Author: [Touchet,George]
Title: HISTORICAL COLLECTIONS OUT OF SEVERAL PROTESTANT HISTORIANS concerning the Changes of Religion and the strange Confusions following in the reigns of King Henry the Eighth, Edward the Sixth, Queen Mary and Queen Elizabeth.
Description: London,printed by Henry Hills printer to the Kings most Excellent Najesty and for His Household & chappel, And for him & Matr.Turner 1686 . 153 x 91mm in 8's tan speckled leather on 4 raised bands gilt ruled [hinges held by cords/corners worn and leather missing along one hinge] [2pp=Titlepage] +434pp. The text is divided into sections, one for each monarch as in the title, + Addition of other Historical Collections + An Appendix[of 92pp] all of which were based on chroniclers such as Heylyn, Dugdale, Stowe, Baker, Lord Herbert of Charbury etc and including copies of letters and other instruements.A few early marginalia and the ownership by Monox?? Hervey having bought this book for 3/6 in May 1731.The titlepage has a few early pen trials and an ownership by R.Cornwell. There are also some ink doodles & an ink smudge to page 17 but not making the text illegible. There is a bookplate of the Monestry of St Augustine at Ramsgate but there is no more than usual dusting and slight fingering and a few corners turned down and two marginal paper flaws touching print.Touchet was the second son of the Earl of Castleham who was executed for sexual crimes possibly making his younger son chose to Join the Benedictine order. The author was chaplain to Charles the 2nd's wife, Catherine of Berganza. As religious clampdown on catholics finally lead to the eviction of Catholic priest from England Touchet's book was suspect and this 2nd edition specifically stated that it was "published with allowance" and this edition has an Appendix of just under a hundred pages added after the Historical Collections

Keywords: History of changes of Religion Reformation monarchy


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