List of dissenting academies
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This is a list of dissenting academies
, English and Welsh educational institutions run by Dissenters to provide an education, and often a vocational training as a minister of religion, outside the Church of England
. It runs from the English Restoration
of 1660, which created a parallel educational system as a side-effect, to the end of the 18th century. See List of dissenting academies (19th century) for later history.
See also: :Category:Dissenting academy tutors, for more information about individual Dissenters as teachers.
Sources: This list includes the academies (except where otherwise noted) from the first appendix to Irene Parker, Dissenting Academies in England (1914), a work in the public domain. The author comments that Quaker establishments were excluded from her listing. The notes refer to the Dictionary of National Biography
(DNB), and its successor the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (ODNB), to reference and cross-check; DNB biographies are being created at Wikisource and added as links to the existing articles. Some of the information about dates is uncertain, and details about students are sometimes contentious. The "Surman Index" links are to lists of Congregational ministers trained in academies, made available by The Surman Index Online, Dr Williams's Centre for Dissenting Studies, http://surman.english.qmul.ac.uk.
Dissenting academies
The dissenting academies were schools, colleges and nonconformist seminaries run by dissenters. They formed a significant part of England’s educational systems from the mid-seventeenth to nineteenth centuries....
, English and Welsh educational institutions run by Dissenters to provide an education, and often a vocational training as a minister of religion, outside the Church of England
Church of England
The Church of England is the officially established Christian church in England and the Mother Church of the worldwide Anglican Communion. The church considers itself within the tradition of Western Christianity and dates its formal establishment principally to the mission to England by St...
. It runs from the English Restoration
English Restoration
The Restoration of the English monarchy began in 1660 when the English, Scottish and Irish monarchies were all restored under Charles II after the Interregnum that followed the Wars of the Three Kingdoms...
of 1660, which created a parallel educational system as a side-effect, to the end of the 18th century. See List of dissenting academies (19th century) for later history.
See also: :Category:Dissenting academy tutors, for more information about individual Dissenters as teachers.
Sources: This list includes the academies (except where otherwise noted) from the first appendix to Irene Parker, Dissenting Academies in England (1914), a work in the public domain. The author comments that Quaker establishments were excluded from her listing. The notes refer to the Dictionary of National Biography
Dictionary of National Biography
The Dictionary of National Biography is a standard work of reference on notable figures from British history, published from 1885...
(DNB), and its successor the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (ODNB), to reference and cross-check; DNB biographies are being created at Wikisource and added as links to the existing articles. Some of the information about dates is uncertain, and details about students are sometimes contentious. The "Surman Index" links are to lists of Congregational ministers trained in academies, made available by The Surman Index Online, Dr Williams's Centre for Dissenting Studies, http://surman.english.qmul.ac.uk.
East Anglia
| Institution | Dates | Tutors | Students |
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| Ipswich Ipswich Ipswich is a large town and a non-metropolitan district. It is the county town of Suffolk, England. Ipswich is located on the estuary of the River Orwell... |
1698-1734(?). | John Langton or Langston (d. 1704). | |
| Palgrave Academy Palgrave Academy Palgrave Academy was an early dissenting academy, that is, a school or college set up by English Dissenters. It was run from 1774-1785 in Palgrave, Suffolk by the married couple Anna Laetitia Barbauld and her husband Rochemont Barbauld, a minister... , Suffolk. |
1775-1785 under Anna Laetitia Barbauld Anna Laetitia Barbauld Anna Laetitia Barbauld was a prominent English poet, essayist, literary critic, editor, and children's author.A "woman of letters" who published in multiple genres, Barbauld had a successful writing career at a time when female professional writers were rare... and her husband Rochemont. |
Rochemont Barbauld. | Arthur Aikin Arthur Aikin Arthur Aikin , English chemist, mineralogist and scientific writer, was born in Warrington, Lancashire into a distinguished literary family of prominent Unitarians.... , Charles Rochemont Aikin Charles Rochemont Aikin -Biography:He was the second son of John Aikin, M.D., and was born at Warrington in 1775. He was adopted, as a child, by his aunt, Mrs. Barbauld, and educated by her husband at his school at Palgrave in Suffolk. He is the ‘little Charles’ of Mrs... , Thomas Denman Thomas Denman, 1st Baron Denman Thomas Denman, 1st Baron Denman PC KC was a British lawyer, judge and politician. He served as Lord Chief Justice between 1832 and 1850.-Background and education:Denman was born in London, the son of Dr Thomas Denman... , Basil William Douglas, Thomas Douglas Thomas Douglas, 5th Earl of Selkirk Thomas Douglas, 5th Earl of Selkirk was a Scottish peer. He was born at Saint Mary's Isle, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland. He was noteworthy as a Scottish philanthropist who sponsored immigrant settlements in Canada at the Red River Colony.- Early background :Douglas was the seventh son of Dunbar... , William Gell William Gell Sir William Gell was an English classical archaeologist and illustrator.-Life:Born at Hopton in Derbyshire, the son of Philip Gell and Dorothy Milnes... , Henri de La Fite, Frank Sayers Frank Sayers Frank Sayers was an English poet and metaphysical writer.-Life:Born in London on 3 March 1763, being baptised at St Margaret Pattens on 3 April, he was son of Francis Sayers, an insurance broker, by his wife Anne, daughter of John Morris of Great Yarmouth. His father died within a year, and he... , William Taylor, Isaac Weld Isaac Weld Isaac Weld was an Irish topographical writer, explorer, and artist.He was born on 15 March 1774 on Fleet Street, Dublin, Ireland.... . |
| Saffron Walden Saffron Walden Saffron Walden is a medium-sized market town in the Uttlesford district of Essex, England. It is located north of Bishop's Stortford, south of Cambridge and approx north of London... |
1680-(?). | John or William Payne, assisted by Fund Board when the latter was first started. | John Guyse John Guyse John Guyse was an English independent minister.-Life:Guyse was born at Hertford in 1680. He was educated for the ministry at the academy of the Rev. John Payne at Saffron Walden, and began to preach in his twentieth year. He sometimes assisted William Haworth, then minister of a congregation of... . |
| Wickhambrook Wickhambrook Wickhambrook is a village and civil parish in the St Edmundsbury district of Suffolk in eastern England.Located around ten miles south-west of Bury St Edmunds, halfway to Haverhill off the A143.The village was recorded in Domesday as "Wicham".... |
1670-1696 (?) (when tutor removed to Bishop's Stortford). | Samuel Cradock. | Edmund Calamy Edmund Calamy (historian) Edmund Calamy was an English Nonconformist churchman, divine and historian.-Life:A grandson of Edmund Calamy the Elder, he was born in the City of London, in the parish of St Mary Aldermanbury. He was sent to various schools, including Merchant Taylors', and in 1688 proceeded to the university of... , Timothy Goodwin Timothy Goodwin Timothy Goodwin, Godwin or Godwyn was an English churchman, who became archbishop of Cashel.-Life:He was born at Norwich, probably about 1670. He began his education at the nonconformist academy of Samuel Cradock, at Geesings, Suffolk. Here he was a classmate in philosophy with Edmund Calamy, who... . |
London area
| Institution | Dates | Tutors | Students |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bethnal Green Bethnal Green Bethnal Green is a district of the East End of London, England and part of the London Borough of Tower Hamlets, with the far northern parts falling within the London Borough of Hackney. Located northeast of Charing Cross, it was historically an agrarian hamlet in the ancient parish of Stepney,... . Migratory (Highgate, Clerkenwell). |
1680(?)-1696(?). | Thomas Brand with John Kerr, M.D. | Charles Owen, Samuel Palmer, etc. |
| Cheshunt Cheshunt Cheshunt is a town in Hertfordshire, England with a population of around 52,000 according to the United Kingdom's 2001 Census. It is a dormitory town and part of the Greater London Urban Area and London commuter belt served by Cheshunt railway station... , then Higham Hill, Walthamstow Walthamstow Walthamstow is a district of northeast London, England, located in the London Borough of Waltham Forest. It is situated north-east of Charing Cross... . |
1790-1816 | Eliezer Cogan Eliezer Cogan Eliezer Cogan , was an English scholar and divine.-Life:Cogan was born at Rothwell, Northamptonshire, the son of John Cogan, a surgeon, then sixty-four years old... . |
