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210:, with whom he had daily conversations. Paget recorded that on his arrival, Parker maintained that Church synods had only an advisory validity, but that he adapted to and participated in the presbyterian discipline. He became an elder of the congregation, 'and by office sat with us daily to judge and hear the causes of our church, and so became a member of our classical combination.' He became also the secretary of the consistory meetings, recording their proceedings in his own hand. 1020: 86:
He held the Rectory of Stanton until 1607, and in 1605 he presented his wife's brother Richard Stevens as Perpetual Vicar to the same parish. Stevens's son Nathaniel, who became a noted religious controversialist, was born there in 1606/7. In 1607 Parker issued a discourse against idolatrous uses of
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The mystery of the vialls opened: being a short exposition upon the pouring out of the four last vialls, mentioned in the 16 chapter of the Revelation: wherein divers things relating to times present, past, and to come, are discovered: as the ruine of Antichrist, and the severall degrees thereunto;
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A Iust Complaint against an Uniust Doer: Wherein is declared the miserable slaverie & bondage that the English Church of Amsterdam is now in, by reason of the tirannicall government and corrupt doctrine, of Mr. Iohn Pagett their present minister. The which things are plainly manifested in two
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An exposition of the powring out of the fourth vial mentioned in the sixteenth of the Revelation by Master Robert Parker ; wherein he differs from M. Brightman, and other Protestant divines, which hold that these judgements are to be poured out upon the Church of Rome, and that party, but he
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An answer to the unjust complaints of William Best: and of such other as have subscribed thereunto. Also an answer to Mr. Iohn Davenport, touching his report of some passages, his allegations of scripture against the baptising of some kind of infants, his protestation about the publishing of his
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Jacob criticized Paget for drawing Parker away from his principles. After two years he was to have been chosen minister in Amsterdam, but the Burgomasters, not wishing to lose the favour of King James I, forbade his appointment. Therefore, he was forced to give it up and to leave Amsterdam.
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there 1580–3, and graduated B.A. on 3 November 1582. He was elected Fellow in 1585, and proceeded M.A. 22 June 1587. In the following year he was more than once reprimanded for not wearing scholastic gown or surplice. In October 1591, during a vacancy in the diocese, he was presented by
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the sign of the Cross during religious ceremonies. This work, much admired by some, amounted to an open declaration of nonconformism, and caused the bishops to induce King James to issue a proclamation offering a reward for his capture. To avoid prosecution before the
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later stated), or of Parker's wife Dorothy Stevens. It has been claimed that Dorothy and her brother the Revd. Richard Stevens (and possibly Anne) were children of Nicholas Stephens (died 1611) and his wife Frances Brydges, daughter of Sir
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was the subject of differing opinions in his own time and afterwards. He is said to have been largely in agreement with Jacob, taking a moderate or 'semi-separatist' line. At Leyden, in their friendship and dealings with the pastor
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De Descensu Domini nostri Jesu Christi ad inferos libri quatuor ab auctore doctissimo Hugone Sanfordo Coomflorio Anglo inchoati, opera vero et studio Roberti Parker ad umbilicum perducti ac jam tandem in lucem
352:, wife of Robert Parker, died c.1650. Revd. Richard Stevens, brother of Dorothy, of Stanton St Bernard, died c.1661. Anne Noyes, nÊe Parker (or Stevens?), wife of William Noyes, of Cholderton, died c.1658. 375:
De politeia ecclesiastica Christi et hierarchica opposita libri tres, in quibus tam verse disciplinae fundamenta quam omnes fere de eadem controversiae summo cum judicio et doctrina methodice pertractantur
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certein letters, the one written by Mr. Iohn Davenport to the Dutch classis, the other given vp to the English consistorie by some of the brethren. With other briefe passages tending to the same effect
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Governor Bradford's first dialogue. A dialogue, or the sum of a conference between some young men born in New England and sundry ancient men that came out of Holland and old England, anno Domini 1648
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An advertisement concerning a book lately published by Christopher Lawne and others, against the English exiled Church at Amsterdam. By Richard Clyfton teacher of the same church
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The suggested parentage 'Robert Parker' (1544–1591) and 'Mary Eydith Bruge-Collins' (or 'Burges') (1555–1649) requires a reliable and verifiable source (see article Talk page).
