John Brandon (

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1687), was an English

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Life

Brandon was the son of Charles Brandon, a doctor of

Maidenhead Maidenhead is a market town in the Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead in the county of Berkshire, England, on the southwestern bank of the River Thames. It had an estimated population of 70,374 and forms part of the border with southern Bu ...

, was apparently born at Bray, near that town, about 1644. He entered

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, as a commoner on 15 Feb. 1661–2, and proceeded

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on 11 November 1665. Anthony Wood says that "he entertained for some time certain heterodox opinions, but afterwards being orthodox", took holy orders. He became rector of

Finchampstead Finchampstead is a village and civil parish in the Wokingham Borough in the shire of Berkshire, England. Its northern extremity is south of Wokingham, west of Bracknell, south-east of Reading, and west of Central London. It is an affluent ar ...

, and for some years preached a weekly lecture on Tuesdays at Reading.

Writings

*''Το πύρ το αίώνιον, or Everlasting Fire no Fancy; being an answer to a late pamphlet entit. "The Foundations of Hell-Torments shaken and removed'' (1678). The book was dedicated to Henry, earl of Starlin, from "

Wargrave Wargrave () is a historic village and civil parish in Berkshire, England. The village is primarily on the River Thames but also along the confluence of the River Loddon and lies on the border with southern Oxfordshire. The village has many old ...

n Berkshire 20 July 1676". It was written in reply to a pamphlet called ''The Torments of Hell'' (1658), by

Samuel Richardson Samuel Richardson (baptised 19 August 1689 – 4 July 1761) was an English writer and printer known for three epistolary novels: ''Pamela; or, Virtue Rewarded'' (1740), '' Clarissa: Or the History of a Young Lady'' (1748) and ''The History of ...

. *''Happiness at Hand, or a plain and practical discourse of the Joy of just men's souls in the State of Separation from the Body'' (1687). Dedicated to Dr. Robert Woodward, chancellor of the

bishop of Salisbury The Bishop of Salisbury is the ordinary of the Church of England's Diocese of Salisbury in the Province of Canterbury. The diocese covers much of the counties of Wiltshire and Dorset. The see is in the City of Salisbury where the bishop's seat ...

's court. *Selected sermons for publication.

References

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Brandon, John Year of death missing English theologians 17th-century English writers 17th-century English male writers People from Maidenhead People from Bray, Berkshire People from Finchampstead Year of birth unknown English male non-fiction writers