the Commons expelled for discrediting the Plot. October 30 Archbishop Plunket brought to London and committed to the Tower. November 2 The Exclusion bill voted. November 10 Lord Stafford’s trial resolved on by the Commons. November 11 Third reading of the Exclusion bill in the House of Commons. November 15 The Exclusion bill rejected by the House of Lords owing to Lord Halifax. November 16 Halifax proposes the banishment of the Duke of York. November 17 Second great Pope Burning. The House of Commons proceed against Halifax. November 24 The Commons vote the impeachment of Lord Chief Justice North. November 30–December 7 Trial and conviction of Lord Stafford for high treason. December 15 Sir Robert Peyton expelled from the House of Commons. December 29 Execution of Stafford. 1681. January 5 The Commons vote the impeachment of Lord Chief Justice Scroggs and other judges. January 7, 10 The Commons pass resolutions against the Duke of York, against such as shall lend money to the crown, against a prorogation. January 10 Parliament prorogued January 18 and suddenly dissolved. January 25 Sixteen Whig peers present a petition against a parliament being held at Oxford. February 28 Edward Fitzharris arrested for writing a treasonable libel. March 14 The king concludes a secret verbal treaty with Louis XIV and sets out for Oxford. March 17 Shaftesbury and other Whig leaders set out for Oxford with an armed escort. March 21 Meeting of Charles II’s fifth and last Parliament at Oxford. March 25 The Commons impeach Fitzharris. March 26 The Exclusion bill voted. The Lords refuse to proceed on Fitzharris’ impeachment. March 28 The Exclusion bill read the first time in the House of Commons. Parliament suddenly dissolved. May The king’s declaration justifying the dissolution answered by “A Just and Modest Vindication of the Proceedings