Benjamin Disraeli, Russell Gurney Russell Gurney Russell Gurney was an English Conservative Party politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1865 to 1878.-Life:... , Samuel Sharpe Samuel Sharpe (scholar) Samuel Sharpe was an English Unitarian Egyptologist and translator of the Bible.-Life:He was the second son of Sutton Sharpe , brewer, by his second wife, Maria , and was born in King Street, Golden Square, London, on 8 March 1799, baptised at St. James's, Piccadilly... . |
| Cheshunt College. Moved to Cheshunt from Trefeca Trefeca Trefeca was the home of 18th-century Methodist leader Howell Harris, located in Wales between Talgarth and Llangorse Lake.-Teulu Trefeca:... . |
1792-1906. In 1906 moved to Cheshunt College, Cambridge. | William Hendry Stowell William Hendry Stowell William Hendry Stowell was an English nonconformist minister, college head, writer and periodical editor.-Life:Born at Douglas, Isle of Man, on 19 June 1800, he was son of William Stowell and his wife, Susan Hilton; Hugh Stowell was his cousin. He was one of the first students at the Blackburn... , president 1850, Henry Robert Reynolds, president 1860-94. |
John Abbs John Abbs Rev. John Abbs was an English missionary. Sent out by the London Missionary Society, he spent twenty-two years in Travancore, Southern India, a period rarely exceeded by European missionaries at that time... , Henry Allon Henry Allon Henry Allon , English Nonconformist divine, was born on 13 October 1818 at Welton, Elloughton-cum-Brough, near Hull, in Yorkshire.Under Methodist influence Henry Allon decided to enter the ministry, but, developing Congregational ideas, was trained at Cheshunt College, Hertfordshire and became... . |
| New College at Hackney New College at Hackney The New College at Hackney was a dissenting academy set up in Hackney, at that time a village on the outskirts of London, by Unitarians. It was in existence from 1786 to 1796... |
1786-1796 | Andrew Kippis Andrew Kippis Andrew Kippis was an English nonconformist clergyman and biographer.The son of Robert Kippis, a silk-hosier, he was born at Nottingham. Having gone to school at Sleaford in Lincolnshire he passed at the age of sixteen to the Dissenting academy at Northampton, of which Dr Philip Doddridge was then... |
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| Highbury College Highbury College (Dissenting Academy) Highbury College was a dissenting academy, that is, a school or college set up by English Dissenters. Its most famous student was Christopher Newman Hall. It had a high reputation, and in time it was amalgamated into New College London.-History:... . Not in Parker. |
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| Hoxton Square Hoxton Square Hoxton Square is a garden square situated in Hoxton in the London Borough of Hackney, in London's East End. Formerly home to industrial premises, since the 1990s it has become the heart of the Hoxton arts and media scene, as well as being a hub of the thriving local entertainment district... , moved to Hoxton Square from Coventry. |
1700-1729 (?). | Joshua Oldfield Joshua Oldfield Joshua Oldfield , was an English presbyterian divine.-Early life:He was the second son of John Oldfield or Otefield, and was born at Carsington, Derbyshire, on 2 December 1656. His father gave him his early training; he studied philosophy at Lincoln College, Oxford, and also at Christ's College,... , John Spademan, William Lorimer, Jean Cappel. |
Nathaniel Lardner. |
| Islington Islington Islington is a neighbourhood in Greater London, England and forms the central district of the London Borough of Islington. It is a district of Inner London, spanning from Islington High Street to Highbury Fields, encompassing the area around the busy Upper Street... (1) |
1672-1680. | Ralph Button Ralph Button Ralph Button was an English academic and clergyman, Gresham Professor of Geometry, canon of Christ Church, Oxford under the Commonwealth, and later a nonconformist schoolmaster.-Life:... . |
Joseph Jekyll Joseph Jekyll Sir Joseph Jekyll KS was a British barrister, politician and judge. Born to John Jekyll, he initially attended a seminary before joining the Middle Temple in 1680. Thanks to his association with Lord Somers Jekyll advanced rapidly, becoming Chief Justice of Chester in 1697 and a King's Serjeant in... , Samuel Pomfret. |
| Islington (2) Migratory (Woodford Bridge, Essex (plague), Battersea, Wimbledon, etc.). | 1672-1707 (?). | Thomas Doolittle Thomas Doolittle -Early life:Doolittle was the third son of Anthony Doolittle, a glover, and was born at Kidderminster in 1632 or the latter half of 1631. While at the grammar school of his native town he heard Richard Baxter preach as lecturer the sermons later published as ‘The Saint's Everlasting Rest’ . These... , assisted by Thomas Vincent Thomas Vincent Thomas Vincent was an English Puritan minister and author.-Life:Both his father and brother were prominent ministers. He was the second son of John Vincent and elder brother of Nathaniel Vincent, born at Hertford in May 1634... , Thomas Rowe Thomas Rowe (tutor) Thomas Rowe was an English nonconformist minister, significant as the teacher of the next generation of Dissenters, particularly in philosophy, in one of the first of the dissenting academies.-Life:... (?). |
Samuel Bury Samuel Bury -Life:The son of Edward Bury, he was born at Great Bolas, Shropshire, where he was baptised on 21 April 1663. He was educated at Thomas Doolittle's academy, at that time in Islington. Here he was contemporary with Matthew Henry, who entered in 1680, and made friends with Bury... , Edmund Calamy Edmund Calamy (historian) Edmund Calamy was an English Nonconformist churchman, divine and historian.-Life:A grandson of Edmund Calamy the Elder, he was born in the City of London, in the parish of St Mary Aldermanbury. He was sent to various schools, including Merchant Taylors', and in 1688 proceeded to the university of... , Thomas Emlyn Thomas Emlyn Thomas Emlyn , English nonconformist divine.-Life:Emlyn was born at Stamford, Lincolnshire and served as chaplain to the presbyterian Letitia, countess of Donegal, and then to Sir Robert Rich, afterwards becoming colleague to Joseph Boyse, presbyterian minister in Dublin... , John Kerr, M.D. (later tutor, Highgate and Bethnal Green), Matthew Henry Matthew Henry Matthew Henry was an English commentator on the Bible and Presbyterian minister.-Life:He was born at Broad Oak, a farmhouse on the borders of Flintshire and Shropshire. His father, Philip Henry, had just been ejected under the Act of Uniformity 1662... . |
| Mill Hill Mill Hill Mill Hill is a place in the London Borough of Barnet. It is a suburb situated 9 miles north west of Charing Cross. Mill Hill was in the historic county of Middlesex until it was absorbed by London... |
(?)-1701 (?). | Richard Swift (died 1701), active at Edgware. | |
| Newington Green Newington Green Newington Green is an open space in north London which straddles the border between Islington and Hackney. It gives its name to the surrounding area, roughly bounded by Ball's Pond Road to the south, Petherton Road to the west, the southern section of Stoke Newington with Green Lanes-Matthias Road... (1) Migratory (Little Britain, Clapham). |
1665 (?) to about 1706. | Theophilus Gale Theophilus Gale Theophilus Gale was an English educationalist, nonconformist and theologian of dissent.-Early life:Gale was born at Kingsteignton, Devon, the son of Bridget Gale and Theophilus Gale D. D.... , M.A., Fellow of Magdalen College, Oxford Magdalen College, Oxford Magdalen College is one of the constituent colleges of the University of Oxford in England. As of 2006 the college had an estimated financial endowment of £153 million. Magdalen is currently top of the Norrington Table after over half of its 2010 finalists received first-class degrees, a record... (d. 1678). Thomas Rowe Thomas Rowe (tutor) Thomas Rowe was an English nonconformist minister, significant as the teacher of the next generation of Dissenters, particularly in philosophy, in one of the first of the dissenting academies.-Life:... (d. 1706). |
Thomas and Benoni Rowe, John Ashford John Ashford John Ashford is a contemporary dance producer, Director of Aerowaves, the European network for research and presentation of emerging dance companies which he founded in 1997.John Ashford was the first theatre editor at Time Out... ; Isaac Watts Isaac Watts Isaac Watts was an English hymnwriter, theologian and logician. A prolific and popular hymnwriter, he was recognised as the "Father of English Hymnody", credited with some 750 hymns... , John Evans, Daniel Neal Daniel Neal Daniel Neal was an English historian.Born in London, he was educated at the Merchant Taylors' School, and at the universities of Utrecht and Leiden... , Henry Grove (later tutor at Taunton), John Hughes John Hughes (poet) John Hughes was an English poet also noted for his editing of and commentary on the works of Edmund Spenser. Writing at the very end of 17th Century and at the beginning of the 18th, he also translated French drama and poetry, including Molière. Hughes was a favorite of the nobility and... , Josiah Hort Josiah Hort Josiah Hort , was an English clergyman of the Church of Ireland who ended his career as archbishop of Tuam .Brought up as a Nonconformist, Hort went to school with the hymn writer Isaac Watts, who was his lifelong friend... , Samuel Say. |
