# Life of Sir William Petty 1623 - 1687/Index

INDEX
ACTDOROTHY
Act of Explanation, 131
— — Navigation, 141, 189, 205
Acts of Settlement, 1662, 130
Admiralty, Courts of, 247
Adventurers, 23, 43, 51, 56, 130
Anabaptists, 31, 44, 48, 70, 71, 74, 75, 89, 106
Anatomy, 18, 19, 22 ; see Political
Anglesea, Lord, 157, 179
Appendix I.: Works, 317 ; II.: Will, 318 ; III.: 'Down' Survey, 325
Argyle, 271
'Arithmetick' Political, 180, 181, 183, 185, 195, 204, 216, 220, 225
Army lands, 24, 42, 51, 125, 130
Ascue, Sir S., 114
Aubrey, John. 1, 2, 10, 18, 20, 104, 108, 127, 153, 155, 167-169, 179, 206, 256, 258, 261, 265
Aungier, Lord, 139
Auzout, Monsieur, 220
Axioms of Sir W. Petty, 276
Ayscam, Antony, 36
Bacon, Lord, 174
Ballot, 'Boxing,' 58
Bathurst, Dr., 20
Bellarmine, 16
Berkeley, Lord, 241
Bigotry, 117-120
Bills of Mortality: Dublin, 181; London, 181, 184
Bodin, 182, 187
Boyle, Hon. Robert, 12, 15, 20, 21, 45-48, 63, 74, 142
Bradshaw, 97, 105
Brodrick, Sir Alan, 151
Broghill, Lord, 79, 130
Brouncker, Lord, 103, 109, 112
Brown, Sir Valentine, 289, 291
Bruno, 237
Buckingham, 242
Budgets, 187
Burnet, Bishop, 180, 232
Cabinet, rise of the, 243
'Calais-Douvres,' a, 109-113, 253-257, 266-268
Campanella, 237
Cantarine, Monsieur, 55
Carteret, Sir George, 151
Cattle, Irish, 140
Cavendish, Sir Charles, 6
Chancery, Court of, 169-172, 174
Charles I., 23
— II., 103, 112, 225, 243, 257
Cheesey, Mr., 150
Church views, 223, 224, 234
Clarendon, 65, 151, 241, 271, 272, 275, 286
Clarges, Dr. Thomas, 82
Clotworthy, Sir J., 130
Coinage, 212
Colbert, 181, 190, 227
Commonwealth, end of the, 99
Connaught, transplantation into, 25, 26, 28, 31, 37
Coote, Charles, 40
Council, the Privy, 1679, 243
Coventry, Sir William, 177
Cowper, Samuel, limner, 179
Cox, Dr., 161, 163
Crawfurd, Major-General, 17
'Creatures, Scale of,' 116
Cromwell, Henry, 28, 30, 34, 48, 54, 57, 63, 73-75, 78, 81-83, 87, 88, 95, 96, 98, 133
— Oliver, 17, 48, 74, 105
— Richard, 78, 87
Customs duties, 207
Davenant, Sir William, 188, 203
Davis, Sir John, 145
'De Cive,' 16, 82
Deane, Admiral, 256, 266-268
Declaration of 1660, 130, 131
Descartes, 6
Dorislaus, Dr., 36
'Dorothy Anwacker,' 154 ​'Double Bottom, the,' 109-115, 253-257, 266-268
'Doubling Ordinance, the,' 24
Down Survey, the, 23-68 ; 325 ; map of, 68
'Dubious' lands, 27, 130
Dublin College of Physicians, 253
— Philosophical Society, 253
Duel, a proposed, 152
Durdans, The, 113
Economics, 182, 185, 201
Edict of Nantes, 236
Education, pamphlet on, 11
Engines in ships, 123
England, France, and Holland, temp. Charles II., 226
Ergastula Literaria, 11
Essex, Lord, 241
Estates, Irish forfeited, 25, 42, 51
Evelyn, 109, 113, 133, 153, 180, 252
Excise, 209
Explanation, Act of, 131
Farmers, revenue, 137, 169, 174, 176, 246, 251
Fauconberg, Lord, 74, 86
Fenton, Sir Maurice, 153
— Sir Michael, 156
— William, 156
ffoulkes, Lieut.-Colonel, 79
Fifth Monarchy Men, 74, 75
Finch, Sir Heneage, 142
Fire, the Great, 151, 155, 232
Fitzgerald, David, 272
Fitzmaurice, John, 312
Fleetwood, General, 21, 22, 28, 35, 37, 48, 86, 87, 96
Ford, Sir Henry, 234
Forfeited lands, 25, 42, 51
France and Holland, 190-196, 203, 227, 235
Galen, 116
Galileo, 237
Gassendi, 6
Golius, 8
Goodwin, Thomas, 17
Gookin, Vincent, 31, 37, 57, 77, 78-81
Gorges, Dr., 272
Government, on, 94, 99
Graunt, Captain, 20, 114, 154, 158, 180, 232
