1699 LIFE OF HENRY CHICHELE ARCHBISHOP OF CANTERBURY

THE
LIFE OF HENRY CHICHELE
ARCHBISHOP OF CANTERBURY

IN WHICH
THERE IS A PARTICULAR RELATION OF MANY REMARKABLE PASSAGES
IN THE REIGNS OF HENRY THE V. AND VI.
KINGS OF ENGLAND

NOW MADE ENGLISH
AND A TABLE OF CONTENTS ANNEXED

First written in Latin by Sir Arthur Duck 1580-1648, English civil lawyer, member of Parliament, Chancellor of the Diocese of London, and a Master in Chancery under the title:
 Vita Henrici Chichele archiepiscopi Cantuariensis sub regibus Henrico V. et VI. and published in 1617, this is the first translation in English of this important biography
 Henry Chichele c1362–1443 was Archbishop of Canterbury  from 1414. He was one of the architects of the government's pastoral response to the Lollard challenge. His resistance to Martin V's assault on the Provisors legislation led to the suspension of his legatine powers and other humiliations. He founded All Souls College, Oxford in1438 and co-founder, with Henry VI, of All Souls in 1438.

178 Pages plus a 18 page index.

Condition
Binding is very poor, plain boards with a green cloth spine, all text pages are complete and in good condition, lacking the frontispiece portrait of Chichele, the ghost image of the portrait shows faintly on the title page.
Size is 7¼ by 4¾ inches

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