Allies, Thomas William (1813–1903), theologian and Roman Catholic convert, born at Midsomer Norton, Somerset, on 12 February 1813, was the son of Thomas Allies, curate of Henbury, Bristol, and later rector of Wormington, and his wife, Frances Elizabeth Fripp, daughter of a Bristol...
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Allies, Thomas William (1813–1903), theologian and Roman Catholic convert
W. B. Owen
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Baring, George (1781–1854), leader of the Western Schism and seceder from the Church of England
Grayson Carter
Baring, George (1781–1854), leader of the Western Schism and seceder from the Church of England, was born on 23 September 1781 in Mincing Lane, City of London, the fifth son of Sir Francis Baring (1740–1810), the founder of Baring Brothers merchant bank and a whig MP, and his wife, ...
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Barnard, John [known as John Augustine Bernard] (b. 1660/61, d. in or after 1713), Roman Catholic convert and author
A. J. Hegarty
Barnard, John [known as John Augustine Bernard] (b. 1660/61, d. in or after 1713), Roman Catholic convert and author, was the son of John Barnard (d. 1683), rector of Waddington, Lincolnshire, and his wife, Lettice, daughter of Peter Heylyn. Having matriculated from ...
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Bellasis, Edward (1800–1873), serjeant-at-law and Roman Catholic convert
H. C. G. Matthew
Bellasis, Edward (1800–1873), serjeant-at-law and Roman Catholic convert, was born at his father's vicarage at Basildon, Berkshire, on 14 October 1800, the only son of the Revd George Bellasis of Queen's College, Oxford, rector of Yattendon and vicar of Basilden (or Basildon) and ...
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Best [Beste], Henry Digby (1768–1836), Roman Catholic convert and author
Rosemary Mitchell
Best [Beste], Henry Digby (1768–1836), Roman Catholic convert and author, was born in Lincoln on 21 October 1768, the son of Henry Best (1730–1782), prebendary of Lincoln from 1762. His mother, Magdalen (d. 1797), the daughter of Kenelm Digby of North Luffenham...
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Bugg, Francis (1640–1727), Quaker apostate
Caroline L. Leachman
Bugg, Francis (1640–1727), Quaker apostate, was born at Mildenhall, Suffolk, on 10 March 1640 and baptized on 14 March. His father was Robert (d. c.1667), the second son of Francis and Margaret Bugg; his mother, Joan, the daughter of Thomas and ...
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Bulteel, Henry Bellenden (1800–1866), religious controversialist and seceder from the Church of England
Timothy C. F. Stunt
Bulteel, Henry Bellenden (1800–1866), religious controversialist and seceder from the Church of England, was born on 14 September 1800 at Bellevue, Turnchapel, Plymstock, the fourth of the ten children of Thomas Hillersdon Bulteel (1766–1815) of Bellevue, and his wife, Anne, daughter of Christopher Harris...
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Carier, Benjamin (bap. 1565, d. 1614), Church of England clergyman and Roman Catholic convert
Antony Charles Ryan
Carier, Benjamin (bap. 1565, d. 1614), Church of England clergyman and Roman Catholic convert, was baptized on 6 January 1565 at Boughton Monchelsea, Kent, the third child and eldest son of the four sons and five daughters of Anthony Carier (d. 1580)...
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Carpenter, Richard (1604/5–1670?), Roman Catholic priest and apostate author
William E. Burns
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Connelly, Pierce (1804–1883), apostate Episcopal priest and anti-Catholic pamphleteer
D. G. Paz
Connelly, Pierce (1804–1883), apostate Episcopal priest and anti-Catholic pamphleteer, was born on 9 August 1804 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, the eldest of four sons of Henry Connelly, a cabinet-maker, and his second wife, Elizabeth Pierce. He married Cornelia Peacock [see Connelly, Cornelia (1809-1879)...
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Copley [alias Luttrell], John (c. 1577–1662), protestant convert and Church of England clergyman
Elizabeth Allen
Copley [alias Luttrell], John (c. 1577–1662), protestant convert and Church of England clergyman, was born at Louvain in the Spanish Netherlands, the fourth and youngest surviving son of Thomas Copley (1532–1584) of Gatton, Surrey, and Roughay, Sussex, a coheir of Lord Hoo and Hastings...
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Deane, Thomas (1651–1735), Roman Catholic convert
Thompson Cooper
revised by Ruth Jordan
Deane, Thomas (1651–1735), Roman Catholic convert, was the son of Edward Deane of Malden, Kent. He matriculated from University College, Oxford, on 19 October 1669, the same day as his friend and future colleague Nathaniel Boyse, and subscribed the articles and took the oath of supremacy in the following month, when he was probably admitted a servitor. He graduated BA in 1673 and MA in 1676. He became a tutor in the college, of which he was elected fellow on 4 December 1684, and Greek lecturer. He '...
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Everard, John (b. 1586/7?), Roman Catholic convert and author
Vivienne Larminie
Everard, John (b. 1586/7
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Forester, James (c. 1560–1622?), separatist apostate and Church of England clergyman
Stephen Wright
Forester, James (c. 1560–1622
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Giberne, Maria Rosina (1802–1885), artist and convert to Roman Catholicism
Joyce Sugg
Giberne, Maria Rosina (1802–1885), artist and convert to Roman Catholicism, was born on 13 August 1802 at Clapton, London, the seventh child of Mark Giberne (d. 1846), a wine merchant, and his wife, Rebecca Sharp (d. 1847). Her father came from French stock: the Huguenot ...
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Gladstone, Helen Jane (1814–1880), Roman Catholic convert
H. C. G. Matthew
Gladstone, Helen Jane (1814–1880), Roman Catholic convert, was born on 28 June 1814 at 62 Rodney Street, Liverpool. She was the second daughter, and youngest of the six children, of Sir John Gladstone, first baronet (1764–1851), and his second wife, Anne, née Robertson (1771/2–1835)...
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Gunter [née Cresswell], Mary (1586–1622), convert to protestantism
Retha M. Warnicke
Gunter [née Cresswell], Mary (1586–1622), convert to protestantism, was the daughter of Thomas Cresswell, gentleman, and a kinswoman of Sir Christopher Blount, third husband of Lettice Dudley, dowager countess of Leicester and Essex. Her parents having died in her infancy Mary was raised by an elderly Catholic lady. After her guardian's death, when ...