Laud, William

The Works of the Most Reverend Father in God, William Laud, d d Sometime Lord Archbishop of Canterbury

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. 1853 Excerpt: ...which since befel the kingdom. Tis a thin paper book, in 4 to., half written through, without a cover. All these, with divers others, Mr. Dell showed me at Mr. Gore's house, (in Maiden-lane I think 'tis, ) and promised to deliver them all to me, which I am confident he had done, but that I was in France when he died, which fell out a month before our appointed meeting in London. Endorsed: --A note of papers in the hand of Mrs. Hatton, -given unto me by Mr. Birkenhead. Also, in another hand: --A note of papers concerning Archbp. Land, in the hands of Mrs. Hatton and Sir John Birkenhead." Tanner's MSS., (in the Bodleian Library, ) vol. lxi. fol. 243. Before the present Editor met with these memoranda, he had ascertained that some papers of Archbishop Laud were to be found in the " Warrington Museum and Library." And on inquiry it appeared that that institution was in possession of a copy of Prynne's Breviate, filled with marginal notes, evidently by the Archbishop; and though they are certainly not in his handwriting, yet they possess internal evidence that they were transcribed from his autograph. On the titlepage of the volume is written, in a contemporary hand, --"Memorand.--Mr. Prynn presented this worke of his to the Lds., Sep. 2nd, 1644, y" same day that y- poor Archbp. was to make his recapitulation, divers Lords holding it in their hands all the while, &c" And beneath this, apparently in the same hand, is written, --"This I suppose was written by Mr. Dell, secretary to Archbp." The volume was presented to the Warrington Museum and Library by Mr. Crosfield, of Fir Grove, near Latchford. It appears to have been purchased by his father about twenty years ago, at a book-stall in Manchester; but the book contains n...