Malignants
Malignants is a name used for the advisors of Charles I of England, chief among whom were Strafford and Laud; were so called by the Parliamentarians, who blamed them for the evils of the country; the name was afterwards applied to the whole Royalist party.[1]
See also
- Royalist "Delinquents" and Committee for Compounding with Delinquents
Notes
References
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Wood, James, ed. (1907). "Malignants". The Nuttall Encyclopædia. London and New York: Frederick Warne.
This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the 9/17/2013. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.