Reference code
DWL/RB/1/392
Level of description
item
Title
Judge Matthew Hale’s papers: testimonies from the works of Francis Bacon
Date
1682
Extent and Medium
Extent:ff 39-46 (f 45r, f 46 are blank). Additional pagination 1-9; 11-12
Scope and content
Testimonies extracted from the works of Lord Bacon (Works pp. 138, 180, 182) and Dr Barrow (Vol. I, p. 34) with Baxter’s remarks.
  • Sir Fra Bacon Lord Verulam Vicount St Albans & Lord Chancellor after in his Advertisment of the Controversies of the Church of England, Pag. 138 of his works
  • ‘The wrongs of them who are possessed of the Government of the Church towards the other, may hardly be dissembled or excused:’
  • f 45v: ‘[shorthand] 1682’
  • f 46v: ‘Judge Hales Papers’
Finding aids
Argent / Black xvi.346; Thomas p.19
Publication note
  • For Francis Bacon, Viscount St Alban, (1561-1626) see ODNB, Corr 498, 994 and 1127.
  • For Isaac Barrow (1630-77) see Corr 895, 1079, 1227, 1259 and ODNB.
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