Treasury Commis-
sioners, i. 308.

Amsterdam, S. arrives there after his
flight from London, ii. 452; contradic-

tory accounts of his reception, 452, 456,
460; made a burgher, 452, 457, 461;
death of S. at, 455; his will, 457-
459.

Ancestors of S., i. 2.

Anecdotes, of S.'s sagacity, ii. 104; of
Locke's playfulness, 106.

Apple trees planted by S. at Wimborne St.
Giles, ii. 49.

Arlington, Earl of, as Sir Henry Bennet,
appointed Secretary of State, his opposi-
tion to Clarendon, i. 265; letter from
him to S., 275; his power after the fall
of Clarendon, ii. 2; his rivalry with
Buckingham, 4; defeats Buckingham's
plan for a French alliance, negotiates
with De Witt, triple alliance of England,
Holland, and Sweden against France,
11; again opposes Buckingham's in-
trigues with France, 13; opposes fresh
negotiations with France, 13; Colbert
endeavours to gain his support, 14;
further intrigues, 15; attempts to estab-
lish a French alliance and restore Popery
in England, 16, 18; signs secret treaty
with France for war with Holland and
restoration of Popery, 19, 55; 8. igno-
rant of this treaty, 22; joins Buckingham
in fresh negotiations, 22; signs mock
treaty, 26; and further treaty, 28; re-
ceives present from Louis XIV., 31; his
rivalry with Buckingham, letter from S.
to Morrice, 45; promotes the war with
Holland, 80; created an Earl, 84; ac-
companies Buckingham to Louis XIV.,
Colbert's eulogy of him, 85; disappointed
at not being made Lord Treasurer, 98;
alarmed by the opposition of the Com-
mons, abandons the "Declaration of
Independence," 134; supposed to have
aided the "Test Act," 136; disposed to
abandon the Popish design, 139; informs
8. of the secret treaty, 90, 140; attacked
by the House of Commons, 188; Lord
Chamberlain in 1679, 328; supports pro-
josed grant of Phoenix Park to Duchess