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theme of the civil service remains to be studied; meanwhile,
Sainty has shown how much political significance may be ex-
tracted from a study of the terms of office-holding.416 The
complicated history of the board of trade has occasioned yet
another attempt to unravel it and its connection with affairs:
the problems are not yet all solved.417 As for constitutional
ideas, Weston's book on the 'classical constitution5 covers too
much ground (1642- 1832) to be able to get beneath the
surface.418 Holmes succeeds in giving new life to a very tired
topic of parliamentary opposition.419 The realities of late-
Stuart government need much more work done on them; in
particular, if only G. D. Chandaman's enormous dissertation
on Restoration finance could achieve its long awaited publi-
cation, there would be grounds for rejoicing.
A surprising number of works reminds one that the restored
Church continued to exercise a massive political and social
influence - but also that this is the area occupied by Norman
Sykes and his pupils. Sykes himself established neatly how the
conservative settlement of 1661 resulted in the needless main-
tenance of religious differences.420 The conservative victory it-
self is carefully described by Bosher,421 and Whiteman adds a
study of the resumption of traditional organizations.422 Simon
has investigated the bishops' part in general history. *2S The
416	J. Sainty, *A reform in the tenure of offices during the reign of
Charles IF, BIHR 41 (1968), 150-71.
417	Ian K. Steele, Politics of Colonial Policy: the Board of Trade in colonial
administration, 1696-1720. O: Clarendon:  1968. Pp, xvi, 217.
Rev: EcHR* 22, 134.
418	Corinne Comstock Weston, English Constitutional Theory and the
House of Lords. L: Routledgc: 1965. Pp. vii, 304. Rev: HJ 9, 241 f.
41* Geoffrey S. Holmes, 'The attack on "the influence of the Crown",
1702 - 1716*, BIHR 39 (1966), 47-68.
480 Norman Sykes3 From Sheldon to Seeker: aspects of English Church
History 1600 - I7&U CUP: 1959. Pp. xi, 273.
441 R. S. Bosher, The Making of the Restoration Settlement: the influence
of the Laudians, 164$ -1662. L: Black: 1951. Pp. xv, 309. Rev:
J. ofEccl. Hist. 3, ii6f.
4" Anne Whiteman, 'The re-establishment of the Church of England,
1660- 1663', TRHS(ig$$)> 111-31.
488 Walter G. Simon, The Restoration Episcopate. New York: Bodkmaa
Associates: 1965. Pp. 238.