Clarendon
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- Clarendon
- Lord Chancellor and the King's principal adviser from 1660-1667
- Arrogant personality, with no support from Privy Council or Parliament
- Henrietta Maria was also hostile
- Arrogant personality, with no support from Privy Council or Parliament
- Blamed for
- No heir- negotiated marriage to Catherine of Braganza
- Sale of Dunkirk- £300,000
- Clarendon Code- religious conformity
- Daughter's marriage to James, exploiting his power
- Dutch War- despite trying to prevent it he was blamed for its failures
- Hutton and Miller both agree that Clarendon was made a scapegoat for Charles to 'save his own skin'
- Farr notes that the King's advisors Buckingham, Arlington and Coventry all put pressure on Charles
- Lord Chancellor and the King's principal adviser from 1660-1667
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