Cheap-side Crosse censured and condemned by a letter sent from the vicechancellour and other learned men of the famous Vniversitie of Oxford, in answer to a question propounded by the citizens of London, concerning the said crosse, in the yeere 1600, in which yeer it was beautified, as also a remarkable passage to the same purpose, in a sermon preached to an eminent and very great auditory in this City of London: by a very reverend, holy, and learned divine, a while after the crosse was last repaired, which was anno 1606.

People / Organizations

• Alice Norton ("printed by")
• I.R. and ("printed for")
• George Abbot (Author)

Imprint

London: printed by A[lice]. N[orton]. for I.R. and are to be sold at his shop in Pauls Church-yard, 1641. [i.e. 1642]

Publication year

1642-1642

ESTC No.

R1013

Grub Street ID

58526

Description

[2], 14 p. ; 4⁰

Note

The letter signed and dated: George Abbot Vicechancellour. An. 1600; other learned men = Thomas Thornton, John Reinolds, Leonard Tailor, Henry Ayray, R. Kettley; the sermon from which the passage is taken is attributed to John Archer.

A collection of opinions arguing against the restoration of Cheapside Cross, considered a relic from Catholicism.

Imprint year given according to Lady Day dating.

Uncontrolled note

Note wording of title following the words "As also"