Strype (John)

The Life and Acts of Matthew Parker, the first Archbishop of Canterbury in the reign of Queen Elizabeth under whose primacy and influence the reformation of religion was happily effected, and the Church of England restored …

London: John Wyat; 1711

engraved frontispiece with portrait of Parker , title in red & black,  toning and foxing

Original blind panelled calf, joints split,

Folio: 8.5 by 13"

Text in English

First edition of this widely cited biography of Matthew Parker—chaplain to Anne Boleyn, architect of the Bishops' Bible, and critically important book collector.
As one of England's most active reformers, Parker diligently sought in early manuscripts evidence that the English church had long ago operated independently of Rome.
This work culminated in a peerless collection of Anglo-Saxon manuscripts, which today rests at the eponymous Parker Library of Corpus Christi College, Cambridge.


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John Strype (1 November 1643 – 11 December 1737) was an English clergyman, historian and biographer.
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