Memoirs Of William Stevens, Esq.
£60.00
Publisher
Printed for the Philanthropic Society, St. George's Fields; for the benefit of The Scotch Episcopal Church.
Place
London
Date
1814
Synopsis
Treasurer of queen anne's bounty. second edition.
Item Description
8vo. 8.75 x 5.5 inches. viii + 187 pp. Bound in contemporary half calf over marbled boards, gilt. Extremities worn and come loss of spine, including tail and part of title. A few creases and occasional traces of foxing, but otherwise a very good clean copy. Armourial bookplate of William Cleveland-Stevens. Author known to be Sir James Allan Park (1763-1838), judge and legal writer, Justice of the Common Pleas, 1816-38. Biography of William Stevens (1732-1807), hosier and lay writer on theological matters from High Church standpoint. He had a particular interest in the Scottish Episcopal Church and was Treasurer of Queen Anne's Bounty, founded in 1704 to augment the incomes of the poorer clergy. In 1947 the Bounty merged with the Ecclesiastical Commissioners to form the present day Church Commissioners. First published in 1812, with several other editions appearing until 1859.
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