Reference code
DWL/RB/ii.24
Level of description
item
Title
Account of Joseph Alleine’s arrest
Date
23 May 1663
Extent and Medium
Extent:2 folios (ff 80-81); 306 x 205 mm.
Physical Facet:Wm: Fleur de lys in crowned shield: 85 x 50 mm
Creator
Scope and content
Narrative of the apprehension (23 May 1663) and trial of Joseph Alleine, for preaching. Apparently his autograph statement.
Finding aids
Argent / Black ii, 24; Thomas p.12
Publication note
- Baxter mentions Alleine's imprisonment at Rel. ii. 432. See also Palmer’s Nonconformist Memorial. iii. 208.
- For Joseph Alleine (1634-68) see Corr 822, 881, 894, 1059, 1063, 1181, CR and ODNB. Joseph Alleine’s An Alarme to Unconverted Sinners first appeared in 1672 and to it Baxter contributed a preface. Baxter also wrote the first chapter of Theodosia Alleine et al The Life and Death of Mr Joseph Alleine. Late teacher of the church of Taunton in Somerset-shire; assistant to Mr Newton (1672) which was published anonymously.
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