Bernard Eyston, D.D. (1628–1709), was an English Franciscan friar, called in religion Bernard à Sancto Francisco. Eyston was a younger son of William Eyston, esq., of

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), by Mary, daughter of James Thatcher, esq., of Priesthawes, in the parish of

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. He was the cousin of Anthony Stapley, the regicide. He became lector of divinity at St. Bonaventure's Convent, Douay, where he died on 28 May 1709. He wrote 'The

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Duty compared, being Discourses upon the

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, Ten Commandments, and the

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s,’ Aire, 1684, 4to. Another Franciscan named Eyston, whose Christian name has not been ascertained, was the author of 'A Clear Looking-glass for all Wandering Sinners,’ Rouen, 1654, 24mo, dedicated to Lady Willoughby.

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1628 births 1709 deaths 17th-century English people People from Vale of White Horse (district) English Franciscans {{UK-reli-bio-stub