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A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… superstitious pictures', at the hands of the notorious Dowsing in 1643, was 'classicized' in 1754, a plaster ceiling …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… of the fellows had left by the end of the year. William Dowsing came to purge the chapel on 26 December; after a …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… and all but one of the fellows; the visit of William Dowsing who 'pulled down two mighty great Angells with wings' …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… evidently again in use. During the Civil War the notorious Dowsing was commissioned to deal with Queens'. It evidently …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… chapel remained unconsecrated and the iconoclast William Dowsing, after his visit there in 1643, reported 'we saw …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… 209 But in the same year, apparently in anticipation of Dowsing's visit, these adornments were removed, 210 and all …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… Reformation upon its appearance, but in 1643 the Puritan Dowsing found nothing to destroy save one inscription 'orate …
The Manuscripts of the Corporations of Southampton and Kings Lynn
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… and idolatry' was followed by the devastations of William Dowsing in the college chapels and parish churches …