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The Works of Richard Hurd, D.D. Lord Bishop of Worcester
Reproduction of the original: The Works of Richard Hurd, D.D. Lord Bishop of Worcester by Richard Hurd
The Works of Richard Hurd, D.D. Lord Bishop of Worcester
Reproduction of the original: The Works of Richard Hurd, D.D. Lord Bishop of Worcester by Richard Hurd
The Early Letters of Bishop Richard Hurd, 1739-1762
A model edition of the early correspondence of one of George III's favourite bishops. ARCHIVES Richard Hurd is best known to ecclesiastical historians as one of George III's favourite bishops who was offered, and declined, the archbishopric of Canterbury. These letters, therefore, illuminate the early career of one of the most prominent clerics of the late eighteenth century. The letters begin in 1739, just after Hurd had graduated B.A. at Emmanuel College, Cambridge. They chart his gradual climb up the ladder of ecclesiastical preferment, through his time as Fellow at Emmanuel and end with him settled in the comfortable country rectory of Thurcaston in Leicestershire. Hurd had a wide circle...
