Abbot, Robert (fl. c. 1589–1652), Church of England clergyman and religious writer, was most probably the Robert Abbot who graduated BA from Peterhouse, Cambridge, in 1605 and was incorporated MA at Oxford on 14 July 1607. Nothing is known of his family background and early life, but in 1639 he wrote '...
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Abbot, Robert (fl. c. 1589–1652), Church of England clergyman and religious writer
Jacqueline Eales
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Adams, Thomas (1631/2–1670), ejected minister and writer on Christian doctrine
Caroline L. Leachman
Adams, Thomas (1631/2–1670), ejected minister and writer on Christian doctrine, was born at Woodchurch parsonage, Cheshire, one of at least three sons of Charles Adams and his wife, Isabel Bennet 'the daughter of a worthy gentleman'—Thomas Bennet, from the same parish (...
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Alleine, Joseph (bap. 1634, d. 1668), ejected minister and devotional writer
Brian W. Kirk
Alleine, Joseph (bap. 1634, d. 1668), ejected minister and devotional writer, was born in a house next to the Poultry Market, Devizes, Wiltshire, and baptized on 8 April 1634, at St John's Church, there, the fourth child of Tobias Alleine (d. 1667)...
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Allen, Robert (fl. 1582–1612), Church of England clergyman and religious writer
Richard L. Greaves
Allen, Robert (fl. 1582–1612), Church of England clergyman and religious writer, was probably the Robert Alen who matriculated as a sizar at Pembroke College, Cambridge, at Easter 1582 and graduated BA in 1585–6 and MA in 1589. In the epistle dedicatory to The Doctrine of the Gospel...
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Allenson, John (d. 1619), Church of England clergyman and literary editor
Roger N. McDermott
Allenson, John (d. 1619), Church of England clergyman and literary editor, was born in Durham. He matriculated from Trinity College, Cambridge, in 1576, and the same year moved to St John's College as an Ashton scholar. He graduated BA in 1580, was ordained deacon at ...
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Allix, Peter [Pierre] (1641–1717), Church of England clergyman and religious writer
Vivienne Larminie
Allix, Peter [Pierre] (1641–1717), Church of England clergyman and religious writer, was the son of Pierre Allix, pastor of the Reformed church at Alençon in Normandy. After education at the protestant academy at Saumur, where in 1664 he participated in a disputation published as ...
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Aungell [Angell, Angel], John (d. 1568), Church of England clergyman and religious author
Henry Summerson
Aungell [Angell, Angel], John (d. 1568), Church of England clergyman and religious author, is of unknown origins, and details of his early career are difficult to establish due to the existence of namesakes. It seems likely, however, that he was the man of that name recorded as tenth minor canon of ...
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Aylesbury, Thomas (bap. 1597, d. 1660/61), Church of England clergyman and religious writer
Colin Alsbury
Aylesbury, Thomas (bap. 1597, d. 1660/61), Church of England clergyman and religious writer, was baptized at St Martin's, Birmingham, on 17 July 1597, the eldest of eight children of William Aylesbury (d. in or after 1641) and his wife, Dorothy Walton (...
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Ball, John (1585–1640), Church of England clergyman and religious writer
John Sutton
Ball, John (1585–1640), Church of England clergyman and religious writer, was born at Cassington, Oxfordshire, in early October 1585, the son of William Ball and his wife, Agnes Mabet. Although in humble circumstances, his parents sent him to a private school in the neighbouring village of ...
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Bancroft, George (d. 1573?), religious writer and Church of England clergyman
Henry Summerson
Bancroft, George (d. 1573
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Bate, James (1703–1775), Church of England clergyman and writer on religion
A. B. Grosart
revised by J. S. Chamberlain
Bate, James (1703–1775), Church of England clergyman and writer on religion, was born at Boughton Malherbe in Kent, the eldest of the seven sons of the Revd Richard Bate (d. 1737), vicar of Chilham and rector of Wareham, and his wife, Elizabeth Stanhope (...
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Baxter, Richard (1615–1691), ejected minister and religious writer
N. H. Keeble
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 ...
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Baxter, Richard (1615–1691)
Maker: John Riley
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Richard Baxter (1615–1691) attrib. John Riley by permission of Dr Williams's Library
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Beaulieu, Luke de (1644/5–1723), Church of England clergyman and religious writer
Gordon Goodwin
revised by Emma Major
Beaulieu, Luke de (1644/5–1723), Church of England clergyman and religious writer, was a native of France, and was educated at the University of Saumur. Obliged to leave his country on account of his religion he sought refuge in England about 1667 and was naturalized English in June 1682. He rapidly gained a reputation as a cleric, and in November 1670 he received the vicarage of ...
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Benefield [Benfield], Sebastian (1568/9–1630), Church of England clergyman and divine
John S. Macauley
Benefield [Benfield], Sebastian (1568/9–1630), Church of England clergyman and divine, was born at Prestbury, near Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, and went to school in Cheltenham. His long career at Oxford began when he was admitted scholar of Corpus Christi College on 30 August 1586, aged seventeen. He graduated BA in 1589 (25 June), became a probationer fellow on 16 April 1590, and proceeded MA in 1593 (3 April). Following ordination he was licensed to preach, becoming a well-known and frequent preacher; one of his earliest publications was a sermon at the university church (24 March 1610), commemorating the accession of ...
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Bernard, Richard (bap. 1568, d. 1642)
Maker: Wenceslaus Hollar
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Richard Bernard (bap. 1568, d. 1642) by Wenceslaus Hollar, pubd 1644 © National Portrait Gallery, London
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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 ...
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Bownd, Nicholas (d. 1613), Church of England clergyman and religious writer
Kenneth L. Parker
Bownd, Nicholas (d. 1613), Church of England clergyman and religious writer, was one of at least three sons of Richard Bound (d. in or before 1573), physician to the duke of Norfolk and living in Cambridgeshire, and his wife, Katherine Wood (...
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Burkitt, William (1650–1703), Church of England clergyman and devotional writer
Richard J. Ginn
Burkitt, William (1650–1703), Church of England clergyman and devotional writer, was born on 25 July 1650 at Hitcham, Suffolk, the son of Miles Burkitt (1609/10–1669), the rector there, and his wife, Rebecca Sparrow. Miles Burkitt had clashed repeatedly with the Laudian authorities in ...
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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 ...
