the term as early as 1635. It covered the historical interval between the Old and New Testaments, and led to a controversy between Prideaux and his cousin, Walter Moyle. Jean Le Clerc wrote a critical examination of it, which was published in English in 1722. The French translation was by Moses Solanus and Jean-Baptiste Brutel de la Rivière. He published the following pamphlets: The Validity of the Orders of the Church of England (1688), Letter to a Friend on the Present Convocation (1690), The Case of Clandestine Marriages stated (1691). Other works were: Marmora Oxoniensia, &c., Oxford, 1676, a catalogue and chronology of the Arundel marbles and related collections; the numerous typographical errors were ascribed to the carelessness of Thomas Bennet as corrector of the press. There were later editions, by Michael Maittaire and Richard Chandler. De Jure Pauperis et Peregrini, &c., Oxford, 1679, (edition of the Hebrew of Maimonides, with a Latin version and notes). A Compendious Introduction for Reading ... Histories, &c., Oxford, 1682. Directions to Churchwardens, &c., Norwich, 1701; 7th edition, 1730. The Original and Right of Tithes, &c., Norwich, 1710; reprinted 1713; 1736. Ecclesiastical Tracts, &c., 1716. His letters (1674–1722) to John Ellis were edited for the Camden Society in 1875 by Edward Maunde Thompson. Marriage and children On 16 February 1686 Prideaux married Bridget Bokenham, only child of Anthony Bokenham of Helmingham, Suffolk, and left a son: Edmund Prideaux (1693-1745) of Prideaux Place, Padstow, Cornwall, a lawyer of the Middle Temple and a talented amateur architectural artist. Notes References Attribution Further reading 1648 births 1724 deaths People from Padstow People educated at Westminster School, London Christian Hebraists Deans of Norwich Archdeacons of Suffolk People educated at Liskeard Grammar School 17th-century Anglican theologians 18th-century Anglican theologians