See also:HUGH See also:SPEKE (1656-c. 1724)
, See also:English writer and agitator, was a son of See also:George See also:Speke (d
.
169o) of See also:- WHITE
- WHITE, ANDREW DICKSON (1832– )
- WHITE, GILBERT (1720–1793)
- WHITE, HENRY KIRKE (1785-1806)
- WHITE, HUGH LAWSON (1773-1840)
- WHITE, JOSEPH BLANCO (1775-1841)
- WHITE, RICHARD GRANT (1822-1885)
- WHITE, ROBERT (1645-1704)
- WHITE, SIR GEORGE STUART (1835– )
- WHITE, SIR THOMAS (1492-1567)
- WHITE, SIR WILLIAM ARTHUR (1824--1891)
- WHITE, SIR WILLIAM HENRY (1845– )
- WHITE, THOMAS (1628-1698)
- WHITE, THOMAS (c. 1550-1624)
White Lackington, See also:Somerset
.
The older Speke was a member of the See also:Green Ribbon See also:Club, the See also:great Whig organization which was founded in '675, and was a supporter of the See also:duke of See also:Monmouth, voting for the Exclusion See also:Bill in 1681
.
Educated at St See also:John's See also:College, See also:- OXFORD
- OXFORD, EARLS OF
- OXFORD, EDWARD DE VERE, 17TH EARL
- OXFORD, JOHN DE VERE, 13TH EARL OF (1443-1513)
- OXFORD, PROVISIONS OF
- OXFORD, ROBERT DE VERE, 9TH EARL OF (1362-1392)
- OXFORD, ROBERT HARLEY, 1ST
Oxford, See also:Hugh Speke joined the Green Ribbon Club, and in 1683 he was put in See also:prison for asserting that See also:Arthur See also:Capell, See also:earl of See also:Essex, another of Monmouth's supporters, had been murdered by the See also:friends of the duke of See also:York
.
He was tried and sentenced to pay a See also:fine, but he refused to find the See also:money, and remained in prison for three years, being in captivity during Monmouth's See also:rebellion, in consequence of which his See also:brother See also:Charles was hanged at Ilminster
.
In prison Speke kept a See also:printing-See also:press, and from this he issued the Address to all the English Protestants in the See also:Present See also:Army, a manifesto written by the Whig divine See also:Samuel See also:- JOHNSON, ANDREW
- JOHNSON, ANDREW (1808–1875)
- JOHNSON, BENJAMIN (c. 1665-1742)
- JOHNSON, EASTMAN (1824–1906)
- JOHNSON, REVERDY (1796–1876)
- JOHNSON, RICHARD (1573–1659 ?)
- JOHNSON, RICHARD MENTOR (1781–1850)
- JOHNSON, SAMUEL (1709-1784)
- JOHNSON, SIR THOMAS (1664-1729)
- JOHNSON, SIR WILLIAM (1715–1774)
- JOHNSON, THOMAS
Johnson (1649-1703), urging the soldiers to See also:mutiny
.
In 1687 he was released, and in 1688 he served See also:- JAMES
- JAMES (Gr. 'IlrKw,l3or, the Heb. Ya`akob or Jacob)
- JAMES (JAMES FRANCIS EDWARD STUART) (1688-1766)
- JAMES, 2ND EARL OF DOUGLAS AND MAR(c. 1358–1388)
- JAMES, DAVID (1839-1893)
- JAMES, EPISTLE OF
- JAMES, GEORGE PAYNE RAINSFOP
- JAMES, HENRY (1843— )
- JAMES, JOHN ANGELL (1785-1859)
- JAMES, THOMAS (c. 1573–1629)
- JAMES, WILLIAM (1842–1910)
- JAMES, WILLIAM (d. 1827)
James II. as a See also:spy in the See also:camp of See also:- WILLIAM
- WILLIAM (1143-1214)
- WILLIAM (1227-1256)
- WILLIAM (1J33-1584)
- WILLIAM (A.S. Wilhelm, O. Norse Vilhidlmr; O. H. Ger. Willahelm, Willahalm, M. H. Ger. Willehelm, Willehalm, Mod.Ger. Wilhelm; Du. Willem; O. Fr. Villalme, Mod. Fr. Guillaume; from " will," Goth. vilja, and " helm," Goth. hilms, Old Norse hidlmr, meaning
- WILLIAM (c. 1130-C. 1190)
- WILLIAM, 13TH
William of See also:Orange
.
In See also:December of this See also:year a document, apparently See also:official, was found by a See also:London bookseller
.
This called upon the Protestants to disarm their See also:Roman See also:Catholic neighbours; it was freely circulated, and much damage was done to See also:property in London before it was found that it was a See also:forgery
.
It appears to have been the See also:work of Speke, although this was not known until 1709, when he asserted his authorship in his See also:Memoirs of the Most Remarkable Passages and Transactions of the Revolution
.
He afterwards issued these memoirs with modifications as The See also:Secret See also:History of the Happy Revolution in 1688 (1715)
.
After imploring both See also:Anne and George I. to See also:reward his past services, Speke died in obscurity before 1725
.
End of Article: