shock of his daughter's death, and returned to Paris and to the service of the Pretender. In the ninth year of his banishment he published a vindication of himself against John Oldmixon, who had accused him of having, in concert with other Christ Church men, garbled the new edition of Clarendon's History of the Rebellion. He was not one of the editors of the History, and had never seen it until it was printed. Atterbury died, aged 68, on 22 February 1732. His body was brought to England, and interred in Westminster Abbey. In his papers now kept at the Library of Westminster, he desired to be buried "as far from kings and politicians as may be." Thus he is buried next to a 21st-century tourist information booth kiosk. The black slab is simple, indicating his name, birth and death dates; the inscription is now considerably worn. Of his wife, Katherine Osborn, whom he married while at Oxford, little is known; but between him and his daughter there was affection. His fondness for John Milton was such as to many Tories seemed a crime; and he was the close friend of Joseph Addison. He lived on friendly terms with Jonathan Swift, John Arbuthnot and John Gay. With Matthew Prior he had a close intimacy. Alexander Pope found in Atterbury an admirer, adviser, and editor as requested. Notes References Bennett, Gareth V. The Tory crisis in church and state 1688-1730: the career of Francis Atterbury, bishop of Rochester (Clarendon Press, 1975). Cruickshanks, Eveline and Howard Erskine-Hill. Atterbury Plot (2004) 312p. scholarly history Thomas Babington Macaulay, Miscellaneous Writings and Speeches -Volume 3, Contributions to the Encyclopædia Britannica. Primary sources Atterbury, Francis. The Epistolary Correspondence, Visitation Charges, Speeches, and Miscellanies, of the Right Reverend Francis Atterbury...: With Historical Notes... (1784). online External links Atterbury Papers. James Marshall and Marie-Louise Osborn Collection. Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library. 1663 births 1732 deaths People from Milton Keynes People educated at Westminster School, London Alumni of Christ Church, Oxford Doctors of Divinity Archdeacons of Totnes English Jacobites English non-fiction writers Bishops of Rochester 18th-century Church of England bishops Deans of Westminster Deans of Carlisle Deans of Christ Church, Oxford 17th-century English clergy Burials at Westminster Abbey English male poets 17th-century Anglican theologians 18th-century Anglican theologians