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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'

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

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