| Document Reference | Pw2 Hy 572 |
| Title | Examination of David Edwards; n.d. [c.1706] |
| Date | 1706 (c) |
| Extent | 2 ff |
| Level | Item/file |
| Content Description | Provides details David Edwards's account of the publication of the 'Memorial of the Church of England'; says that a masked woman came to his house and asked him to print a memorial 'approved by both the universities' and 'for the advantage of the Church'; states that he refused at first but was eventually persuaded to print the documents; provides an account of various private meetings regarding this business; says that his wife and three of her servants were taken into custody and he was forced to abscond; says that Mr Sheeres and Sir Humphrey Mackworth (who Edwards believed to be the author) were asked for assistance but denied all knowledge of the matter.
This document is undated; the date provided is based on that of related documents. |
| Term | publications, seditious literature, 'Memorial of the Church of England' |
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Persons
| Code | PersonName | Dates of existence |
| NA29334 | Mackworth; Humphrey (1657-1727); Sir ; politician; capitalist; knighted 1683 | 1657-1727 |
| NA29329 | Edwards; David (fl 1703-1706); Jacobite; printed a seditious memorial of the Church of England; brother of Thomas Edwards | fl 1703-1706 |