Depositions and various memoranda relating to the trial, before the archbp. of Canterbury, of Thomas Watson, bp. of St. David's, deprived for simony, 1696–1700

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MS. Rawl. B. 380, fols. 1–298

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The memoranda are in the handwriting of sir John Cooke, D.C.L.

The following papers, all (except fol. 254) written by sir J. Cooke, are also included:

(fol. 177) Commencement of a reply to [Ferguson's] Review of [Cooke's] Summary view of the case;
(fol. 244) Draught of a letter from Cooke, without an address, on Ferguson's Review, 15 Sep 1703;
(fol. 246) Postscript to Cooke's Summary view, with additions in the handwriting of Dr. Edmund Gibson, afterwards bishop of London;
(fol. 248) Speech of bp. Burnet, as one of the assessors, 3 Aug 1699, the day of Watson's deprivation;
(fol. 254) Speech of archbishop Tenison on pronouncing sentence, with notes and alterations, some of which appear to be in his own hand;
(fol. 269) "A short view of the simony and other crimes charg'd and proved against the late bishop of St. David's."

Dates

1696–1700

Extent

1 item

Language of Materials

English

Shelfmark

MS. Rawl. B. 380, fols. 1–298

Additional Description

Bibliography

(fol. 246) is printed, with the additions, at the end of the Summary view, etc. , in octavo. Lond. 1701.
(fol. 269) is the original MS. of the greater part of Cooke's Summary view , with verbal differences from the printed copy.