Reference code
DWL/RB/ii.30
Level of description
item
Title
Baxter’s petition to the King
Date
6 October 1686
Extent and Medium
Extent:f 99 (f 99v is blank); Other foliation (not in the original MS) ff 423-424
Creator
Scope and content
Baxter's petition to the King James II, sent after 12 months in prison requesting to be discharged from the bond and penalties laid upon him; not in Baxter's hand. Original connected draft signed by Baxter. f 99r marked as 'Dated at the Kings Bench Oct.6.1686'
Finding aids
Argent / Black ii.30; Thomas p.21
Publication note
- This is Corr 1161.
- Baxter's petition to James II, not Baxter's hand. Printed Powicke, ii, pp. 151-152. See also The Entring Book of Roger Morrice 1677-1691 Volume III The Reign of James II 1685-1687 ed T Harris (Woodbridge, 2007) 270.
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