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Mr Roundtree
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Daily entries from the 17th century London diary
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First Reading
Terry Foreman • Link
Ralph Roundtree, said (by William Fuller, Dean of St Patrick's) to be a laborer in Fleet prison made a parson in 1661 by a corrupt bishop bestowing orders wantonly.
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Third Reading
San Diego Sarah • Link
L&M: Ralph Roundtree on 6 June, 1661, was in the Fleete prison when he was appointed chaplain of The Breda: PRO, Adm. 2/1745, f45r.
Sydserff of Galloway, the only Scottish bishop to survive the interregnum, was then in London angling (in vain) for advancement to the primacy of Scotland.
Burnet (i, 236) tells how his reputation suffered from these at best Non-conformist indiscriminate ordinations.