Magdalen college and King James II., 1686-1688 Volume 6 - Softcover
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1886 edition. Excerpt: ...in the Town. (Another Letter to the like purpose was written to my Lord President, signed by us all, wherein our proceedings at large copied out were sent.) 163. 1687, Oct. 22. Continuation of Dr. Thomas Smith's Diary. Adjourned to Saturday, 22d October, 9 in the morning, to the Common Room, where all the other meetings of the Court were held. We were all soon bid to withdraw. Then the President was called in by himself, where after some debate, as he told us, he was admonished to deliver up the Keys of the Lodgings, which he refusing to do was ordered to withdraw, and after some little time we were all called in together. LX Cartwright, the Bishop of Chester, admonished Dr. Hough three times to depart the College peaceably, to deliver up the Keys, and to quit all further pretensions to the Presidentship. He replied that he would not deliver up his Keys, no, not to the Bishop of Winchester,--that he had never been cited, and could not be turned out of his freehold. They answered him that he had been cited as Fellow, and that he was never owned by them as President. He still persisting, Mr. Leigh, Proctor for the King, desiring sentence of the Lordships against Dr. Hough for his contempt and contumacy, the said Bishop of Chester proceeded in these words:--'Dr. Hough, by virtue of the King's authority, and a sentence passed at London by the Lords Commissioners for Ecclesiastical Affairs, we deprive you of the President's Place, and order you to depart the College presently; and we order also your name to be struck out of the Buttery Book.' Afterwards Dr. Fairfax was called in by himself. Soon after all the Fellows. The King's Letters Mandatory for admitting the Bishop of Oxford President were read. The Fellows were asked in these words, whether...
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- PublisherRareBooksClub.com
- Publication date2012
- ISBN 10 115026988X
- ISBN 13 9781150269882
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages164
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