Index Expurgatorius Anglicanus: Or, a descriptive catalogue of the principal books printed or published in England, which have been suppressed, or burnt by the common hangman, or censured, or for which the authors, printers, or publishers have been prosecutedHart, W. H. (William Henry)
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Index Expurgatorius Anglicanus: Or, a descriptive catalogue of the principal books printed or published in England, which have been suppressed, or burnt by the common hangman, or censured, or for which the authors, printers, or publishers have been prosecuted
Hart, W. H. (William Henry)
Prohibited books -- England -- Bibliography
et malitiosum libellum inter alia plenius liquet et apparet. In
magnum scandalum et contemptum dicti domini regis, et authoritatis
suæ deprivationem, necnon in contemptum legum et gubernationem
hujus regni Angliæ, et administrationis justitiæ in eodem regno
stabilitæ, in malum et pernitiosum exemplum omnium aliorum in tali
casu delinquentium, ac contra pacem dicti domini regis nunc coronam
et dignitatem suas &c.[220]
The result of the prosecution does not appear.
PART V.] [TO BE CONTINUED.
INDEX
EXPURGATORIUS
ANGLICANUS:
OR
A DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE OF THE PRINCIPAL BOOKS
PRINTED OR PUBLISHED IN ENGLAND,
WHICH HAVE BEEN SUPPRESSED,
OR BURNT BY THE COMMON HANGMAN,
OR CENSURED,
OR FOR WHICH THE AUTHORS, PRINTERS, OR PUBLISHERS
HAVE BEEN PROSECUTED.
BY W. H. HART, F.S.A.
PRICE ONE SHILLING AND SIXPENCE.
LONDON:
JOHN RUSSELL SMITH, 36, SOHO SQUARE.
1878.
HART AND SON, PRINTERS,] [SAFFRON WALDEN.
261.
A letter to Mr. Miles Prance in relation to the murder of Sir
Edmundbury Godfrey.
A copy of this publication is preserved in the British Museum
Library. It is in folio, and contains three pages. For its
condemnation see article 265.
262.
A second letter to Miles Prance in reply to the Ghost of Sir
Edmundbury Godfrey.
A copy of this publication is preserved in the British Museum
Library. It is in folio, and contains four pages. For its
condemnation see article 265.
263.
The Loyal Protestant and True Domestic Intelligence, or News both
from City and Country. No. 125, Tuesday, March 7, 1682.
A copy of this newspaper is preserved in the British Museum
Library. For its condemnation see article 265.
264.
The Loyal Protestant and True Domestic Intelligence, or News both
from City and Country. No. 127, Saturday, March 11, 1682.
A copy of this newspaper is preserved in the British Museum
Library. For its condemnation see next article.
265.
The Loyal Protestant and True Domestic Intelligence, or News both
from City and Country. No. 136, April 1, 1682.
For this, and the publications described in articles 261 to
264 importing that Sir Edmundbury Godfrey murdered himself, a
prosecution was instituted against Nathaniel Thompson, William
Pain, and John Farwell, and on Tuesday, June 20th, 1682, they were
tried at the Guildhall, London, and found guilty. Thompson and
Farwell were sentenced to stand on the pillory in the Palace Yard,
the last day of Term, between the hours of Ten and One o'clock,
for the space of an hour, and each of them to pay a fine of £100,
and to be imprisoned until they paid it. Pain was only to pay a
fine of £100. Accordingly, on Wednesday, the 5th of July, 1682,
Thompson and Farwell stood in the pillory, in the Old Palace Yard,
at Westminster, with this writing over their heads--
Public-domain text, read in full here on John Shaqi.
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