Green, Ann, revival of, 18
Gresham College, 102, 257
Grotius, 182
Guilbert, Bois, 201
Harrington, 'Oceana,' 23, 94, 183
Hartlib, Samuel, 11-13, 63
Hayle, Lord Chief Justice, 116
Hearne, Thomas, 18
Henrietta Maria, 235
Herbordus, Dr., 9
Hervey, 7
Hobbes, 1, 5, 7, 10, 16, 168, 183, 186, 188, 236
Holland, 191, 196, 197, 203, 205, 206, 224-228, 235
Hooke, Mr., 113
Horghland, 9
Houblons, Mr., 115
House of Commons, impeachment, 81-86
Imperial questions, 278
Indulgence, Declaration of, 287
Ingoldsby, Lady, 156
Inquisition, the, 118
'Instrument of Government,' 95
Ireland, condition of, 1652, 21 seq.; 1664, 142; 1678-79, 239; colonisation scheme, 23-27; map of, 68; union with, 229, 276
Ireton, General, 21, 105
Irish, Sir W. Petty on the, 145-148, 239
James, Duke of York, 107, 235
— II., King, 269, 271 seq., 280
Jenkins, Sir Leoline, 247
Jews, the, 224
Kenmare, 128, 149, 155, 289
Kepler, 7
Kerry, 61, 126, 149, 289; Instructions for, 289
Killaloe, Bishop of, 155
King, Mr., 57
Kingston, Lord, 151, 156, 159
Labour, division of, 50, 220
Lambert, General, 21, 89, 97
Land debentures, Irish, 125
Lands in Ireland: adventurers', 23, 43, 51, 56, 130; army, 24, 42, 51, 125, 130; Church and Crown, 24, 42, 137; divisions and terms of, 39; dubious, 27, 130
Lansdowne, Marquis of, 315
Larcom, Sir T., 65
Lely, Sir Peter, 173
Letter-writer, the Manifold, 10
Letters from Sir W. Petty to: ​Anglesea, Lord, 157, 158; Aubrey, John, 258, 261, 265; Aungier, Lord, 139, 140; Boyle, Hon. R., 45-48; Cromwell, Henry, 86, 87; Cromwell, Lady, 133; Graunt, Captain, 158; Pell, Dr., 7, 8, 10; Pett, Sir Peter, 249; Petty, John, 13-16; Petty, Lady, 154, 160-166, 245, 250, 253, 262, 263, 292, 293, 297; Southwell, Sir Robert, 5, 116, 117, 138, 139, 145, 156, 169, 170, 171, 172, 173, 174, 175, 176, 217, 218, 243, 244, 245, 246, 259, 270-274, 280, 285, 294, 304, 306, 312; Waller, Mr., 156
Letters to Sir William Petty from: Aubrey, John, 167, 168, 169; Penn, William, 166, 167; Southwell, Sir Robert, 260, 274, 275, 283, 292
Logan, Mr., graver, 179
London, 'Concerning Ye Plagues of,' 121; growth of, 216, 219; Philosophical Society, 15
Longomontanus, 7, 8
Lotteries. 215
Louis XIV., 227, 235, 248
Louvois, 227
Lowther, Sir James, 299
Macarthy, Lieut.-General Justin, 289, 290
Mansfield, Lord, 247
Maps, the Survey, 66, 67, 68
Massereene, Lord, 112
Maynard, Consul, 118
Men, on, 299
Mersen, Father Marsin, 6
Milton, 94, 99
Minutes of the Dublin Society, 253-255
Monk, General, 89, 93, 98
Monmouth, Duke of, 177, 271
Montecuculli, 220
Multiplication of mankind, 216, 217
Napper, Mr., 156
Navigation, Act of, 189, 205, 206, 244; treatise on, 203
New England, 148
— River Company, 232
Newcastle, Marquis of, 6
Newton's ' Principia,' 306
Nonconformists, 204
North, Sir Dudley, 201
'Oceana,' 183
Oporto, Inquisition at, 118
Optics, 7
Ormonde, Lord, 104, 131, 138, 140, 151, 160, 173, 177, 232, 241, 242, 246, 271, 272
Orpen, Rev. Mr., 290
Osborne's ' Advice to a Son,' 114
Owen, John, 17
Oxford, 15-21, 142
Parliament, the Little, 24; the Long, 75, 89, 97; the Rump, 87, 89
Parties, Irish, at the Restoration, 128
Pascal, 6, 299, 300
Paul, St. Vincent de, 6
Pell, Dr., 5, 7-10
Penn, Admiral, 119
— George, 118-120
— William, 166, 234, 270
Percival, Sir John, 270
Pett, Sir Peter, 248
Petty, Anne, daughter, 160, 163, 297, 306, 322
Petty, Antony, father, 1
