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

Creation: 1696–1700

Extent

1 item

Language of Materials

English

Shelfmark

MS. Rawl. B. 380, fols. 1–298

Additional Description

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(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.

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From the Collection: Rawlinson | Richard | 1690-1755 | Antiquary and Nonjuror (Person)
From the Collection: Pepys | Samuel | 1633-1703 | MP, Diarist, Public Servant, Antiquary (Person)
From the Collection: Thurloe | John | 1616-1668 | Secretary to the Council of State (Person)
From the Collection: Wilkinson | Thomas | fl 1600-1699 | Anglican clergyman (Person)
From the Collection: Bracton | Henry de | c 1210-1268 | Judge, Chancellor of Exeter Cathedral (Person)
From the Collection: Gunning | Peter | 1614-1684 | Bishop of Ely (Person)
From the Collection: Lewis | John | c 1700-1799 | Minister of Margate (Person)
From the Collection: Robinson | John | 1650-1723 | Bishop of London (Person)
From the Collection: Fitzwilliams | John | fl 1600-1699 | Nonjuror (Person)
From the Collection: Grenville | Denis | 1637-1703 | Jacobite Archbishop of York | also known as Denis Granville (Person)
From the Collection: Locke | John | 1632-1704 | philospher (Person)
From the Collection: Mandeville | Sir | John | d 1372 | travel writer (Person)
From the Collection: Nedam | James | fl 1532-1543 | Royal Surveyor of Works (Person)
From the Collection: Roach | Richard | 1662-1730 | Anglican clergyman (Person)
From the Collection: Beaumont | fl 1688-1730 | Nonconformist (Person)
From the Collection: Fleming | Robert | ? 1660-1716 | Presbyterian Minister (Person)
From the Collection: Hawes | Samuel | fl 1694-1700 | Nonjuror (Person)
From the Collection: Price | Daniel | fl 1685-1706 | Dean of St Asaph (Person)
From the Collection: Stanton | William | fl 1697-1704 (Person)
From the Collection: Swadlin | Thomas | 1600-1670 | Royalist divine (Person)
From the Collection: Turner | Francis | ? 1638-1700 | Bishop of Ely (Person)
From the Collection: Turner | Thomas | 1645-1714 | President of Corpus Christi College Oxford (Person)
From the Collection: Samber | Robert | fl 1710-1729 | Poet (Person)
From the Collection: Williams | John | fl 1709-1726 | Poet (Person)
From the Collection: Hearne | Thomas | 1678-1735 | Antiquary and Nonjuror (Person)
From the Collection: Wharton | Philip | 1613-1696 | 4th Baron Wharton (Person)
From the Collection: Zamboni | Giovanni Giacomo | fl 1723-1751 | resident in England for Duke of Modena (Person)
From the Collection: Sancroft | William | 1617-1693 | Archbishop of Canterbury (Person)
From the Collection: Neve | John Le | 1679-1741 | Antiquary (Person)
From the Collection: L'Estrange | Hamon | 1605-1660 | theologian and historian (Person)
From the Collection: Gronovius | Jacobus | 1645-1716 | classical scholar (Person)
From the Collection: Smith | Thomas | 1638-1710 | Nonjuror Historian and Librarian (Person)
From the Collection: Holman | William | d 1730 | Essex Antiquary Congregational Minister (Person)

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