Catalogue Entry: THEM00025

Copy of James II's decree appointing an ecclesiastical commission to inspect schools, universities and religious establishments

Author: King James II

Metadata: 1685, in English , c. 2,270 words, 4 pp.

Source: Keynes Ms. 122, King's College, Cambridge, UK

[Normalized Text] [Diplomatic Text]

Custodial History

Bought at the Sotheby sale by Keynes for £14.10s.

Sotheby Lot

SL190

Contents

Authorisation to the Archbishop of Canterbury, the Lord Chancellor and other counsellors to investigate universities, schools and religious institutions at will to confirm their orthodoxy.

Notes

In Humphrey Newton's hand.