[Rarebooks] fa: London Gazette 1687 - JAMES II and the DECLARATION OF INDULGENCE

[Ardwight Chamberlain]

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The London Gazette. Numb. 2221. From Monday February 28. to Thursday March 3. 1686 [1687, New Style]. [AND] Numb. 2231. From Monday April 4 to Thursday April 7. 1687. [London:] Printed by Tho. Newcomb in the Savoy, 1687. Two issues comprising three sheets, small folios, (19 x 8 cm.), printed on both sides. Number 2221 with loss to the top corner affecting title and a few words of the text, damp-stain at lower corner; number 2231 with light wear to the edges, faint damp-stain.

Contains the first official printing of the Declaration of Indulgence issued by James II of England (James VII of Scotland). Also known as the Declaration for Liberty of Conscience, the edict granted broad religious freedom and negated a number of laws passed by parliament that punished Roman Catholics and Protestant Dissenters. The Declaration was issued in two parts: the first declaration, printed here in the Gazette for March 3 (and taking up most of the issue's four pages), applied to Scotland, and the second, issued and printed here in April, applied to England. While the king's proclamation was popular with Catholics and Non-Conformists, most Anglicans perceived it as a cynical power-grab and opposed it on religious and constitutional grounds. Having alienated both parliament and the Established Church, James was forced from the throne in the following year (1688).

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