abstract:The Declaration of Indulgence (or the Declaration for Liberty of Conscience) was a pair of proclamations made by James II of England and VII of Scotland in 1687. The Indulgence was first issued for Scotland on 12 February, and then for England on April 4, 1687.
Jonathan Trelawny who was ordained in 1673, was one of seven bishops charged with high treason and imprisoned in the Tower of London for refusing to implement King James II's DeclarationofIndulgence granting religious tolerance to Catholics.