Endowment Controversy Over Maynooth College Sparks Protest
Hackney letters from March 31, 1846 condemn state endowment of Maynooth College as a dangerous Catholic subsidy. F A Cox argues against public funding of any religion, pressing nonconformists to mobilize MPs, public meetings, and petitions to oppose the government move to endow Catholic education and clergy in Ireland. He contrasts Protestant rights with the principle of religious establishment.
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England
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Great Meeting at Norwich on Maynooth Grant Opposition
Citizens gather in Norwich voicing strong opposition to government funds for Maynooth College. Speakers condemn church state entanglement and call for disestablishment and liberty of conscience. Meeting adopted resolutions opposing public endowment and urging constitutional opposition. Reading town meeting follows with clergy and ministers in attendance.
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Church of England
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House of Commons
James Graham
Norfolk News
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Edward Will
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Friends of Liberty
Maynooth
R. Peel
Reading
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S. Chase
R. Rhodes
Kimber
Alderman Rickford
J. Ball
St Lawrence
J. C. Grainger
St Giles’s
C. J. Goodhart
St Mary’s Chapel
W. Legg
Curwen
J. Statham
W. Richards
Alderman Billing