Compton Census
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compton-census-273-5525027
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Compton Census
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The Compton Census was a census of the population of England and Wales held in 1676 to determine their religious affiliation. Charles II's Lord Treasurer, Lord Danby, was pursuing a pro-Anglican policy. The King was sceptical of this, believing that it would unite the Nonconformists into a powerful bloc that would be too strong to be overcome. Danby devised an ecclesiastical census of the population to demonstrate the numerical inferiority of Nonconformists. As the Archbishop of Canterbury, Gilb
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2021-10-17T17:15:02Z
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