The Seven Bishops going to the Tower on a charge of seditious libel for refusing to accept the Declaration of Indulgence 1688
The Seven Bishops were imprisoned in the Tower of London in 1688 and tried on a charge of seditious libel because they opposed the Second Declaration of Indulgence issued by King James II the year before. The Declaration granted general religious freedom and lifted penal laws established to enforce conformity with the protestant Church of England. It also granted toleration to other Christian denominations; Catholic or Protestant. By some Anglicans this was seen as an attempt to destablilise the established Church of England. The normal way to proulgate such laws was to read them in church. A number of clergymen objected to the Declaration and refused to do so. The Seven Bishops were:; William Sancroft Archbishop of Canterbury Thomas Ken Bishop of Bath and Wells John Lake Bishop of Chichester William Lloyd Bishop of St Asaph Jonathan Trelawny Bishop of Bristol Francis Turner Bishop of Ely Thomas White Bishop of Peterborough
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