Henry Burton, Apology of an Appeale

Stephen Rowlstone (Canterbury Christ Church University)

Ed. by Jacqueline Eales, Canterbury Christ Church University
The Literary Encyclopedia. Volume 1.2.1.04: English Writing and Culture of the Seventeenth Century, 1625-1688.
Vol. editors: Jennifer Brady (Rhodes College), Daniel Cook (University of Dundee), Neil Forsyth (Université de Lausanne), Claire Preston (Queen Mary, University of London), J A Roe (University of York), Virginia Mason Vaughan (Clark University)

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Dates

First circulation or publication 1636

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England (Country of Origin)

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Non-Fiction
- Pamphlets/ Tracts/ Chapbooks

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Published by Henry Burton, a leading London Puritan Minister and fierce critic of the Caroline Church, as a companion piece to his

For God, and the King

in 1636, the

Apology of an Appeale

was an open letter to the public in an attempt to counter the furore and legal moves against him in the Court of High Commission and thereby garner support for himself and the ideas that he had openly espoused in

For God, and the King

. Burton looked to the King, the Nobility, who could advise the King against the influence of the Laudian Bishops, and finally to the Judges, who he hoped would be hearing his case in the Court of Star Chamber. Burton's hopes for support were to be dashed as Archbishop William Laud had also appealed to the King to deal with Burton with the full force of the secular law in…

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Citation: Rowlstone, Stephen. "Apology of an Appeale". The Literary Encyclopedia. First published 15 September 2008 [https://www.litencyc.com/php/sworks.php?rec=true&UID=24835, accessed 21 November 2024.]