Detail View: Rylands Collection: The Archbishop of Canterbury is sentenced

Image Number: 
Tatton_Wallington_028
Reference Number: 
Tatton Park MS 68.20
Link to Catalogue: 
Image Title: 
The Archbishop of Canterbury is sentenced
Parent Work Title: 
Great marcys continued, or yet God is good to Israel
Creator: 
Wallington, Nehemiah
Creator Role: 
Author
Date Created: 
1644-1658
Page/Sheet: 
10
Image Sequence Number: 
010
Description: 
3 January 1645: the Archbishop of Canterbury, William Laud, is sentenced to be hung, drawn and quartered for treason, thus fulfilling a dream he had as a young scholar in Oxford. 8 January 1645: his sentence is amended to that of beheading. Manicules and amendments throughout the text. Catchword at the foot of the page.
Language Code: 
eng-GB
Subject: 
Great Britain--History--Civil war, 1642-1649
Subject: 
Executions and executioners--England--History--17th century
Subject: 
Diaries--Authorship--History--17th century
Category of Material: 
Manuscripts
Sub-Category: 
Diaries
Technique Used: 
Handwriting
Medium: 
Ink
Support: 
Paper
Time Period Covered: 
17th Century CE
Places Covered: 
England: Oxfordshire: Oxford
People Covered: 
Laud, William, 1573-1645
Item Height: 
211 mm
Item Width: 
168 mm
Item Depth: 
52 mm
Current Repository: 
National Trust, Tatton Park, Cheshire
Rights Holder - Image: 
National Trust
Rights holder - Work: 
National Trust
References: 
Booy, David., 'The Notebooks of Nehemiah Wallington, 1618-1654: a selection' (Aldershot, 2007), 215-234.
Date Captured (yyyy-mm-dd): 
2010-10-18
Multi Page Number: 
140
Image Creation Technique: 
Digital capture by Heritage Imaging, The University of Manchester Library
Date Image Added (yyyy-mm): 
2011-02
Metadata Language: 
eng-GB