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Title: The counties of England, their story and antiquities
Year: 1912 (1910s)
Authors: Ditchfield, P. H. (Peter Hampson), 1854-1930
Subjects: Great Britain -- History England -- Antiquities
Publisher: London : G. Allen
Contributing Library: University of California Libraries
Digitizing Sponsor: MSN

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d to Derby, and declared for DutchWilliam before the landing of the Prince. Theauthorities of the town received the troopers and the Earlsdeclaration somewhat coldly and cautiously. The adventof a Dutch regiment did not secure their confidence; butat length the Revolution was accomplished, and the Earlwas rewarded with a Dukedom, a title that has been borneby several distinguished descendants, who have conferredhonour upon their county and their country. The people of the shire were always conservative, andliked not violent changes. They acquiesced in the Revo-lution, but were roused to a pitch of frenzy when thecelebrated preacher. Dr. Sacheverell, preached the famousassize sermon at Derby, in which he attacked the Revolu-tion and all who had taken part in it. Everyone knowsthe sequel. The bombastic doctor repeated his utterancesin London, was prosecuted, tried, and though he wasexcluded from preaching for three years, his sentencewas deemed an acquittal. When the news reached Derby,
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Derbyshire 151 the bells of the churches rang jubilant peals, bonfires werelighted, and triumphant joy reigned. The name of oneof the streets in Derby commemorates this extraordinaryevent. The town was at that time very prosperous; the silkmanufacture had been added to its other industries byone Thomas Lombe. The people retained still a loyalaffection for the House of Stuart, and there were manyJacobites, when the rising of 1715 disturbed the country,who created some minor tumults at Derby. But thesewere nothing when compared witTi the insurrection of1745. To the town the Young Pretender marched withhis army, and was proclaimed King, and Mass was cele-brated in All Saints Church. He expected a largeincrease in strength, and was woefully disappointedwhen so few men flocked to his standard. Some Derby-shire volunteers were called out to resist his advance,but, their courage failing them, they made a strategicretirement to Nottingham. Disappointed, deceived, thegallant young Prince, seei

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