The Audacious Crimes of Colonel Blood (53 page)

Charles II, the ‘Merry Monarch', who had a less than happy time with the constant threat of rebellion or assassination posed by radical religious dissenters or veteran republicans.

George Villiers, Second Duke of Buckingham. An ambitious archconspirator who probably employed Blood for unpleasant tasks but then turned against him.

Barbara Palmer,
née
Villiers, Duchess of Cleveland. The ruthless mistress of Charles II who played dangerous political games at court.

Charles II wearing the new Imperial State Crown and carrying the orb and sceptre made for his coronation – the targets of Colonel Blood and his accomplices.

The Martin Tower in the north-east corner of the Tower of London, where Charles II's new crown jewels were stored. For a small payment, anyone could see them.

Blood and his accomplices stealing the regalia from the Tower.

Colonel Blood's daggers.

A bird's eye view of the Tower of London as it was in 1688.

Index

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Abbot, Colonel Daniel, 28

Act of Uniformity, 6–7, 154

Acts of Settlement, 1, 3–4, 8, 24, 238

Adam the Leper, xv, 229

Adventurers' Act, 236

Agincourt, Battle of, 270

Aires, George, 64

Albany, New York, 204–5

Albemarle, George Monck, Duke of, 50, 57, 61, 160, 198, 200–1

Alberti, Girolamo (Venetian ambassador to London), 99, 133, 146

Alden, Philip, 63, 9–11, 13, 18, 20–1, 26, 31, 36, 44, 63, 200–1, 245

Aldworth, Robert, 133

Alexander VII, Pope, 257

Alexander, Captain Ralph, 73, 121, 198, 202, 272

Anabaptists, 27, 54, 60, 71, 87, 121, 141, 163–5, 242

Anderson, John, 101

Andrews, Mrs Mary, 203

Anglesey, Arthur Annesley, Earl of, 155

Argyll, Archibald Campbell, Marquis of, 41, 246

Arlington, Sir Henry Bennet, Earl of, 50–1, 55–6, 58–60, 62–4, 68–9, 71, 74, 81

and assault on Ormond, 94, 99, 101–2, 104–6, 108–9, 111

and Blood's imprisonment, 130, 136, 141, 146

and Blood's pardon, 146–8,
150–1

and Blood's work for government, 153, 156–9, 166–8, 171

and Dublin Castle conspiracy, 10, 12–13, 23–4, 32–3, 42, 44

Freer's appeal to, 86–7

and plots against king, 113, 135

and religious toleration, 161–2, 164

resignation and death, 197–8

rivalry with Buckingham, 110

and Rochester's satire, 150–1

Arlington House, St James's, London, 198

Armorer, Sir Nicholas, 33, 243

Armstrong, Sir Thomas, 19

Arran, Lord, 26

Arundel House, London, 104, 267

Ashenhurst, William, 254

Ashton, Sir William, 47

Atkinson, John, 57, 59–61, 74, 84, 86

Aubrey, John, 286

Aungier, Francis, Baron, 24

Austin, Widow, 91

Axtell, Daniel, 238

Baber, Sir John, 158, 280

Bagot, Edward, 247

Baines, Edward, 22

Ball, Henry, 167, 283

Ball, Thomas, 21

Barillon, Paul (French ambassador), 180, 182

Barker, Sir Richard (physician), 177, 285

Barkstead, John, 67

Barnes, Captain Toby, 67, 204, 256

Barnsley, Justice, 186

Barrington, Colonel Alexander, 32

Barrington, Major Thomas, 30

Barrow, Colonel, 277

Barry, Alderman Richard, 244

Bear tavern, Southwark, 184

Beckman, Captain Martin, 127–9, 151, 201, 273

Bedloe, Captain William, 178–80

Begs, John, 3

Benbow, John, 6

Bennet, Sir Henry,
see
Arlington, Sir Henry Bennet, Earl of

Bennet, Sir John, 56

Benson, Robert, 84

Beresford, Michael, 93–4

Berkeley House, Piccadilly, London, 264

Berry, Henry, 178

‘Bess's Day' (17 November), 198, 289

Betson, John, 60, 83

Beverley, Sir Thomas, 237

Biddell, John, 21

Bincks, Joseph, 52

Black Boy tavern, Oxmantown, 68

Blaine, Jenny, 122

Blake, Admiral Robert, 229

Blakeys, Robert, 191

Blenheim, Battle of, 203

Blood, Charles (Colonel Blood's son), xxv, 166, 186, 191, 201–2, 204

Blood, Edmund, xvii–xviii

Blood, Edmund (Colonel Blood's son), xxv, 89, 168, 202

Blood, Edmund (Colonel Blood's grandson), 204–5

Blood, Elizabeth (Colonel Blood's daughter), xxv, 189–90, 202, 204

Blood, Elizabeth (née Fowler) (Holcroft Blood's wife), 203–4

Blood, Holcroft (Colonel Blood's son), xxv, 168, 191, 202–4

Blood, Margaret, xvii–xviii

Blood, Mary (
née
Holcroft, or Holdcroft), xviii, 231

Blood, Mary (
née
Holcroft) (Colonel Blood's wife), xxiii, xxv, 71, 87, 98–9, 122, 146, 189

Blood, Mary (Colonel Blood's daughter), xxv, 189–90, 204

Blood, Mrs Mary, 204–5

Blood, Neptune, xvii–xviii, xx, 168, 231–2, 283

Blood, Thomas, senior, xviii–xix

Blood, Colonel Thomas

acquires house, 151

allegiance to Lauderdale, 156–7

apology to Ormond, 147–8

assault on Ormond, 91–2, 94–114, 133, 135–7, 143–4

attempt on Crown Jewels, 120–31, 143–5

becomes government agent, 146–7, 153–4

belief in Providence, 189

burial and exhumation, 192–3

death, 190–1

downfall at Buckingham's hands, 182–90

and Dublin Castle conspiracy, 13, 18–19, 22–3, 25, 28–9, 31–2, 34, 40–3 46, 48, 133

escape from Dublin, 42–3

family and early life, xvii–xxiii

family's land holdings, 3

forfeits properties, 4–6, 67, 91, 204

forged confession, 141–2

gains pardons for accomplices, 159–60

government agent in Netherlands, 66–7, 166–7

government salary, 167, 186–7

granted pardon, 146–51, 204

granted pension, 149

and Great Fire, 69, 177, 188

and Holcroft estates, 168–9