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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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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Hicks, William (bap. 1621, d. 1660), religious writer
John S. Macauley
Hicks, William (bap. 1621, d. 1660), religious writer, was baptized at Kerris in the parish of Paul, Cornwall, on 2 January 1621, the son of Nicholas Hicks, gentleman. He was educated partly at grammar school in Exeter, Devon, and partly at Liskeard, Cornwall...
