Jack Presbyter

English Alternative forms en Presbyter Jack Proper noun Jack Presbyter en derogatory historical Generic name for a Presbyterian minister. en The II. Members Justification https://archive.org/details/bim_early-english-books-1641-1700_the-cities-loyaltie-to-t_1647/mode/1up [London] [s.n.] [1647] Their Synod now ſits in great feare, and ſo does Iack Presbyter, / That we ſhall have a King againe, and once more ſee a Miter: en [attributed to William Plaxton] The Yorkshire-Racers. A Poem. In a Letter from H[enry] S[ingle]ton, to His Friend T[om] P[ulle]n.London, Printed for the Use of All Sorts of Jockeys, whether North, South, East, or West. London [s.n.] [1709] 22 https://archive.org/details/bim_eighteenth-century_the-yorkshire-racers-a-_plaxton-william_1709/page/n21/mode/1up 931185165 The harmleſs Nettle now has loſt its Sting, JACK Preſbyter can cry, God ſave the King. en Thomas Wright History of Caricature and of Grotesque in Art The Art-Journal London James S[prent] Virtue 1864 213–214 https://archive.org/details/gri_33125006187393/page/n270/mode/1up In fact, the picture represents Presbyterianism—Jack Presbyter—holding the young king’s nose to the grindstone, which is turned by the Scots, personified as Jocky. en Tim Harris London Crowds and the Revolution of 1688 w:Eveline Cruickshanks By Force or by Default? The Revolution of 1688–1689 Edinburgh John Donald Publishers Ltd 1989 46 https://archive.org/details/byforceorbydefau0000unse/page/46/mode/1up 0 85976 279 3 Tories even appropriated the anti-Catholic calendar, burning effigies of Jack Presbyter on 5 November 1681. References n en placeholder terms