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was begun by Hugh Sanford, who died in 1607 leaving it incomplete: Parker, according to his own preface, rearranged the whole matter and completed it. He derives
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was brought together with them to 'engage in controversy with supporters of the English Church'. Parker's role in, and influence upon the separatist question in
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For Stephens of Burderop see 'Chiseldon: Manors and other estates', in R.W. Dunning, K.H. Rogers, P.A. Spalding, C. Shrimpton, J.H. Stevenson and M. Tomlinson,
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A Protestation made and published by Iohn Davenporte vpon occasion of a pamphlett intitled A Just Complaint against an Uniust Doer published by a nameles person
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with the Bishop of Winchester as patron. In 1593 he resigned his college fellowship and his position at Patney, and the next year was instituted as Rector of
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A Defence of Church-Government, Exercised in Presbyteriall, Classicall and Synodall Assemblies; according to the Practise of the Reformed Churches
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clergyman and scholar. He became minister of a separatist congregation in Holland where he died while in exile for his heterodoxy. The Revd.
71:, Wiltshire, in the patronage of the Crown. At this time he married Dorothy Stevens: their daughter Sarah was born in 1593, and their son 1088: 1123: 230:, (first published posthumously in Frankfurt in 1616), which Paget claimed to be a representation of presbyterian church organization. 30:
wrote of Parker as "one of the greatest scholars in the English Nation, and in some sort the father of all Nonconformists of our day."
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conceives they have reference unto these times, and are to be poured out upon some Protestant princes and churches
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A scholasticall Discourse against symbolising with Antichrist in ceremonies, especially in the Signe of the Crosse
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The survey of Christs sufferings for mans redemption: and of his descent to Hades or Hel for our deliverance
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A Fresh Suit Against Human Ceremonies in God's Worship: or, a Triplication against Mr Burgess His Rejoinder
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A. Gordon, rev. M. Mullett, 'Nathaniel Stephens, (1606/7-1678), religious controversialist',
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The early part of Brooks's biography confuses Robert Parker with another clergyman: see
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Henry Jacob arrived in Leyden in 1610 and, with support from wealthy English merchants,
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Clergy of the Church of England database, Appointment Records ID: 237213 and 88936.
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Will of Richard Stevens, clerk of Staunton Saint Bernard, Wiltshire (P.C.C. 1661).
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S.T. Bindoff, 'Sanford, Hugh (d.1607), of Wilton, Wilts.', in P.W. Hasler (ed.),
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Leaving his son to schooling by William Noyes at Cholderton, Parker settled in
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he went into hiding in London. After some narrow escapes he made his way to
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Puritans and Puritanism in Europe and America: A Comprehensive Encyclopedia
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K.L. Sprunger, 'Parker, Robert (c.1564–1614), religious controversialist',
384:(Thomas Pierrepont, London 1650). (Thomas Gataker). Published posthumously. 159: 876: 820:, who at first rejected the claim, but after further research accepted it. 75:
c.1595. When his wife's sister Ann married, he became brother (in-law) of
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and the shadowing out these times wherein we live, are generally surveyed
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Elizabeth Parker (flourished 1614–1653) published under her married name
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there. Parker lived in the household of the chief presbyterian minister
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P.C.-H. Lim, 'Woodbridge, Benjamin (1622–1684), nonconformist minister
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Chronicles of the Pilgrim fathers of the Colony of Plymouth, 1602-1625
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Will of Dorothie Parker, Widow of Midenhall, Wiltshire (P.C.C. 1650).
