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Whole Duty of Man
Tenison, Bishop of Lincoln, says the author was Dr. Chaplin, of
University College, Oxford. (Evelyn:
Diary.)
Thomas Hearne ascribes the authorship to Archbishop
Sancroft.
Some think Dr. Hawkins, who wrote the introduction, was the
author. The following names have also been suggested:- Lady Packington
(assisted by Dr. Fell), Archbishop Sterne, Archbishop Woodhead,
William Fulham, Archbishop Frewen (President of Magdalen College,
Oxford), and others.
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