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supported William of Orange in the crucial year of 1688. Sedley was returned in the second Parliament of William, elected in March 1690. More speeches and parliamentary motions followed in 1690, including discussions on the Bill for regulating trials for High Treason, which sheds light on Sedley's political commitment after the Revolution. Sedley's speeches were included in the 1702 edition of
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Sedley's parliamentary career started in the 1660s but around 1677/78 he joined the Whig cause. When Charles II died in 1685, Sedley was illegally excluded from the parliament of his successor James II, which convened in May 1685. There can be no doubt that Sedley opposed the Catholic James and
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His most famous song, "Phyllis is My Only Joy", is much more widely known now than the author's name. While Sedley chiefly produced light amatory verse and pastoral dialogues in the 1670s, he turned to satirical epigrams in the 1680s and 1690s. His
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is well known. The king had seduced his daughter and created her countess of Dorchester, whereupon Sedley said: "As the king has made my daughter a countess, the least I can do, in common gratitude, is to assist in making his Majesty's daughter
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of Brueys and Palaprat. However, many contents of Sedley's posthumous edition are spurious. Apart from the prologues of his own plays, Sedley wrote at least four more prologues to comedies, the best-known of which was written for
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From the balcony of Oxford Kate's Tavern he, Lord Buckhurst and Sir Thomas Ogle shocked and delighted a crowd of onlookers with their blasphemous and obscene antics. According to
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in it and then drank it off, and then took another and drank the King's health." This behaviour provoked a riot amongst the onlookers and condemnation in the courts, where the
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He met Ann Ayscough, probably around 1670, by whom he had two illegitimate sons, William and Charles Sedley. William died in infancy, and the brother Charles was knighted by
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He met Ann Ayscough, probably around 1670, by whom he had two illegitimate sons, William and Charles Sedley. William died in infancy, and the brother Charles was knighted by
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Sir Charles Sedley's "The Mulberry-Garden" (1668) and "Bellamira: or, The Mistress" (1687): An Old-Spelling Critical Edition with an Introduction and a Commentary
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after the coronation in 1689 and created a baronet in 1702. The relationship with Ann Ayscough lasted to the end of Sedley's life. Sedley died at
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Charles Sedley inherited the title (5th baronet) in 1656 when his brother William died. By his first wife, Lady Katherine Savage, daughter of
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Charles Sedley inherited the title (5th baronet) in 1656 when his brother William died. By his first wife Lady Katherine Savage, daughter of
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in town run after him, 1000 people standing underneath to see and hear him, and that being done he took a glass of wine and washed his
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after the coronation in 1689 and created a baronet in 1702. The relationship with Ann Ayscough lasted until the end of Sedley's life.
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on 20 August 1701 and was buried at Southfleet Church on the 26th. The Sedley baronetcy became extinct on his death.
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displays a dark cynicism which has to be accounted for within a changed historical context. His two tragedies,
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gave his opinion that it was because of wretches like him "that God's anger and judgement hang over us".
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in Kent, and took an active and useful part in politics. A speech of his on the civil list after the
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Sir Charles Sedley's "The Mulberry-Garden" (1668) and "Bellamira, or: The Mistress" (1687)
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His reputation as a wit and dissolute was partially responsible for the Sedleys of
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An Account of the Dramatick Poets. The English Stage: Attack and Defense 1577–1730
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and who were active between 1660 and 1670. It was probably Sedley who wrote the
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A number of his poems have been set to music: "Phyllis is My Only Joy" in a
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on account of a serious mental condition, Sedley tried in vain to obtain a
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as proof that his reputation as a man of wit and ability was deserved. His
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This article incorporates text from a publication now in the
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Short View of the Immorality and Profaneness of the English Stage
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David M. Vieth, "Sir Charles Sedley and the Ballers' Oath", in:
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The Miscellaneous Works of the Honourable Sir Charles Sedley
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exuberantly praises the achievements of the Restoration,
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The Prologues and Epilogues of the Restoration 1660-1700
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The Poetical and Dramatic Works of Sir Charles Sedley
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17th-century English noble, dramatist, and politician
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Beauty the Conquerour: or, The Death of Marc Antony
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Index

Charles Sedley
Charles Sedley (disambiguation)

English
noble
dramatist
politician
Aylesford
Kent
Sir Henry Savile
Wadham College, Oxford
John, 2nd Earl Rivers
Catherine, Countess of Dorchester
James II
Great Queen Street
William III
Hampstead
Restoration period
Dryden
rake
libertine
Merry Gang
Earl of Rochester
Lord Buckhurst
Bow Street
Samuel Pepys
cunts
prick
Lord Chief Justice
member of parliament

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