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ABHORRERS , the name given in 1679 to the persons who expressed their abhorrence at the See also:action of those who had signed -petitions urging See also:- KING
- KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
- KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
- KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
- KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
- KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
- KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
- KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
- KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
- KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
- KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
- KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)
King See also:Charles II. to assemble See also:parliament. Feeling against See also:Roman Catholics, and especially against See also:- JAMES
- JAMES (Gr. 'IlrKw,l3or, the Heb. Ya`akob or Jacob)
- JAMES (JAMES FRANCIS EDWARD STUART) (1688-1766)
- JAMES, 2ND EARL OF DOUGLAS AND MAR(c. 1358–1388)
- JAMES, DAVID (1839-1893)
- JAMES, EPISTLE OF
- JAMES, GEORGE PAYNE RAINSFOP
- JAMES, HENRY (1843— )
- JAMES, JOHN ANGELL (1785-1859)
- JAMES, THOMAS (c. 1573–1629)
- JAMES, WILLIAM (1842–1910)
- JAMES, WILLIAM (d. 1827)
James, .-See also:duke of See also:York, was See also:running strongly; the Exclusion See also:Bill had been passed by the See also:House of See also:Commons, and the pppularity of James, duke of See also:Monmouth, was very See also:great. To prevent this .bill from passing into See also:law, Charles had dissolved parliament in See also:July 1679, and in the following See also:October had prorogued its successor without allowing it to meet. He was then deluged with petitions urging him to See also:call it together, and this agitation was opposed by See also:Sir See also:George See also:Jeffreys (q.v.) and See also:Francis Wythens, who presented addresses expressing "abhorrence" of the "Petitioners," and thus initiated the See also:movement of the abhorrers, who supported the action of the king. "The frolic went all over See also:England," says See also:Roger See also:North; and the addresses of the Abhorrers which reached the king from all parts of the See also:country formed a counterblast to those of the Petitioners. It is said that the terms Whig and Tory were first applied to See also:English See also:political parties in consequence of this dispute.... ..
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