John Field (Puritan)
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John Field (1545–1588), also called John Fielde, was a
Puritan
clergyman and controversialist.
Life
When he was ordained by
Roman Catholic
tendencies in British practice.
When he was unable to effect any changes, he wrote Admonition to Parliament.[1] Both Wilcox and Field were sentenced to a year's imprisonment for the publication and breaking the Act of Uniformity.
During
Marprelate Tracts
.
Family
One of his sons was the dramatist and actor
Theophilus Field, became the Bishop of Llandaff
.
References
- ^ Taylor, Henry Osborn. Thought and Expression in the Sixteenth Century. Macmillan (1920), Vol. I, p. 140.
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