8 March –
Anne, daughter of King James II, comes to the throne of Great Britain. Since her only surviving son had died prior to her accession, there is no prospective
Prince of Wales.[6]
5 May – Following a suspension of nearly a year,
Edward Jones, Bishop of St Asaph, is allowed to return to his see.[7]
^
abJ.C. Sainty (1979). List of Lieutenants of Counties of England and Wales 1660-1974. London: Swift Printers (Sales) Ltd.
^Stanley, Peter (1998). The house of Stanley : the history of an English family from the 12th century. Edinburgh: Pentland Press. p. 196.
ISBN9781858215785.
^Nicholas, Thomas (1991). Annals and antiquities of the counties and county families of Wales. Baltimore: Genealogical Pub. Co. p. 695.
ISBN9780806313146.
^Brown, Richard (1991). Church and state in modern Britain, 1700-1850. London; New York: Routledge. p. 25.
ISBN9781134982707.
^
abcCharles John Abbey (1887). The English Church and Its Bishops 1700-1800. Longmans, Green. pp. 357–359.
8 March –
Anne, daughter of King James II, comes to the throne of Great Britain. Since her only surviving son had died prior to her accession, there is no prospective
Prince of Wales.[6]
5 May – Following a suspension of nearly a year,
Edward Jones, Bishop of St Asaph, is allowed to return to his see.[7]
^
abJ.C. Sainty (1979). List of Lieutenants of Counties of England and Wales 1660-1974. London: Swift Printers (Sales) Ltd.
^Stanley, Peter (1998). The house of Stanley : the history of an English family from the 12th century. Edinburgh: Pentland Press. p. 196.
ISBN9781858215785.
^Nicholas, Thomas (1991). Annals and antiquities of the counties and county families of Wales. Baltimore: Genealogical Pub. Co. p. 695.
ISBN9780806313146.
^Brown, Richard (1991). Church and state in modern Britain, 1700-1850. London; New York: Routledge. p. 25.
ISBN9781134982707.
^
abcCharles John Abbey (1887). The English Church and Its Bishops 1700-1800. Longmans, Green. pp. 357–359.