The life of Dr. George Abbot, Lord Archbishop of Canterbury / by the Rt. Hon. Arthur Onlsow, late speaker of the House of Commons ... a description of the hospital which he ... endowed in ... Guildford; correct copies of the charter and statutes of the same ... To which are added the lives of his ... brothers, Dr. R. Abbot ... and Sir M. Abbot.

Arthur Onslow

Date:: 1777

Credit: The life of Dr. George Abbot, Lord Archbishop of Canterbury / by the Rt. Hon. Arthur Onlsow, late speaker of the House of Commons ... a description of the hospital which he ... endowed in ... Guildford; correct copies of the charter and statutes of the same ... To which are added the lives of his ... brothers, Dr. R. Abbot ... and Sir M. Abbot. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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however thought himfelf fufficiently recompenced for the trouble given him in this affair by this ft ran¬ ger’s procuring for him the manufcript of Father Paul’s excellent hiftory of the council of Trent. In the fpring of the year 1618, viz. on the fecund of March, our good Archbiftiop loft his brother the Bifhop of Salifbury, arid before his grief was well over for fo near a relation, he met with frefh difturb- ances from the King’s declaration for permitting fports and paftimes on the Lord’s day, which was dated at Greenwich, May 24, 1618 [/*]. This declaration was ordered to be read in church¬ es, and the Archbifhop being accidentally at Croy¬ don in Surrey when it came thither, had the courage to forbid it’s being read, which however the King winked at, notwithftanding there were fome about him, who let no opportunity flip of irritating him againft this prelate. The council of Dort let this year, to which were lent from hence in the beginning of the month of Ohio her [/] The King's declaration for permitting fports and paftinics. ] The declaration runs thus, 4 That for his good people's lawful 4 recreations his pleafure was, that after the end of Divine 4 Service, they (hould not be diiturbed, letted, or difeouraged, 4 from any lawful recreations : fuch as dancing, either men or ‘ women, archery for men, leaping, vaulting, or any other * fuch harmlefs recreations : nor from having of May-games,- 4 Whitfun-ales, or morrice-dances, and fetting up of May-poles, 4 or other fports therewith ufed ; fo as the fame be had in due * and convenient time, without impediment or let of Divine 4 Service : and that women fhould have leave to carry rufhes to 4 the church, for the decoring of it, according to their old 4 cudom : withal prohibiting all unlawful Games to be ufed on 4 the Sundays only, as bear-baiting, bull-baiting, enterludes, 4 and at all times, in the meaner fort of people, by law pro- 4 hibited, bowling.’ E 2 [j%] fie

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