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A History of the County of Gloucester
… Revolution was a vision, shared by a substantial number of the aldermen, of the city as a godly, staunchly Calvinist stronghold. In … Robert Bacon later came from Bristol and, according to Richard Baxter, gained many adherents to his antinomian …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… courteous, and religious people', 1 while Thomas Pury, one of the city's M.P.s, was a prominent zealot in the Long … 1640 opened a new era for the city. The M.P.s were Henry Brett, who had served in the previous parliament, and … who had defected to royalist Oxford, John Lenthall, the son of the Speaker of the Long Parliament. 50 At the same …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… a focus for future risings by old, incorrigible supporters of the parliamentary cause. In October 1660 there were … of Westbury-on-Severn, William Cooke of Highnam, Henry Norwood of Tuffley, and William Selwyn of Matson. 10 … party' sought to prevent the election of the royalist Henry Fowler as mayor, choosing instead William Bubb, a man …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… economic development GLOUCESTER 16601720 The restoration of Charles II in May 1660 was celebrated at Gloucester with a … the time had a number of successful physicians, including Henry Fowler, who became mayor in 1670, 1671, and 1679. … by the partnership of Benjamin Hyett, Thomas Browne, and Henry Fowler. 94 One important use for the glass was in …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… under the Uniformity and Conventicle Acts. 1 Most of the city's lectureships were phased out: that in St. … 1661. 2 Pensions to puritan veterans like the widow of John Workman came to an end. 3 The cathedral and with it … 4 In the late 1660s quarter sessions heard a number of cases against dissenters for non-attendance at church. 5 …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… administer poor relief and city improvements. Involvement of corporation members and supervision by the magistracy were … 32 the bulk of which was borrowed from the treasurer Henry Hooper Wilton. 33 Financial problems were threatened … by 1786 he was also deputy town clerk. 45 Henry Wilton's son Henry (d. 1822) and grandson Henry Hooper Wilton followed …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… 1792-1835 Economic Development 17911835 In the last years of the 18th century a new spirit of enterprise, that would … which was continued by William Price (d. 1815) and his son William 9 and by William Prosser, 10 was still carried on … Sugar refining was reestablished in the Island by Henry Ercks before 1799, when his premises were devastated by …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… that 'no interesting event occurred' between the visit of James II in 1687 and the visit of George III in 1788. 2 … on the aldermanic bench by Richard Webb and his son John in the 1760s and 1770s. 17 It was mainly mercers and … of six Gloucester tradesmen (four of them grocers), Henry Powell, a Bristol bottle maker, and John Platt of …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… Parliamentary Representation Gloucester was one of the largest freemen boroughs, with between 1,500 and 1,850 … Charles Selwyn, his brother John (d. 1751), and John's son the wit and eccentric George Augustus Selwyn, sat for the … the second seat, but their candidate, the duke's nephew Henry Howard, was opposed by the attorney John Pitt, the …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… Social and cultural life Social and Cultural Life For most of the 18th century, until that function was reduced by the … 85 and it gained much impetus after the appointment of Henry Ryder as bishop of Gloucester in 1815. Ryder was active … alone from 1725 was succeeded at his death in 1757 by his son Robert, who, though using the paper to further his …