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)
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Richard Baxter (1615–1691) attrib. John Riley by permission of Dr Williams's Library
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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)
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John Flavell (bap. 1630, d. 1691), by Michael Vandergucht, late 17th century
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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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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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Woodward, Hezekiah (1591/2–1675), educationist and divine
M. Greengrass
Woodward, Hezekiah (1591/2–1675), educationist and divine, was born in Worcestershire, the youngest of nine children. Like most educational reformers, Woodward was critical of his own upbringing. According to the autobiographical details in his 'Of the child's portion' (1640), published in A Sons Patrimony and a Daughters Portion...