| Newington Green (2) | 1667 (?) to about 1706. | Charles Morton Charles Morton (educator) Charles Morton was a Cornish nonconformist minister and founder of an early dissenting academy, later in life associated in New England with Harvard College.-Life:... , who in 1685 went to New England, and was succeeded by Stephen Lobb Stephen Lobb Stephen Lobb was an English nonconformist minister and controversialist. He was prominent in the 1680s as a court representative of the Independents to James II, and in the 1690s in polemics between the Presbyterian and Independent groups of nonconformists... ; William Wickens, Francis Glasscock. |
William Hocker, Samuel Lawrence, Thomas Reynolds, John Shower John Shower -Life:The elder brother of Sir Bartholomew Shower, he was born at Exeter, and baptised on 18 May 1657. His father, William, a wealthy merchant, died about 1661, leaving a widow and four sons. Shower was educated in turn at Exeter, and at Taunton under Matthew Warren.... , under Morton; Joseph Hussey Joseph Hussey -Life:He was born in Fordingbridge, Hampshire. After studying with the ejected minister Robert Whitaker, he attended Charles Morton's dissenting academy at Newington Green. He attributed a 1686 conversion to the reading of Stephen Charnock's The Existence and Attributes of God.He underwent... under Morton; also Daniel Defoe Daniel Defoe Daniel Defoe , born Daniel Foe, was an English trader, writer, journalist, and pamphleteer, who gained fame for his novel Robinson Crusoe. Defoe is notable for being one of the earliest proponents of the novel, as he helped to popularise the form in Britain and along with others such as Richardson,... , Samuel Wesley Samuel Wesley (poet) Samuel Wesley was a poet and a writer of controversial prose. He was also the father of John Wesley and Charles Wesley, founders of the Methodist Church.-Family and early life:... , Kitt, Butterby, William Jenkyn. |
| Newington Green (3), established by King's Head Society. Migratory: Deptford, Stepney, Addle Street (from where it moved in 1744 after having joined the Fund Board Academy), Mile End; Independent College, Homerton Independent College, Homerton Independent College, Homerton, later Homerton Academy, was a dissenting academy just outside London, England, in the 18th and early 19th centuries.-Background:... which later became part of New College London New College London New College London was founded as a Congregationalist college in 1850.-Predecessor institutions:... . |
1730-1744-1850 | Abraham Taylor, Samuel Parsons, John Hubbard after 1744, Zephaniah Marryat (died 1754), D.D., John Conder John Conder John Conder D.D. was an Independent minister at Cambridge who later became President of the Independent College, Homerton in the parish of Hackney near London.-Life:... who became head at Homerton. |
Robert Robinson Robert Robinson (Dissenting minister) Robert Robinson ‘D.D.’ , was a Dissenting Minister, who was clearly eccentric, and has been accused of being controversial and belligerent. He is not to be confused with the justly celebrated Baptist Minister Robert Robinson .... under Marryat; Conder under Parsons at Clerkenwell; Thomas Cogan Thomas Cogan Thomas Cogan was an English nonconformist physician, a founder of the Royal Humane Society and philosophical writer.-Life:He was born at Rothwell, Northamptonshire on 8 February 1736, the half-brother of Eliezer Cogan... under Conder; John Stafford and John Fell John Fell (tutor) John Fell was an English congregationalist minister and classical tutor.-Life:... under Conder at Mile End; Samuel Pike Samuel Pike -Life:Pike was born about 1717 at "Ramsey, Wiltshire" , which may mean Ramsbury, Wiltshire but more probably Romsey, Hampshire . He was educated for the independent ministry, receiving his general training from John Eames of the Fund academy, and his theology from John Hubbard at Stepney academy.... under Hubbard at Stepney. |
| Wapping Wapping Wapping is a place in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets which forms part of the Docklands to the east of the City of London. It is situated between the north bank of the River Thames and the ancient thoroughfare simply called The Highway... |
1675 (?) to 1680-1. | Edward Veal. The DNB states that his congregation was at Wapping, but the academy was at Stepney Stepney Stepney is a district of the London Borough of Tower Hamlets in London's East End that grew out of a medieval village around St Dunstan's church and the 15th century ribbon development of Mile End Road... . |
Joseph Boyse, Timothy Rogers, John Shower, Samuel Wesley Samuel Wesley (poet) Samuel Wesley was a poet and a writer of controversial prose. He was also the father of John Wesley and Charles Wesley, founders of the Methodist Church.-Family and early life:... . |
| Wellclose Square Wellclose Square Wellclose Square lies in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets, between Cable Street to the north and The Highway to the south.The western edge, now called Ensign Street, was previously called Well Street. The southern edge was called Neptune street. On the north side is Graces Alley, home to... (Coward Trust), moved to Hoxton Square Hoxton Square Hoxton Square is a garden square situated in Hoxton in the London Borough of Hackney, in London's East End. Formerly home to industrial premises, since the 1990s it has become the heart of the Hoxton arts and media scene, as well as being a hub of the thriving local entertainment district... in 1762. |
1744-1785 | Samuel Morton Savage Samuel Morton Savage -Life:He was born in London on 19 July 1721. His grandfather, John Savage, was pastor of the seventh-day baptist church, Mill Yard, Goodman's Fields. Savage was related to Hugh Boulter.... , David Jennings David Jennings (tutor) David Jennings was an English Dissenting minister and tutor, known also as the author of Jewish Antiquities.-Life:He was the younger son of the ejected minister John Jennings , whose ministry to the independent congregation at Kibworth was continued by his elder brother John... , Andrew Kippis Andrew Kippis Andrew Kippis was an English nonconformist clergyman and biographer.The son of Robert Kippis, a silk-hosier, he was born at Nottingham. Having gone to school at Sleaford in Lincolnshire he passed at the age of sixteen to the Dissenting academy at Northampton, of which Dr Philip Doddridge was then... , Abraham Rees Abraham Rees Abraham Rees was a Welsh nonconformist minister, and compiler of Rees's Cyclopaedia .- Life :He was the second son of Lewis Rees, by his wife Esther, daughter of Abraham Penry, and was born at born in Llanbrynmair, Montgomeryshire. Lewis Rees Abraham Rees (1743 – 9 June 1825) was a Welsh... . |
Thomas Cogan Thomas Cogan Thomas Cogan was an English nonconformist physician, a founder of the Royal Humane Society and philosophical writer.-Life:He was born at Rothwell, Northamptonshire on 8 February 1736, the half-brother of Eliezer Cogan... , Philip Furneaux Philip Furneaux -Early life:Furneaux was born in December 1726 at Totnes, Devon. At the grammar school there he formed a life-long friendship with Benjamin Kennicott. In 1742 or 1743 he came to London to study for the dissenting ministry under David Jennings, at the dissenting academy in Wellclose Square... , Thomas Jervis, Abraham Rees, Joshua Toulmin Joshua Toulmin Joshua Toulmin of Taunton, England was a noted theologian and a serial Dissenting minister of Presbyterian , Baptist , and then Unitarian congregations... , William Wood William Wood (botanist) William Wood was an English Unitarian minister and botanist who was involved in efforts to remedy the political and educational disabilities of Nonconformists under the Test Acts.-Life:... . |
| London (various parts), supported by Fund Board. Migratory (Pinner, Moorfields: see Newington Green). | 1696-1744 | Thomas Goodwin, Isaac Chauncey, Thomas Ridgley, D.D., John Eames John Eames -Life:He was a native of London. He was admitted to Merchant Taylors' School on 10 March 1696–7, and was subsequently trained for the dissenting ministry. He preached only once and seems never to have been ordained.... , Joseph Densham. |
John Conder John Conder John Conder D.D. was an Independent minister at Cambridge who later became President of the Independent College, Homerton in the parish of Hackney near London.-Life:... under Ridgley and Eames at Moorfields; John Howard John Howard (prison reformer) John Howard was a philanthropist and the first English prison reformer.-Birth and early life:Howard was born in Lower Clapton, London. His father, also John, was a wealthy upholsterer at Smithfield Market in the city... , David Jennings David Jennings (tutor) David Jennings was an English Dissenting minister and tutor, known also as the author of Jewish Antiquities.-Life:He was the younger son of the ejected minister John Jennings , whose ministry to the independent congregation at Kibworth was continued by his elder brother John... , Samuel Pike Samuel Pike -Life:Pike was born about 1717 at "Ramsey, Wiltshire" , which may mean Ramsbury, Wiltshire but more probably Romsey, Hampshire . He was educated for the independent ministry, receiving his general training from John Eames of the Fund academy, and his theology from John Hubbard at Stepney academy.... , David Williams David Williams (philosopher) David Williams , was a Welsh philosopher of the Enlightenment period. He was an ordained minister, theologian and political polemicist, and was the founder in 1788 of the Royal Literary Fund.-Upbringing:... , all under Eames. |
