Ecclesiastical – English Civil War A Relation of the Conference between William Laud then Lord Bishop of St Davids, Now Lord Arch-Bishop of Canterbury and Mr Fisher the Jesuit by the Command of King James of ever Blessed Memorie with an answer to such exceptions as AC takes against it... London 1639. Original calf boards a little rubbed, interior contents appear good, folio 388pp. This was seen at the time by the increasingly entrenched Charles I as proof that his Archbishop’s doctrine was far from that of the Roman Catholics – a vital element in his growing and continuing battle in Scotland against the Presbyterians. It did little however to absolve Laud from the nickname north of the border of ‘The Pope of Canterbury’. Religious discontent was one of the major elements in the outbreak of the Civil War three years later. This is considered the ‘second’ edition of this work – the first appearing as part two of Francis White’s ‘Replie’. This version was however greatly expanded before publication.