Letter from C H East to Mr [Joseph] Butterworth

Briefly relates the case of the King v The Justices of Denbighshire regarding a Protestant dissenter, D Lewis, not being licensed to preach, by said Justices, as he had no separate congregation. Crown upheld as Toleration Act only extended to a person in Holy Orders or a teacher or preacher of a spe...

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Order number: MMS/Special Series/Various Papers/FBN 45
Date(s) of creation: 5 Oct 1811
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Order number: MMS/Special Series/Various Papers/FBN 45
Summary: Briefly relates the case of the King v The Justices of Denbighshire regarding a Protestant dissenter, D Lewis, not being licensed to preach, by said Justices, as he had no separate congregation. Crown upheld as Toleration Act only extended to a person in Holy Orders or a teacher or preacher of a specific congregation of Protestant dissenters.
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Access status: Open
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Language: English
File number: 4
Format: Archive