| London. 'A less literary seminary but it continued only for a few years.' | 1760-(?). | Samuel Pike Samuel Pike -Life:Pike was born about 1717 at "Ramsey, Wiltshire" , which may mean Ramsbury, Wiltshire but more probably Romsey, Hampshire . He was educated for the independent ministry, receiving his general training from John Eames of the Fund academy, and his theology from John Hubbard at Stepney academy.... . |
Midlands
| Institution | Dates | Tutors | Students |
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| Alcester Alcester Alcester is an old market town of Roman origin at the junction of the River Alne and River Arrow in Warwickshire, England. It is situated approximately west of Stratford-upon-Avon, and 8 miles south of Redditch, close to the Worcestershire border... |
(?)-1720 (?). | Joseph Porter, on whose death (1721) students were moved to Stratford-on-Avon. | |
| Bedworth Bedworth Bedworth is a market town in the Nuneaton and Bedworth district of Warwickshire, England. It lies northwest of London, east of Birmingham, and north northeast of the county town of Warwick. It is situated between Coventry, to the south, and Nuneaton, to the north.In the 2001 census the town... |
1690-(?). | Julius Saunders and John Kirkpatrick. | |
| Bridgnorth Bridgnorth Bridgnorth is a town in Shropshire, England, along the Severn Valley. It is split into Low Town and High Town, named on account of their elevations relative to the River Severn, which separates the upper town on the right bank from the lower on the left... |
1726-1735 (?). | John Fleming, who moved to Stratford-on-Avon when John Alexander went to Dublin. | Edward Pickard. |
| Bromsgrove Bromsgrove Bromsgrove is a town in Worcestershire, England. The town is about north east of Worcester and south west of Birmingham city centre. It had a population of 29,237 in 2001 with a small ethnic minority and is in Bromsgrove District.- History :Bromsgrove is first documented in the early 9th century... (or Stourbridge Stourbridge Stourbridge is a town within the Metropolitan Borough of Dudley, in the West Midlands of England. Historically part of Worcestershire, Stourbridge was a centre of glass making, and today includes the suburbs of Amblecote, Lye, Norton, Oldswinford, Pedmore, Wollaston, Wollescote and Wordsley The... ) |
1665-1692(?). | Henry Hickman Henry Hickman Henry Hickman was an English ejected minister and controversialist.-Life:A native of Worcestershire, he was educated at St Catharine Hall, Cambridge, where he proceeded B.A. in 1648. At the end of 1647 he entered Magdalen Hall, Oxford, and the next year obtained by favour of the parliamentary... , B.D., Fellow of Magdalen, Oxford (d. 1692). |
Thomas Cotton Thomas Cotton (Dissenting minister) Thomas Cotton was a dissenting minister of London.-Life:Thomas Cotton was born at Penistone, Yorkshire, 1653. His father, William Cotton , notable Iron-master of Wortley Top Forge, was and Dissenter, noted for his great hospitality and kindness to the ejected ministers... . |
| Coventry Coventry Coventry is a city and metropolitan borough in the county of West Midlands in England. Coventry is the 9th largest city in England and the 11th largest in the United Kingdom. It is also the second largest city in the English Midlands, after Birmingham, with a population of 300,848, although... |
1663-1700 (moved 1700 to London by Joshua Oldfield) | John Bryan (d. 1675), Obadiah Grew Obadiah Grew -Life:Grew was born at Atherstone, Warwickshire on 1 November 1607, the third son of Francis Grew and Elizabeth Denison. He was baptised the same day at the parish church of Mancetter, Warwickshire. Francis Grew was a layman, originally of good estate but impoverished by prosecutions for... (d. 1689), Thomas Shewell, M.A. (d. 1693), Joshua Oldfield Joshua Oldfield Joshua Oldfield , was an English presbyterian divine.-Early life:He was the second son of John Oldfield or Otefield, and was born at Carsington, Derbyshire, on 2 December 1656. His father gave him his early training; he studied philosophy at Lincoln College, Oxford, and also at Christ's College,... , assisted by William Tong William Tong (minister) William Tong was an English Presbyterian minister, at the heart of the subscription debate of 1718.-Life:He was born on 24 June 1662, probably at Eccles near Manchester, where his father was buried. His mother was early left a widow with three children... . |
Samuel Pomfret. |
| Findern Findern Findern is a village in south Derbyshire. Although a railway runs through it, there is no station, the nearest stations are Willington, Pear Tree and Derby... , afterwards at Derby Derby Derby , is a city and unitary authority in the East Midlands region of England. It lies upon the banks of the River Derwent and is located in the south of the ceremonial county of Derbyshire. In the 2001 census, the population of the city was 233,700, whilst that of the Derby Urban Area was 229,407... . |
(?)-1754. | Thomas Hill (d. 1720), Ebenezer Latham (d. 1754). | |
| Lincoln Lincoln, Lincolnshire Lincoln is a cathedral city and county town of Lincolnshire, England.The non-metropolitan district of Lincoln has a population of 85,595; the 2001 census gave the entire area of Lincoln a population of 120,779.... |
1668-1680. | Edward Reyner Edward Reyner Edward Reyner was an English nonconforming clergyman, known as a devotional writer.-Life:He was born in the parish of Morley, near Leeds. He attended the monthly religious exercises at Leeds, Pudsey, and Halifax, and heard numerous sermons. After graduating B.A. in 1620 from St. John's College,... , but died c.1660. |
John Disney. |
| Market Harborough Market Harborough Market Harborough is a market town within the Harborough district of Leicestershire, England.It has a population of 20,785 and is the administrative headquarters of Harborough District Council. It sits on the Northamptonshire-Leicestershire border... , moved to Mile End. |
From 1758 to 1781, boarding pupils. | Stephen Addington Stephen Addington Stephen Addington D.D. was a scholarly English dissenting clergyman and teacher.-Life:... , after John Aikin John Aikin (Unitarian) John Aikin was an English Unitarian scholar and theological tutor, closely associated with Warrington Academy, a prominent dissenting academy.-Life:... left the area. |
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| Nettlebed Nettlebed Nettlebed is a village in England in the Chiltern Hills about northwest of Henley-on-Thames in Oxfordshire and southeast of Wallingford.-History:Archaeological finds show that the area around Nettlebed has been inhabited since Palaeolithic times.... (Oxfordshire) |
1666-1697. | Thomas Cole Thomas Cole (minister) Thomas Cole , was an independent minister.Cole was a native of London, was born about 1627. William Cole, his father, was a man of some property, and sent him to Westminster School, whence, in 1646, he was elected student of Christ Church, Oxford. He proceeded B.A. in 1649, and M.A. 8 July 1651,... , M.A. (Christ Church, Oxford). |
John Locke John Locke John Locke FRS , widely known as the Father of Liberalism, was an English philosopher and physician regarded as one of the most influential of Enlightenment thinkers. Considered one of the first of the British empiricists, following the tradition of Francis Bacon, he is equally important to social... was a student of Cole's, but before his ejectment. |
| Newport Pagnell Newport Pagnell Newport Pagnell is a town in the Borough of Milton Keynes , England. It is separated by the M1 motorway from Milton Keynes itself, though part of the same urban area... , merged in Cheshunt Cheshunt Cheshunt is a town in Hertfordshire, England with a population of around 52,000 according to the United Kingdom's 2001 Census. It is a dormitory town and part of the Greater London Urban Area and London commuter belt served by Cheshunt railway station... (?). |
1783 | William Bull William Bull (minister) William Bull , was an English independent minister.Bull was born in 1738 near Wellingborough, Northamptonshire. His father, John Bull, belonged to a puritan family, but he fell into evil courses, and the children were taken under the roof of their grandfather... , J. Bull, M.A., J. Watson, W. Foggart. |
John Leach (judge) John Leach (Judge) Sir John Leach, KC was an English judge.-Life:The son of Richard Leach, a coppersmith of Bedford, he was born in that town on 28 Augusr 1760. After leaving Bedford grammar school he became a pupil of Sir Robert Taylor the architect... . |
| Northampton Northampton Northampton is a large market town and local government district in the East Midlands region of England. Situated about north-west of London and around south-east of Birmingham, Northampton lies on the River Nene and is the county town of Northamptonshire. The demonym of Northampton is... (see Daventry Academy Daventry Academy Daventry Academy was a dissenting academy, that is, a school or college set up by English Dissenters. It moved to many locations, but was most associated with Daventry, where its most famous pupil was Joseph Priestley... for continuity). Migratory, it started at Kibworth under John Jennings, moved to Hinckley, Market Harborough, and in 1729 to Northampton. After 1752 to Daventry, back to Northampton, Wymondley, Byng Place, and 1850 merged into New College, London. |
