This article examines the case of Helen Arthur, a Catholic and Jacobite Irish woman who travelled with her children to France following William III’s victory over James II in the War of the Two Kings (1689–91). It considers Helen’s circumstances and her representation inThe Popish pretenders to the forfeited estates in Ireland, a pamphlet published in London in 1702 as a criticism of the act of resumption. The act, introduced by the English parliament in 1700, voided the majority of William III’s grants to favourites and supporters. Its provisions offered many dispossessed, including the dependants of outlawed males, a chance to reclaim compromised or forfeited property by submitting a claim to a board of trustees in Dublin. Helen Arthur missed the initial deadline for submissions, but secured an extension to submit through a clause in a 1701 supply bill, a development that brought her to the attention of the anonymous author ofThe Popish pretenders. Charting Helen’s efforts to reclaim her jointure, her eldest son’s estate and her younger children’s portions, this article looks at the ways in which dispossessed Irish Catholics and/or Jacobites reacted to legislative developments. More specifically, it shines a light on the possibilities for female agency in a period of significant upheaval, demonstrating opportunities for participation and representation in the public sphere, both in London and in Dublin. It also considers the impact of the politicisation of religion upon understandings of women’s roles and experiences during the Williamite confiscation, and suggests that a synonymising of Catholicism with Jacobitism (and Protestantism with the Williamite cause) has significant repercussions for understandings of women’s activities during the period. It also examines contemporary attitudes to women’s activity, interrogating the casting of Helen as a ‘cat’s paw’ in a bigger political game, invariably played by men.

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“猫爪”：海伦·亚瑟（Helen Arthur），1700-03 年爱尔兰被没收庄园的恢复行为和波普派觊觎者

本文探讨了海伦·亚瑟 (Helen Arthur) 的案例，她是一位天主教和詹姆斯党派的爱尔兰妇女，在威廉三世在两王之战 (1689-91) 中战胜詹姆斯二世后，她与孩子一起前往法国。它考虑了海伦的情况和她在爱尔兰被没收庄园的教皇觊觎者，1702 年在伦敦出版的一本小册子，作为对恢复行为的批评。该法案由英国议会于 1700 年提出，取消了威廉三世对宠儿和支持者的大部分赠款。它的规定为许多被剥夺财产的人提供了机会，包括被取缔的男性的家属，他们可以通过向都柏林的董事会提出索赔来收回受损或没收的财产。海伦·亚瑟错过了最初的提交截止日期，但通过 1701 年供应法案中的一项条款获得了延期提交，这一发展引起了她的匿名作者的注意流行的伪装者. 本文描绘了海伦为收回她的联合财产、她的长子的遗产和她年幼的孩子的部分所做的努力，着眼于被剥夺财产的爱尔兰天主教徒和/或雅各布派对立法发展的反应方式。更具体地说，它揭示了女性代理在重大动荡时期的可能性，展示了在伦敦和都柏林公共领域参与和代表的机会。它还考虑了宗教政治化对Williamite没收期间妇女角色和经历的理解的影响，并建议将天主教与Jacobitism（以及新教与Williamite事业）同义对理解该时期妇女的活动产生重大影响.