William Prynne

(1600-1669)

NAME AUTHORITIES: LOC: Prynne, William, 1600-1669 NRA: Prynne William (1600-1669) Puritan Pamphleteer MP Archivist DNB: Prynne, William (1600-1669), pamphleteer and lawyer LBT ID: WiPrynn1669 VIAF ID: 2540641 LOC ID: n79061041	B/BAP: 1600 DIED: 1669-12-24
SOURCES: DNB; Virtual International Authority File; LOC Name Authority File
Puritan pamphleteer whose nose was slit for the offence of publishing his notorious attack on stage-plays, Histriomastix (1633).
REFERENCES TO William Prynne: Lord Byron to John Murray, 25 December 1822 in Letters and Journals of Lord Byron 2 Vols (London: John Murray, 1830) Found 1: ¶ 10 Lord Byron to Thomas Moore, 20 February 1823 in Letters and Journals of Lord Byron 2 Vols (London: John Murray, 1830) Found 1: ¶ 2 Moore, Thomas, 1779-1852, Letters and Journals of Lord Byron 2 Vols (London: John Murray, 1830) Life of Byron: 1822 Life of Byron: 1823 Charles Knight, Passages of a Working Life during Half a Century: with a Prelude of Early Reminiscences 3 vols (London: Bradbury and Evans, 1864-1865) Chapter IX Found 1: ¶ 9