Lewis Bayly
Lewis Bayly (died 26 October 1631) was a bishop of the Church of England.
Life
Bayly is thought to have been born in either
Bangor
in 1631.
Works
Bayly's fame rests on his book The Practice of Piety, directing a Christian how to walk that he may please God (date of first edition unknown; 3d ed., London, 1613; reprinted as
ISBN 1-877611-69-7
)—and it was by reading it that Bunyan was first spiritually awakened.
Family and descendants
Bayly married Anne, daughter of
Edward Bayly was created a Baronet in 1730. His grandson Henry Bayly succeeded as 10th Baron Paget in 1769 and assumed the surname of Paget in 1770. He was made Earl of Uxbridge in 1784. His eldest son, Henry Paget, 2nd Earl of Uxbridge gained fame at the Battle of Waterloo and was created Marquess of Anglesey (see this article for more information on the Bayly and Paget families). Lewis Bayly died in October 1631.[2][3]
References
- ISBN 978-0-19-861412-8. (Subscription or UK public library membershiprequired.)
- ^ Burke's Peerage, Baronetage and Knightage, 106th edition, vol. 1, ed. Charles Mosley, Burke's Peerage Ltd, 1999, p. 72
- ^ Burke's Irish Family Records, ed. Hugh Montgomery-Massingberd, Burke's Peerage Ltd, 1976, p. 45
Further reading
- A biography is prefixed to the Practice of Piety, London, 1842
- A. á Wood, Athenae Oxonienses, ed. P. Bliss, ii, 525–31, 4 vols., London, 1813–20
This article incorporates text from a publication in the New Schaff–Herzog Encyclopedia of Religious Knowledge(third ed.). London and New York: Funk and Wagnalls.
External links
- Works by Lewis Bayly at Post-Reformation Digital Library
- The Practice of Piety: Directing a Christian How to Walk, that He May Please God at the Christian Classics Ethereal Library
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