"The history of the life and death of John Witcliff, S.T.P........., with an account of his writings and opinions, collected from original MSS. and records. By John Lewis, A.M., Minister of Mercgate, and Master of East-Bridge Hospital near Canterbury"

Title

"The history of the life and death of John Witcliff, S.T.P........., with an account of his writings and opinions, collected from original MSS. and records. By John Lewis, A.M., Minister of Mercgate, and Master of East-Bridge Hospital near Canterbury"

Shelfmark

MS. Rawl. C. 979

Summary

The author's last and unpublished revision of the Life of Wickliffe, originally printed in 1720, containing much additional matter, and being in great part entirely re-written.

Prefixed are:

Dedication to the University of Oxford, in which Lewis describes himself as having been a "battellor" of Exeter College in 1694;

Preface vindicating Wickliffe from the charge of favouring the tenets of the Anabaptists.

At the end is added an analysis of Wickliffe's Trialogus. The first page of the volume is marked with the date, "March 9, 1741."

Date

18th century

Language

English

Physical facet

On paper, in folio

Physical extent

164 Leaves

Acquisition

This volume was bought at Lewis's sale in 1749, by Joseph Ames for 3s.; appeared in his sale Catalogue in 1760, No. 684; was bought at the sale of Mark Cephas Tutet's library (No. 380) in 1786 by — Collins for 16s.; and by the Bodleian Library in the year 1835 for £4 14s. 6d.