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Published online by Cambridge University Press: 23 February 2010
a Dr. Stewart was a great authority with the king in all ecclesiastical matters. Clarendon says, he “was a very honest and learned gentleman, and most conversant in that learning which vindicated the dignity and authority of the church.” (Life, part vi.) He served Charles II. as dean of the chapel until he went to Scotland ; after which Dr. Stewart transferred his services to the duke of York. The letter in which the king recommended Dr. Stewart to the prince, of the same date with this letter to the queen, is printed in the Clarendon State Papers, ii. 258.