Space, place and Laudianism in early Stuart Ipswich
At eight in the evening of 11 August 1636, approximately a hundred persons assembled in the East Anglian port of Ipswich. The crowd, reportedly ‘armed’ with long staves and guns, ‘march[ed]’ through the town until they reached a residence belonging to Matthew Wren, Bishop of Norwich. Finding their e...
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| Published in | Connecting Centre and Locality p. 66 |
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| Format | Book Chapter |
| Language | English |
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United Kingdom
Manchester University Press
26.03.2020
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| Edition | 1 |
| Online Access | Get full text |
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| Summary: | At eight in the evening of 11 August 1636, approximately a hundred persons assembled in the East Anglian port of Ipswich. The crowd, reportedly ‘armed’ with long staves and guns, ‘march[ed]’ through the town until they reached a residence belonging to Matthew Wren, Bishop of Norwich. Finding their entry barred, the crowd ‘riotously’ invaded the house, injuring several of Wren’s servants and demanding to speak with Wren himself. The group lingered outside for much of the night, threatening that, had the town’s ‘mariners’ been home, ‘they would have pulled the house upon his Lordship’s head’. Worse still, as the Attorney |
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| ISBN: | 9781526147158 1526147157 |
| DOI: | 10.2307/j.ctvzgb6k7.9 |