Allen, William (d. 1686), religious writer and controversialist, went to London about 1630. Nothing is known of his earlier life. In 1640 or 1641 he joined the church ministered to by John Goodwin, vicar of St Stephen, Coleman Street, London. He continued as a member when in 1645 it adopted congregational principles, and subsequently he became an elder. ...
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Allen, William (d. 1686), religious writer and controversialist
N. H. Keeble
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Hopton [née Harvey], Susanna (1627–1709), devotional writer and religious controversialist
Julia J. Smith
Hopton [née Harvey], Susanna (1627–1709), devotional writer and religious controversialist, was baptized on 27 October 1627 at St Martin-in-the-Fields, Middlesex, the daughter of Sir Simon Harvey (d. 1628), royal grocer and clerk of Greencloth, and his second wife, Ursula (1586–1671), daughter of ...
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Lacey, Thomas Alexander (1853–1931), religious writer and controversialist
C. B. Mortlock
revised by M. C. Curthoys
Lacey, Thomas Alexander (1853–1931), religious writer and controversialist, was born at Nottingham on 20 December 1853, the younger child and only son of George Frederick Lacey, a tailor and draper, and his wife, Susan Woodward, a native of Stamford, Lincolnshire, who was ill-treated and deserted by her husband, being left to bring up two infants. ...
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Stackhouse, Thomas (1681/2–1752), religious writer and controversialist
Scott Mandelbrote
Stackhouse, Thomas (1681/2–1752), religious writer and controversialist, the son of John Stackhouse (1652?–1734), vicar of Coniscliffe (1712–18) and later rector of Boldon, co. Durham, was born at Witton-le-Wear, in that county, where his father was then curate. He was educated for three years at ...
