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- Title
Charles I's most loyal subject: Thomas Harrison and the sin of Uzzah.
- Authors
Cressy, David
- Abstract
Abstract: Thomas Harrison, an otherwise obscure cleric, was tried in 1638 after publicly accusing the Ship Money judge Sir Richard Hutton of high treason. He spent his remaining eleven years in prison, writing letters and petitions, while attempting to develop a system for universal knowledge. This article uses scribal and printed reports of legal proceedings, alongside Harrison's letters, to examine his claims of orthodoxy and allegiance. The case illuminates hyper‐loyalist ideology, as well as processes of petitioning, and intrigue in London prisons in the reign of Charles I.
- Subjects
ENGLAND; HARRISON, Thomas, 1606-1660; HUTTON, Richard; TREASON; LOYALISTS; RADICAL orthodoxy (Theology); LAW
- Publication
Historical Research, 2018, Vol 91, Issue 253, p446
- ISSN
0950-3471
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/1468-2281.12219