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Bastwick, John (1595?–1654), religious controversialist and pamphleteer  

Frances Condick

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23 September 2004
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23 September 2004

Bastwick, John (1595?–1654), religious controversialist and pamphleteer, was born probably in Writtle, near Chelmsford, Essex, fourth child and only son of John Bastwick (c.1540–1596), yeoman, and his second wife, Sara Lovet (c.1570–1625). His father seems to have been the first ...

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Bramwell, George William Wilshere, Baron Bramwell (1808–1892), judge and political pamphleteer  

M. W. Taylor

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23 September 2004
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23 September 2004

Bramwell, George William Wilshere, Baron Bramwell (1808–1892), judge and political pamphleteer, was born at 22 Finch Lane, Cornhill, London, on 12 June 1808, the son of George Bramwell, banker, and his wife, Elizabeth Martha, née Frith. Frederick Joseph Bramwell was his younger brother. He was educated at the Revd Martin Ready's school at Peckham, and then at the ...

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Dickson, William (bap. 1751, d. 1823), writer and abolitionist  

H. T. Dickinson

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06 October 2016

Dickson, William (bap. 1751, d. 1823), writer and abolitionist, was baptized on 8 September 1751 at Moffat, Dumfriesshire, the first of four children born to Margret Russel (d. 1760) and John Dickson (d. 1803). Following his mother's death his father married ...

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Drummond, William, of Hawthornden (1585–1649), poet and pamphleteer  

Michael R. G. Spiller

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23 September 2004
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23 September 2004

Drummond, William, of Hawthornden (1585–1649), poet and pamphleteer, was born at Hawthornden Castle, Lasswade, Edinburghshire, on 13 December 1585, the eldest of the seven legitimate children of Sir John Drummond (1553–1610), laird of Hawthornden, and his wife, Susanna (1562–1623), sister of the poet ...

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Prynne, William (1600–1669), pamphleteer and lawyer  

William Lamont

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23 September 2004
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23 September 2004

Prynne, William (1600–1669), pamphleteer and lawyer, was born in Upper Swainswick, near Bath, Somerset, the son of Thomas Prynne, farmer, and his second wife, Marie, daughter of William Sherston (the first mayor of Bath under Elizabeth I's charter). He attended Bath grammar school...

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Pynchon, William (1590–1662), public official and pamphleteer in America  

Robert Charles Anderson

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23 September 2004
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23 September 2004

Pynchon, William (1590–1662), public official and pamphleteer in America, was born on 26 December 1590 at Springfield, Essex, the son of John Pynchon (d. 1610) and Frances Brett (bap. 1590). As the child of a wealthy gentry family he was taught Latin, Greek, and Hebrew, but there is no evidence that he attended university. In 1624 he married ...