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1. Letter from M. J. [John Mush] to Dr. Bagshaw

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 December 2009

Abstract

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Type
I. The Quarrel with the Jesuits
Copyright
Copyright © Royal Historical Society 1896

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page 1 note a Richard Dudley was sent with Mush to Wisbech as arbitrator in the disputes of 1595.

page 1 note b Norden, a priest and doctor of medicine, died suddenly at Wisbech in 1597.

page 2 note a Robert Gwyn, Bachelor of Theology, a successful missionary.

page 2 note b Robert Fisher, the reputed compiler of the memorial from materials supplied by the leaders of the anti-Jesuit party abroad, September, 1597.

page 2 note c The association of secular priests for their own better self-government, projected by Colleton, Mush, and other leaders of the clergy, after the dissensions at Wisbech, was partly intended as a means to more effectually resist the aggressive policy of the Jesuits. The unexpected institution of a superior in the character of an archpriest, suggested (it was said) to the Pope by Parsons as a countermove, necessarily put an end to the scheme,

page 3 note a Perhaps John Michell, M.A., Oxford.

page 3 note b Francis Tillotson escaped from Wisbech and afterwards became a Government spy.