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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Beaulieu, Luke de (1644/5–1723), Church of England clergyman and religious writer
Gordon Goodwin
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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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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....
