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An authentick account of the life of Paul Wells, gent. who was eexecuted [sic] at Oxford, Sept. 1, 1749, for forgery; notwithstanding the interest used to get him a pardon. With an account of his crime, and behaviour from the time of his receiving sentences to his execution. Also the reasons which prevented him receiving his majesty's clemency. By a gentleman of C.C.C. Oxon.
Gentleman of C.C.C. Oxon.Date: MDCCXLIX. [1749]- Ephemera
Resolves of the Commons assembled in Parliament, concerning such ministers as shall preach or pray against the present government established by Parliament ... / ordered by the Commons assembled in Parliament, that the said instructions be forthwith printed and published ; Hen: Scobell, Cleric. Parliamenti.
England and Wales. Parliament. House of Commons.Date: 1649- Books
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A second letter from M. Van Hoey, the Dutch ambassador, to the Duke of Newcastle, to excuse his sending M.D' Argenson's letter in favour of the rebels: Together with his third letter to his grace, written by order of their high mightinesses, to ask pardon for interfering in that affair. In French and English.
Hoey, Abraham van, 1684-1766.Date: 1746- Books
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The hermit: or, the unparalled [sic] sufferings and surprising adventures of Mr. Philip Quarll, an Englishman. Who was lately discovered by Mr. Dorrington a Bristol merchant, upon an uninhabited Island in the South-Sea; where he has lived above Fifty Years, without any human Assistance, still continues to reside, and will not come away. Containing I. His Conferences with Those who found him out, to whom he recites the most material Circumstances of his Life; as, that he was born in the Parish of St. Giles, educated by the charitable Contribution of a Lady, and put 'prentice to a Lock-Smith. II. How he left his Master, and was taken up with a notorious House-Breaker, who was hanged; how, after this Escape, he went to Sea a Cabbin-Boy, married a famous Whore, listed himself a common Soldier, turned Singing-Master, and married Three Wives, for which he was tried and condemned at the Old-Bailey. III. How he was pardoned by King Charles II. turned Merchant, and was ship-wracked on this desolate Island on the Coast of Mexico. With a curious Map of the Island, and other Cuts.
Longueville, Peter, active 1727.Date: 1727- Pictures
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Titus Oates standing in the pillory surrounded by medaillons of people executed as a result of the Popish Plot in 1678. Etching with engraving.
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Titus Oates is standing in the pillory while two men drive a cart with gallows past him. Mezzotint.
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Rhetorics of bodily disease and health in medieval and early modern England / edited by Jennifer C. Vaught.
Date: [2010], ©2010