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THE RISE OF EDWARD COLMAN

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 March 1999

ANDREW BARCLAY
ANDREW BARCLAY
Affiliation:
History of Parliament Trust
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Abstract

This article establishes for the first time the identity of Edward Colman, the Catholic courtier executed for treason in 1678. Discoveries about his background are used to show how he made his way into court circles in the 1660s, at an earlier date than has usually been assumed. It is suggested that his cousin, Richard Colman, may have been the person who introduced him to the duke of York. Another relative, William Battie, also had connections at court, but he and Colman later quarrelled over the issue of religious toleration. Thereafter, Bishop Compton acted as Battie's patron to further the campaign by himself and the earl of Danby against Colman and the other court Catholics.

Type
Research Article
Information
The Historical Journal , Volume 42 , Issue 1 , March 1999 , pp. 109 - 131
Copyright
© 1999 Cambridge University Press

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Footnotes

Most members of his family, including Edward, wrote their surname as ‘Colman’ and so that is the spelling which has been adopted here. I wish to thank John Adamson, Dorian Gerhold, Lionel Glassey, Mark Knights, Alan Marshall, John Miller, John Morrill, and Alison Wright for their advice and encouragement in the preparation of this article. Unless otherwise stated, place of publication of works printed before 1700 is London.