William Hinde (1569?–1629) was an English priest and author, of

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Life

Born at

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, Westmoreland, about 1569, he entered

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, in Michaelmas term 1586 as a servitor; he was elected successively tabarder and perpetual fellow. He graduated with

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(BA) on 2 July 1591, and Oxford Master of Arts (MA Oxon) 2 July 1594. About 1603, he became perpetual curate of

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. He was a leader of the nonconformists in

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, and clashed with Thomas Morton as

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. Hinde died at Bunbury in June 1629, and was buried there.

Works

An admirer of

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, Hinde edited his ''Prophecie of Obadiah opened and applyed in sundry … sermons'', Oxford, 1613, and ''The Discovery of the Man of Sinne … preached in divers sermons'', Oxford, 1614. With John Dod he wrote ''Bathshebaes Instructions to her sonne Lemuel: containing a fruitfull … exposition of the last chapter of Proverbs'', London, 1614. His own writings include: * ‘A Path to Pietie, leading to the Way, the Truth, and the Life, Christ Jesus,’ Oxford, 1613. * ‘The Office and Use of the Moral Law of God in the days of the Gospel justified and explained at large,’ &c., London, 1623. * ‘A faithful Remonstrance: or the Holy Life and Happy Death of John Bruen of Bruen-Stapleford, in the County of Chester, Esq.,’ London, 1641, published by Hinde's son Samuel, who was chaplain to Charles II and incumbent of the Church of St Mary the Virgin,

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Family

John Bruen John Bruen (1560–1625) was an English Puritan layman, celebrated in his time for piety. Early life Bruen was the son of a Cheshire squire of Bruen Stapleford; the elder John Bruen was three time married. His union with Anne, the sister of Sir J ...

was probably Hinde's brother-in-law; Hinde's wife Margaret is thought to be a daughter of William Foxe, whose daughter Anne married Bruen as his second wife. Hinde and his wife had nine children who survived.

References

;Attribution {{DEFAULTSORT:Hinde, William 1569 births 1629 deaths English Jacobean nonconforming clergy