Francis Atterbury (6 March 1663 – 22 February 1732) was an English man of letters, politician and bishop. A High Church Tory and Jacobite, he gained patronage...

The Atterbury Plot was a conspiracy led by Francis Atterbury, Bishop of Rochester and Dean of Westminster, aimed at the restoration of the House of Stuart...

Atterbury is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: Francis Atterbury (1663–1732), English politician and bishop Grosvenor Atterbury (1869–1956)...

and the Convocations resumed their purely formal meetings In 1697 Francis Atterbury published his Letter to a Convocation Man concerning the Rights, Powers...

Led by Francis Atterbury, Bishop of Rochester, Lord North and Grey, and other Tory opponents of Walpole, this was later known as the "Atterbury Plot"....

in your way." When the duke died in 1721, she called on Pope and Francis Atterbury to produce a memorial edition of his poems and other works. As all...

further attempt was planned in 1722, but following the exposure of the Atterbury Plot it came to nothing.[citation needed] In exercise of his pretended...

notable among them was Swift's friend, the Anglican Bishop of Rochester Francis Atterbury, who was exiled to France in 1722. Swift's Lilliputian claims that...

who now warmly favoured the Jacobite party led by Bolingbroke and Francis Atterbury. Altercations took place in the Queen's presence between Abigail and...

their association with Christ Church, Oxford and the guidance of Francis Atterbury, then attacked the "moderns" (and Wotton in particular). The debate...

Lewis Atterbury D.D., the elder (died 1693) was an English clergyman and writer. He was the son of Francis Atterbury, rector of Middleton-Malsor, Northamptonshire...

One of a group of Tory High Churchmen, he was on good terms with Francis Atterbury, George Smalridge and Robert Nelson, and one of the Commission of...

between a largely Tory, High Church clerical body, and Whig bishops. Francis Atterbury, later associated with a 1722 Jacobite plot, was a prominent supporter...

John Locke, Matthew Prior, Henry Purcell, Thomas Millington and Francis Atterbury. Busby was born at Lutton in Lincolnshire, and educated at Westminster...

prime minister was also marked by the discovery of a plot formed by Francis Atterbury, the bishop of Rochester. The exposure of the scheme crushed the hopes...

resignation of Francis Atterbury. From this time he seems to have led a quiet and inoffensive life, till the clamour was raised about Francis Atterbury's plot to...

Edmund Allenby, 1st Viscount Allenby John André The Right Reverend Francis Atterbury, Bishop of Rochester Clement Attlee, 1st Earl Attlee Sir Charles Barry...

decided to send him to Westminster School as James knew the Dean, Francis Atterbury.Thirteen year old Murray travelled alone with a pony given by his...

funded his missionary work in China. Among his ancestors was Bishop Francis Atterbury as well as his grand-uncle, Elias Boudinot, first president of the...

(1730). Herein, he charged Francis Atterbury and other editors with tampering with the text of the History. From his exile, Atterbury replied to this charge...

unsuccessfully opposed the banishment of the bishop Francis Atterbury, who had been accused of supporting James Francis Edward Stuart. In 1728, in response to the...

His political opinions were largely modelled on those of his friend Francis Atterbury, with whom he was associated at Oxford and elsewhere. After being...

bill for tithing. Some people thought that William Temple wrote it. Francis Atterbury said people at Oxford thought it had been written by Edmund Smith...

Pretender and in 1722 he was in contact with the agents of Francis Atterbury during the Atterbury Plot. In 1722 he was elected as a Tory Member of Parliament...

gathering with (amongst others) Dr. Bisse (the Bishop of Hereford) and Francis Atterbury (the Bishop of Rochester). The song was played by the musicians and...

south side of St Nicholas' Chapel in Westminster Abbey. The monument is by Francis Bird. Sprat's major prose works are the Observations upon Monsieur de Sorbier's...

antiquary and sometime president of St. John's College, Cambridge Francis Atterbury (1663–1732), English man of letters, politician, Bishop of Rochester...

an extension westwards of the Selden End of the Bodleian Library. Francis Atterbury, Dean of Christ Church, writing in December 1712 describes plans for...

Sprat (in commendam as Bishop of Rochester from 1684) 1683 1713[†] Francis Atterbury (in commendam as Bishop of Rochester) 1713 1723 Samuel Bradford (in...

daughter and a son. A high church Tory, Wesley was a friend of Bishop Francis Atterbury. He was never a Methodist and yet five hymns of several composed by...