Robert Burscough
Robert Burscough (1651 –July 1709) was an English divine.
The son of Thomas Burscough, he was born at
Notable works include A Treatise of Church Government, occasion'd by some letters lately printed concerning the same subject (1692), A Discourse of Schism; addressed to those Dissenters who conformed before the Toleration and have since withdrawn themselves from the communion of the Church of England (1699), A Vindication of the “Discourse of Schism, Exeter, (1701), A Discourse of the Unity of the Church, of the Separation of the Dissenters from the Church of England, of their Setting up Churches, Exeter, (1704) and A Vindication of the Twenty-third Article of Religion (1702).
It has been said that William Burscough, Bishop of Limerick, Ardfert and Aghadoe from 1725 until 1755, was his son, but such a connection between the two men is not supported by evidence.[2]
References
- ^ E Vallance, ‘Burscough, Robert (1650/51–1709)’, ODNB, OUP, 2004 accessed 15 July 2013
- ^ ” Letters on Various Subjects, Literary, Political and Ecclesiastical, Volume 1” Nicolson,W (Ed): London, John Nicols, 1809
Bibliography
- Vallance, Edward (2004). "Burscough, Robert (1650/51–1709)". required.)