Copies of 'Folio MSS. relating mostly to the Revolution 1688...'

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MS. Add. c. 180

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Copies of 'Folio MSS. relating mostly to the Revolution 1688, now in the hands of Mr. [Thomas] Wagstaffe. April 23, 1713', seventy-one documents in all. Specimen items are:

(p. 1) 'Reasons against leaving the Prince of Wales out of the Prayers';
(pp. 7, 17, etc. etc.) papers about the Oath;
copies of letters etc. by dr. William Sherlock, 1690 (pp. 81, 181, 198), dr. Henry Dodwell, 1691, etc. (eight, pp. 99, 129, 134, etc.), and others;
(p. 481) a copy of the dying confession of dr. John Lake, deprived bp. of Chichester, Aug. 27, 1689.

A full list of contents is at pp. iii and (in Henry Gandy's hand) vii, cf. 478v rev.

The volume deals chiefly with ecclesiastical and political questions interesting to Nonjurors.

475 pages paginated to '487'.

Dates

Creation: written in about A.D. 1700

Extent

475 pages

Language of Materials

English

Preferred Citation

Oxford, Bodleian Libraries [followed by shelfmark and folio or page reference, e.g. MS. Add. c. 180, pp. 1-2]

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Shelfmark:

MS. Add. c. 180

Collection ID (for staff)

CMD ID 18878

Additional Description

Abstract

Copies of 'Folio MSS. relating mostly to the Revolution 1688...', written in about A.D. 1700.

Biographical / Historical

Thomas Wagstaffe the elder (1645–1712) was a bishop of the nonjuring Church of England.

William Sherlock (1639/40–1707) was a Church of England clergyman and religious controversialist.

Henry Dodwell (1641–1711) was a scholar and theologian.

John Lake (bap.1624-1689) was bishop of Chichester.