— Antony, brother, 13
— Charles, son, 163, 226, 297, 300, 302, 306, 308, 311
— Henry, son, 297, 302, 303, 306
— John, cousin, 13-15, 48, 103, 104, 107, 151, 156
— Lady, 153, 154, 245, 311; see Letters
Petty, Sir William, birth, 1; childhood, 2; at sea, 2, 4; as linguist, 3, 4, 5, 12; and the Jesuits, 3; at Caen, 3-5; in the Navy, 5; on the Continent, 5-10; and Dr. Pell, 7-10; poverty of, 10; inventions, 10-13; on education, 11; family views of, 13-15; at Oxford, 15-21; Doctor in Physic, 16; revival of Ann Green, 18; Vice-Principal of Brasenose, 19; Chair of Anatomy, 19; Professor of Music, 20; in Ireland, 21 seq.; and Worsley, 29, 40, 41, 48, 49, 55, 56, 90; and Gookin, 31-34; and the Waldenses, 36; mapping plan, 38; and the survey, 41 seq.; manner of life and work, 49; and the Adventurers, 56, 64; and Colonel Whalley's lands, 56; and the Army lands, 57-63, 69-72; in London, 63 (see Sankey); honours to, 73; his Latin, 73, 297; and the pamphlet of 1658, 76; reply to attacks, 77; becomes M.P., 78, 81; commended by Henry Cromwell, 81, 87; arraigned in Parliament, 81, 82; defence, 83-87; to Ireland and back, 85, 87; dismissal from service, ​88; from Brasenose, 89; escapes to Dublin, 89; pamphlet and book by, 90-93; in London, 93; and the Cromwell family, 75, 96, 106, 133; his views, 1659, 96, 98, 101; on Henry Cromwell, 98, 106; and the Royal Society, 102, 107 seq.; on shipping, 103, 104, 107, 109, 113; and the King, 103; peculiar position of, 105, 106; claims of, 106, 132; knighted, 107; will of, 108, 114; on the Plague, 108, 121; his 'Calais-Douvres,' 109-113, 255; his 'Scale of Creatures,' 116, 117; his Christianity, 118, 120; on a ship-engine, 122-124; money gain of, 126; land in Kerry, 126-128, 132; an Irish M.P., 130; his great map, 133; troubles and firmness of, 137, 151; on Irish government, 140; on Irish cattle, 141, 142; foreign trade, 142; absenteeism, 143; exchange, 143; on English throttling, 144, 145; on the Irish, 145-148, 239; on the New England, 148; plea for union, 148, 229, 276; his colony at Kenmare, 149, 150, 155, 289; and the Great Fire, 151, 155, 156, 168; a challenge to, 152; marriage of, 153; banter of, 154; tired of life, 154; on furnishing, 154; offered a peerage, 155; troubles and losses of, 156; character of, 159, 168; and his children, 160, 163, 166, 297-306; on the Quakers. 166; in Chancery, 169-172, 174; and the Psalms of David, 172; health of, 1677, 172; portrait of, 173, 179; and the revenue farmers (see Farmers); and Colonel Vernon, 176–178; Aubrey's sketch of, 179; his works, 183, 185 seq., 317, 318; on the Deluge, 217; on sermons, 225; and Captain Graunt, 233; on Pope and Councils, 237; on Ireland, 1678, 239; declines a peerage, 245; in Kerry, 1680, 245; at the Admiralty, 247-250; and the reform of the revenue, 250-252; as a Latin poet, 250, 252; in Kerry again, 253; and the Dublin Society, 203-255; and James II., 269, 275, 280; on denominations, 270; his 'Speculum Hiberniæ,' 272; axioms of, 276; on Imperial questions, 278; and Tyrconnel, 282; preaches patience, 285; his affairs at Kenmare, 289; summary of claims, 293; on his early struggles, 294; on his coat and armes, 297; on men, 299-301; death of, 308; his patriot creed, 309; a forecast by, 310; on mourning, 312; burial-place of, 313; will of, 314, 318-324; see Letters, Works, &c.
