Machine derived contents note: List of maps -- Acknowledgements -- List of abbreviations -- Introduction and prologue -- Part I. The Interregnum: 1. Local office-holding 1649-60 -- 2. The enforcement of policy 1649-60 -- 3. Government and county 1649-60 -- Part II. The Restoration: 4. Local office-holding 1660-78 -- 5. The enforcement of policy 1660-78 -- 6. Court and county 1660-78 -- Part III. From the Popish Plot to the Revolution of 1688: 7. Local office-holding 1679-88 -- 8. The enforcement of policy 1679-88 -- 9. Court and county 1679-88 -- Epilogue and conclusion -- Bibliography -- Index