Robert Browne (1540–1630) was the founder of the Brownists, a common designation for early Separatists from the
Church of EnglandThe Church of England is the officially established Christian church in England, the Mother Church of the worldwide Anglican Communion and the oldest among the communion's thirty-eight independent national and regional churches...
before 1620.
Browne was born at
Tolethorpe HallTolethope Hall in the parish of Little Casterton, Rutland, England, PE9 4BH is a country house near Stamford, Lincolnshire at . It is now the location of the Rutland Theatre of the Stamford Shakespeare Company....
in
RutlandRutland is a county of mainland England, bounded on the west and north by Leicestershire, northeast by Lincolnshire, and southeast by Peterborough and Northamptonshire....
,
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. In 1572 he took a degree from
Corpus Christi College, CambridgeCorpus Christi College is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge. It is notable for being the only college to have been founded by Cambridge townspeople, having been established in 1352 by the Guilds of Corpus Christi and the Blessed Virgin Mary...
. He is reputed to have been Master of
Stamford SchoolStamford School is an English public school situated in the market town of Stamford, Lincolnshire. It has been a member of the Headmasters' and Headmistresses' Conference since 1920.-History:...
.
He was the first seceder from the
Church of EnglandThe Church of England is the officially established Christian church in England, the Mother Church of the worldwide Anglican Communion and the oldest among the communion's thirty-eight independent national and regional churches...
, and the first to found a Church of his own on
CongregationalCongregational churches are Protestant Christian churches practicing congregationalist church governance, in which each congregation independently and autonomously runs its own affairs....
principles. He founded his church at
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, but ended up returning to the Church of England.
He died in jail at
NorthamptonNorthampton is a large market town and local government district in the East Midlands region of England. It is about north-west of London and around south-east of Birmingham, and lies on the River Nene...
, where he was imprisoned for assaulting a constable.
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Robert Browne (1540–1630) was the founder of the Brownists, a common designation for early Separatists from the
Church of EnglandThe Church of England is the officially established Christian church in England, the Mother Church of the worldwide Anglican Communion and the oldest among the communion's thirty-eight independent national and regional churches...
before 1620.
Biography
Browne was born at
Tolethorpe HallTolethope Hall in the parish of Little Casterton, Rutland, England, PE9 4BH is a country house near Stamford, Lincolnshire at . It is now the location of the Rutland Theatre of the Stamford Shakespeare Company....
in
RutlandRutland is a county of mainland England, bounded on the west and north by Leicestershire, northeast by Lincolnshire, and southeast by Peterborough and Northamptonshire....
,
EnglandEngland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west and the North Sea to the east, with the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
. In 1572 he took a degree from
Corpus Christi College, CambridgeCorpus Christi College is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge. It is notable for being the only college to have been founded by Cambridge townspeople, having been established in 1352 by the Guilds of Corpus Christi and the Blessed Virgin Mary...
. He is reputed to have been Master of
Stamford SchoolStamford School is an English public school situated in the market town of Stamford, Lincolnshire. It has been a member of the Headmasters' and Headmistresses' Conference since 1920.-History:...
.
He was the first seceder from the
Church of EnglandThe Church of England is the officially established Christian church in England, the Mother Church of the worldwide Anglican Communion and the oldest among the communion's thirty-eight independent national and regional churches...
, and the first to found a Church of his own on
CongregationalCongregational churches are Protestant Christian churches practicing congregationalist church governance, in which each congregation independently and autonomously runs its own affairs....
principles. He founded his church at
NorwichNorwich is a city in Norfolk, East Anglia which is in Eastern England. It is the regional administrative centre and county city of Norfolk...
, but ended up returning to the Church of England.
He died in jail at
NorthamptonNorthampton is a large market town and local government district in the East Midlands region of England. It is about north-west of London and around south-east of Birmingham, and lies on the River Nene...
, where he was imprisoned for assaulting a constable. He may be considered the father of the Congregational body in England.
Works
- A True and Short Declaration (1581)
- A Treatise of Reformation without Tarrying for any and of the Wickedness of those Preachers which will not reform till the Magistrate command or compel them (1582)
- A Book which sheweth the Life and Manners of all true Christians (1582)
- An answere to master Cartwright his letter for ioyning with the English Church (1583)
- A true and short declaration, both of the gathering and ioyning together of certaine persons, and also of the lamentable breach and division which fell amongst them (1583)
- A Reproof of Certain Schismatical Persons (15??)
- A New Year's Guift (1589)
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