K His Majefty Summons a Ing WILLIAM being advanc'd to the Throne, his first Care was to A. C. chufe a fet of Trusty Counsellors; and, 1683. next to reward thofe who had moft contributed to his Elevation. The Perfons with whom he thought fit to fhare the Important Refolutions of State in his Privy-Council, PrivyCorn were his Royal Highness Prince George of Denmark, cil Jan. 14. the Archbishop of Canterbury, the Bishop of London, the Duke of Norfolk, the Marqueffes of Winchefter and Hallifax, The Earls of Danby, Lindsey, Oxford, Shrewsbury, Bedford, Devonshire, Macklesfield, Nottingham, Bath, and Dorfet; the Viscounts Falconberge, Mordant and Newport; the Lords Wharton, Delamere, Montague, Lumley and Churchill; Monfieur Bentinck, Mr. Henry Sidney, Mr. Edward Ruffel, Mr. Henry Powle, Mr. Richard Hamden, Sir Henry Capel, Hugh Bofcowen Efq; and Sir Robert Howard. The Earl of Danby was made Prefident of the Bb Council; Places. ( A. C. Council; the Marquefs of Hallifax, Lord Privy 1683. Seal; the Earl of Devonshire. Steward of the Hourhold; Mr. Bentinck, Groom of the Stole, and He difpo Lord Privy Purfe; Viscount Newport, Treafurer of of feveral the Houfhold: Mr. Wharton, Comptroler of His Majefty's Houfhold; Sir John Lowther, Vice-Chamberlain of His Majefty's Houfhold; thefe two were alfo made Privy-Councellors) Monfieur overkerk, Great Mafter of the Horfe to the King; Marefchal de Schomberg, Great Mafter of the Ordinance; the Lord Montague, Master of the Great Wardrobe; Mr. Zuyleftein, Master of the Robes; the Earl of Shrewsbury, Principal Secretary of State the Bishop of London, Dean of the Chappel; the Lord Lovelace, Capt.of the Gentlemen Penfioners; the Duke of Ormond, the Earl of Oxford, the Lords Mordant, Lumley, and Churchill, and Mr. Sidney, Gentlemen of the King's Bed-Chamber; the Lord Wiltshire, Son to the Marquefs of Winchester, Lord Chamberlain to the Queen; John How Efq; ViceChamberlain; Mr. Villiers, Great Mafter of the Horse; and the Countess of Darby, Sifter to the Duke of Ormond, firft Lady of the Bed-Chamber, and Groom of the the Stole to her Majefty. Befides the foremention'd Places there remain'd one of great Truft, and two of no lefs Importance, and withal of vaft Profit, ftill undifpos d of, to wit, the Chancellor's, the Lord High Admiral's, and the Lord Treafurer's: The Earl of Nottin gham's Uprightnefs and Capacity entitled him to the firft, and his being the leading Man amongst the Peers who had protefted against the Vacancy of the Throne and the new Settlement, made it neceflary for the King to fecure him to his Intereft, by this diftinguifhing mark of Confidence. But his Majesty having offer'd him the Seals, the Earl excus'd himself from accepting the fame, alledging his unfitnefs for an Employment that requir'd a O conftant Application. The Marquefs of Hallifax had the fame offer made him, which he likewife declin'd, whereupon the Seals were given to Sir John Maynard, Anthony Kecke and William Raw H MARIA HONESO Guche Sculp REGINA 1 Junonem Imperio, Venerem Formâ, Arte Minervam, infon Efqs; the two laft of whom were Knighted A. Cby his Majefty. The Places of High Admiral and 168. Lord Treasurer were likewife given to Commithoners, to wit, the firit to Admiral Herbert, the Earl of Carbery, Sir Michael Wharton, Sir Thomas Lee, Sir John Chicheley, Sir John Lowther, and Mr. Sacheveril; and the other to the Lord Mordant, the Lord Delamere, the Lord Godolphin, Mr. Hamden, and Sir Henry Capel. As for the Earl of Nottingham, he, at laft, was prevail'd with to be one of the Principal Secretaries of State. All thefe Employments, and feveral others of lefs Confideration were difpos'd of at feveral times, within the space of two Months. As Dr.Burnet had been one of the chief Promoters of the Revolution, fo likewife he was he firft Ecclefiaftick that reap'd the Fruits of it; having been Elected Bishop of Sarum, pursuant to his Majefty's *Congé d' Elire, directed to the Dean and Chapter March + March of that Cathedral; and † Confecrated at Fulham by the Bishops of London, Winchester, Lincoln, Lan-2 daffe, St. Asaph and Carlisle, by Virtue of a Commillion from the Archbishop of Canterbury, who 31. ftifly refus'd to perform the Ceremony himself. Three Days after Doctor Burnet was alfo fworn and admitted Chancellor of the Order of the Gar ter. The Day before their Majefties were Proclaim'd, the King writ a Letter to the States of Holland, to acquaint them with his Advancement to the Crown, affuring them, "That his new Dignity inftead of diminishing the Affection he ever had, or the "Care he ever took for the Prefervation and Profperity of their Republick, would only ferve to "enable him to uifcharge his Office of Stadtholder "with more weight and fuccefs, towards the Good "and Advantage of their State; and that during "his Reign he would make it his conftant Bufinels "and Endeavour to eftablifh and maintain a per"fect Intelligence, Alliance and Inviolable Friend fhip between his Kingdoms and the United Pro"vinces, for the Safety, Weltare and Repofe of "both States, and the Support of the Proteftant Religion. The fame Exprefs that was dispatch'd Bb 2 66 away |