1715 (?). | John Jennings John Jennings (tutor) John Jennings was an English Nonconformist minister and tutor of an early dissenting academy at Kibworth, Leicestershire, the original institution that became Daventry Academy... (d. 1723), Philip Doddridge Philip Doddridge Philip Doddridge DD was an English Nonconformist leader, educator, and hymnwriter.-Early life:... , Caleb Ashworth Caleb Ashworth -Life:Ashworth was born at Clough-Fold, Rossendale, Lancashire, in 1722. His father, Richard Ashworth, who died in 1751, aged eighty-four, was a lay preacher among the Particular Baptists; he had three sons—Thomas, Particular Baptist minister at Heckmondwike; Caleb; and John, General Baptist... , Thomas Robins, Thomas Belsham Thomas Belsham Thomas Belsham was an English Unitarian minister- Life :Belsham was born in Bedford, England, and was the elder brother of William Belsham, the English political writer and historian. He was educated at the dissenting academy at Daventry, where for seven years he acted as assistant tutor... , John Horsey in Northampton, William Parry in Wymondley. |
John Cope and John Mason under Jennings; Stephen Addington Stephen Addington Stephen Addington D.D. was a scholarly English dissenting clergyman and teacher.-Life:... , Philip Holland Philip Holland (minister) -Family and education:The eldest son of Thomas Holland, he was born at Wem, Shropshire. His grandfather, Thomas Holland , had been a member of the first presbyterian classis of Lancashire, and was ejected from Blackley Chapel, Lancashire, by the Uniformity Act 1662... (with brothers John and Henry) and Andrew Kippis Andrew Kippis Andrew Kippis was an English nonconformist clergyman and biographer.The son of Robert Kippis, a silk-hosier, he was born at Nottingham. Having gone to school at Sleaford in Lincolnshire he passed at the age of sixteen to the Dissenting academy at Northampton, of which Dr Philip Doddridge was then... under Doddridge; John Stafford under Doddridge at Northampton; Benjamin Fawcett Benjamin Fawcett (minister) -Life:Fawcett was born at Sleaford, Lincolnshire, on 16 August 1715, the youngest of ten children. He entered Philip Doddridge's dissenting academy at Northampton in 1738. In March 1741 Doddridge sent him to Whitchurch and Chester to collect evidence for an alibi in the case of Bryan Connell, then... under Doddridge; Samuel Dyer Samuel Dyer (translator) Samuel Dyer was an English translator.-Life:Dyer was the son of a jeweller in the City of London. His parents were dissenters, and he was intended for the ministry. After a school kept by John Ward near Moorfields, he was sent to Philip Doddridge's dissenting academy at Northampton... ; Henry Moore Henry Moore (Unitarian) -Life:The son of Henry Moore, minister of Treville Street presbyterian congregation, Plymouth, he was born at Plymouth on 30 March 1732. His mother was the daughter of William Bellew, of Stockleigh Court, Devon. His schoolmaster was John Bedford, later vicar of St. Charles the Martyr, Plymouth... under Doddridge and Ashworth; Samuel Palmer Samuel Palmer (biographer) -Life:He was born at Bedford, was educated at Bedford grammar school, and then studied for the ministry at Daventry Academy under Caleb Ashworth.... under Ashworth; John Alexander, Eliezer Cogan Eliezer Cogan Eliezer Cogan , was an English scholar and divine.-Life:Cogan was born at Rothwell, Northamptonshire, the son of John Cogan, a surgeon, then sixty-four years old... , who became a tutor; Timothy Kenrick under Ashworth and Robins, became a tutor under Belsham. John Curwen John Curwen Reverend John Curwen was an English Congregationalist minister, and founder of the Tonic sol-fa system of music education. He was educated at Wymondley College and University College London.-Tonic sol-fa:... , David Everard Ford David Everard Ford David Everard Ford , was an author and musical composer.Ford was born on 13 September 1797 at Long Melford in Suffolk, where his father, the Rev. David Ford, was congregational minister. In 1816 he entered Wymondley College, and in 1821 became congregational minister at Lymington in Hampshire... , Edward Miall Edward Miall Edward Miall was an English journalist, apostle of disestablishment, founder of the Liberation Society, and Liberal Party politician.Miall was born at Portsmouth... , John Deodatus Gregory Pike at Wymondley College. |
| Nottingham Nottingham Nottingham is a city and unitary authority in the East Midlands of England. It is located in the ceremonial county of Nottinghamshire and represents one of eight members of the English Core Cities Group... |
1680-(?). | Edward Reynolds and John Whitlock. John Hardy (?Thomas; perhaps not the academy in Parker), about 1714 to 1727. | Caleb Fleming Caleb Fleming Caleb Fleming, D.D. was an English dissenting minister and polemicist.-Life:Fleming was born at Nottingham on 4 November 1698. His father was a hosier; his mother, whose maiden name was Buxton, was a daughter of the lord of the manor of Chelmerton, Derbyshire. Brought up in Calvinism, Fleming's... , John Brekell John Brekell John Brekell was an English presbyterian minister and theological writer.-Life:Brekell was born at North Meols, Lancashire, in 1697, and was educated for the ministry at Nottingham, at the dissenting academy of John Hardy. His first known settlement was at Stamford, Lincolnshire, apparently as... , John Johnson (Lambeth librarian) under Hardy. |
| Sheriffhales | 1663-1697 (closed before Woodhouse went to London). | John Woodhouse, assisted by Southwell. | Robert Harley (?), Henry St John (?), Thomas Foley Thomas Foley, 1st Baron Foley (1673–1733) Thomas Foley, 1st Baron Foley was the eldest son of Thomas Foley and inherited the Great Witley estate on his father's death... , Thomas Hunt, Benjamin Bennet Benjamin Bennet (Presbyterian minister) Benjamin Bennet was an English Presbyterian minister.-Life:Bennet was born in Wellsborough, in Sibson, Leicestershire. He received his elementary education in his parish school... . |
| Shrewsbury Shrewsbury Shrewsbury is the county town of Shropshire, in the West Midlands region of England. Lying on the River Severn, it is a civil parish home to some 70,000 inhabitants, and is the primary settlement and headquarters of Shropshire Council... |
1663-1730 (?). | Francis Tallents Francis Tallents Francis Tallents was a non-conforming English Presbyterian clergyman.-Life:He was the eldest son of Philip Tallents, whose father, a Frenchman, accompanied Sir Francis Leake to England after saving his life. Francis Tallents was born at Pilsley in the parish of North Wingfield, Derbyshire, in... (died 1708), John Bryan (?) (died 1699), James Owen (died 1706), Samuel Benion, M.A. (died 1708), John Reynolds (died 1727), Dr Gyles (died 1730?). |
(Under Benion), Ebenezer Latham (tutor at Findern), etc. |
| Stratford-on-Avon | 1715 (?) at Gloucester. (?) | John Alexander, who 1729 went to Dublin; John Fleming, who had begun an academy at Bridgnorth (1726–1727), then went to Stratford. | |
| Sulby Sulby, Northamptonshire Sulby is a hamlet and civil parish in the Daventry district of the county of Northamptonshire in England.Sulby Reservoir lies to the south of the settlement.Rene Payne bought Sulby Hall in 1792.-External links:* parish meeting... , near Welford Welford, Northamptonshire Welford is a village and civil parish in England. It is located on the River Avon border between the counties of Northamptonshire and Leicestershire. At the time of the 2001 census, the parish's population was 1,016 people.... , Northampton |
1680-1688. | John Shuttlewood. | Matthew Clarke the younger, Thomas Emlyn Thomas Emlyn Thomas Emlyn , English nonconformist divine.-Life:Emlyn was born at Stamford, Lincolnshire and served as chaplain to the presbyterian Letitia, countess of Donegal, and then to Sir Robert Rich, afterwards becoming colleague to Joseph Boyse, presbyterian minister in Dublin... , Joshua Oldfield, and John Sheffield. |
| Whitchurch Whitchurch Whitchurch can refer to:Towns in the United Kingdom:*Whitchurch, Shropshire*Whitchurch, HampshireVillages in the United Kingdom:*Whitchurch, Bristol*Whitchurch, Buckinghamshire*Whitchurch, Cardiff*Whitchurch, Devon... |
1668-1680 (?). | J. Maulden (d. 1680). |
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| Attercliffe Academy Attercliffe Academy Attercliffe Academy was a Dissenting academy set up in the north of England by Timothy Jollie.Richard Frankland had founded Rathmell Academy at Rathmell, but was forced to move several times. The school moved to Attercliffe, a suburb of Sheffield, Yorkshire, leaving it at the end of July 1689, in... |
1691-1744. | Timothy Jollie Timothy Jollie Timothy Jollie, , was a nonconformist minister and notable educator in the north of England.-Biography:Timothy Jollie, son of Thomas Jollie, was born at Altham, Lancashire, about 1659. On 27 August 1673 he entered the dissenting academy of Richard Frankland at Rathmell, Yorkshire... (died 1714), John De la Rose, J. Wadsworth (?). |
