John Barthlet
John Barthlet or Bartlett (
fl.
1566), was an English theological writer.
Barthlet was a minister of the
Heretiques, wherein is truly and plainely set out the first roote of Heretiques began in the Church since the time and passage of the Gospel, together with an example of the offspring of the same. London, by Henry Denham for Lucas Harryson. On the title-page is an engraving of the bear and ragged staff, and the book is dedicated to the Earl of Leicester
, who is described as a "speciall Mecaenas to euery student, and "so fauorable and zelous a friend to the ministrie. Some Latin hexameters and sapphics by graduates of Cambridge, addressed to the reader, preface the volume.
The work was prepared as a reply to the 'Hatchet of Heresies' (Antwerp, 1565), an anti-
Roman Catholic doctrines were tainted by heresies traceable to either Judas Iscariot or Simon Magus
.
His table of heretics is long, and includes such obscure sects as ‘
Bishop Grindal on 4 May 1566.[3]
It is probable that these notices refer to the author of the 'Pedegrewe,’ whose name was very variously spelt.
References
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: "Barthlet, John". Dictionary of National Biography. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1885–1900.