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Baker, David [name in religion Augustine] (1575–1641), Benedictine monk and mystical writer
David Daniel Rees
Baker, David [name in religion Augustine] (1575–1641), Benedictine monk and mystical writer, was born in Abergavenny, Monmouthshire, on 9 December 1575, the thirteenth and youngest child of William Baker (d. 1606), receiver-general of the barony of Abergavenny and recorder of the borough—two positions which at this time were virtually hereditary in the ...
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Coppinger, Edmund (c. 1555–1591), prophet
Alexandra Walsham
Coppinger, Edmund (c. 1555–1591), prophet, was the impoverished younger son of a fervently protestant Suffolk gentry family. He does not appear to have taken a university degree, though two of his brothers were at St John's College, Cambridge. Henry was rector of Lavenham...
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Darrell [Darrel], John (b. c. 1562, d. in or after 1607), exorcist
Thomas S. Freeman
Darrell [Darrel], John (b. c. 1562, d. in or after 1607), exorcist, was born in Nottinghamshire, probably in the area of Mansfield, the son of Henry Darrell. He became a sizar of Queens' College, Cambridge, in June 1575 and graduated BA in 1579. He subsequently left ...
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Edwards, Henry James [Harry] (1893–1976), spiritual healer
Philip Weaver
Edwards, Henry James [Harry] (1893–1976), spiritual healer, was born at 79 Crayford Road, Islington, London, on 29 May 1893, the eldest of the nine children of Henry James Edwards, compositor, and his wife, Emma Jane, née Buist. A pupil at Noel Park School, Wood Green...
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Edwards, Henry James (1893–1976)
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Henry James Edwards (1893–1976) by unknown photographer, c.1955 Harry Edwards Healing Sanctuary
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Elliott, Edward Bishop (1793–1875), Church of England clergyman and writer on prophecy
Stephen Gregory
Elliott, Edward Bishop (1793–1875), Church of England clergyman and writer on prophecy, was born at Paddington, Middlesex, on 24 July 1793, the second son of Charles Elliott (1751–1832) and his second wife, Eling (1758–1843), daughter of Henry Venn, and the younger brother of ...
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Evans, Arise [Rhys, Rice] (b. c. 1607, d. in or after 1660), prophet
Thomas N. Corns
Evans, Arise [Rhys, Rice] (b. c. 1607, d. in or after 1660), prophet, usually known by his adopted name of Arise Evans, was born a mile from Barmouth, in the parish of ‘Llangluin’, presumably Llangelynnin. Rhys or Rice Evans was the son of ...
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Freke, William (1662–1744), theological and mystical writer
Martin Greig
Freke, William (1662–1744), theological and mystical writer, was born at Hannington Hall, Wiltshire, the younger son of Thomas Freke and Cicely Hussey. He attended school at Somerford, Wiltshire. On 5 April 1677 he matriculated as a gentleman commoner from Wadham College, Oxford, but after two or three years he left without taking a degree, having been admitted to the ...
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Frere, James Hatley (1779–1866), writer on prophecy
Timothy C. F. Stunt
Frere, James Hatley (1779–1866), writer on prophecy, was born on 6 February 1779 at Roydon Hall, near Diss, Norfolk, and was the sixth son of John Frere (1740–1807), antiquary, and his wife, Jane (1746–1813), the daughter and heir of John Hookham, merchant, of ...
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Gostelow [Gorstelow], Walter (bap. 1604, d. 1662?), royalist prophet
Ian L. O'Neill
Gostelow [Gorstelow], Walter (bap. 1604, d. 1662
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Greaves, James Pierrepont (1777–1842), mystic
J. E. M. Latham
Greaves, James Pierrepont (1777–1842), mystic, was born on 1 February 1777, the eldest surviving child of Charles Greaves (1740–1800), a City linen draper, and his wife, Ann, née Pierrepont (1752–1805). Greaves, like his brothers and sisters, was an evangelical churchman; he entered the family business but lost his fortune owing to trading difficulties in the Napoleonic wars, and in 1810 was declared bankrupt. In 1817 he underwent '...
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Hacket, William (d. 1591), prophet
Alexandra Walsham
Hacket, William (d. 1591), prophet, was born in humble circumstances in Oundle, Northamptonshire, of unknown parents. Reputedly illiterate, he was employed as a serving man in the households of Gilbert Hussey, Sir Thomas Tresham, and Sir Charles Morrison successively. Throughout this period he seems to have held Catholic opinions, and in October 1577 was presented before the ecclesiastical court for repeated failure to receive communion. While in the service of ...
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Hunt, James [called Prophet Hunt] (bap. 1591?, d. 1649x66), lay preacher and prophet
Ian L. O'Neill
Hunt, James [called Prophet Hunt] (bap. 1591
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Jefferies, (John) Richard (1848–1887)
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(John) Richard Jefferies (1848–1887) by London Stereoscopic Co. © National Portrait Gallery, London
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Jefferies, (John) Richard (1848–1887), writer and mystic
Andrew Rossabi
Jefferies, (John) Richard (1848–1887), writer and mystic, was born on 6 November 1848 at the Jefferies Farm at Coate, in the parish of Chiseldon, near Swindon in Wiltshire, the first son and second of five children of James Luckett Jefferies (1816–1896), dairyman, and his wife, ...
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Lacy, John (bap. 1664, d. 1730), self-styled prophet
Timothy C. F. Stunt
Lacy, John (bap. 1664, d. 1730), self-styled prophet, was baptized on 30 May 1664 in Saffron Walden, Essex. He was the fifth son of Jerome Lacy (fl. 1630–1670) and his wife, Elizabeth (née Pypes; fl. 1630–1670), formerly of Toppesfield, Essex. He acquired a rudimentary knowledge of Latin but, unlike his brothers, did not attend ...
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Lee, Francis (1661–1719), physician and millenarian
B. J. Gibbons
Lee, Francis (1661–1719), physician and millenarian, was born, probably at Cobham, Surrey, on 12 March 1661, the fourth son of Edward Lee and Frances Lee. He was related to the earl of Lichfield on his father's side and to the Percys of Northumbria...
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Llwyd, Morgan (1619–1659), Independent minister and mystic
Stephen K. Roberts
Llwyd, Morgan (1619–1659), Independent minister and mystic, was born at Cynfal, a farmstead in Maentwrog parish, Merioneth, of a family of small squires renowned for literary prowess. A near relative, Huw Llwyd (c. 1568–c. 1630) who, some claim, may have been Morgan's father or grandfather, served as a professional soldier in the ...
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Louis, Alfred Hyman (1829–1915)
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Alfred Hyman Louis (1829–1915) by Histed © National Portrait Gallery, London
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