BIB_ID
120276
Accession number
MA 524.9
Creator
Barton, Matthew, 17th cent.
Display Date
undated [1621-1641].
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1904.
Description
1 item (1 p.) ; 20 cm
Notes
Addressed to the Bishop of Lincoln (John Williams, who held that bishopric from 1621-1641, and was later Archbishop of York).
Part of a collection of letters and documents in the autographs of the Archbishops of York. See collection record for more information.
Part of a collection of letters and documents in the autographs of the Archbishops of York. See collection record for more information.
Provenance
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan from the London dealer J. Pearson & Co. in 1904.
Summary
Petitioning the Bishop to take action against a farmer of the parsonage of Southbeamfleet, who refuses to pay his tithe "Except [...] it be recovered by force of Lawe." With an autograph note signed by John Williams, Bishop of Lincoln, asking the farmer to pay the tithe, and to "show cause" for his actions
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