John Philpot
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John Philpot (1516–16 January 1557) was an Archdeacon of Winchester and an English Protestant martyr whose story is recorded in Foxe's Book of Martyrs. He was the third son of Sir Peter Philpot and was born at Compton, Hampshire, in 1516.
Education
He was educated at
Clergyman
On the enactment of the
Imprisonment, trial and martyrdom
In 1554 he was in the King's Bench Prison, and even there he found something to dispute about, as some of his fellow prisoners were Pelagians. In October 1555 he was examined in Newgate sessions house, and, though Bishop Bonner did his best for him, he was convicted.
According to the Wikipedia version of Foxe's Book of Martyrs, he died on 16 January 1557.
Writings
Philpot wrote :
- 'Vera Expositio Disputationis', an account of the proceedings in convocation, printed in Latin at Rome, 1554, and in English at Basle, and afterwards printed in Foxe's ' Actes and Monuments.'
- 'Examinations', published London, 1559. Foxe published a Latin translation of this abroad, and it appears in the ' Actes and Monuments.' To one edition of this was added
- 'Apologie of John Philpot' written for spitting upon an Arian; a second edition appeared the same year (1559).
- 'A Supplication to Philip and Mary,' published by Foxe in the 'Actes and Monuments.'
- 'Letters', also published in the 'Actes and Monuments', and separately 1564.
- 'Caelius Secundus Curio: his Defence of th' Olde and Awncyent Authoritie off Christe's Churche'; this translation forms Reg. MS. 17, C. ix.
- 'De Vero Christiani Sacrificio.'
- A translation of Calvin's ' Homilies.'
- 'Chrysostome against Heresies.'
- 'Epistolae Hebraicae' lib. i.
- 'De proprietate Linguarum' lib. i.
The last five are lost. An exhortation to his sister and an oration which forms Bodl. MS. 53 are also small works. There are said to be some manuscripts written by Philpot in the library at Emmanuel College, Cambridge. All the extant works have been published, with an introduction, for the Parker Society by Robert Eden, London, 1842, 8vo.
DNB references
[Wood's Athenae Oxon. ed. Bliss, ii. 229 ; Introd. to Parker Soc. edition of Philpot's Works ; Heylyn's Ecclesia Restaurata, i. 68. &c., ii. 109, &c. ; Letters and Papers of Henry VIII, xi. 1 247, xii. pt. i. p. 340, cf. p. 430 ; Dixon's Hist, of Church of England, iv. 7–5, &c. ; Foxe's Actes and Monuments, vi. 66, &c., vii. 605, viii. 121, 171 ; Machyn's Diary (Camden Soc.), p. 98 ; Kirby's Winchester Scholars, p. 114.] W. A. J. A.
See also
- Marian Persecutions
References
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: William Arthur Jobson Archbold (1885–1900). "Philpot, John". Dictionary of National Biography. London: Smith, Elder & Co.