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The Orangist Conspiracy against James II*

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 February 2009

W. A. Speck
W. A. Speck
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University of Leeds
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The Historical Journal , Volume 30 , Issue 2 , June 1987 , pp. 453 - 462
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1987

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16 CPH, 157, fo. 89.

17 Ibid. fo. 94.

18 CPH, 154, fo. 247.

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20 CPH, 157, fo. 95. The untrustworthy peer was presumably Nottingham.

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24 Ibid. 5/15 June, 9/19 Oct. 1688.

25 Ibid. 13/23 July, 30 Sept./9 Oct. 1688. On 23 Oct./2 Nov. he even wrote that if the prince of Orange did not appear to want the English crown, but spoke only of maintaining the laws and religion of England, all would go well for him.

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