Excerpt from Original Letters, and Other Documents, Relating to the Benefactions of William Laud, Archbishop of Canterbury, to the County of Berks It is gratifying to know that Wharton's work was duly appreciated at Reading. In the Corporation Diary, under the date of 19th September; 1695, occurs the following entry It is alsoe agreed, that a small deske be fixed to the wainscott on the left hand side of the chimney in the coun sell chamber, and that the booke (lately bought by the company, and this day brought thither by Mr. John Blake, ) intituled, The History of the Troubles and Tryall of the most Reverend Father in God William Laud, late Lord Archbishop of Canterbury, deceased, be chained to the said desko with a small brasse chaine. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.