'A True Narrative of the Horrid Hellish Popish-Plot...The First Part'

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'A True Narrative of the Horrid Hellish Popish-Plot...The First Part'

after Unknown artist
line engraving and letterpress, 1682
21 1/8 in. x 16 3/8 in. (535 mm x 417 mm) paper size
Given by the daughter of compiler William Fleming MD, Mary Elizabeth Stopford (née Fleming), 1931
Reference Collection
NPG D23015

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This broadsheet was printed in 1682 by Tories who supported James, then Duke of York as heir to the throne. It is a satirical riposte to the anti-Catholic propaganda produced at the time of the Popish Plot. The twelve scenes parody Titus Oates's account of the plot and the accompanying verses similarly ridicule his testament and character.

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Current affairs

Whig politician, Anthony Ashley-Cooper, the case of high treason dropped against him, attempts to co-ordinate uprisings around the country over the exclusion crisis; he is ultimately forced to flee to the Netherlands.
Bideford Witch Trial condemns three women to death, the last to be hanged for witchcraft in England.

Art and science

Dramatist Thomas Otway's play, Venice Preserv'd, is first staged. Dedicated to the king's influential French mistress, Louise de Kéroualle, Duchess of Portsmouth, it becomes one of the most popular Restoration plays.
Naturalist, John Ray, publishes Methodus plantarum nova, expounding his classification of plant species.

International

King of France, Louis XIV's determination to seize Spanish Luxembourg, and mobilization of French troops to the area, threatens the treaty of Nijmegen and security of the Dutch. Pressured by William of Orange and George Savile, Marquess of Halifax to take military action, the king opts for informal mediation.

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