Lamb, Thomas (d. 1686), linen draper and philanthropist, was for many years confused with a namesake, a soap-boiler by trade: remarkably, both men were prominent General Baptists. The overwhelming evidence that they were not the same individual includes a petition subscribed in 1656 by two ...
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Lamb, Thomas (d. 1686), linen draper and philanthropist
Stephen Wright
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Lambe, Thomas (fl. 1629–1661), Baptist preacher and soapboiler
Stephen Wright
Lambe, Thomas (fl. 1629–1661), Baptist preacher and soapboiler, must be distinguished from another Thomas Lamb, a merchant and also for a time a prominent Baptist. Lambe the soapboiler is probably first encountered at Colchester, Essex, where on 23 March 1619 he married Dorcas Prentice...
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North, Thomas (1810/11–1868), coal owner
Alan R. Griffin
North, Thomas (1810/11–1868), coal owner, was born probably at the Toll House, London Road, Nottingham. He was the son and heir of Thomas North (d. c.1833), a toll-gate keeper and mining contractor, but little else is known about his early life. He married twice; following the death of his first wife, ...
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Smith, Francis (d. 1691), bookseller and General Baptist minister
Beth Lynch
Smith, Francis (d. 1691), bookseller and General Baptist minister, was the son of Francis Smith, a Yorkshire farrier from Bradford. No further information has as yet been discovered about his family background or his birth details. On 3 May 1647 he was apprenticed to ...
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Sturch, William (1753–1838), ironmonger and theological writer
Alexander Gordon
revised by Emma Major
Sturch, William (1753–1838), ironmonger and theological writer, was born at Newport, Isle of Wight, on 9 February 1753, the son of John Sturch (d. 1794), General Baptist minister of the Pyle Street congregation in Newport, and his wife, Mary. His great-grandfather William Sturch (...
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Temple, William (bap. 1705, d. 1773), clothier and writer on economics
K. H. Rogers
Temple, William (bap. 1705, d. 1773), clothier and writer on economics, was born at Trowbridge, Wiltshire, where he was baptized on 3 August 1705, the son of William Temple (d. 1736), a clothier, and his wife, Elizabeth. He was brought up a General Baptist as a member of the ...
