Henry Becher (''
fl''. 1561) was an English translator and vicar of
Mayfield, in the jurisdiction of
South Malling. He translated into the English tongue and adorned with a long preface against the late
Pelagians
Pelagianism is a Christian theological position that holds that the original sin did not taint human nature and that humans by divine grace have free will to achieve human perfection. Pelagius ( – AD), an ascetic and philosopher from th ...
– i.e. Henry Hart and others in Kent, Essex, London, and other places – the two books of ''St. Ambrose de Vocatione Gentium''. In the preface are many things concerning this heresy which was active in many parts of England in the times of
Henry VIII
Henry VIII (28 June 149128 January 1547) was King of England from 22 April 1509 until his death in 1547. Henry is best known for his six marriages, and for his efforts to have his first marriage (to Catherine of Aragon) annulled. His disa ...
and
Queen Mary. The full title of his translation is as follows: , London, 1561, octavo.
[manuscript Coll. Corp. Chr. Cantabr. Miscell.][Tanner's Bibl. British-Hibern. page 82][Watt's Bibl. British]
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People from Mayfield, East Sussex