Editing 1678 (section)

=== October&ndash;December ===
* [[October 17]] &ndash; English magistrate Sir [[Edmund Berry Godfrey]] is found murdered in [[Primrose Hill]], [[London]].<ref name="GF">{{cite book |last1=Lang |first1=Andrew |title=The Valet's Tragedy: And Other Studies |date=1903 |publisher=Longmans, Green, and Company |isbn=978-0-404-03865-6 |pages=55–56 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vgHHAAAAMAAJ&dq=Edmund+Berry+Godfrey+%22october+17+1678%22&pg=RA1-PA55 |access-date=13 March 2023 |language=en}}</ref> His death is seen as proof of the "[[Popish Plot]]" to the public.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Kenyon |first1=J. P. (John Philipps) |title=The Popish Plot |date=1972 |publisher=London, Heinemann |isbn=978-0-434-38850-9 |pages=77–78 |url=https://archive.org/details/popishplot0000keny/page/76/mode/2up?q=encourage |access-date=13 March 2023}}</ref>
* [[November 11]] (November 1 O.S.) &ndash; England's House of Commons votes to begin impeachment proceedings against five Roman Catholic members of the House of Lords, [[William Howard, 1st Viscount Stafford|Viscount Stafford]], the [[William Herbert, 1st Marquess of Powis|Marquess of Powis]], [[Henry Arundell, 3rd Baron Arundell of Wardour|Baron Arundell]], [[William Petre, 4th Baron Petre|Baron Petre]] and [[John Belasyse, 1st Baron Belasyse|Baron Belasyse]] accused by Protestant members as participating in a "[[Popish Plot]]". Viscount Stafford is convicted and executed, while the other four are imprisoned in the [[Tower of London]] for more than five years.
* [[November 25]] &ndash; The [[Kediri campaign (1678)|Kediri campaign]] is successfully concluded in Indonesia as [[Anthonio Hurdt]] and Sultan [[Amangkurat II]] capture Kediri and force the rebel Prince Trunajaya to flee.  
* [[November 26]] &ndash; William Staley, an English banker and a Roman Catholic, becomes the first person to be executed in connection with the "[[Popish Plot]]" arrests.<ref>{{cite book |title=New Catholic World |date=1920 |publisher=Paulist Press |page=313 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=JzU7AQAAMAAJ&dq=william+staley+%22november+26+1678%22&pg=PA313 |access-date=13 March 2023 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last1=Foley |first1=Henry |title=Records of the English province of the Society of Jesus ... in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries |date=1875 |page=95 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=o_8UAAAAQAAJ&dq=william+staley+%22november+26+1678%22&pg=PA95 |access-date=13 March 2023 |language=en}}</ref>
* [[December 1]] &ndash; The [[Test Act#1678 Act|Test Act]] provides that members of both the [[House of Lords]] and [[House of Commons of England]] must swear an [[Anti-Catholicism|anti-Catholic]] oath, before taking office.<ref>{{cite web |title=Charles II, 1678: (Stat. 2.) An Act for the more effectuall preserving the Kings Person and Government by disableing Papists from sitting in either House of Parlyament. |url=https://www.british-history.ac.uk/statutes-realm/vol5/pp894-896|quote=That from and after the First Day of December which shall be in the yeare of our Lord God One thousand six hundred seaventy and eight |access-date=13 March 2023}}</ref>