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Thomas Calvert (divine)
Thomas Calvert (1606–1679) was an English Nonconformist (Protestantism), Nonconformist divine in Derbyshire and York. Life Thomas Calvert was born at York in 1606, and educated at St Peter's School, York and Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge. He served as chaplain of Sir Thomas Burdett, 1st Baronet, of Bramcote, Sir Thomas Burdet, in Derbyshire, for some time, and afterwards held the vicarage of Holy Trinity Church, King's Court, Trinity Church in the King's Court at York.Lee 1886, p. 274. During the Commonwealth of England, Commonwealth he held one of the four preacherships endowed by the Crown at the York Minster, minster, besides the living of Allhallows, York. He was ejected from his living in 1662, was banished from York by the Five Mile Act 1665, Five Mile Act, and "withdrew to the good Lady Berwicks, near Tadcaster." In 1637 he conducted the funeral of the learned Lady Jane Burdett of Foremark, Derbyshire. He published an account of the funeral under the title of "T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nonconformist (Protestantism)
In English church history, the Nonconformists, also known as a Free Church person, are Protestant Christians who did not "conform" to the governance and usages of the established church, the Church of England (Anglican Church). Use of the term in England was precipitated after the Restoration of the Stuart monarchy in 1660, when the Act of Uniformity 1662 renewed opposition to reforms within the established church. By the late 19th century the term specifically included other Reformed Christians ( Presbyterians and Congregationalists), plus the Baptists, Brethren, Methodists, and Quakers. The English Dissenters such as the Puritans who violated the Act of Uniformity 1559 – typically by practising radical, sometimes separatist, dissent – were retrospectively labelled as Nonconformists. By law and social custom, Nonconformists were restricted from many spheres of public life – not least, from access to public office, civil service careers, or degrees at university â ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
