Saturday 1 October 2022

Ejected men in the ODNB 'B'

John Ba[t]chiler/Bachilor (d 1674), an Emmanuel College graduate, was ousted in 1660 but took the Oxford oath in 1666.
Thomas Baldwin (d 1693) Baxter's assistant and successor
Nathanael Ball of Somerset c 1623–1681
Father and son William Bartlet 1599-1680 and John Bartlet 1609/10–1682 were both based in Exeter.
Thomas Baylie of Wiltshire 1581/2–1663
Suffolk born John Beadle 1595–1667
Cumbrian William Benn 1600–1681
Robert Bennet[t] (d 1687) ejected from Waddesdon in Buckinghamshire, a chaplain to Philip, Lord Wharton 1613-1696.
John Billingsley 1625–1683 who established a dissenting academy in Mansfield.
Derby born oriental scholar John Bingham 1612/13–1689
Samuel Birch 1620/21–1680 who ran a school and also became a chaplain to Lord Wharton.
John Bisco[e] 1605/6–1679 of High Wycombe ejected from Abingdon in 1660
William Blackmore 1616–1684
Samuel Blower (d 1701)
Pomeranian Mauritius Boheme or Bohemus fl 1646–1662
Also two sets of synonymously named fathers and sons: James Bradshaw Sr 1613-85, James Bradshaw Jr 1635-1702 of Bolton and John Brinsley Sr 1581–1624, John Brinsley Jr 1600–1665 of Ashby-de-la-Zouch, Leicestershire.
Andrew Bromhall 1608-1662
Benjamin Brunning 1623-1680
John Bryan (d 1676)
Daniel Bull 1633?-1697/8
John Burgess 1622/3–1671
Edward Burghall 1600-1665
Richard Byfield 1598-1664.
Cornelius Burges[s] (d 1665), Anthony Burges[s] (d 1664) Unrelated both had Watford connections and were published authors.

Ejected men in the ODNB 'A'

Brothers Richard Adams 1626/7–1698 and Thomas Adams 1631/2–1670. Thomas Adams was a published author not to be confused with others of the same name.
Henry Albin of Somerset 1624–1696.
Bartholomew Ashwood 1622–1678
Yorkshireman William Aspinwall (d 1702). He is sometimes confused with clergyman and author William Attersoll (d 1640) father of another ejected minister, William Attersoll 1590/91–1664.

Tuesday 2 August 2022

Peregrine Philips 1623-1691

PHILIPS was born at Amroth, Pembrokeshire, of which parish his father was vicar, in 1623. He was educated first at the grammar school, Haverfordwest, afterwards by Sir Edward Harley's private chaplain at Brampton-Bryan, Herefordshire, then by Dr William Thomas (afterwards Bishop of St. David's). He proceeded to Oxford, but the outbreak of the civil war soon put an end to his studies. He now took orders, acted for some time as curate to his uncle, Dr Collins, at Kidwelly, Carmarthenshire, and then received the rectory of Llangwm and Freystrop in his native county. His talents as a preacher in Welsh and English soon attracted the notice of the Puritan gentlemen of the district, who procured for him the livings of Monkton, St. Mary's, Pembroke, and Cosheston. He preached regularly every Sunday in his churches, and in 1648, at Cromwell's request, discoursed to the officers engaged in the siege of Pembroke. Throughout the Commonwealth period he held an influential position, being a member of the county committee which dealt with ‘scandalous’ ministers. He refused to conform in 1662, and so lost his livings. He settled at Dredgman Hill, a farm near Haverfordwest, let to him by his friend Sir Herbert Perrot of Harroldston, where he spent the rest of his life as a nonconformist preacher. During the reign of Charles II he was subject to much persecution, suffering imprisonment twice; nevertheless, he continued to preach at every opportunity, and his house was recorded as a congregationalist preaching station under the first Declaration of Indulgence (1672). The church he had formed in 1668 is mentioned in the list drawn up by Henry Maurice of Abergavenny in 1675. On the issue of the second Declaration of Indulgence (1687) Philips again took out a license for his own house and another in Haverfordwest, and preached in these until his death on 17 Sept. 1691. Though fearless and indefatigable in his work, he was reckoned a moderate man, and ‘took no small pleasure,’ says Calamy, ‘in reconciling differences.’