Authority Cited: Fleetwood
Author name and dates: William Fleetwood (1656-1723)
BKG Bio-tweet: Able church administrator, preacher; theological author; constructed early commodity price index (1440 vs. 1700)
Categories (list of works cited – preliminary) [BKG Note: one Fleetwood cite in 1755 Dict. vol. 1. One Fleetwood cite identified as added in the 1773 Dict., indicated in bold italics below. 18th Century collections online lists the author of the separate 1717 publication as J. Burdett; the 1737 title below (likely SJ's source) attributes the letter to Fleetwood.]
Author name and dates: William Fleetwood (1656-1723)
BKG Bio-tweet: Able church administrator, preacher; theological author; constructed early commodity price index (1440 vs. 1700)
Categories (list of works cited – preliminary) [BKG Note: one Fleetwood cite in 1755 Dict. vol. 1. One Fleetwood cite identified as added in the 1773 Dict., indicated in bold italics below. 18th Century collections online lists the author of the separate 1717 publication as J. Burdett; the 1737 title below (likely SJ's source) attributes the letter to Fleetwood.]
- A letter from Mr. J. Burdett, who was executed on Friday, Febr. 1. at Tyburn, for the murder of Captain Falkner, to some Attorneys Clerks of his Acquaintance. Written Six Days before his Execution. in A compleat collection of the sermons, tracts, and pieces of all kinds, that were written by the Right Reverend Dr. William Fleetwood, Late Lord Bishop of Ely. 1737, London: printed for D. Midwinter, A. Bettesworth & C. Hitch, J. & J. Pemberton, R. Ware, T. Ward, C. Rivington, F. Clay, J. Batley and J. Wood, A. Ward, J. and P. Knapton, T. Longman, R. Hett, E. Wicksteed, and M. Downing; inoffensive (p.720); unprovoking (p.720) [BKG Note: the same quote is used for both head words but expanded (inexactly) in the 1773 Dict., perhaps from memory. The first publication was: A letter from Mr. J. Burdett, who was executed on Friday, Febr. 1. at Tyburn, for the murder of Captain Falkner, to some Attorneys Clerks of his Acquaintance. Written Six Days before his Execution. 1717, London: printed for J. Baker and T. Warner at the Black-Boy in Paternoster-Row (Price 3 d.)]