Above: The Leading Spirit This great rebellion was brought about by the measures taken to extirpate the Catholic religion; by the plantations of Chichester and Stratford; and by the non-confirmation of the graces, which made the people despair of redress. There were complaints from every side about religious hardships. As to the. plantations, no one could tell where they might stop; and there was a widespread fear that the people of the whole country ... Read More

The Graces In the midst of all this inquietude king James I. died in 1625, and was succeeded by his son Charles 1. Tills king was in perpetual straits for money : and the Catholics hoped that by granting him subsidies he would have the penal laws relaxed. The Protestants also had their troubles, for many of them -as well as the Catholics-were threatened with the loss of their estates through the knaveries of the ... Read More