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Protestant Letter Networks in the Reign of Mary I Ahnert, R; Ahnert, SE A Community Under Attack: Protestant Letter Networks in the Reign of Mary I Ahnert, R; Ahnert, SE ©2014 ISAST For additional information about this publication click this link. http://qmro.qmul.ac.uk/jspui/handle/123456789/7540 Information about this research object was correct at the time of download; we occasionally make corrections to records, please therefore check the published record when citing. For more information contact [email protected] John Cotton Steven Cotton John Flood Thomas Whittle's wife Hugh Fox John Devenish Female prisoners in the Counter Mistress Lounford All the true professor and lovers of God's holy gospel John Hullier Cambridge congregation John Hullier's Cambridge congregation London Filles William Cooper John Denley Robert Samuel Robert Samuel's congregation at Barholt? Christian congregation (at Barholt, Suffolk?) Cutbert Simon Jen John Spenser John Harman Mrs Roberts Nicholas Hopkins Katherine Phineas Mistress Wod Amos Tyms Richard Nicholl Tyms - all Gods faithfull seruantes Ms Colfoxe congregation of Freewillers scattered through Suffolk, Norfolk, Essex and Kent Master Chester Henry Burgess a female sustainer Anon_189 godly women from William Tyms's parish of Hockley, Essex Christopher Lister William Tyms's congregation in Hockley, Essex M. William Brasburge William Tyms's friends in Hockley, Essex William Mowrant Cornelius Stevenson Master Pierpoint Walter Sheterden Thomas Simpson John Careless's co-religionist AC John Careless's co-religionists in London g- Nicholas Sheterden's mother John Careless's co-religionist EH Agnes Glascocke Stephen Gratwick Margery Cooke's husband e- Anon_234_female_E.K. Watts Thomas Whittle a- n- John Ardeley John Cavell Margaret Careless Richard Spurge m- Clement Throgmorton r- George Ambrose lo the flock in London u- Nicholas Margery Cooke's mother John Simpson Anon_289_female_E.K. Robert Drake Thomas Spurge we we r- Sister Chyllerde John Tudson n- o Alexander Thomas Harland Thyme/Thynne William Aylesbury p- m- u- John Trew's sister-in-law Dirick Carver Isabel Foster tant r- Chyttenden Nicholas Sheterden's wife m Thomas Upcher Henry Hart Thomas Hawkes' wife Joan Warren Father Herault Harry Adlington r Mistress Cotton Richard Gibson John Went John Launder Nicholas Sheterden ness ness Thomas Avington Richard Brice William Tyms Mistress Pierpoint Thomas Iveson John Oswald m William Lawrence Mary Honeywood Roger Newman citizens of London John Manning tant town of Walden Thomas Hawkes's son William Kempe n William Flower Laurence Bradshaw Henry Jones Roger Bradford John Jackson Humphrey Middleton 28 July 28 Richard Proude Margery Cooke Elizabeth Careless Edward 'Erkenwald' Rawlins's wife s Joyce Hales Thomas Hawkes ures. ures. Anne Knevet John Careless William Andrew Master Royden Anne Smith John Gibson Sir Laurence Hall Town and University of Cambridge Richard Porrege Marmaduke Glover Elizabeth Bernher Richard Woodman Robert Skelthorpe ingly Master Newport John Trew unnamed Freewiller Robert Smith Anne Glover John Bradford's brothers and sisters Katherine Smith g Master Osbourne John Barry bone: bone: Master Nowell Humphrey Hales W Charelton s William Porrege Hugh Burrows' wife Master Royden's wife Richard Hopkins's wife Anne Smith's parents Cornelyus John Ledley John Traves Hugh Glover Thomas Hawkes's congregation in (Coggeshall?) Essex Elsing's wife Parson of Mottram k Lancashire and Cheshire, Manchester Robert Smith's brother Hugh Burrows Robert Cole John Bradford's mother Christopher Goodman Robert Glover Mother Pike Roger Shalcross's wife Master Heath Thomas Sorrocold's wife trast, this George Tankerfield's wife Master Marshall's wife Mary Marlar Coker Elizabeth Clarke Anon_247_Anne Augustine Bernher Lord Francis Russell Master Marshall Robert Smith's children John Bradford Cuthbert Simpson Elizabeth Bradford Elsing (forthcoming). John Clements M. Vicar n Thomas Witton Richard Hopkins Robert Smith's female friend and her husband Master Fokes R. Bolton Gerard The Frenchman Roger Shalcross Master Crooch Justice Sir James Hales Mary Glover John Glover Elizabeth Fane Thomas Hall Dr Albun Hill Master Mering Margaret Bradford Hancock Richard Bleacher Anon_170_B Bartlett Green Dr Albun Hill's wife Father John Traves Cuthbert Simpson's wife John Philpot Alice Seddon Thomas Sorrocold Richard Wright I. Wild Cuthbert Warcup John Searchfield William Punt Morley Anon_170_C Robert Bracher Good Wife Cooper William Fitzwilliam Thomas Riddleston ion. Boyer Robert Ferrar Rowland Taylor Robert Harrington Richard Bleacher's wife Elizabeth Longsho t Rosewel Elizabeth Browne Barthram Calthorpe James Bradshaw Margaret Taylor Wittrance George Shipside Edward 'Erkenwald' Rawlins Catherine Hall ers. William Fletewode Lucy Harrington