John Rawlet
John Rawlet or Rawlett (27 March 1642 โ 28 September 1686) was an English Anglican cleric, known as a preacher and writer of religious literature, and for his close sympathy with
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| Born | John Rawlet or Rawlett 27 March 1642 Tamworth, Staffordshire, England |
| Died | 28 September 1686 (aged 44) Tamworth, Staffordshire, England |
Life
Baptised at Tamworth in Warwickshire on 27 March 1642,
After taking holy orders and engaging in clerical work in London, Rawlet was settled in the north before 1761, acting for a short while as chaplain to
In 1679, Rawlet described himself as minister of
Rawlet died on 28 September 1686, aged 44. By his will, he left most of his property and his library to his native town of Tamworth.[2] The Rawlett School in Tamworth is named after him.[6] Henry Bourne called Rawlet "a very pious and charitable man".[7]
For a fuller biography and references to original sources, see John Rawlet, Poet & Preacher by Margaret Manuell which can be viewed on line at http://freepages.misc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~enzedders/rawlet.htm
Works
Rawlet's major works are:[2]
- A Dialogue betwixt two Protestants (in Answer to a Popish Catechism called "A Short Catechism against all Sectaries"), 1685, 1686 ("3rd edition"), and in Preservative against Popery (1738, vol. iii. and ed. John Cumming, 1848, vol. xvii.).
- The Christian Monitor, containing an Earnest Exhortation to a Holy Dying, with proper Directions in Order thereto, written in a very plain and easy style for all sorts of people, London, 1686. A very popular work, it reached its twenty-fifth edition in 1699, and was constantly reissued during the eighteenth century. In 1689 a Welsh version, translated by Edward Morris, bore the title Y Rhybuddiwr Christnogawl; it also was reissued.[8]
- Poetick Miscellanies, London, 1687, 1691, 1721.
- A Treatise of Sacramental Covenanting with Christ, London, 1682; 5th edit. 1692, 1736. An extract, edited by Henry Venn and called Earnest Persuasions to receive the Lord Jesus Christ, and become Subject to Him, appeared in London in 1758.
Notes
- ^ John Rawlet, Poet & Preacher by Margaret Manuell
- ^ a b c d e Lee, Sidney, ed. (1896). . Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 47. London: Smith, Elder & Co.
- ^ a b "Rawlet, John (RWLT659J)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
- doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/27453. (Subscription or UK public library membershiprequired.)
- ISBN 0856649996.
- ^ Tamworth Borough Council, Heritage Trail
- ^ Eneas Mackenzie (1827). A Descriptive and Historical Account of the Town and County of Newcastle Upon Tyne: Including the Borough of Gateshead. Mackenzie and Dent. p. 288.
- doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/19303. (Subscription or UK public library membershiprequired.)
Attribution
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Lee, Sidney, ed. (1896). "Rawlet, John". Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 47. London: Smith, Elder & Co.
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