Allies, Thomas William (1813–1903), theologian and Roman Catholic convert, born at Midsomer Norton, Somerset, on 12 February 1813, was the son of Thomas Allies, curate of Henbury, Bristol, and later rector of Wormington, and his wife, Frances Elizabeth Fripp, daughter of a Bristol...
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Allies, Thomas William (1813–1903), theologian and Roman Catholic convert
W. B. Owen
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Aston [Ashton], John (d. in or before 1407), Lollard preacher
Maureen Jurkowski
Aston [Ashton], John (d. in or before 1407), Lollard preacher, was an early disciple of John Wyclif. A native of Worcester diocese, from 1365 to 1372 he was paid as a fellow of Merton College (which produced a large number of Wycliffites), and in 1372 was appointed a royal commissioner to settle a dispute at the university over the election of proctors. He gained the degrees of master of arts and scholar of theology. His career as a Wycliffite preacher had begun by 1382, if not earlier. The ...
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Baring, George (1781–1854), leader of the Western Schism and seceder from the Church of England
Grayson Carter
Baring, George (1781–1854), leader of the Western Schism and seceder from the Church of England, was born on 23 September 1781 in Mincing Lane, City of London, the fifth son of Sir Francis Baring (1740–1810), the founder of Baring Brothers merchant bank and a whig MP, and his wife, ...
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Barnard, John [known as John Augustine Bernard] (b. 1660/61, d. in or after 1713), Roman Catholic convert and author
A. J. Hegarty
Barnard, John [known as John Augustine Bernard] (b. 1660/61, d. in or after 1713), Roman Catholic convert and author, was the son of John Barnard (d. 1683), rector of Waddington, Lincolnshire, and his wife, Lettice, daughter of Peter Heylyn. Having matriculated from ...
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Barton, John (fl. 1417), physician and alleged heretic
Michael Wilks
Barton, John (fl. 1417), physician and alleged heretic, was the subject of a testimonial issued at Reading on 11 May 1417 by Archbishop Chichele, stating that John Barton, described as a doctor of the city of London, had purged himself in a provincial council held at ...
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Bellasis, Edward (1800–1873), serjeant-at-law and Roman Catholic convert
H. C. G. Matthew
Bellasis, Edward (1800–1873), serjeant-at-law and Roman Catholic convert, was born at his father's vicarage at Basildon, Berkshire, on 14 October 1800, the only son of the Revd George Bellasis of Queen's College, Oxford, rector of Yattendon and vicar of Basilden (or Basildon) and ...
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Best [Beste], Henry Digby (1768–1836), Roman Catholic convert and author
Rosemary Mitchell
Best [Beste], Henry Digby (1768–1836), Roman Catholic convert and author, was born in Lincoln on 21 October 1768, the son of Henry Best (1730–1782), prebendary of Lincoln from 1762. His mother, Magdalen (d. 1797), the daughter of Kenelm Digby of North Luffenham...
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Boughton, Joan (c. 1414–1494), Wycliffite heretic
Henry Summerson
Boughton, Joan (c. 1414–1494), Wycliffite heretic, is known only from accounts of her death. The fullest of these, in the great chronicle of London, records that she was a widow and mother, and describes her as 'an old cankyrd heretyke that dotid For age...
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Bryhtwell [Bryghtwell], Thomas (d. 1390), ecclesiastic and suspected heretic
Charles Kightly
Bryhtwell [Bryghtwell], Thomas (d. 1390), ecclesiastic and suspected heretic, was born in the diocese of Salisbury, possibly at either Brightwell or Britwell, both in Berkshire, the son of John Welle. First recorded in 1364, as a fellow of Exeter College, Oxford, he was a fellow of ...
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Carier, Benjamin (bap. 1565, d. 1614), Church of England clergyman and Roman Catholic convert
Antony Charles Ryan
Carier, Benjamin (bap. 1565, d. 1614), Church of England clergyman and Roman Catholic convert, was baptized on 6 January 1565 at Boughton Monchelsea, Kent, the third child and eldest son of the four sons and five daughters of Anthony Carier (d. 1580)...
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Carpenter, Richard (1604/5–1670?), Roman Catholic priest and apostate author
William E. Burns
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Cheyne, Sir John (c. 1390–1468), Lollard and rebel
Linda Clark
Cheyne, Sir John (c. 1390–1468), Lollard and rebel, was the elder son of Roger Cheyne (1362–1414) of Drayton Beauchamp, Buckinghamshire, one of the leaders of the Lollard movement in the early fifteenth century. Roger may well have adopted his heretical leanings through the influence of the prominent Lollard knight and diplomat ...
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Claydon, John (d. 1415), heretic
Christina von Nolcken
Claydon, John (d. 1415), heretic, is first certainly recorded on 9 June 1386, when with five others he stood surety for John Northampton, formerly a controversial mayor of London, and for Northampton's associates John More and Richard Norbury. He may also have been the ...
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Clement (fl. 744–747), alleged heretic
Timothy Reuter
Clement (fl. 744–747), alleged heretic, was a cleric in Francia during the time of St Boniface (d. 754); he claimed to be a bishop, implying probably the status of a chorbishop or Irish-style bishop rather than governance of a diocese. Although said to have been Irish by birth, he is never called ...
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Clifford, Sir Lewis (c. 1330–1404), soldier and suspected heretic
Peter Fleming
Clifford, Sir Lewis (c. 1330–1404), soldier and suspected heretic, 'far from being of the north-country baronial family was a cadet of the Cliffords of Devonshire, such small fry that their pedigree is difficult to trace' (McFarlane, 162). He was probably born in the early 1330s. His military career began inauspiciously as one of the ...
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Connelly, Pierce (1804–1883), apostate Episcopal priest and anti-Catholic pamphleteer
D. G. Paz
Connelly, Pierce (1804–1883), apostate Episcopal priest and anti-Catholic pamphleteer, was born on 9 August 1804 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, the eldest of four sons of Henry Connelly, a cabinet-maker, and his second wife, Elizabeth Pierce. He married Cornelia Peacock [see Connelly, Cornelia (1809-1879)...
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Copley [alias Luttrell], John (c. 1577–1662), protestant convert and Church of England clergyman
Elizabeth Allen
Copley [alias Luttrell], John (c. 1577–1662), protestant convert and Church of England clergyman, was born at Louvain in the Spanish Netherlands, the fourth and youngest surviving son of Thomas Copley (1532–1584) of Gatton, Surrey, and Roughay, Sussex, a coheir of Lord Hoo and Hastings...
