 | John Lemprière - Biography - 1810 - 698 pages
...prebend of St. Paul's, and the vicarage of St. Martin in the fields. In 1680 he was raised to the sec of St. Asaph, and was one of the seven bishops sent to the tower in 1088, for refusing to permit the publication of the royal declaration for liberty of conscience.... | |
 | Cyrus Redding - Cornwall (England : County) - 1842 - 310 pages
...Trelawn, the seat of the Trelawney family, is in this parish. Jonathan Trelawney, who died in 1721, was one of the seven bishops sent to the Tower by James II. The Cornish were preparing to march, in order to set him free, and the burthen of a song current at... | |
 | Cheshire (England) - 1849 - 212 pages
...became Rector of Prestwich in the year 1668, and was afterwards Bishop of Man, Bristol, and Chichester, one of the seven Bishops sent to the Tower by James II. and one of the nine who refused the oaths to William III. — Lane. MSS. vol. xsxii. 2 Chadderton,... | |
 | Cheshire (England) - 1849 - 212 pages
...beeame Reetor of Prestwieh in the year 1668, and was afterwards Bishop of Man, Bristol, and Chiehester, one of the seven Bishops sent to the Tower by James II. and one of the nine who refused the oaths to William III. — Lane. MSS. vol. xxxii. s Chadderton,... | |
 | English poetry - 1853 - 552 pages
...consistent integrity may be inferred from the fact that he was persecuted in turn by each party. He was one of the seven bishops sent to the Tower by James II., for opposing the reading of the "Declaration of Indulgence;" and yet, remaining firm in his fidelity... | |
 | William Lisle Bowles - 1855 - 366 pages
...the mountains blue, 1 These lines were written at Stourhead.— ! The Bishop of Bath and Wells. Ken was one of the seven bishops sent to the Tower by James. He had character, patronage, wealth, station, eminence: he resigned all, at the accession of King William,... | |
 | William Lisle Bowles - English poetry - 1855 - 360 pages
...the mountains blue, 1 These lines were written at Slow-head.— z The Bishop of Bath and Wells. Ken was one of the seven bishops sent to the Tower by James. He had character, patronage, wealth, station, eminence : he resigned all, at the accession of King... | |
 | John Thomas Blight - Cornwall (England : County) - 1860 - 206 pages
...Trelawn, the seat of the Trelawney family, is in this parish. Jonathan Trelawney, who died in 1791, was one of the seven bishops sent to the Tower by James II. The Cornish were preparing to march, in order to set him free; and the burthen of a song current at... | |
 | John Murray (Firm) - Cathedrals - 1864 - 442 pages
...wrote a " Vindication of the Doctrine of the Trinity," in answer to some parts of Locke's Essay. [AD 1699 — 1717.] WILLIAM LLOYD, translated from Lichfield....works are now remembered. [AD 1717 — 1743.] JOHN HOUGH, translated from Lichfleld. Bishop Hough was the famous President of Magdalen College, Oxford,... | |
 | Royal Institution of Cornwall - Cornwall (England : County) - 1867 - 476 pages
...from which he quotes ; for he will readily remember that the prelate referred to was Sir Jonathan, one of the Seven Bishops sent to the Tower by James II. The mistake, as to name, which I have taken the liberty to correct, is not an uncommon one. The same... | |
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Trinity," in answer to some parts of Locke'a Essay. [AD 1699 — 1717.] WILLIAM LLOYD, translated from Lichfield. In 1680 he had been consecrated to the see of St. Asaph, and was one of the seven bishops sent to the Tower by James II. He... 
