▁Duke ▁of ▁Mon mouth ▁went ▁into ▁ex ile ▁at ▁the ▁court ▁of ▁William ▁of ▁Orange . ▁Lord ▁Dan by ▁and ▁the ▁surv iving ▁Catholic ▁l ords ▁held ▁in ▁the ▁Tower ▁were ▁released ▁and ▁the ▁king ' s ▁Catholic ▁brother , ▁James , ▁acquired ▁greater ▁influence ▁at ▁court . ▁Tit us ▁O ates ▁was ▁conv icted ▁and ▁imprison ed ▁for ▁def am ation . ▁ ▁Thus ▁through ▁the ▁last ▁years ▁of ▁Charles ' s ▁reign , ▁his ▁approach ▁towards ▁his ▁oppon ents ▁changed , ▁and ▁he ▁was ▁compared ▁by ▁Wh igs ▁to ▁the ▁contemporary ▁Louis ▁XIV ▁of ▁France , ▁with ▁his ▁form ▁of ▁government ▁in ▁those ▁years ▁term ed ▁" s la very ". ▁Many ▁of ▁them ▁were ▁pro sec uted ▁and ▁their ▁est ates ▁seized , ▁with ▁Charles ▁replacing ▁jud ges ▁and ▁sh er iffs ▁at ▁will ▁and ▁pack ing ▁jur ies ▁to ▁achieve ▁conv iction . ▁To ▁destroy ▁opposition ▁in ▁London , ▁Charles ▁first ▁dis enf ranch ised ▁many ▁Wh igs ▁in ▁the ▁ 1 6 8 2 ▁municipal ▁elections , ▁and ▁in ▁ 1 6 8 3 ▁the ▁London ▁char ter ▁was ▁for fe ited . ▁In ▁ret ros pect , ▁the ▁use ▁of ▁the ▁jud icial ▁system ▁by ▁Charles ▁( and ▁later ▁his ▁brother ▁and ▁he ir ▁James ) ▁as ▁a ▁tool ▁against ▁opposition , ▁helped ▁establish ▁the ▁idea ▁of ▁separation ▁of ▁powers ▁between ▁the ▁jud ici ary ▁and ▁the ▁Crown ▁in ▁Wh ig ▁thought . ▁ ▁Death ▁ ▁Charles ▁suffered ▁a ▁sudden ▁ap op lect ic ▁fit ▁on ▁the