Francis Holcroft
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Francis Holcroft was an English ejected minister.
Stained-glass windows of 1905 by Morris & Co. of Francis Holcroft (left) and Joseph Hussey in the former Emmanuel Congregational Church, Cambridge
Great Ejection
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The Great Ejection followed the Act of Uniformity 1662 in England. Several thousand Puritan ministers were forced out of their positions in the Church of England following the Restoration of Charles I
Francis Holcroft
…Francis Holcroft (1629?–1693) was an English ejected minister. He was son of Sir Henry Holcroft, born at West Ham in Essex. He matriculated at Clare Hall, Cambridge in 1647. John Tillotson was his chamber-fellow…
Title page of a collection of Farewell Sermons preached by ministers ejected from their parishes in 1662
The Memorial Hall on Albert Square, Manchester, built to commemorate the bicentennial of the Great Ejection, at the suggestion of John Relly Beard