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A CERTAIN MEASURE OF PERFECTION

A novel inspired by Roger Brierley (1586 – 1637)

  • About
    • The Theologia, Brierley & the Grindletonians
    • On Perfectism
  • EXTRACTS
    • Tempest Wayman (and Napier’s calculations) – Aug. 1616
    • The raising of the Egyptian Lazarus
    • The final deliberations of Archbishop Matthews
    • 1623 – a body in the garth
    • The Return of the Master (1)
    • The Return of the Master (2)
    • The demise of Brierley – Burnley 1637 Part 1
    • The demise of Brierley – Burnley 1637 Part 2
    • The key
    • Translating the Tree of Knowledge
    • The Sabbath of the Great Silence (c. 1607)
    • The dead man’s book lives…
    • Chapter 5 – 15 Janet, from the foothills, 1662
    • Featured extract
    • A letter to Grimes
    • Matthew’s introduction
  • Research
    • The Ackerschat or the ‘Treasure in the Field’ (DRAFT)
    • Ministers called to testify at Brierley’s York High Commission hearing
    • Is ‘Three Sunnes’ Everard’s take on the Tregony parhelic event of Dec. 1621?
    • The dating and matter of Brierley’s Burnley sermons
    • Charges against Roger Brierley – Work in progress
    • David Joris / Jan van Brugge
    • The Hiëlist schism of 1573
    • Who was Daniel James?’
    • John Traske & Philo-Judaism
    • Enclosure maps of Grindleton area (1595)
    • 1591 map of the Champion
    • Doctrine of Election 1560 – 1660 (in 8 parts)
      • Doctrine of Election (1)
      • Doctrine of Election (2)
      • Doctrine of Election (3)
      • Doctrine of Election (4)
      • Doctrine of Election (5)
      • Doctrine of Election (6)
      • Doctrine of Election (7)
      • Doctrine of Election (8)
    • Wills / Inventories (with links)
      • Some example wills from Preston
      • Brierley’s father’s will – transcription
      • Brierley’s mother’s will (1633)
    • Testimony of Giles Creech, Lambeth
    • Some BL documents
    • Richard Brome, Burnley witchcraft & collock-calling
    • Magic squares and Kabbalism in seventeenth century Northern England
    • Influences on the Mount & the Valley (prototype)
    • Hielist-Familist imagery from Plantin’s press in Antwerp
    • Foster’s of York
    • Demonic dogs of England
    • John Everard frontispiece image
  • D/loads
    • Doctrine of Election
    • Grindleton talk (March 2016)
  • Buy
  • Images
    • Gallery 1
    • Gallery 2
  • Links

maps

1591 map of the Champion

Posted on July 17, 2017July 17, 2017 by simonjkyte

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Enclosure maps of Grindleton area (1595)

Posted on July 17, 2017July 17, 2017 by simonjkyte

Source: Enclosure maps of Grindleton area (1595)

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Enclosure maps of Grindleton area (1595)

Posted on June 30, 2017June 30, 2017 by simonjkyte

Source: Enclosure maps of Grindleton area (1595)

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Enclosure maps of Grindleton area (1595)

Posted on February 28, 2017February 28, 2017 by simonjkyte

 

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1591 map of the Champion

Posted on February 28, 2017February 28, 2017 by simonjkyte

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Enclosure maps of Grindleton area (1595)

Posted on November 20, 2016November 20, 2016 by simonjkyte

Source: Enclosure maps of Grindleton area (1595)

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Enclosure maps of Grindleton area (1595)

Posted on November 9, 2016November 9, 2016 by simonjkyte

Source: Enclosure maps of Grindleton area (1595)

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Talbot & Shireburn etc.

Posted on March 22, 2016March 22, 2016 by simonjkyte

http://cuhags.soc.srcf.net/escutcheon/2009-10/ar_bwlnd.html

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Map of the Champion, Slaidburn 1591

Posted on March 19, 2016March 19, 2016 by simonjkyte

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