This ruler's brother refused to take an oath required by the Test Act, which precipitated the Exclusion Crisis along with the Titus Oates-invented Catholic conspiracy against this ruler called the Popish Plot.
Thomas Sprat wrote an account of a plot against this ruler, who had an illegitimate son who became the 1st Earl of Plymouth with his mistress Catherine Pegge. During his reign, an act was passed forbidding the formation of conventicles, as well as similar acts such as the Corporation Act. This ruler's nation suffered the Raid on the Medway, leading him to exile Lord (*) Clarendon as a scapegoat. He escaped England after losing the Battle of Worcester, supposedly by hiding in an oak tree. This ruler's brother refused to take an oath required by the Test Act, which precipitated the Exclusion Crisis along with the Titus Oates-invented Catholic conspiracy against this ruler called the Popish Plot. For 10 points, name this king whose father was executed during the English Civil War and whose reign began the Restoration.
Thomas Sprat wrote an account of a plot against this ruler, who had an illegitimate son who became the 1st Earl of Plymouth with his mistress Catherine Pegge.
Charles II