Nicholas Saunderson Nicholas Saunderson Nicholas Saunderson was an English scientist and mathematician. According to one leading historian of statistics, he may have been the earliest discoverer of Bayes theorem.-Biography:... , John Jennings John Jennings (tutor) John Jennings was an English Nonconformist minister and tutor of an early dissenting academy at Kibworth, Leicestershire, the original institution that became Daventry Academy... of Kibworth Academy, John Bowes John Bowes, 1st Baron Bowes John Bowes, 1st Baron Bowes PC was an Irish peer and politician.-Life:He was born in London, son of Thomas Bowes, a merchant, and was called to the Bar in 1712. He came to Ireland as a member of the staff of Richard West, the Lord Chancellor in 1723... and Thomas Secker Thomas Secker Thomas Secker , Archbishop of Canterbury, was born at Sibthorpe, Nottinghamshire.-Early life and studies:In 1699, Secker went to Richard Brown's free school in Chesterfield, staying with his half-sister and her husband, Elizabeth and Richard Milnes... , Samuel Price, John Barker, Thomas Bradbury Thomas Bradbury -Life:Bradbury was born in Yorkshire, and was educated for the congregational ministry Attercliffe Academy; Oliver Heywood gave him books. He preached his first sermon on 14 June 1696, and went to reside as assistant and domestic tutor with Thomas Whitaker, minister of the independent congregation,... , Samuel Wright, Benjamin Grosvenor, William Harris William Harris (presbyterian minister) -Life:He was born about 1675, probably in Southwark, where his mother was living as a widow in 1692. Walter Wilson, following Josiah Thompson, thinks he was educated at Timothy Jollie's Attercliffe Academy, near Sheffield ; records of the presbyterian board show that in 1692–6 he studied... , Joseph Mottershead Joseph Mottershead -Life:The son of Joseph Mottershead, yeoman, he was born near Stockport, Cheshire, on 17 August 1688. He was educated at Attercliffe Academy under Timothy Jollie, and afterwards studied for a year under Matthew Henry at Chester.... who then studied under Matthew Henry Matthew Henry Matthew Henry was an English commentator on the Bible and Presbyterian minister.-Life:He was born at Broad Oak, a farmhouse on the borders of Flintshire and Shropshire. His father, Philip Henry, had just been ejected under the Act of Uniformity 1662... . |
| Bolton Bolton Bolton is a town in Greater Manchester, in the North West of England. Close to the West Pennine Moors, it is north west of the city of Manchester. Bolton is surrounded by several smaller towns and villages which together form the Metropolitan Borough of Bolton, of which Bolton is the... |
1723-1729. | John Barclay, M.A. | |
| Heckmondwyke, merged in Rotherham College. | 1756 | James Scott (d. 1783), Samuel Walker, etc. Walker then taught at Northowram, to 1795. | William Vint under Walker at Northowram. |
| Kendal Kendal Kendal, anciently known as Kirkby in Kendal or Kirkby Kendal, is a market town and civil parish within the South Lakeland District of Cumbria, England... , set up after the death of Thomas Dixon (Whitehaven). |
1733-1752. | Caleb Rotherham. | About 120 lay students in all; Jeremiah Dyson Jeremiah Dyson Jeremiah Dyson was a British civil servant and politician.He studied at Edinburgh University and matriculated at Leiden University in 1742. He settled a pension on his friend Mark Akenside, the poet and physician, and later defended Akenside's The Pleasures of the Imagination against William... , George Walker George Walker (Presbyterian) George Walker was a versatile English dissenter, known as a mathematician, theologian, Fellow of the Royal Society, and activist.-Life:... ; Thomas and Benjamin Dawson Benjamin Dawson Benjamin Dawson LL.D. was an English minister, initially Presbyterian but then Anglican, and linguist.-Life:The sixth son of Eli Dawson, Presbyterian minister, and brother of the scholar Abraham Dawson, he was born at Halifax... ; Robert Andrews (translator) Robert Andrews (translator) Robert Andrews was an English Dissenter, known as a poet and translator of Virgil.-Life:He was descended from an eminent nonconformist family which had lived for nearly two centuries at Little Lever and at Rivington Hall, near Bolton, Lancashire. He received his theological education under Dr.... , John Seddon John Seddon of Warrington -Life:The son of Peter Seddon, dissenting minister successively at Ormskirk and Hereford, he was born at Hereford on 8 December 1725. The Unitarian John Seddon , with whom he has often been confused, is said to have been a second cousin... . |
| Manchester Manchester Manchester is a city and metropolitan borough in Greater Manchester, England. According to the Office for National Statistics, the 2010 mid-year population estimate for Manchester was 498,800. Manchester lies within one of the UK's largest metropolitan areas, the metropolitan county of Greater... . |
1698-1710 (?). | John Chorlton John Chorlton John Chorlton was an English presbyterian minister and tutor.-Life:John Chorlton was born at Salford in 1666. On 4 April 1682 he was admitted to be educated for the ministry at Rathmell Academy under Richard Frankland. On completing his studies he was chosen as assistant to Henry Newcome, the... (died 1705) transferred Rathmell Academy Rathmell Academy Rathmell Academy was a Dissenting academy set up at Rathmell, North Yorkshire, in the north of England by Richard Frankland from 1670.-Preparations:... to Manchester after Frankland died, countenanced by and promised support from the Lancashire ministers.; James Coningham James Coningham James Coningham was an English presbyterian divine and tutor.-Life:Coningham was born in 1670 in England and educated at Edinburgh, where he graduated M.A. on 27 February 1694. The same year he became minister of the presbyterian congregation at Penrith... , from 1700. |
Samuel Bourn the younger Samuel Bourn the Younger -Life:He was the second son of Samuel Bourn the elder, born at Calne, Wiltshire. He was taught classics at Bolton, and trained for the ministry in the Manchester dissenting academy of John Chorlton and James Coningham. His first settlement was at Crook, near Kendal, in 1711... , James Clegg, Thomas Dixon, Thomas Holland. |
| Rathmell Academy Rathmell Academy Rathmell Academy was a Dissenting academy set up at Rathmell, North Yorkshire, in the north of England by Richard Frankland from 1670.-Preparations:... . Migratory (Natland, Kendal, Attercliffe by 1686, etc.). |
1669-1698. | Richard Frankland Richard Frankland (tutor) Richard Frankland was an English nonconformist, notable for founding the Rathmell Academy, a dissenting academy in the north of England.-Biography:... , assisted by John Issot. |
John Ashe, Joshua Bayes, John Chorlton, James Clegg, John Owen, Timothy Jollie Timothy Jollie Timothy Jollie, , was a nonconformist minister and notable educator in the north of England.-Biography:Timothy Jollie, son of Thomas Jollie, was born at Altham, Lancashire, about 1659. On 27 August 1673 he entered the dissenting academy of Richard Frankland at Rathmell, Yorkshire... (tutor at Attercliffe), John Evans; Christopher Bassnett Christopher Bassnett -Life:He entered Richard Frankland's Rathmell Academy as student for the Presbyterian ministry on 1 April 1696. He was an intimate friend of Matthew Henry, who says in a manuscript diary, 20 July 1709, ‘recommended Mr... . |
| Warrington Warrington Warrington is a town, borough and unitary authority area of Cheshire, England. It stands on the banks of the River Mersey, which is tidal to the west of the weir at Howley. It lies 16 miles east of Liverpool, 19 miles west of Manchester and 8 miles south of St Helens... |
1700-1746. | Charles Owen, D.D. (d. 1746). | |
| Warrington Academy Warrington Academy Warrington Academy, active as a teaching establishment from 1756 to 1782, was a prominent dissenting academy, that is, a school or college set up by those who dissented from the state church in England... |
1757-1783. Library moved to Manchester New College, 1783; other removals, York (1803), Manchester, London, now represented by Harris Manchester College, Oxford Harris Manchester College, Oxford Harris Manchester College is one of the constituent colleges of the University of Oxford in the United Kingdom. Formerly known as Manchester College, it is listed in the University Statutes as Manchester Academy and Harris College, and at University ceremonies it is called Collegium de Harris et... . |
John Taylor, John Aikin John Aikin (Unitarian) John Aikin was an English Unitarian scholar and theological tutor, closely associated with Warrington Academy, a prominent dissenting academy.-Life:... , John Holt, Joseph Priestley Joseph Priestley Joseph Priestley, FRS was an 18th-century English theologian, Dissenting clergyman, natural philosopher, chemist, educator, and political theorist who published over 150 works... , William Enfield William Enfield William Enfield was a British Unitarian minister who published a bestselling book on elocution entitled The Speaker .-Life:... , Nicholas Clayton Nicholas Clayton (divine) Nicholas Clayton, D.D. was an English presbyterian minister and divine.-Life:Clayton was the son of Samuel Clayton of Old Park, Enfield, Middlesex, and was born about 1733... , etc.; at Manchester, Thomas Barnes Thomas Barnes (Unitarian) Thomas Barnes was an English Unitarian minister and educational reformer.-Life:He was the son of William Barnes, of Warrington. His mother was Elizabeth, daughter of the Rev. Thomas Blinston, of Wigan. He was born on 13 February 1747, and he lost his father when he was in his third year... , George Walker George Walker (Presbyterian) George Walker was a versatile English dissenter, known as a mathematician, theologian, Fellow of the Royal Society, and activist.-Life:... , John Dalton John Dalton John Dalton FRS was an English chemist, meteorologist and physicist. He is best known for his pioneering work in the development of modern atomic theory, and his research into colour blindness .-Early life:John Dalton was born into a Quaker family at Eaglesfield, near Cockermouth, Cumberland,... , Ralph Harrison Ralph Harrison -Life:The son of William Harrison, presbyterian minister of Chinley, Derbyshire, was born at Chinley on 10 September 1748. In 1763 he entered Warrington Academy, of which John Aikin was divinity tutor... , etc.; and at York, Charles Wellbeloved Charles Wellbeloved Charles Wellbeloved was a unitarian divine and archaeologist.-Life:Charles Wellbeloved, only child of John Wellbeloved , by his wife Elizabeth , was born in Denmark Street, St Giles, London, on 6 April 1769, and baptised on 25 April at St. Giles-in-the-Fields... , Hugh Kerr, M.A., etc. |
