Arthur Hildersham

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Arthur Hildersham (1563–1632) was an English clergyman, a

Puritan
and nonconforming preacher.

Life

Arthur Hildersham was born at

Thomas Cartwright, who died in 1603.[3]

He was one of the promoters of the

John Brinsley the elder, one of Hildersham's circle.[7]

One place he was a lecturer was at

Burton-on-Trent. With Peter Eccleshall he had been conducting a 'common exercise' in Burton by 1596.[8] Related to this religious activity was Isabel Foljambe[9] and the case of Thomas Darling, who became celebrated as a result of efforts at exorcism. Hildersham supported the exorcist John Darrell.[10] Also he had connections with the heresy case of Edward Wightman, burned in 1612.[11]

Around 1615, he encountered Francis Higginson, who in 1629 settled in Salem, Massachusetts. Under Hildersham's influence he became a nonconformist, setting off the train of events leading to Higginson's emigration.[12]

Family

He had royal blood, being a great-grandson of

Plantagenet dynasty. This accounts for the story that Elizabeth I called him "cousin Hildersham".[13] His parents were Ann Pole (daughter of Geoffrey Pole), and Thomas Hildersham and was reported to have been "cast off" by his parents because of his Puritan beliefs.[14]

He was married to Anne Barfoot, daughter of John Barfoot of Lamborne, on 5 January 1590. They had four children: including Samuel, Timothy, Sarah, and an unnamed son. Anne died in 1639.

Westminster Divine and minister who was ejected in 1662, married Mary Goodyear, and died in 1674.[15][14]

Works

  • Lectures upon the Fourth of John (1629)
  • Verklaring van psalm 51.

External Resources

Notes

  1. ^ "Hildersham, Arthur (HLDN576A)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
  2. ^ Benjamin Brook, The Lives of the Puritans (1813), p. 377.
  3. ^ Nicholas Tyacke, Aspects of English Protestantism, C. 1530–1700: C. 1530–1700 (2001), p. 66.
  4. ^ Francis J. Bremer, Tom Webster, Puritans and Puritanism in Europe and America: A Comprehensive Encyclopedia (2006), p. 87.
  5. ^ "Sermons, addresses & speeches Archives".
  6. ^ Gutenberg text Archived 18 October 2007 at the Wayback Machine
  7. ^ Francis J. Bremer, Tom Webster, Puritans and Puritanism in Europe and America: A Comprehensive Encyclopedia (2006), p. 34.
  8. ^ "Burton-upon-Trent: Established church | British History Online".
  9. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/74444. Retrieved 2 June 2023. (Subscription or UK public library membership
    required.)
  10. ^ Francis J. Bremer, Tom Webster, Puritans and Puritanism in Europe and America: A Comprehensive Encyclopedia (2006), p. 584.
  11. ^ "Edward Wightman (1566-1612)".
  12. ^ Francis J. Bremer, Tom Webster, Puritans and Puritanism in Europe and America: A Comprehensive Encyclopedia (2006), p. 125.
  13. ^ Kathleen R. Sands, Demon Possession in Elizabethan England (2004), p. 137.
  14. ^ a b c Sharpe, Thomasin Elizabeth (1 January 1875). A royal descent [of the family of Sharpe]; with other pedigrees and memorials [With] Additions and corrections.
  15. ^ "The Great Ejection 1662: ODNB Ejected Ministers 101-120". 25 October 2007.
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