Autograph letter signed from William Lloyd, bishop of Norwich, Acton, to the Earl of Danby [manuscript], 1682 July 17.

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Autograph letter signed from William Lloyd, bishop of Norwich, Acton, to the Earl of Danby [manuscript], 1682 July 17.

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Lloyd, William, 1637-1710

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Leeds, Thomas Osborne, Duke of, 1631-1712

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Thomas Osborne, Earl of Danby (1631/32-1712), son of a Yorkshire baronet, entered Parliament as member for York in 1661, served Charles II in a series of adminstrative positions, and was made Lord High Treasurer and Earl of Danby in 1674. In 1678, he pressed for the investigation of the Popish Plot, but the Commons impeached him in December of that year for his involvement in the French "subsidies" to Charles II. Released from the Tower in 1684, Danby supported William III and was rewarded with ...