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Atterbury, Francis
Atterbury, Francis (1663–1732). Anglican priest and high-church Tory. A King's Scholar at Westminster school, Atterbury was then educated in the fiercely royalist and high Anglican Christ Church, Oxford, where he became a don. When James II tried to catholicize Oxford University, the leading seminary of the Church of England, Atterbury was prominent in opposition. By 1710 Atterbury was the leading Tory spokesman for the high-church vision of a revitalized Anglican church–state and a strong defender of the rights of convocation. By the time he became bishop of Rochester and dean of Westminster in 1713, he was of the radical Tory school epitomized by Henry St John (Bolingbroke). The destruction of the Tory Party after 1715 appalled him. No Jacobite before 1716, he was driven to Jacobite intrigue by one-party tyranny and Whig Erastianism. Detected and exiled by a bill of pains and penalties forced through by Walpole in 1723, he was a minister of the exiled court until 1728, but long before his death had become totally disillusioned by its incompetence and incorrigible proselytizing.
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JOHN CANNON. "Atterbury, Francis." The Oxford Companion to British History. 2002. Encyclopedia.com. 31 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. JOHN CANNON. "Atterbury, Francis." The Oxford Companion to British History. 2002. Encyclopedia.com. (May 31, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O110-AtterburyFrancis.html JOHN CANNON. "Atterbury, Francis." The Oxford Companion to British History. 2002. Retrieved May 31, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O110-AtterburyFrancis.html |
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Atterbury, Francis
Atterbury, Francis (1663–1732). Anglican priest and high‐church Tory. A King's Scholar at Westminster School, Atterbury was then educated at the high Anglican Christ Church, Oxford, where he became a don. By 1710 Atterbury was the leading Tory spokesman for the high‐church vision of a revitalized Anglican church–state and a strong defender of the rights of convocation. By the time he became bishop of Rochester and dean of Westminster in 1713, he was of the radical Tory school epitomized by Henry St John(Bolingbroke). The destruction of the Tory Party after 1715 appalled him. No Jacobite before 1716, he was driven to Jacobite intrigue by one‐party tyranny and Whig Erastianism. Detected and exiled by Walpole in 1723, he was a minister of the Jacobite court until 1728, but long before his death had become totally disillusioned by its incompetence.
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JOHN CANNON. "Atterbury, Francis." A Dictionary of British History. 2004. Encyclopedia.com. 31 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. JOHN CANNON. "Atterbury, Francis." A Dictionary of British History. 2004. Encyclopedia.com. (May 31, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O43-AtterburyFrancis.html JOHN CANNON. "Atterbury, Francis." A Dictionary of British History. 2004. Retrieved May 31, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O43-AtterburyFrancis.html |
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Atterbury, Francis
Atterbury, Francis (1662–1732), Bp. of Rochester, 1713–23. In his (anonymous) Letter of a Convocation Man (1697) and his Rights and Privileges of an English Convocation (1700) he was the champion of Convocation against the Crown and of the inferior clergy against the bishops. In 1723 he was deprived of office and exiled for alleged complicity in a Jacobite plot.
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E. A. LIVINGSTONE. "Atterbury, Francis." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church. 2000. Encyclopedia.com. 31 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. E. A. LIVINGSTONE. "Atterbury, Francis." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church. 2000. Encyclopedia.com. (May 31, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O95-AtterburyFrancis.html E. A. LIVINGSTONE. "Atterbury, Francis." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church. 2000. Retrieved May 31, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O95-AtterburyFrancis.html |
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Atterbury, Francis
Atterbury, Francis (1662–1732), became bishop of Rochester in 1713. He engaged in the Phalaris controversy and in the theological and political disputes of the day, and was imprisoned in 1720 for alleged complicity in a Jacobite plot. He died in exile. He was a close friend of Pope and Swift, and was one of the most noted preachers of his day.
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MARGARET DRABBLE and JENNY STRINGER. "Atterbury, Francis." The Concise Oxford Companion to English Literature. 2003. Encyclopedia.com. 31 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. MARGARET DRABBLE and JENNY STRINGER. "Atterbury, Francis." The Concise Oxford Companion to English Literature. 2003. Encyclopedia.com. (May 31, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O54-AtterburyFrancis.html MARGARET DRABBLE and JENNY STRINGER. "Atterbury, Francis." The Concise Oxford Companion to English Literature. 2003. Retrieved May 31, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O54-AtterburyFrancis.html |
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