Autograph letter signed from John Ferrers, Preston, to Thomas Parker, Esq., Browsholme [manuscript], 1682 April 15.

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Autograph letter signed from John Ferrers, Preston, to Thomas Parker, Esq., Browsholme [manuscript], 1682 April 15.

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Ferrers discusses help that might be given to him in a forthcoming law case at Whalley-Sessions. More significantly, the letter concerns events relating to the Rye-House plot, including the burning of the Rump at Covent Garden after the return of the Duke of York (James II), the burning of an effigy of a Presbyterian Minister, the burning of the Earl of Shaftesbury's effigy, as well as the Exclusion Bill and other related news.

1 leaf ; 20 x 31 cm.

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Ferrers, John, 1629-1680

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John Ferrers is possibly the same John Ferrers, gentleman, who appears in an appeal to Lancashire Quarter Sessions, 1668-69. Those documents state that Ferrers was a Derbyshire man, an attorney by training. From the description of Autograph letter signed from John Ferrers, Preston, to Thomas Parker, Esq., Browsholme [manuscript], 1682 April 15. (Folger Shakespeare Library). WorldCat record id: 663975200 Epithet: of Fiddington British Library Archives and Manuscri...

Parker, Thomas, 1631?-1695

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