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| Whitehaven Whitehaven Whitehaven is a small town and port on the coast of Cumbria, England, which lies equidistant between the county's two largest settlements, Carlisle and Barrow-in-Furness, and is served by the Cumbrian Coast Line and the A595 road... , Moved to Bolton 1723-1729 (?). |
1710-1723. | Thomas Dixon Thomas Dixon (nonconformist) Thomas Dixon, M.D. was an English nonconformist minister and tutor.-Life:Dixon was probably the son of Thomas Dixon, ‘Anglus e Northumbria,’ who graduated M.A. at Edinburgh on 19 July 1660, and was ejected from the vicarage of Kelloe, County Durham, as a nonconformist. Dixon studied at Manchester... , M.A., M.D. |
John Taylor, George Benson George Benson (theologian) George Benson was an English Presbyterian minister and theologian. According to Alexander Balloch Grosart, writing in the Dictionary of National Biography, his views were "Socinian" though at this period the term is often confused with Arian.... , Caleb Rotherham, Henry Winder Henry Winder -Life:The son of Henry Winder , farmer, by a daughter of Adam Bird of Penruddock, he was born at Hutton John, parish of Greystoke, Cumberland, on 15 May 1693. His grandfather, Henry Winder, farmer, who lived to be over a hundred , was falsely charged with murdering his first-born son... . |
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| Gosport Gosport Gosport is a town, district and borough situated on the south coast of England, within the county of Hampshire. It has approximately 80,000 permanent residents with a further 5,000-10,000 during the summer months... |
1789-(?). | David Bogue David Bogue David Bogue was a British nonconformist leader.-Life:He was born in the parish of Coldingham, Berwickshire, Scotland. After a course of study in Edinburgh, he was licensed to preach by the Church of Scotland, but made his way to London in 1771, to teach in schools at Edmonton, Hampstead and... . In 1800 the Missionary Society placed their missionaries under Bogue for preparation. |
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| Hungerford Hungerford Hungerford is a market town and civil parish in Berkshire, England, 9 miles west of Newbury. It covers an area of and, according to the 2001 census, has a population of 5,559 .- Geography :... |
1696-1701 (?). | Benjamin Robinson Benjamin Robinson Benjamin Robinson , an English Presbyterian church minister, born at Derby in 1666, was a pupil of Samuel Ogden . He came to be a respected theologian and had his views published. He started a school in Findern in south Derbyshire.-Life:... , educated at Sheriffhales, first set up a school at Findern in 1693 but was opposed there (died 1724). |
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| Tubney, Berkshire Berkshire Berkshire is a historic county in the South of England. It is also often referred to as the Royal County of Berkshire because of the presence of the royal residence of Windsor Castle in the county; this usage, which dates to the 19th century at least, was recognised by the Queen in 1957, and... . |
1668-1679. | Henry Langley Henry Langley Henry Langley was an English clergyman and academic, intruded Master of Pembroke College, Oxford, and later an ejected minister and nonconformist tutor.-Life:He was son of Thomas Langley, a shoemaker, of Abingdon, Berkshire... (d. 1679). |
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| Bridgwater Bridgwater Bridgwater is a market town and civil parish in Somerset, England. It is the administrative centre of the Sedgemoor district, and a major industrial centre. Bridgwater is located on the major communication routes through South West England... |
(?)-1747 | John Moore, M. A. (d. 1747). | |
| Bristol Bristol Bristol is a city, unitary authority area and ceremonial county in South West England, with an estimated population of 433,100 for the unitary authority in 2009, and a surrounding Larger Urban Zone with an estimated 1,070,000 residents in 2007... . First Baptist Academy. |
1720-(?). | Bernard Foskett, continued the work of Ed. Terril and Caleb Tope. He was succeeded by Hugh Evans and his son Caleb Evans. | John Ash John Ash (divine) John Ash was an English Baptist minister at Pershore, Worcestershire, divine, and author of an English dictionary and grammar books.-Life:... . |
| Dartmouth Dartmouth, Devon Dartmouth is a town and civil parish in the English county of Devon. It is a tourist destination set on the banks of the estuary of the River Dart, which is a long narrow tidal ria that runs inland as far as Totnes... |
1668-1691. | John Flavel John Flavel John Flavel was an English Presbyterian clergyman and author.-Life:Flavel was born at Bromsgrove, Worcestershire and studied at Oxford. Ordained as a Presbyterian in 1650, though later a Congregationalist, he held livings at Diptford and Dartmouth... . |
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| Exeter Exeter Exeter is a historic city in Devon, England. It lies within the ceremonial county of Devon, of which it is the county town as well as the home of Devon County Council. Currently the administrative area has the status of a non-metropolitan district, and is therefore under the administration of the... |
(About) 1700-1722. | Joseph Hallet, perhaps started in 1690. Academy declined and was closed because of a subscription quarrel. | James Foster James Foster (baptist minister) James Foster was an English Baptist minister.-Early life:Foster was born and baptized at Exeter, 6 September 1697. Most of our biographical knowledge of him comes from memoirs attached to a sermon preached at his funeral by his friend and colleague, Caleb Fleming... , John Fox John Fox (biographer) John Fox , was an English biographer.Fox was born at Plymouth on 10 May 1693. His father, a zealous presbyterian, ‘devoted’ him ‘to the ministry, from an infant.’ His mother was the daughter of a Plymouth tradesman named Brett. After an education at Tavistock Grammar School, and under ‘old Mr... ., Peter King Peter King, 1st Baron King Peter King, 1st Baron King PC, FRS was an English lawyer and politician, who became lord chancellor of England.-Life:He was born in Exeter in 1669.... , Zachariah Mudge. |
| Exeter | 1760-1786. | Samuel Merivale, Michaijah Towgood, John Turner, John Hogg, Thomas Jervis. | |
| Exeter | 1799-1805. | Timothy Kenrick, Joseph Bretland Joseph Bretland Joseph Bretland , was an English dissenting minister.-Life:He was the son of Joseph Bretland, an Exeter tradesman, was born at Exeter 22 May 1742. He was for several years a day scholar at the Exeter grammar school, and was placed in business in 1757, but shortly after left it for the ministry... . |
James Hews Bransby James Hews Bransby James Hews Bransby , was a Unitarian minister.Bransby was a native of Ipswich. His father, John Bransby , was an instrument maker, a fellow of the Royal Astronomical Society, author of a treatise on 'The Use of the Globes, &c.,' 1791, 8vo, and editor of the 'Ipswich Magazine,' 1799.The son became... . |
| Gloucester Gloucester Gloucester is a city, district and county town of Gloucestershire in the South West region of England. Gloucester lies close to the Welsh border, and on the River Severn, approximately north-east of Bristol, and south-southwest of Birmingham.... |
1696-(?). | James Forbes James Forbes (divine) James Forbes , was a Scottish nonconformist divine.-Life:Forbes was born in or about 1629. He was educated at Aberdeen University, where he proceeded M.A., being subsequently admitted ad eundem at Oxford... (d. 1712). |
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| Lyme Regis Lyme Regis Lyme Regis is a coastal town in West Dorset, England, situated 25 miles west of Dorchester and east of Exeter. The town lies in Lyme Bay, on the English Channel coast at the Dorset-Devon border... or Colyton Colyton, Devon Colyton is a small town in Devon, England. It is located within the East Devon local authority area. It is 3 miles away from Seaton and 6 miles away from Axminster. Its population in 1991 was 2,783.-History:... , moved to Shepton Mallet and then to Poole. |
1690 | John Short, Matthew Towgood. | |
