Reference code
DWL/RB/v.174
Level of description
item
Title
Thomas Manton on Sir John Baber and Lord Keeper Bridg(e)man
Date
November 1667
Extent and Medium
Extent:ff 214-215 (f 215v is blank); 228 x 173 mm.
Genre/Physical Characteristic:Wm: post horn in crowned shield; WR: 120 x 55 mm
Scope and content
Dr Manton’s narrative of what passed between the Lord Keeper and Sir John Baber, in Nov. 1667; and then between them and himself; with a view to reconciliation of the Episcopalian and Presbyterian parties. A quarto sheet roughly written by Manton: ‘The Lord Keeper understanding that Sir John Baber had been imployed (having been ingaged therein by the Bishop of Winchester) in promoting a reconciliation and good agreement between the Episcopall Divines and those commonly called Presbyterians with whome hee had a good acquaintanse’
Finding aids
Argent / Black v.174 (also listed as v.44); Thomas p.13
Publication note
- This affair is placed about Sept. 1668 by Baxter, in Rel. iii. 36.
- For Thomas Manton (1620-77), see Corr 120, 173, 204, 374, 399, 403, 413, 420, 425, 473, 495, 546, 550, 690, 737, 757, 760, 781, 794, 795, 850, 916, 927, 939, 947, 959, 967, 993, 998, 999, 1011, 1029, CR, ODNB Treatises vii, 241 and Rel. iii. 95.
- For Sir John Baber (Babor) (1625-1704), physician to Charles II and friend of Roger Morrice, see Corr 757, 794, 795, 1161, 1167, 1178, 1182, Rel. iii. 51, McElligott and ODNB.
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