Baxter, Richard (1615–1691), ejected minister and religious writer, was born in the village of Rowton, Shropshire, on 12 November 1615, the son of Richard Baxter (d. 1663) of Eaton Constantine, Shropshire, and his wife, Beatrice Adeney (d. 1635). He was baptized in the parish church at ...
12
Article
Baxter, Richard (1615–1691), ejected minister and religious writer
N. H. Keeble
Article
Bernard, Richard (bap. 1568, d. 1642), Church of England clergyman and religious writer
Richard L. Greaves
Bernard, Richard (bap. 1568, d. 1642), Church of England clergyman and religious writer, was baptized on 30 April 1568 at Epworth, Lincolnshire, the son of John Bernard (d. 1592) and his third wife, Anne Wright. Encouraged by Isabel and Frances Wray, two daughters of ...
Article
Britten, James (1846–1924), botanist and Roman Catholic propagandist
William T. Stearn
Britten, James (1846–1924), botanist and Roman Catholic propagandist, was born on 3 May 1846 at 18 Shawfield Street, Chelsea, London, the son of James Alexander Britten, bookseller, and his wife, Mary Ann (née Shepard). His father was a prominent active member of the local community, and ...
Article
Broughton, Hugh (1549–1612), divine and Hebraist
G. Lloyd Jones
Broughton, Hugh (1549–1612), divine and Hebraist, was born in Oldbury, Shropshire, the son of Robert Broughton of Broughton, Shropshire. He referred to himself as of Welsh descent but nothing more certain is known. He received his early education from Bernard Gilpin, who prepared him for university and sent him to ...
Article
Burnet [née Blake; other married name Berkeley], Elizabeth (1661–1709), religious writer
Frances Harris
Burnet [née Blake; other married name Berkeley], Elizabeth (1661–1709), religious writer, was born on 8 November 1661, the elder daughter of Sir Richard Blake (b. 1614×16), of the Strand, London, and his second wife, Elizabeth (b. 1640/41?), daughter of John Bathurst MD (d. 1659)...
Article
Byfield, Nicholas (1578/9–1622), Church of England clergyman and religious writer
Bryan W. Ball
Byfield, Nicholas (1578/9–1622), Church of England clergyman and religious writer, was born in Warwickshire, the son of Richard Byfield, who later became vicar of Stratford upon Avon, and his first wife; Richard Byfield (bap. 1598, d. 1664) was his half-brother. In the Lent term of 1596, aged seventeen, he entered ...
Article
Casaubon, (Florence Estienne) Meric (1599–1671), scholar and divine
R. W. Serjeantson
Casaubon, (Florence Estienne) Meric (1599–1671), scholar and divine, was born on 14 August 1599 in Geneva, the tenth of the seventeen children of Isaac Casaubon (1559–1614), classical scholar and church historian, and his second wife, Florence (1568?–1636), daughter of Henri Estienne. Meric was the most scholarly of ...
Article
Challoner, Richard (1691–1781), religious writer and vicar apostolic of the London district
Sheridan Gilley
Challoner, Richard (1691–1781), religious writer and vicar apostolic of the London district, was born at or near Lewes, Sussex, on 29 September 1691, the only son of Richard Challoner (who died in the early 1690s), a wine cooper, and his wife, Grace Willard (1669–1731)...
Article
Chubb, Thomas (1679–1747), religious writer
Clive Probyn
Chubb, Thomas (1679–1747), religious writer, was born at East Harnham, Salisbury, on 29 September 1679, the third of four sons of Henry Chubb and Mary Palmer. His father, a maltster, died in 1688, leaving his widow to bring up their sons. Thomas was taught reading, writing, and arithmetic, and in 1694 apprenticed to a ...
Article
Colquhoun [née Sinclair], Janet, Lady Colquhoun (1781–1846), religious writer
J. A. F. Maitland
revised by Rosemary Mitchell
Colquhoun [née Sinclair], Janet, Lady Colquhoun (1781–1846), religious writer, was the second daughter of Sir John Sinclair of Ulbster, first baronet (1754–1835), and his first wife, Sarah (d. 1785), the only child and heir of Alexander Maitland of Stoke Newington. She was born in ...
