This is a study of the origins, writing and reception of Dr John Walker's 'The Sufferings of the Clergy' (1714), which was an important account of the events of the Civil War period as they affected individual localities and parishes as well as the clergy themselves. Dr Tatham explores the circumstances in which Walker wrote the book, the nature of the sources used to compile it and the manner in which he used them as well as the contemporary criticism that greeted its publication. He also includes a calendar of Walker's collection of manuscripts in the Bodleian Library, two letters from Walker concerning the book and a list of the principal printed authorities cited by Walker.