Atterbury was tried for treason by Parliament and sent into exile. |
Across the flyleaf, in a high and bold hand, was written the name, Stephen Atterbury Brice. |
Five years later Atterbury was arrested for alleged complicity in a Jacobite plot against George. |
Atterbury befriended many major English writers of his day, including the poet Alexander Pope and the satirist Jonathan Swift. |
Walpole's first year as Prime Minister was also marked by the discovery of a plot formed by Francis Atterbury, the Bishop of Rochester. |
Of the convocation which was assembled with the new parliament, the lower house chose Dr. Atterbury their prolocutor. |