Priests of the Church of Rome
1 of 3 portraits of John Sweet
Priests of the Church of Rome
after Unknown artist
line engraving, 1620-1624
4 7/8 in. x 4 7/8 in. (124 mm x 123 mm) paper size
Given by the daughter of compiler William Fleming MD, Mary Elizabeth Stopford (née Fleming), 1931
Reference Collection
NPG D26034
Sittersback to top
- Father Anieur (Anineur), Priest of the Church of Rome. Sitter associated with 3 portraits. Identify
- Ambrose Barlow (1585-1641), Priest and martyr. Sitter associated with 3 portraits. Identify
- William Bishop (circa 1554-1624), Roman Catholic bishop. Sitter associated with 4 portraits. Identify
- Richard Bristow (1538-1581), Roman Catholic priest. Sitter associated with 3 portraits. Identify
- John Heigham (alias Roger Heigham) (circa 1568-in or after 1634), Bookseller. Sitter associated with 3 portraits. Identify
- Father Lovet, Priest of the Church of Rome. Sitter associated with 3 portraits. Identify
- Father Lurtice, Jesuit. Sitter associated with 3 portraits. Identify
- Thomas Macclesfield (Maxfield) (1585-1616), Roman Catholic priest and martyr. Sitter associated with 3 portraits. Identify
- Father Palmer, Jesuit. Sitter associated with 3 portraits. Identify
- Matthew Pattenson (Pateson) (active 1623), Roman Catholic controversialist. Sitter associated with 3 portraits.
- John Percy (alias Father Fisher) (1569-1641), Jesuit priest. Sitter in 2 portraits. Identify
- Father Ployden (Plowden), Jesuit. Sitter associated with 3 portraits. Identify
- Father Porter, Jesuit. Sitter associated with 3 portraits. Identify
- Richard Smith (1567-1655), Vicar apostolic of the English church. Sitter associated with 3 portraits. Identify
- John Sweet, Jesuit. Sitter associated with 3 portraits. Identify
- Father Woode, Jesuit priest. Sitter associated with 3 portraits. Identify
- Thomas Worthington (circa 1548-1626), Roman Catholic priest and biblical scholar. Sitter associated with 3 portraits. Identify
- Thomas Wright (circa 1561-1623), Roman Catholic priest and religious controversialist. Sitter associated with 3 portraits. Identify
Events of 1620back to top
Current affairs
The beginning of a severe economic depression in England is widely blamed on the East India Company whose export of bullion on each voyage financed their trade. Additionally, despite efforts by Lionel Cranfield, Earl of Middlesex, to reduce the royal household's expenditure, James I's debt is historically high.Art and science
Francis Bacon publishes his major philosophical work Novum Organum, which presents his account of the correct method of acquiring natural knowledge using inductive reasoning.Inventor and mechanical engineer, Cornelis Drebbel builds an early type of submarine which he demonstrates on the Thames.
International
The Catholic League's invasion of Bohemia and victory at the battle of the White Mountain, forces Frederick V, king of Bohemia and his family into exile in the Hague, after less than a year reigning.The Pilgrim Fathers sail for America in the 'Mayflower', escaping religious persecution in England.
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Charles Matthews
30 November 2015, 08:19
Rather than Edward Fisher the Protestant theologian, F. Fisher is more likely to be either John Fisher the Jesuit who had a high profile debate with Laud, or George Fisher alias Musket the priest.