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- 24 April 1688: At Pontefract, the new Catholic and Dissenting members of the judiciary send James II, a Catholic, thanks for allowing freedom of religion, leading him to believe he has popular support
- 21 February 1688: On Shrove-Tuesday, cock-throwing York apprentices break a Catholic window, and the militia intervenes, torturing citizens and violating their civic rights
- 24 June 1687: John Reresby, governor of York, protests James II’s plans to turn his residence into a Catholic school
- 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
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