Article
Dodsworth, William (1798–1861), Tractarian clergyman and Roman Catholic writer
S. E. Young
Dodsworth, William (1798–1861), Tractarian clergyman and Roman Catholic writer, was born on 19 March 1798 at Kirk Ella, Yorkshire, the third son of wealthy Hull timber merchant, John Dodsworth (1765–1818), and his wife, Harriet Haydon (d. 1837). He was educated at Richmond School, Yorkshire...
Article
Flavell [Flavel], John (bap. 1630, d. 1691), Presbyterian minister and religious writer
James William Kelly
Flavell [Flavel], John (bap. 1630, d. 1691), Presbyterian minister and religious writer, was born at Bromsgrove, Worcestershire, where he was baptized on 26 September 1630, the elder son of Richard Flavell (d. 1665), clergyman. His brother Phineas was sometime chaplain in the family of ...
Article
Frend, William (1757–1841), religious writer and actuary
Nicholas Roe
Frend, William (1757–1841), religious writer and actuary, was born on 22 November 1757 at Canterbury, the second son of George Frend, wine merchant, alderman, and twice mayor of the city, and his wife, Catherine (d. 1763). His mother died when he was five years old, and his father married, on 25 September 1764, ...
Article
Furlong, Monica Mavis (1930–2003), novelist and writer on religion
Ruth McCurry
Furlong, Monica Mavis (1930–2003), novelist and writer on religion, was born on 17 January 1930 at 29 Kenton Park Avenue, Kenton, Middlesex, the younger daughter of Alfred Gordon Furlong (c.1889–c.1970), a motor tyre salesman of Irish descent, and his wife, ...
Article
Gosse, Philip Henry (1810–1888), zoologist and religious writer
L. R. Croft
Gosse, Philip Henry (1810–1888), zoologist and religious writer, was born on 6 April 1810 at the High Street, Worcester, the second of four children of Thomas Gosse (1765–1844) a mezzotint engraver and itinerant painter of miniature portraits, and Hannah Best (1780–1860), who before her marriage had been a domestic servant. His childhood was spent in ...
Article
Gurney, Joseph John (1788–1847), banker and religious writer
Edward H. Milligan
Gurney, Joseph John (1788–1847), banker and religious writer, was born on 2 August 1788 at Earlham Hall, Norwich, the eleventh of the twelve children of John Gurney (1749–1809) and Catherine Gurney, née Bell (1754–1792). The Gurneys, Quakers from the mid-seventeenth century, had developed a substantial wool-stapling business and were known for their social concern, evinced, for instance, in ...
Article
Hall, Joseph (1574–1656), bishop of Norwich, religious writer, and satirist
Richard A. McCabe
Hall, Joseph (1574–1656), bishop of Norwich, religious writer, and satirist, was born on 1 July 1574 at Bristow Park, Ashby-de-la-Zouch, the son of John Hall (d. 1608) and his wife, Winifred Bambridge. In Observations of some Specialities of Divine Providence in the Life of Joseph Hall...
Article
Hearn, Mary Anne [pseud. Marianne Farningham] (1834–1909), religious writer
Rosemary Mitchell
Hearn, Mary Anne [pseud. Marianne Farningham] (1834–1909), religious writer, was born on 17 December 1834 at Farningham, Kent, the eldest child of Joseph Hearn, a small tradesman and village postmaster, and his wife, Rebecca Bowers, the daughter of a paper maker and preacher. Her devout parents, who attended a local (Particular) Baptist church at ...
Article
Houselander, (Frances) Caryll (1901–1954), religious author
Alana Harris
Houselander, (Frances) Caryll (1901–1954), religious author, was born at Fern Cottage, Batheaston, Somerset, on 29 September 1901, the second daughter of Willmott Houselander (1868–1959), an aristocratic, atheistic bank manager, and his wife, Gertrude Mary, née Provis (1875–1950), an attractive, extroverted former mixed doubles ...
Article
Huntington, William (1745–1813), preacher and religious writer
Clare Brant
Huntington, William (1745–1813), preacher and religious writer, was born on 2 February 1745 in a cottage at the Four Wents, on the road between Goudhurst and Cranbrook, Kent, the natural son of Barnabas Russel, farmer, and baptized on 14 November 1750 at Cranbrook church...
12
