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'An Abstract of the Names of the People called Quakers lately convicted as Popish Recusants...'

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MS. Eng. misc. b. 1 (R)
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'An Abstract of the Names of the People called Quakers lately convicted as Popish Recusants vpon the Statutes made in the Reign of the late Queen Elizabeth ... taken out of the Exchequer Rolls and accounts sent out of the Countrey ...', a list of over 500 names, largely from Westmoreland, Cambridgeshire, Norfolk, and Lancashire.

The date appears to be about 1660-70. Affixed is 'The Case & Request of the People called Quakers', a copy of a petition to the king and Privy Council, signed by William Penn and seven more, about 1665, on two leaves.

Dates

  • Creation: Written about A.D. 1660-1670

Extent

1 roll

Language of Materials

  • English

Preferred Citation

Oxford, Bodleian Libraries [followed by shelfmark and folio or page reference, e.g. MS. Eng. misc. b. 1 (R), fols. 1-2]

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Shelfmark:

MS. Eng. misc. b. 1 (R)

Collection ID (for staff)

CMD ID 20376

Abstract

'An Abstract of the Names of the People called Quakers lately convicted as Popish Recusants...'

Biographical / Historical

Biographical details unknown.

Other Finding Aids

Falconer Madan, et al., A summary catalogue of western manuscripts in the Bodleian Library at Oxford which have not hitherto been catalogued in the Quarto series (7 vols. in 8 [vol. II in 2 parts], Oxford, 1895-1953; reprinted, with corrections in vols. I and VII, Munich, 1980), vol. V, no. 30486

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Found in the Gough room in 1889, and then referenced.

Physical Facet

On paper

Dimensions

a roll 5 ft. 6 in. × 18 1/4 in. in three pieces, in a cloth box 19 1/4 × 2 1/4 squ. in.

Title
'An Abstract of the Names of the People called Quakers lately convicted as Popish Recusants...'
Status
Published
Date
EAD version 2020 by Alice Whichelow
Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin

Repository Details

Part of the Bodleian Libraries Repository

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