| Ottery St Mary Ottery St Mary Ottery St Mary, known as "Ottery" , is a town in the East Devon district of Devon, England, on the River Otter, about ten miles east of Exeter on the B3174. It is part of a large civil parish of the same name, which also covers the villages of West Hill, Metcombe, Fairmile, Alfington, Tipton St... , started by Congregational Board, later represented by Bristol. Migratory (Bridport, Taunton, Exeter, Plymouth, Bristol). |
1752-(?) | J. Lavington, James Rooker, Thomas Reader, James Small, etc. | |
| Taunton Taunton Taunton is the county town of Somerset, England. The town, including its suburbs, had an estimated population of 61,400 in 2001. It is the largest town in the shire county of Somerset.... |
1672-1759 (when Amory went to London). | Matthew Warren Matthew Warren -Life:He was a younger son of John Warren of Otterford, Somerset. He was educated at Crewkerne grammar school, and St John's College, Oxford, where he matriculated on 3 July 1658. At the Restoration of 1660 he left Oxford with his tutor. After a year at Reading he returned to Otterford, and began... , Robert Darch, Stephen James, Henry Grove Henry Grove Henry Grove was an English nonconformist minister, theologian, and dissenting tutor.-Life:He was born at Taunton, Somerset, on 4 January 1684... , Thomas Amory Thomas Amory (tutor) Thomas Amory D.D. was an English dissenting tutor and minister and poet from Taunton.-Biography:His father was a grocer and his mother a sister of Henry Grove. He was at school under Chadwick, a local dissenting minister, and learned French at Exeter under André de Majendie, a refugee minister... . |
Henry Grove, John Shower under Warren; Thomas and John Wright of Bristol, etc. |
| Tewkesbury Academy Tewkesbury Academy The Dissenting academy in Tewkesbury was an important centre of learning for the Protestant Non-conformists in the early 18th century. It was run by Samuel Jones, and its students included both Dissenters such as Samuel Chandler and those who became significant Establishment figures such as... 1680 (Gloucester Gloucester Gloucester is a city, district and county town of Gloucestershire in the South West region of England. Gloucester lies close to the Welsh border, and on the River Severn, approximately north-east of Bristol, and south-southwest of Birmingham.... ) to 1719, moved to Tewkesbury Tewkesbury Tewkesbury is a town in Gloucestershire, England. It stands at the confluence of the River Severn and the River Avon, and also minor tributaries the Swilgate and Carrant Brook... in 1712. |
Samuel Jones Samuel Jones (academy tutor) Samuel Jones was an English Dissenter and educator, known for founding a significant Dissenting academy at Tewkesbury.-Early life:... (d. 1719 or 1720), Jeremiah Jones his nephew. |
Thomas Secker Thomas Secker Thomas Secker , Archbishop of Canterbury, was born at Sibthorpe, Nottinghamshire.-Early life and studies:In 1699, Secker went to Richard Brown's free school in Chesterfield, staying with his half-sister and her husband, Elizabeth and Richard Milnes... , Samuel Chandler Samuel Chandler Samuel Chandler was an English Nonconformist minister.-Life:He was born at Hungerford in Berkshire, where his father was a minister. He was sent to school at Gloucester, where he began a lifelong friendship with Bishop Butler and Archbishop Secker; and he afterwards studied at Leiden... , Joseph Butler Joseph Butler Joseph Butler was an English bishop, theologian, apologist, and philosopher. He was born in Wantage in the English county of Berkshire . He is known, among other things, for his critique of Thomas Hobbes's egoism and John Locke's theory of personal identity... . Daniel Scott Daniel Scott (lexicographer) Daniel Scott LL.D. was an English nonconformist minister, theological writer and lexicographer,-Life:Born on 21 March 1694, was son, by the second wife, of Daniel Scott, a London merchant... . |
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| Tiverton | (?)-(?). | John Moor (d. 1740). |
Wales
| Institution | Dates | Tutors | Students |
|---|---|---|---|
| Broad Oak, Flintshire | 1690-1706. | Philip Henry Philip Henry (clergyman) Philip Henry was an English Nonconformist clergyman and diarist.-Early life:Henry graduated from Oxford in 1652 and was ordained in 1657. He was the eldest son of John Henry, keeper of the orchard at Whitehall, and was born at Whitehall on 24 August 1631... . After Henry's death, 1696, Benion continued teaching till in 1706, after death of James Owen, he moved to Shrewsbury Shrewsbury Shrewsbury is the county town of Shropshire, in the West Midlands region of England. Lying on the River Severn, it is a civil parish home to some 70,000 inhabitants, and is the primary settlement and headquarters of Shropshire Council... . |
Samuel Benion, who became a tutor. Ebenezer Latham studied under Benion, became a tutor at Caldwell, and later succeeded Hill at Findern. Samuel Lawrence studied under Henry. |
| Brynllywarch, Llangynwyd Llangynwyd Llangynwyd is a village 2 miles to the south of Maesteg, in the county borough of Bridgend, Wales. It was part of the medieval cwmwd of Tir Iarll.- History and amenities :The 2001 census gave the population as 2,843... , near Bridgend, Glamorgan. |
1668-1697 (?). | Samuel Jones Samuel Jones (non-conformist) Samuel Jones was a Welsh nonconformist clergyman, who established an academy for educating dissenting ministers.-Life:Jones was born in Denbighshire, Wales, near Chirk Castle, in 1628... . |
James Owen (tutor, Shrewsbury), Philip Pugh. |
| Abergavenny Abergavenny Abergavenny , meaning Mouth of the River Gavenny, is a market town in Monmouthshire, Wales. It is located 15 miles west of Monmouth on the A40 and A465 roads, 6 miles from the English border. Originally the site of a Roman fort, Gobannium, it became a medieval walled town within the Welsh Marches... . The Congregational Board withdrew their funding from Carmarthen Academy after an internal split, in 1756, and established one of their own. Migratory (Oswestry, Wrexham, Llanfyllin, Newton), Brecon College after 1839. The Baptist college founded 1807 is unconnected. |
1757-(?). | David Jardine (died 1766), Benjamin Davies, D.D. (died 1817), John Griffiths, Edward Williams Edward Williams (minister) Edward Williams was a Welsh nonconformist minister, theological writer, and tutor.-Life:He was born at Glan Clwyd, near Denbigh, on 14 November 1750. His father, a farmer of good position, sent him to St. Asaph grammar school, and he was intended for the Church of England... merged in his own school and pressed for the 1782 move to Oswestry, Jenkin Lewis, George Lewis, D.D. (died 1822), etc. |
Noah Simmons. |
| Carmarthen Carmarthen Carmarthen is a community in, and the county town of, Carmarthenshire, Wales. It is sited on the River Towy north of its mouth at Carmarthen Bay. In 2001, the population was 14,648.... (Presbyterian College, Carmarthen; Coleg Presbyteraidd Caerfyrddin). Migratory (Llwynllwyd, Haverford West, etc., Carmarthen, and probably continuation of Brynllwarch). |
1700-after 1900. | William Evans (died 1718), Thomas Perrot (under whom were about 150 pupils) (died 1733), Vavasor Griffiths, Evans Davis, Robert Gentleman Robert Gentleman Robert Forbes Gentleman was a British water polo player who competed in the 1948 Summer Olympics.He was part of the British team which was eliminated in the first round of the 1948 tournament. He played both matches.-References:*... (1779-1784). George Vance Smith, principal 1876 to 1888, Walter Jenkin Evans Walter Jenkin Evans Walter Jenkin Evans was a Welsh academic who served as Principal of Carmarthen Presbyterian College and who wrote about the history and people of Unitarianism in Carmarthen.-Life:... principal 1888 to 1910. |
Euros Bowen Euros Bowen Euros Bowen was a Welsh language poet.Born in Treorchy, and a brother of the poet Geraint Bowen, he was educated in the Presbyterian College, Carmarthen, and later at the University of Wales and Mansfield College, Oxford... , David Davis David Davis (Castellhywel) David Davis , known as "Castellhywel" or "Dafis Castellhywel" to differentiate him from others of the same name, was a Welsh minister and poet.... , John Jenkins (Ifor Ceri) John Jenkins (Ifor Ceri) John Jenkins was a Welsh priest in the Church of England and an antiquarian... , Thomas Rees Thomas Rees (Unitarian minister) Thomas Rees , Welsh Nonconformist divine, was a Unitarian minister and scholar.Rees was educated at the Presbyterian College, Carmarthen, and entered the Unitarian ministry in 1807 at the Newington Green Unitarian Church, London. He went to Southwark in 1813, earned the degree of LL.D... , David Williams David Williams (philosopher) David Williams , was a Welsh philosopher of the Enlightenment period. He was an ordained minister, theologian and political polemicist, and was the founder in 1788 of the Royal Literary Fund.-Upbringing:... , David Williams (1709–1784). |
| Knill, Radnorshire | (?) 1675-(?). | John Weaver. | Samuel Jones Samuel Jones (academy tutor) Samuel Jones was an English Dissenter and educator, known for founding a significant Dissenting academy at Tewkesbury.-Early life:... , later tutor at Tewkesbury Academy Tewkesbury Academy The Dissenting academy in Tewkesbury was an important centre of learning for the Protestant Non-conformists in the early 18th century. It was run by Samuel Jones, and its students included both Dissenters such as Samuel Chandler and those who became significant Establishment figures such as... . |