A Pithie Exhortation to her Majesty for establishing her Successor to the Crown

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A Pithie Exhortation to her Majesty for establishing her Successor to the Crown was a treatise written by Peter Wentworth while he was imprisoned in the Tower of London. Wentworth, a Puritan member of Parliament during Queen Elizabeth I's reign, was a staunch advocate for the liberties of Parliament and frequently challenged the monarch on matters of religion and succession. He was imprisoned multiple times for his actions, including presenting a petition on the succession to the crown in 1593, which led to his final imprisonment and death in the Tower. The work itself is a significant document reflecting the political tensions and debates surrounding royal succession in Elizabethan England.1

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…in the Tower he wrote A Pithie Exhortation to her Majesty for establishing her Successor to the Crown, a famous treatise preserved in the British Museum.
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…in the Tower he wrote A Pithie Exhortation to her Majesty for establishing her Successor to the Crown, a famous treatise preserved in the British Museum.
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