Philosophical Society, Ireland, 253-255
Plagues of London, 121
Plunket, Archbishop, 242
'Political Anatomy of Ireland,' 33, 39, 43, 59, 133, 134-137, 140, 143-115, 148, 181, 185, 186, 189, 212, 213, 215, 219, 221
'Political Arithmetic,' 100, 148, 149, 180, 181, 183, 185, 195, 204, 209, 215, 216, 221, 224, 225 seq.
Popish Plot, 232, 234 seq., 240
Population, 216-220
Privy Council, 1679, 243
Quakers in Ireland, 166
'Quantulumcunque concerning Money,' 185, 213
'Queries on the State of Ireland,' 272
Quesnay, 202
Rates, Book of, 189
'Reflections,' 44, 56, 59, 60, 70, 71, 72, 73, 83, 84, 85, 90, 91, 92, 93, 98, 107, 121
Religions and States, founders of, 99
Restoration, the, 98, 105, 128
Revenue, farmers, 137, 169, 174, 246, 251; raising, 207, 251
Robartes, Lord, 241
Rochester, 271, 286
Rome, Church of, 234-238
Romsey Abbey, 315
Rota Club, the, 94
Royal Society, the, 20, 21, 107, 108
Rump, Parliament, the, 87, 88, 89
Rumsey, 1
Rushworth, 10
St. Cyran, 6
'Sale and Settlement of Ireland,' 272
Salmasius, 8
Sandys, Sir John, 177
Sankey, Sir Hierome, 70, 71, 76, 77, 81-86, 88-93, 106, 131, 151
'Satyre, A,' 93
'Scale of Creatures,' 116, 176
Sedgwick, Mr., 230
Servetus, 120
Settlement of Ireland, 1654-8, 65
Shaen, Sir James, 49, 137, 151, 251, 263
Shaftesbury, 242
Shelburne Barony, the, 311 ​Sidney, Algernon, 118, 235
Skinner, Cyriac, 94
'Sluice-boat, the,' 109-113, 253-257, 266-268
Smith, Adam, 191
— Lewin, 126
Southampton, Lord, 151
Southwell, Edward, 159, 297, 304
— Sir Robert, 108, 116, 117, 138, 145, 155, 159, 169, 172, 174-176, 217, 246, 259, 260, 264, 270-275, 280, 283, 285, 292, 294, 304, 306, 308, 312; see Letters
Spanheim, Dr., 9
'Speculum Hiberniæ,' 272
Statute, the Great, 189
Strafford, 27
Suarez, 16
'Supellex Philosophica,' 255
Survey, the Grosse, 28 seq., 35 ; Civil, the, 37 seq.; see Down
Symner, Col. Miles, 57, 60
Talbot, Archbishop, 241
— Earl of Tyrconnel, 271, 275, 284, 286, 287
Tariff, Colbert's, 190
— the Dutch, 191, 196
Taxes; see 'Treatise on Taxes'
Taylor, Thomas, 107
Temple, Sir William, 234, 243, 246
'Ten Tooles,' 277
Thurloe, Secretary, 31, 35-37, 75, 76, 78, 81, 83, 96, 118
Tokenhouse Yard, 126
Toleration, Religious, 224, 237, 274, 276
Tomlinson, Colonel, 41
'Treatise on Taxes,' 118, 180, 185, 188 seq., 223, 224
Tyrconnel; see Talbot
Ulster, Plantation of, 23
Union, Sir William Petty on, 148, 229, 276
Universities and Cromwell, the, 17
Usury laws, 213
Value, extrinsic and intrinsic, 222; origin of, 198; par of, 211
Vauban, Marshal, 201
'Verbum Sapienti,' 185, 194, 213
Vernon, Colonel, 176-178
Vesalius, Andreas, 6
Wages, 220
Waite, Mr., 230
Walaeus, 8
Waldenses, the, 35 ; and the Irish, 36
Waller, Edmund, 245
— Mr., 156
— Sir Hardress, 41, 153
Wallis, Dr., 15, 20
Ward, Seth, 20
Weymouth, Lord, 308
White House Ruin, Kenmare, 290
Wilkins, Dr., 15, 19, 20, 113-120
Will, Sir William Petty's, 5, 20, 115, 314 ; in full, 318-325
Wood, Antony, 18, 20, 70, 94, 113
Works of Sir William Petty: Principal, 185 seq. ; List of, and written by, 317
Worsley, Benjamin, 29, 40, 41, 48, 49, 55, 56, 90
Wren, Christopher, 20, 102, 103
Wybord, Dr., 9
York, Duke of, 107, 235 ; as James II., 269, 271, 280
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