A satire on the loyalty of Tories toward James II.
The abdicated bishop is one of the six nonjuring bishops, other than William Sancroft, Archbishop of Canterbury, who is referred to in the letter as "my elder brother". The abdicated King and Queen are James II and Mary of Modena.
Place of publication conjectured by Wing.
The second letter is dated at end: New-Years Eve (1691/0).
Reproduction of original in the Henry E. Huntington Library.
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Abdicated Bishops letters, to the abdicated King and Queen, under the disguised names of Mr. Redding and Mrs. Redding
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A satire on the loyalty of Tories toward James II.
The abdicated bishop is one of the six nonjuring bishops, other than William Sancroft, Archbishop of Canterbury, who is referred to in the letter as "my elder brother". The abdicated King and Queen are James II and Mary of Modena.
Place of publication conjectured by Wing.
The second letter is dated at end: New-Years Eve (1691/0).
Reproduction of original in the Henry E. Huntington Library.
A satire on the loyalty of Tories toward James II.
The abdicated bishop is one of the six nonjuring bishops, other than William Sancroft, Archbishop of Canterbury, who is referred to in the letter as "my elder brother". The abdicated King and Queen are James II and Mary of Modena.
Place of publication conjectured by Wing.
The second letter is dated at end: New-Years Eve (1691/0).
Reproduction of original in the Henry E. Huntington Library.