WILLIAM LAUD

SOMETIME

ARCHBISHOP OF CANTERBURY

A STUDY

BY

ARTHUR CHRISTOPHER BENSON, B.A.

SCHOLAR OF KING'S COLLEGE, CAMBRIDGE; ASSISTANT MASTER

KEGAN PAUL, TRENCH & CO., 1, PATERNOSTER SQUARE

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TO MY FATHER

THIS SLIGHT MEMORIAL

OF ONE OF HIS PREDECESSORS

IS WITH ALL LOVE AND REVERENT AFFECTION

DUTIFULLY DEDICATED.