His parents most likely were John Tillotson and Mary Mitchell. He was second cousin to John Tillotson, Archbishop of Canterbury.
1618
Jun 29
| 1618 • English adventurer, writer and courtier Sir Walter Ralegh is beheaded at the Palace of Westminster for allegedly conspiring treasonably against James I of England in 1603, following pressure from the Spanish government over his attack on their settlement on the Orinoco on his last (1617–18) voyage. |
1659
Jul 6
Age: 41y
birth of childJonathan Tillotson Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts, USA ⇓ 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1659 • The first known cheque (400 pounds) is written (on display at Westminster Abbey). |
1670
Age: 51y
| 1670 • At Dover in England, Charles II of England and Louis XIV of France sign the Secret Treaty of Dover ending hostilities between their kingdoms. Louis will give Charles 200,000 pounds annually. In return Charles will relax the laws against Catholics, gradually re-Catholicize England, support French policy against the Dutch and convert to Catholicism himself. |