(Giovanni) Giacinto Achilli (b. c. 1803) by unknown engraver, pubd 1850 © National Portrait Gallery, London
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Achilli, (Giovanni) Giacinto (b. c. 1803), Dominican priest, anti-Catholic polemicist, and seducer
Sheridan Gilley
Achilli, (Giovanni) Giacinto (b. c. 1803), Dominican priest, anti-Catholic polemicist, and seducer, was born in the village of Celleno, 18 miles from Viterbo, then in the Papal States. He joined the Dominican order in 1819, studied at the convent of the Minerva in ...
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Bale, John (1495–1563), bishop of Ossory, evangelical polemicist, and historian
John N. King
Bale, John (1495–1563), bishop of Ossory, evangelical polemicist, and historian, was born to parents of humble means at the village of Cove, near Dunwich in Suffolk, on 21 November 1495. In his Illustrium maioris Britanniae Bale names his parents as Henry and Margaret...
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Bell [alias Burton], Thomas (b. c. 1551, d. in or after 1610), Roman Catholic priest and protestant polemicist
Alexandra Walsham
Bell [alias Burton], Thomas (b. c. 1551, d. in or after 1610), Roman Catholic priest and protestant polemicist, was born at Raskelf, near Thirsk, in Yorkshire. His parents are unknown, but he had several sisters and brothers, one of whom was later a merchant at ...
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Brinklow [Brinkelow], Henry [pseud. Roderyck or Roderigo Mors] (d. 1545/6), polemicist
Alec Ryrie
Brinklow [Brinkelow], Henry [pseud. Roderyck or Roderigo Mors] (d. 1545/6), polemicist, was apparently the eldest of nine children of Robert Brinklow, a farmer of Kintbury, Berkshire (d. 1543), and his wife, Sibyl or Isabell Butler (d. in or before 1545)...
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Buckenham, Robert (fl. c. 1523–1539), Catholic polemicist and prior of Cambridge
Martin Holt Dotterweich
Buckenham, Robert (fl. c. 1523–1539), Catholic polemicist and prior of Cambridge, took at Cambridge the degrees of BTh about 1523 and DTh in 1530–31. He is also said to have studied in Bologna in 1526, being sent back to England the following year. Early in January 1530, after ...
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Care, Henry (1646/7–1688), writer and polemicist
Lois G. Schwoerer
Care, Henry (1646/7–1688), writer and polemicist, was nicknamed Harry and known as Ingenious; he spelt his surname Care, rather than Carre, Carr, Carey, Cave, or Cane, as it sometimes appeared, but no evidence links him to others called Care of the era. Nothing is known of his parents, but an unidentified uncle was a friend of the whig printer ...
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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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Constable, Henry (1562–1613), polemicist and poet
Ceri Sullivan
Constable, Henry (1562–1613), polemicist and poet, was born in Newark-on-Trent, the only child of Sir Robert Constable (d. 1591) and Christiana, daughter of John Dabridgecourt of Langdon Hall, Warwickshire, and widow of Anthony Forster. His family was distinguished: his grandfather Robert Constable...
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Corbet, John (1603–1641), religious polemicist and Church of Scotland and Church of Ireland minister
John Callow
Corbet, John (1603–1641), religious polemicist and Church of Scotland and Church of Ireland minister, was probably born in the Gorbals, Glasgow, the son of William Corbet, a portioner of the city. He graduated MA from Glasgow University in 1623, and as 'a Person of Good learning...
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Gates, Geoffrey (fl. 1566–1580), soldier and polemicist
D. J. B. Trim
Gates, Geoffrey (fl. 1566–1580), soldier and polemicist, was the eldest son and heir of Geoffrey Gates; his mother was a Pascall of Essex. His uncle was the Essex gentleman Sir John Gates (1504–1553), captain of the guard of Edward VI and chancellor of the ...
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Gwynneth [Gwynedd], John (d. 1560x63), composer and polemicist
J. P. D. Cooper
Gwynneth [Gwynedd], John (d. 1560x63), composer and polemicist, is of uncertain origins. According to Arthur Bulkeley, his contemporary and bishop of Bangor, Gwynneth was the son of Dafydd ap Llewelyn ab Ithel of Castellmarch, Llŷn, Caernarvonshire. Church music gave him the opportunity of advancement. In minor orders as an acolyte when admitted rector of ...
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Harvey, Richard (bap. 1560, d. 1630), astrologer and polemicist
Bernard Capp
Harvey, Richard (bap. 1560, d. 1630), astrologer and polemicist, was born in Saffron Walden, Essex, and baptized there on 15 April 1560, the second son of John Harvey (d. 1593), a prosperous master rope maker, and his wife, Ales (Alice; d. 1613)...
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Huggarde, Miles (fl. 1533–1557), poet and religious polemicist
C. Bradshaw
Huggarde, Miles (fl. 1533–1557), poet and religious polemicist, was described by his contemporaries as a hosier who lived and traded in Pudding Lane in the city of London (Acts and Monuments, 7.111, 759). Much of his life is shrouded in obscurity: the identity of his parents and the date and place of his birth are unknown. He lacked a formal education and may have been largely self-taught: ...
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Hughes, Selwyn (1928–2006), evangelical minister and devotional writer
John A. Hargreaves
Hughes, Selwyn (1928–2006), evangelical minister and devotional writer, was born on 27 April 1928 at 4 Tunnel Terrace, near Fochriw, Glamorgan, the elder of the two children of John Wyndham Hughes (1906–1986), an underground colliery electrician, and his wife, Lily, née Marshallsea (...
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Ilive, Jacob (bap. 1705, d. 1763), printer and religious polemicist
James A. Herrick
Ilive, Jacob (bap. 1705, d. 1763), printer and religious polemicist, baptized at St Botolph, Aldersgate, London, on 6 July 1705, was the son of Thomas Ilive (d. 1724), a printer of Aldersgate Street, one of those 'said to be highflyers' (...
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James, Elinor (1644/5–1719)
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Elinor James (1644/55–1719) by unknown artist, c. 1700 © National Portrait Gallery, London
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James [née Banckes], Elinor [Eleanor] (1644/5–1719), printer and polemicist
Paula McDowell
James [née Banckes], Elinor [Eleanor] (1644/5–1719), printer and polemicist, was the daughter of Mary Banckes; the name of her father is not known. By a marriage licence dated 27 October 1662, at the age of seventeen, she married Thomas James (c...
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Joye, George (1490x95–1553), evangelical author
H. L. Parish
Joye, George (1490x95–1553), evangelical author, was born in Bedfordshire, and educated in Cambridge, where he graduated BA in 1513, and on 27 April 1517 was elected a fellow of Peterhouse. He took the degree of BTh in 1524–5, but soon afterwards his religious beliefs brought him into conflict with the Henrician government. In 1526 his rooms were searched for heretical and prohibited literature, and it seems that it was through the intervention of ...
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Kethe, William (d. 1594), religious polemicist and translator
J. Fielding
Kethe, William (d. 1594), religious polemicist and translator, probably originated in The Mearns, Scotland. Very little is known about his early life; he may have lived in Exeter. What is certain is that by Edward VI's reign he had become a writer of militantly protestant broadside poems. ...
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