Jeremy Taylor
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Jeremy Taylor was an English cleric in the Church of England who achieved fame as an author during the Protectorate of Oliver Cromwell. He is sometimes known as the "Shakespeare of Divines" for his po
Taylor in a posthumous portrait by Eden Upton Eddis at Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge
Jeremy Taylor with figures representing youth, maturity and old age by Pierre Lombart (1650)
Dromore Cathedral showing the chancel built over the crypt where Taylor was buried
William Laud
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William Laud was a bishop in the Church of England. Appointed Archbishop of Canterbury by Charles I in 1633, Laud was a key advocate of Charles I's religious reforms; he was arrested by Parliament in
Jeremy Taylor
…poetic style of expression, and he is frequently cited as one of the greatest prose writers in the English language. Taylor was under the patronage of William Laud, Archbishop of Canterbury. He went on to become chaplain in ordinary to King Charles I as a result of Laud's sponsorship. This made him politically…
Portrait by Anthony van Dyck c. 1636
Stained glass windows in the Chapter House of Canterbury Cathedral, depicting Henry IV, Henry VIII, Thomas Cranmer and Archbishop Laud
Altar, c. 1635, the centre of dispute between Puritans and Laudians, possibly consecrated by Laud himself, in St Peter's Collegiate Church in Wolverhampton.
Etching by Wenceslaus Hollar showing Laud being tried for treason in the House of Lords, with several people present labelled