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published an answer, and at Elizabeth's command Bilson prepared his
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The Descendants of John Grier with Histories of the Allied Families
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Will of Anne Noyes, Widow of Cholderton, Wiltshire (P.C.C. 1658).
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The Woodbridge Record, 1883 Online version by Stephen Woodbridge
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http://homepages.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~legends/woodbrid.html
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Church of England Clergy database, Appointment Record 296932.
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J. Baston, 'Avery , Elizabeth (fl. 1614–1653), prophetess',
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The Way of Congregational Churches Cleared in Two Treatises
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in reply (1604). Bilson's doctrine was answered at home by
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The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1558-1603
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De Politeia Ecclesiastica Christi et Hierarchica Opposita
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Robert Parker and Dorothy Stevens had three children:
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Wiltshire Archaeological and Natural History Magazine
431: 429: 391:(John Sweeting, London 1651). Published posthumously. 806:"Ould Newbury": Historical and Biographical Sketches 608:(Melchisedech Bradwood for Iohn Bill, London 1604). 733:. (Reserved - Login only). See also J. Davenport, 426: 1060: 42:, where he became a chorister in 1575. He was a 833:Vol. 9, ed. E. Crittall (V.C.H. London, 1970), 504:Richard is provisionally identified by Foster, 456:Reprint, (Hartford, 1855), Vol. 1, pp. 480–488. 296:, led a group of Wiltshire settlers aboard the 837:(British History Online accessed 30 May 2016). 700:(Thomas Underhill, London 1641), pp. 88-106, 808:(Damrell & Upham, Newbury, Mass. 1896), 253:The parents of Robert Parker are not known. 111:, and for four years worked on the treatise 1039:. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1885–1900. 422:. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1885–1900. 256:Parker was brother-in-law of the clergyman 175:placed Ames and Parker in the tradition of 302:to New England in 1630 where they founded 915:(2003) p. 25. article on Elizabeth Avery. 575:, 3 Vols (James Black, London 1813), II, 198:In around 1611 Parker and Jacob moved to 913:A Historical Dictionary of British Women 202:, and came into the congregation of the 63:, and in January 1592 was instituted by 901:Oxford Dictionary of National Biography 888:Oxford Dictionary of National Biography 528:Oxford Dictionary of National Biography 437:Oxford Dictionary of National Biography 1094:16th-century English Puritan ministers 1061: 102: 33: 1079:English Jacobean nonconforming clergy 406: 404: 364:(Richard Schilders, Middelburg 1607). 16:English Puritan clergyman and scholar 866:(2006), article on Noyes, pp. 183–4. 831:A History of the County of Wiltshire 638:(John Bellamie, London 1648), p. 13. 875:B. Porter, 'Woodbridge, Benjamin', 559:(John Clark, London 1717), Part 1, 413:"Parker, Robert (1564?–1614)"  49:Henry Herbert, 2nd Earl of Pembroke 13: 1089:Alumni of Magdalen College, Oxford 964:Full text (page views) at Google, 649:Historia Ecclesiastica et Politica 495:CCEd Appointment Record ID: 88990. 401: 233:Parker left Amsterdam in 1613 for 14: 1135: 1124:17th-century English male writers 953:University of Oxford Text Archive 739:University of Oxford Text Archive 621:(from Boydell and Brewer, 1981), 1036:Dictionary of National Biography 1018: 878:Dictionary of National Biography 862:Francis J. 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Index

Puritan
Cotton Mather
Magdalen College, Oxford
demy
Henry Herbert, 2nd Earl of Pembroke
Patney
Wiltshire
Archbishop Whitgift
Bishop Coldwell
Stanton St. Bernard
Thomas Parker
William Noyes
Cholderton
Court of High Commission
Gravesend
Netherlands
Leyden
Paul's Cross
Christ's descent into Hell
Apostles' Creed
Henry Jacob
Gabriel Powell
Hugh Broughton
Hades
Adam
William Ames
Congregationalism
John Robinson
William Bradford
Thomas Cartwright

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