The Information of Thomas Dangerfield, Gent. Delivered at the Bar of the House of Commons, Tuesday the Twentieth Day of October, in the Year of our Lord 1680.

Thomas Dangerfield; William Williams

Verlag: John Bill, Thomas Newcomb, Henry Hills, London, 1680

Beschreibung

A scarce publication of the information English conspirator Thomas Dangerfield gave in support of the existence of the fictitious Popish Plot. ESTC Citation No. R6224. Wing D187.With the register [A]2, B-D2. Collated, complete.Retaining the licence to print leaf.Discussing the months of September and October in 1679, Dangerfield discusses his belief of a Catholic Plot against Charles II, with his testimony used to supplement that of Titus Oates and William Bedloe, and he accused Catholic midwife Elizabeth Cellier of involvement.Cellier was tried for treason, but acquitted in 1780. Public opinion turned against Dangerfield due to his unsavoury character, and he was eventually murdered by barrister Robert Francis.A fascinating contemporary testimony about the Popish Plot, a fictitious conspiracy that gripped England and Scotland in anti-Catholic hysteria between the years 1678 and 1681. Unbound, as issued. Tail of first gathering detached, otherwise, firmly bound. Pages bright and generally clean, with only the odd spot. Ink page numbers to head of each leaf. Very Good. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 858F33

Bibliografische Details

Titel: The Information of Thomas Dangerfield, Gent....

Verlag: John Bill, Thomas Newcomb, Henry Hills, London

Erscheinungsdatum: 1680

Einband: Unbound

Illustrator: None

Zustand: Very Good

Art des Buches: book