CLARENDON, CONSTITUTIONS

OF, a code of laws, promulgated at Clarendon, 1164, by Henry II., for the purpose of settling differences between Church and State. 1ST EARL OF (1609-74), Eng. statesman; s. of Henry Hyde, of Dinton, Wilts; ed. at Oxford, and called to the bar in 1663. Though supporting Charles he did not always see eye to eye with him. He left England in 1648, and was one of Charles II.’s companions and advisers in exile. He was partly responsible, even if indirectly, for the defeat of the Eng. fleet by the Dutch in the Medway in 1667. EARL OF (1638-1709), Eng. politician; s. of ist earl; M.P. for Wilts, 1661; became earl, 1674; Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland, 1685-87; opposed James II.’s Declaration of Indulgence, but was hostile to William and Mary.