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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

River thames

Dawn, Abingdon Bridge

Posted on September 10, 2017 by simonjkyte
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GalleryPosted in abingdon, UncategorizedTagged berkshire, Oxfordshire, River thames2 Comments

Nice evening on the river….

Posted on August 27, 2017 by simonjkyte

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Finally just about light when I got home

Posted on March 23, 2017March 23, 2017 by simonjkyte
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GalleryPosted in abingdon, UncategorizedTagged abingdon, River thames1 Comment

Fog & moon on the Thames

Posted on December 16, 2016 by simonjkyte

Twickenham Jetty, Abingdon

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Posted in UncategorizedTagged abingdon, abingdon bridge, fog, moon, River thames, ThamesLeave a comment

Morning from Oxford

Posted on November 30, 2016November 30, 2016 by simonjkyte

Straight from the camera.

No editing software or anything here.

Reckon I was not much slower than the bus from Egrove park this morning!

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Posted in Oxford, UncategorizedTagged Oxford, River thames11 Comments

Abingdon Bridge

Posted on November 22, 2016 by simonjkyte

Not saying it is exactly cosy in spite of the temperature rise – but outside it is beautiful, no?

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Posted in abingdon, UncategorizedTagged abingdon bridge, berkshire, Oxfordshire, River thames, Thames26 Comments

St. Paul’s to Hampton (Via Putney)

Posted on August 15, 2016August 15, 2016 by simonjkyte

Source: St. Paul’s to Hampton (Via Putney)

Posted in london, UncategorizedTagged A Certain Measure of Perfection, Barnes, Buckingham palace, Chelsea, Chiswick, Embankment, john dee, kensington, Knightsbridge, london, Mortlake, Putney, Richmond, Richmond Park, River thames, Simon J Kyte, St. James', St. paul's, Thames, thames path, TwickhenhamLeave a comment
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