Malignants

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Malignants, name used for the advisors of Charles I of England, chief among whom were Strafford and Laud; were so called by the Parliamentarians, who blamed them for the evils of the country; the name was afterwards applied to the whole Royalist party.

This article incorporates text from the public domain 1907 edition of The Nuttall Encyclopædia.