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Some Early Eighteenth-Century Roman Catholic Recusants

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 March 2011

Gordon Huelin
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Among the archives belonging to the diocese of London and housed in two muniment rooms in St. Paul's Cathedral, is a bundle of papers labelled ‘Certificates as to Papists, 1706’. Curiosity having tempted me to undo and examine its contents, I now give a survey of the documents therein contained, believing that this may prove to be of value in two respects: first, as throwing new light upon members of a proscribed religion at a time which, so far as can be ascertained from books and records in libraries, Catholic and non-Catholic alike, is very poorly documented; secondly, as giving yet another insight into the character and outlook of a section of the Anglican clergy at the beginning of the eighteenth century.

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Research Article
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The Journal of Ecclesiastical History , Volume 7 , Issue 1 , April 1956 , pp. 61 - 68
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1956

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page 61 note 1 These papers were made available to me by the kind offices of the Librarian of St. Paul's Cathedral, the Rev. W. M. Atkins, M.A.

page 61 note 2 I am indebted both to the Rev. Father Librarian of the Oratory, Brompton, and also to the Administrator of Westminster Cathedral, for their courtesy in allowing me full access to the libraries in their charge.

page 61 note 3 Dom B. Hemphill, The Early Vicars Apostolic of England, Introduction, vii.

page 63 note 1 Estcourt, E. E. and Payne, J. O., The English Catholic Nonjurors of 1715, London 1885.Google Scholar

page 61 note 1 See the return for St. Giles-in-the-Fields.

page 64 note 1 St. Olave, Jewry.

page 64 note 2 Shoreditch.

page 64 note 3 St. John of Wapping.

page 64 note 4 All Hallows, London Wall

page 66 note 1 See Harting, J. H., Catholic London Missions, London 1903, 189–90Google Scholar

page 67 note 1 It will be observed from this study that in the eighteenth century the diocese of London covered a much larger area than it does to-day, including the whole of Essex as well as part of Hertfordshire.