Robert Ferguson (5) (–1714)
Auteur de An enquiry into and detection of the barbarous murther of the late Earl of Essex, or, A vindication of that noble person from the guilt and infamy of having destroyed himself
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Œuvres de Robert Ferguson
An enquiry into and detection of the barbarous murther of the late Earl of Essex, or, A vindication of that noble… 4 exemplaires
A letter [from R. Ferguson] to a person of honour, concerning the kings disavowing the having been married to the… 3 exemplaires
No Protestant-plot, or, The present pretended conspiracy of Protestants against the King and government : discovered to… 3 exemplaires
The second part of the Growth of popery and arbitrary government : beginning where the former left, viz. from the year… 2 exemplaires
A sober enquiry into the nature, measure and principle of moral virtue, its distinction from gospel-holiness ... 1 exemplaire
The late proceedings and votes of the Parliamemt [sic] of Scotland contained in an address delivered to the King,… 1 exemplaire
The second part of No Protestant plot 1 exemplaire
The history of the Revolution 1 exemplaire
Étiqueté
Partage des connaissances
- Date de naissance
- c. 1637
- Date de décès
- 1714
- Sexe
- male
- Nationalité
- Scotland
- Lieu de naissance
- Badfurrow, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
- Lieu du décès
- London, England
- Lieux de résidence
- Badfurrow, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Godmersham, Kent, England
Netherlands
England - Professions
- Presbyterian minister
exciseman
political pamphleteer
conspirator - Organisations
- Church of Scotland
- Courte biographie
- Known as "the Plotter", Richard Ferguson was disinherited by his father. He was expelled from his living as vicar in Godmersham under the Act if Uniformity of 1662.
He wrote pamphlets against the Duke of York in support of the Duke of Monmouth's claim to the English throne, and was implicated in the Rye House Plot. Declared outlaw by Charles Ii, he played a leading role on the Monmouth Rising, he escaped to the Netherlands after the Battle of Sedgemoor.
He returned to England with William of Orange and was rewarded with a post as exciseman.
He the took part in all the Jacobite plots against William, and was suspected but never brought to trial. He was removed from his Excise post in 1692, and died in great poverty.
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Statistiques
- Œuvres
- 10
- Membres
- 18
- Popularité
- #630,789
- ISBN
- 110
- Langues
- 9