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Shorland (or Sherland) Adams (c. 1605 – 11 Apr 1664) was a
Church of England
The Church of England (C of E) is the established Christian church in England and the mother church of the international Anglican Communion. It traces its history to the Christian church recorded as existing in the Roman province of Britain ...
priest whose outspoken support for the Royalists during the English Civil War
The English Civil War (1642–1651) was a series of civil wars and political machinations between Parliamentarians (" Roundheads") and Royalists led by Charles I ("Cavaliers"), mainly over the manner of England's governance and issues of re ...
garnished his reputation during his tenure in the parishes of Eyam and Treeton
Treeton is a village and civil parish of the Metropolitan Borough of Rotherham in South Yorkshire, England. It is located about south of the town of Rotherham and east of Sheffield City Centre.
History
There is evidence of Mesolithic and Ne ...
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Life
Reverend Shorland Adams was Rector of Eyam between 1630 and 1644, before being ejected by thePuritans
The Puritans were English Protestants in the 16th and 17th centuries who sought to purify the Church of England of Roman Catholic practices, maintaining that the Church of England had not been fully reformed and should become more Protestant. P ...
and replaced by Thomas Stanley. Stanley was later ejected and Adams was reinstated in 1660, whilst also remaining rector at Treeton, and he remained the parishes until his death in 1664, being replaced by William Mompesson
William Mompesson (1639 – 7 March 1709) was a Church of England priest whose decisive action when his Derbyshire parish, Eyam, became infected with the plague in the 17th century averted more widespread catastrophe.
The earliest reference to hi ...
. Due to his outspoken support for the Royalist cause during the English Civil War, the Parliamentarians imprisoned and stripped Adams of his dwelling.
Death and legacy
Adams died on 11 Apr 1664 at Treeton. He was buried at St Helen's Church, Treeton.See also
*St Lawrence's Church, Eyam
St Lawrence’s Church, Eyam is a Grade II* listed parish church in the Church of England in Eyam, Derbyshire.
History
The church is medieval with elements from the 13th and 15th centuries. It was partially rebuilt in 1619. The church was rest ...
* St Helen's Church, TreetonReferences
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