THE MARCH OF WILLIAM OF ORANGE THROUGH SOMERSET With a notice of other local events in the time of King James II A.D. 1688 by Emanuel Green

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In 1671 Charles II's brother James, Duke of York, startled the nation by announcing that he was a papist. This caused a great concern among the Protestants and many attempts were made to stop James from becoming King. In February 1685 Charles died and despite the attempts to exclude James, he was crowned King. Later that year the Duke of Monmouth made an unsuccessful attempt to take the throne. Eventually in 1688 William was “invited” to invade England and he eventually landed at Brixham in Devon. This publication gives an excellent account of the progress of William through Somerset by the use of letters and documents gathered from various sources by the author. A useful book in any collection of Somerset.