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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Adams, Thomas (1631/2–1670), ejected minister and writer on Christian doctrine
Caroline L. Leachman
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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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Barret, John (1631–1713), Presbyterian minister and religious writer
Kenneth G. C. Newport
Barret, John (1631–1713), Presbyterian minister and religious writer, was admitted to Clare College, Cambridge, on 20 June 1646 and graduated BA in 1650. He was ordained at Wymeswold, Leicestershire, by the Wirksworth classis on 19 October 1652. Admitted as rector of St Peter's Church, Nottingham...
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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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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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Best, Paul (1590–1657), scholar and religious writer
Stephen D. Snobelen
Best, Paul (1590–1657), scholar and religious writer, was born in 1590 (before 12 August) probably at Hutton Cranswick, in the East Riding of Yorkshire, the first of the six children of James Best (d. 1617), yeoman farmer, and his first wife, Dorothy (...
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Burn, Andrew (1742–1814), marine officer and religious writer
Richard C. Blake
Burn, Andrew (1742–1814), marine officer and religious writer, was born in Dundee on 8 September 1742, the son of George John Burn and Christian Donie. When business failure induced his father to become a naval purser the sixteen-year-old Andrew accompanied him as an assistant clerk on active service in the ...
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Coppin, Richard (fl. c. 1645–1659), nonconformist preacher and writer
Nigel Smith
Coppin, Richard (fl. c. 1645–1659), nonconformist preacher and writer, about whom little is known except what he recounts in Truths Testimony (1655), was probably from Kent, and grew up to be an unexceptional pious believer within the established church. He was probably a student at ...
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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 ...
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Flavell, John (bap. 1630, d. 1691)
Maker: Michael Vandergucht
John Flavell (bap. 1630, d. 1691), by Michael Vandergucht, late 17th century
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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...
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Huntington, William (1745–1813)
Maker: Domenico Pellegrini
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William Huntington (1745–1813) by Domenico Pellegrini, 1803 © National Portrait Gallery, London
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Lawrence [Laurence], Edward (d. 1695), ejected minister and religious writer
C. D. Gilbert
Lawrence [Laurence], Edward (d. 1695), ejected minister and religious writer, was born in Moston in Hawkstone, Shropshire, the son of William Laurence of Shrewsbury and his wife (d. 1653); although Edmund Calamy gives 1623 as his date of birth his matriculation record suggests 1627/8. Having attended ...
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Maton, Robert (b. 1606/7, d. in or after 1646), religious writer
Stephen Wright
Maton, Robert (b. 1606/7, d. in or after 1646), religious writer, was the second son of William Maton of North Tidworth, Wiltshire, and his wife, Thomazin Hayter of Langford. He entered Wadham College, Oxford, as a commoner at Michaelmas 1623 and matriculated, aged nineteen, on 3 November 1626, graduating BA on 25 October 1627 and MA on 10 June 1630. Very little else is known of his life, although he is reported to have taken holy orders....
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Penington [née Proude], Mary [other married name Mary Springett, Lady Springett] (bap. 1623, d. 1682), Quaker and writer
Marie H. Loughlin
Penington [née Proude], Mary [other married name Mary Springett, Lady Springett] (bap. 1623, d. 1682), Quaker and writer, was born at Goodnestone Court, near Faversham, Kent, and baptized on 13 December 1623 at Canterbury Cathedral. She was the only child and heir of ...
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Truman, Joseph (bap. 1631, d. 1671), clergyman and ejected minister, and religious writer
Stephen Wright
Truman, Joseph (bap. 1631, d. 1671), clergyman and ejected minister, and religious writer, son of Richard and Mary Truman, was born at Gedling, near Nottingham, and baptized there on 2 February 1631. His father, who was perhaps a curate, was attacked for speaking against the ...
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Wadsworth, Thomas (1630–1676), nonconformist minister and religious writer
Alexander Gordon
revised by J. William Black
Wadsworth, Thomas (1630–1676), nonconformist minister and religious writer, was born in the parish of St Saviour's, Southwark, on 15 December 1630, the son of Thomas Wadsworth, who was a friend of Samuel Bolton, master of Christ's College, Cambridge, and lecturer at St Saviour's...
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