Father's heretical will.- Tracy (Richard) A
Father's heretical will.- Tracy (Richard) A Supplication to our moste Sovereigne Lorde Kyng Henry the eight, largely printed in black letter, woodcut device on title, woodcut head-piece and initial on A2, title skilfully repaired and a little stained, next few leaves similarly stained, 19th century dark blue morocco, gilt, by De Coverly, g.e., [STC 24166], 8vo, Imprinted [by Thomas Dawson?], 1544 [but c.1585].
⁂ A rare work with ESTC locating 10 copies (5 each in British Isles and N. America). Richard Tracy was the son of William, a JP in the reigns of Henry VII and VIII who adopted Lutheran beliefs and whose will expressed his belief in justification by faith, bequeathing nothing to the clergy. The will was deemed heretical and Archbishop William Warham ordered William's remains be exhumed and burnt at the stake. The will thus became a quasi-sacred text for the reformers. Richard became an MP and adopted many of his father's views with the consequence that his works (like those of Tyndale) were deemed 'dangerous' in 1535 and by 1546 all his books were ordered to be burnt.
Provenance: Marquis of Bute (bookplate of Cardiff Castle).
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Father's heretical will.- Tracy (Richard) A Supplication to our moste Sovereigne Lorde Kyng Henry the eight, largely printed in black letter, woodcut device on title, woodcut head-piece and initial on A2, title skilfully repaired and a little stained, next few leaves similarly stained, 19th century dark blue morocco, gilt, by De Coverly, g.e., [STC 24166], 8vo, Imprinted [by Thomas Dawson?], 1544 [but c.1585].
⁂ A rare work with ESTC locating 10 copies (5 each in British Isles and N. America). Richard Tracy was the son of William, a JP in the reigns of Henry VII and VIII who adopted Lutheran beliefs and whose will expressed his belief in justification by faith, bequeathing nothing to the clergy. The will was deemed heretical and Archbishop William Warham ordered William's remains be exhumed and burnt at the stake. The will thus became a quasi-sacred text for the reformers. Richard became an MP and adopted many of his father's views with the consequence that his works (like those of Tyndale) were deemed 'dangerous' in 1535 and by 1546 all his books were ordered to be burnt.
Provenance: Marquis of Bute (bookplate of Cardiff Castle).
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