Ejected Of 1662 In Cumberland

Author : B. Nightingale
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9781333634537
Total Pages : 806 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (345 download)

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Download or read book The Ejected of 1662 in Cumberland and Westmorland, Vol. 1 of 2 written by B. Nightingale and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2016-09-17 with total page 806 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Ejected of 1662 in Cumberland and Westmorland, Vol. 1 of 2: Their Predecessors and Successors Five years ago, when, as a research student of Manchester University, I took in hand the subject of this work, it promised no considerable fruit. About thirty names in Cal-amy's list of Ejected Ministers constituted a working basis. They were little more than names, and probably a dozen pages would have represented all the information which then seemed to be available. As may be surmised from this, the first idea was to restrict enquiry to the thirty names referred to; in other words to test Calamy for this particular area; but it soon became clear that a restriction of that kind would have very serious disadvantages, and that it was in every way desirable to link with the Ejections of the Restoration and the Uniformity Act the Sequestrations of the Commonwealth Period. That was equivalent to testing Walker, whose book was issued as a rejoinder to Calamy's. The idea was to fill in the blank in the various Incumbent lists from about 1640 to 1662, with a view to seeing what men were displaced under the two regimes, a blank which is a very serious one, and which County Histories almost invariably ignore. It became evident, however, that, if this principle were strictly adhered to, a large amount of most valuable information would have to be ruled out; and the idea was again enlarged. The ultimate aim, therefore, has been to give a list of Incumbents for the 17th Century. Nor have I hesitated to give a very liberal interpretation to the phrase 17th Century, overlapping often on both sides, particularly in cases where the information added has not appeared in print. It is, therefore, very necessary that the reader should remember that, while every care has been taken to carry out faithfully the enlarged idea, make the list in each case as accurate and complete as possible for the period, the main strength has been devoted to the years covered by the Sequestrations and Ejections. County Histories are fairly reliable guides for periods preceding and succeeding the one with which I am specially concerned. What promised to be a comparatively barren subject has produced the present considerable work; and I have most reluctantly had to refuse admission to further material, or the work would have been even more seriously large than it is. The truth is that to enquiries of this kind there appears to be no finality, and the earnest student never needs to despair of any subject, however unpromising it may appear. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.