Letters to John Sharp [manuscript] 1701-02.

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Letters to John Sharp [manuscript] 1701-02.

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The collection contains a letter from Francis Nicholson to Sharp, 1701 December 2, introducing Col. Robert Quary and the Reverend Dr. Thomas Bray who can inform him concerning the state of the church in Virginia and Pennsylvania and mentioning the founding of the college [of William and Mary.]. A letter from Edmund Jenings to Sharp thanks the Archbishop for helping him obtain the post of Secretary to the Colony of Virginia and promises to advance the interests of the church and clergy.

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Bray, Thomas, 1658-1730

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Anglican minister. From the description of A register of books sent with his excellency the Earl of Bellemont towards laying the foundation of a library for the use of the Church of England clergy in Boston, 1698, 1714. (Boston Athenaeum). WorldCat record id: 145473872 Commissary of the Bishop of London for the Anglican Church in Maryland. Leading figure in the history of the Church of England; founder of the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel...

Quary, Robert, fl. 1701-1703.

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College of William and Mary.

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Church of England

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According to the Canons of 1604, XLIX-LII, of the Church of England, only those persons whose faith and learning are known to their bishop are licensed to preach. Such is the case because the Anglican bishop has pastoral charge of his entire diocese, and the ministers of that diocese, and the ministers of that diocese are considered to be his assistants. From the description of Church of England licensing document, 1886. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122406060 The major mis...

Sharp, John, 1645-1714

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Born in 1645, John Sharp had gained a BA and MA at Christ's College, Cambridge University, by 1667. He was successively domestic chaplain to Sir Heneage Finch, 1667-1676, prebendary of Norwich and incumbent of St Bartholomew's, London, and Rector of St Giles-in-the-Fields, 1675-1681. During this period he gained a DD at Cambridge, 1679. Sharp was appointed Dean of Norwich in 1681, and chaplain in ordinary to King James II in 1686. Shortly afterwards he was suspended for preaching sermons which w...

Jenings, Edmund, 1659-1727.

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Nicholson, Francis, 1655-1728

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Francis Nicholson was a member of the Council for the Dominion of New England and in 1688 was commissioned lieutenant governor of the Dominion. Served as lieutenant governor of New York (1688), lieutenant governor of Virginia (1690-1692), governor of Maryland (1694-1698), governor of Virginia (1698-1705) governor of Nova Scotia (1713-1717), and governor of South Carolina (1721-1725. He was a fellow of the Royal Society. From the guide to the Papers, Addition One, 1695-1765., (John D....