ABSTRACT
This chapter discusses Exclusion Crisis. The crisis of 1678-83 was about much more than Exclusion or fears of a popish successor; it brought to a head many of the problems which had bedeviled the monarchy of Charles II since the Restoration. As an alternative to the Whig pope-burnings, Tory groups in various parts of the country held their own presbyter-burning processions, normally on Restoration Day or Gunpowder Treason Day. Members of the opposition movement frequently met in taverns or coffee-houses to co-ordinate tactics and a total of twenty-nine different Whig clubs have been found in London alone during the Exclusion Crisis. Along with the Green Ribbon Club, they included clubs held by Shaftesbury at the Swan in Fish Street, the Angel Tavern, near the Old Exchange, the Queen's Arms and the Nag's Head, and a club held at the Salutation Tavern in Lombard Street by the Duke of Buckingham.
