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Draft of a treatise entitled, 'That popishe priestes are not proceeded with or condemned...

Catalogue reference: MS 2012

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MS 2012
Title
Draft of a treatise entitled, 'That popishe priestes are not proceeded with or condemned in Englande because they tooke orders or were brought upp beyond the seas and so retorne hither, but for that beinge retorned they are practisers of sedition and trayterous designements, and that they are such practisers and wicked persons
Date
c.1603-5
Description

The treatise is in the form of sixteen reasons each of which is followed by detailed proof. At ff. 1-4 is an account of Roman Catholic writings cited.

An inscription on f. ii states that the MS. was given by Archbishop Bancroft to G. Snygge, 25 June 1605. Bound in vellum.

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Lambeth Palace Library
Language
English
Physical description
i+37 ff.
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/093d8a66-50a7-4d9e-a90a-f1b2b2e6381f/

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Draft of a treatise entitled, 'That popishe priestes are not proceeded with or condemned in Englande because they tooke orders or were brought upp beyond the seas and so retorne hither, but for that beinge retorned they are practisers of sedition and trayterous designements, and that they are such practisers and wicked persons