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Worcester

 Item — Book: V.a.510 (1-8)
Identifier: V.a.510 (2), fol. 235-248r

Scope and Contents

Leaf 235: "81" Gervase Babington: Bp. 1597. Although he died before the end of Godwin's Collection Godwin speaks so little of him that Smith wants to supply the defect. The chief of his family, had been involved in the Babington plot.

Leaf 237: "82" Henry Parry: Bp. 1610.

Leaf 237: "83" John Thornborough: Bp. 1616. Discussion of the scandal of his two marriages, one in Ireland and one in England, in which there was some question of bigamy.

Leaf 237v: Story of the roof of the bedroom in his castle in Ireland falling in without hurting a living creature.

Leaf 239: "84" John Prideaux: Bp. 1641. [engraving] Due to the troubled times, he died in poverty.

Leaf 246v: George Morley: Bp. 1660.

Leaf 248: John Gauden: Bp. 1662.

Dates

  • ca. 1642-ca. 1665

Availability

Collection is open for research.

Repository Details

Part of the Folger Shakespeare Library Repository

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