Volume 1

Memoirs illustrative of the life and writings of John Evelyn ... comprising his diary, from the year 1641 to 1705-6, and a selection of his familiar letters. To which is subjoined, the private correspondence between King Charles I and his Secretary of State ... [et al.] Sir Edward Nicholas ... 1641, and at other times during the Civil War; also between Sir Edward Hyde ... and Sir Richard Browne Ambassador to the Court of France ... The whole now first published from the original MSS. ... / Edited by William Bray.

  • John Evelyn
Date:
1819
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Credit: Memoirs illustrative of the life and writings of John Evelyn ... comprising his diary, from the year 1641 to 1705-6, and a selection of his familiar letters. To which is subjoined, the private correspondence between King Charles I and his Secretary of State ... [et al.] Sir Edward Nicholas ... 1641, and at other times during the Civil War; also between Sir Edward Hyde ... and Sir Richard Browne Ambassador to the Court of France ... The whole now first published from the original MSS. ... / Edited by William Bray. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    sioners to take upon them the full power of all Ecclesiastical affairs, in as unlimited a manner, or rather greater, than y® late High Commis- sion Court, abrogated by Parliament; for it had not onely faculty to inspect and visite all Bishops dioceses, but to change what laws and statutes they should think fit to alter among the Colledges, tho’ founded by private men; to punish, suspend, fine, &c. give oathes and call witnesses. The malne drift was to suppresse zealous preachers. In sum, it was y® whole power of a Vicar General — note y® conse- quence ! Of the Clevurgy the Commissioners were the Abp. of Canter- bury []Sancroft]j, Bishops of Durham [|Crew] and Rochester [[Sprat^ ; of y® Temporals, the Lord Treasurer, the Lord Chancellor [JefferlesJ (who alone was ever to be of the quorum), the Chelfe Justice [Herbert]], and Lord President [Earl of Sunderland]. 18. I went to see Sir John Chardin at Greenewlch. 4 Aug‘. I din’d at Sigir Verrlo’s, y® famous Italian Painter, now settled in his garden at St. James’s, which he had made a very delicious Paradise. 8. Our Vicar gone to dispose of his country living in Rutlandshire, having St. Dunstan in y® East given him by the Abp. of Canterbury. I went to visite y® Marquess Ravlgn^, now my neighbour at Greene- wlch, retir’d from the persecution in France. He was the Deputy of all y® Protestants of that kingdom in the Parliament of Paris, and severall times Ambassador in this and other Courts ; a person of greate learning and experience *. 8 Sept. Dr. Compton Bp. of London was on Monday suspended, on pretence of not silencing Dr. Sharp of St. Giles’s for something of a sermon in which he zealously reprov’d the doctrine of the Roman Ca- tholics. The Bishop having consulted the Civilians, they told him he could not by any Law proceed against Dr. Sharp without producing witnesses, and impleading according to forme ; but It was over-rul’d by my Lord Chancellor, and the Bishop sentenc’d without so much as being heard to any purpose. This was thought a very extraordinary * His son was with King William in Ireland, and was made Earl of Galway, but was dismissed by violence of party, as being a Frencbman, though his conduct had been in every respect most excellent, as will be mentioned hereafter.