Laurence Chaderton (''c''. September 1536 – 13 November 1640) was an English

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, the first Master of

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and one of the translators of the

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Life

Chaderton was born in Lees, or else

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,. both near

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, England, probably during September 1536, a son of Thomas Chaderton, a

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. His birth preceded the institution of parish baptism registers in England in 1538. Under the tuition of

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, a Roman Catholic priest, he became an able scholar. In 1564 he entered

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, where, after a short time, he formally adopted the Reformed doctrines and was in consequence disinherited by his father. In 1567 he was elected a fellow of his college, and subsequently was chosen lecturer of

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, where he preached to admiring audiences for many years. He married Cecily Culverwell, which entailed giving up his fellowship.Francis J. Bremer, Tom Webster, ''Puritans and Puritanism in Europe and America: A Comprehensive Encyclopedia'' (2006), p. 51. He was a man of moderate, puritan views, though numbering among his friends some of the greatest Puritan preachers and divines like Thomas Cartwright,

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, and William Perkins. So great was his reputation that when Sir

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, founded

in 1584, he chose Chaderton for the first master, and on his expressing some reluctance, declared that if he would not accept the office the foundation should not go on. In 1604 Chaderton was appointed one of the four divines for managing the cause of the Puritans at the Hampton Court Conference. He was also among the translators of the

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of the Bible. In 1578 he had taken the degree of B.D., and in 1613 he was created

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At this period he made provision for twelve fellows and above forty scholars in Emmanuel College. Fearing that he might have a successor who held

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doctrines, he resigned the mastership in favour of John Preston in 1622, but survived him, and lived also to see the college presided over successively by

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and

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. He died at the age of about 104, preserving his bodily and mental faculties to the end.

Works

Chaderton published a sermon preached at

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about 1580, and a treatise of his ''On Justification'' was printed by

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, professor of divinity at

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. Some other works by him on theological subjects remain in manuscript (as of 1911).

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Chaderton, Laurence 1530s births 1640 deaths English centenarians Masters of Emmanuel College, Cambridge Men centenarians People from Lees, Greater Manchester People from Chadderton 16th-century English Puritan ministers Translators of the King James Version 17th-century English clergy 16th-century Anglican theologians 17th-century Anglican theologians