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- 12 May 1687: Royal humour
- 7 April 1687: James II’s declaration of freedom of conscience arrives in Yorkshire, but fails in its alleged underlying intention – to drive people into the arms of the Catholic church
- 6 January 1687: Perhaps violating the discriminatory Test Acts, James II replaces Protestant justices of the peace by Catholics in the West Riding
- 2 September 1686: John Reresby describes his organisation of the York garrison
- 25 January 1686: John Reresby is disgusted to learn that his brother Jervase has married a (relatively) poor, common Spaniard and emigrated
- 13 January 1686: A mob plunders the funeral of the Countess of Strafford at York Minster
- 16 October 1685: John Reresby loses his sword between Barnsley and Wakefield
- 25 March 1685: The York apprentices ask John Reresby to lead their new militia troop
- 17 June 1685: In the House of Commons, John Reresby says that London deserves higher taxes because its very existence is a tax on the rest of England
- 13 October 1863: After a long and acrimonious strike, Henry Briggs, co-owner of Methley Junction Colliery, receives a letter
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