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Cartwright, Thomas
Cartwright, Thomas (1535–1603). A leading early presbyterian, Cartwright was born in Hertfordshire and graduated from St John's College, Cambridge. Expelled on Mary's accession, he returned as fellow of Trinity (1562), but disputes over surplices and church government led him to depart for Ireland (1565–7). After his return as Lady Margaret professor of divinity (1569) his advocacy of presbyterian church government brought him into frequent conflict with Whitgift, master of Trinity. Deprived of his professorship (1570) and his Trinity fellowship (1571), he emigrated to Geneva. After a brief spell in England (1572), he became (1573) minister to exiled English congregations in Antwerp and Middelburg. Back in England (1585), he continued to preach despite two spells of imprisonment, after which he retired to Guernsey (1592). Intellectually the leading puritan of his day, he refused to associate with the Brownists and Barrowists.
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JOHN CANNON. "Cartwright, Thomas." The Oxford Companion to British History. 2002. Encyclopedia.com. 27 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. JOHN CANNON. "Cartwright, Thomas." The Oxford Companion to British History. 2002. Encyclopedia.com. (May 27, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O110-CartwrightThomas.html JOHN CANNON. "Cartwright, Thomas." The Oxford Companion to British History. 2002. Retrieved May 27, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O110-CartwrightThomas.html |
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Cartwright, Thomas
Cartwright, Thomas (1535–1603), Puritan. A Fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge, he was appointed Lady Margaret Professor in 1569. He criticized the constitution of the C of E, was deprived of his Professorship in 1570, and went to Geneva. He returned in 1572 but his defence of the Admonition to Parliament led to the loss of his Trinity Fellowship. He fled and did not return to England until 1585, though he was given semi-official encouragement to write against the RC Church from 1583. On James I's accession (1603) he took part in the Puritan petitioning of the new King and seems to have been intended as one of the Puritan spokesmen at the Hampton Court Conference, but died before it met.
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E. A. LIVINGSTONE. "Cartwright, Thomas." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church. 2000. Encyclopedia.com. 27 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. E. A. LIVINGSTONE. "Cartwright, Thomas." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church. 2000. Encyclopedia.com. (May 27, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O95-CartwrightThomas.html E. A. LIVINGSTONE. "Cartwright, Thomas." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church. 2000. Retrieved May 27, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O95-CartwrightThomas.html |
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Cartwright, Thomas
Cartwright, Thomas (1535–1603). A leading early presbyterian, Cartwright was born in Hertfordshire and graduated from St John's College, Cambridge. Expelled on Mary's accession, he returned as fellow of Trinity (1562), but disputes over surplices and church government led him to depart for Ireland (1565–7). After his return as Lady Margaret professor of divinity (1569) his advocacy of presbyterian church government brought him into conflict with Whitgift, master of Trinity. Deprived of his professorship (1570) and his fellowship (1571), he emigrated to Geneva. Intellectually the leading puritan of his day, he refused to associate with the Brownists and Barrowists.
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JOHN CANNON. "Cartwright, Thomas." A Dictionary of British History. 2004. Encyclopedia.com. 27 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. JOHN CANNON. "Cartwright, Thomas." A Dictionary of British History. 2004. Encyclopedia.com. (May 27, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O43-CartwrightThomas.html JOHN CANNON. "Cartwright, Thomas." A Dictionary of British History. 2004. Retrieved May 27, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O43-CartwrightThomas.html |
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