John Philpot's godly brethren Ms Coningham Rowland Taylor's wife, children and friends a Joan Wilkinson Anne Warcup John Philpot's sister William Downton ties. Through the Goring Thomas Lever Laurence Saunders Alice Alexander Edward Saunders Farneham Hugh Latimer Mistress Martipole Thomas Cranmer George Heton Anne Lock John Knox Rose Hickman Sir William Lock co-religionists in London, Newcastle, and Berwick Anthony Hickman i John Hall h Social Networks Social Mistress Heath Henrye Aprice Anon_218 Nicholas Ridley Anon_202 Sister B.S. Hussey Thomas Bentham Richardson Samuel Saunders Thomas Philpot Bockingham Cole Bell Lancelot Anon2_218_S Laurence Saunders's wife and friends Hobbes ies have shown that John Hooper ers becomes moreers Carre professors of the gospel in Lichfield Joanna Saunders Homes Palmer Lother Elice Fogge Mr Hurland Peter Martyr Anne Hooper d Anne Fitzwilliam Cooke Elizabeth Warren George Marsh brethren and sisters Northumbrians Alice Shipside James Lever Jane Grey Katherine Grey Edmund Grindal the Christian congregation, prob. London Conrad Pellican John Cotton Steven Cotton John Flood Thomas Whittle's wife Rafe Whitfield John Grove Bow churchyard congregation Edward Crome William Turner Heinrich Bullinger John Ridley John Hooper's co-religionists in London Rice Aprice James Haddon Ellis Crompton sionand endthe July of tain John Hooper's brethren, relievers and helpers Master Chambers Traiford Richard Cox Nicholas Ridley II John Utenhovius Hugh Fox John Devenish Female prisoners in the Counter widow of Hugh Ridley work with the network network the with work female co-religionist, A. B., widow Mistress Lounford Sir John Cheke Stu Richard Chambers Anon_99 Thomas Sampson John Hooper's wife s s Rachel Hooper unnamed London merchant Master Monger John a Lasco t Robert Langley Theodor Bibliander's wife John Alcock John Alcock's co-religionists in Hadleigh, Suffolk All the true professor and lovers of God's holy gospel Conrad Pellican's wife Elizabeth Ridley Daniel Hooper Chamber Dorothy Punt Christopher Froschover John Hullier Cambridge congregation John Hullier's Cambridge congregation Anna Bullinger Rodolph Gualter's wife Mr Martin London Filles Mr Lavatar Monger Oporinus Margaret Butler Theodor Bibliander William Cooper John Crompton John Warren EdwardThomas Frensham Randolph Rodolph Gualter Mr Shorte John Denley John Butler Robert Samuel Robert Samuel's congregation at Barholt? Christian congregation (at Barholt, Suffolk?) Cutbert Simon Jen 7826. Rafe Bradshaw John Spenser Rose Allin Alice Smith Alice Mount Robert Allen Ellen Ewring Richard Roth John Johnson William Mount Ralph Allerton Robert Purcas William Bongeor Elizabeth Folkes Thomas Reynold Agnes Smith/Silverside former parishioners in Much Bentley, Essex ), it is clearis it that ), the exec - John Harman Mrs Roberts Nicholas Hopkins Katherine Phineas Mistress Wod Amos Tyms Richard Nicholl George Marsh's friends in Manchester Tyms - all Gods faithfull seruantes Ms Colfoxe congregation of Freewillers scattered through Suffolk, Norfolk, Essex and Kent Master Chester Henry Burgess a female sustainer Anon_189 godly women from William Tyms's parish of Hockley, Essex Christopher Lister William Hunter William Hunter's mother William Tyms's congregation in Hockley, Essex George Marsh's congregation at Church Langton M. William Brasburge William Tyms's friends in Hockley, Essex William Mowrant Cornelius Stevenson Master Pierpoint Walter Sheterden Thomas Simpson John Bland John Bland's sister John Bland's father John Careless's co-religionist AC John Careless's co-religionists in London Nicholas Sheterden's mother John Careless's co-religionist EH Agnes Glascocke Stephen Gratwick English Literary History Literary English Margery Cooke's husband Anon_234_female_E.K. Watts Thomas Whittle For a full account of this research see see research this of account full a For John Ardeley John Cavell Margaret Careless John Schmutz Richard Spurge Richard Bradshaw Clement Throgmorton plete ne plete George Ambrose gresses. gresses. the flock in London Nicholas Margery Cooke's mother John Simpson Anon_289_female_E.K. Robert Drake Thomas Spurge - Sister Chyllerde John Tudson Alexander o Thomas Harland Thyme/Thynne William Aylesbury John Trew's sister-in-law Dirick Carver m Isabel Foster Chyttenden Nicholas Sheterden's wife Thomas Upcher Henry Hart Thomas Hawkes' wife Joan Warren Father Herault Harry Adlington Mistress Cotton Richard Gibson John Went John Launder nity in the reign of Mary I was I Mary of reign the in nity Nicholas Sheterden Thomas Avington Richard Brice William Tyms Mistress Pierpoint Thomas Iveson John Oswald William Lawrence Mary Honeywood Roger Newman citizens of London John Manning town of Walden Thomas Hawkes's son u William Kempe William Flower Laurence Bradshaw Henry Jones
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