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A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… 4 About 1610 the steeple needed repair. 5 In 1644 William Dowsing destroyed 100 'superstitious' pictures, including …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… was also in decay by the 1590s. 1 Early in 1644 William Dowsing destroyed many 'superstitious' windows, including 20 …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… That painting was renewed in 1891. 98 In 1643 William Dowsing destroyed all but six copies that he could not reach …
Office-Holders in Modern Britain
… 23 July La Marr, J. B. [?in ordinary w/o fee] 1678 4 Dec. Dowsing, J. 1679 25 Feb. Gostling, J. 1679 1 May Abell, J. …
An Essay towards a Topographical History of the County of Norfolk
… him. Mayors and Sheriffs. 1547, Rob. Leech 2. Edw. 125 Dowsing, Will. Heade. 1548, Edm. Wood, ob. Henry Bacon, John …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… in chapel did not escape the iconoclastic attentions of Dowsing. In 1643 the residents were mostly moderate …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… and a cross placed over the altar. Two years later Dowsing ordered the removal of the cross and the levelling of …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… it is significant that when the Puritan iconoclast William Dowsing visited Bene't College he found 'nothing to amend', … services. In St. Bene't's Church, on the other hand, Dowsing worked considerable damage. Later six fellows were …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… exists; the other fittings were swept away by William Dowsing in 1645, except the organ which was dismantled and …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… 1643; 308 a new organ was installed in 1661. 309 William Dowsing visited the chapel on Boxing Day 1643; his incoherent … see Percy A. Scholes, The Puritans and Music, 365. Dowsing's Journal, quoted Willis and Clark, Archit. Hist. i. … during the Civil War, 16421646, 4042, who suggests that Dowsing referred to painted or printed 'Popish pictures', …