Thomas Stanley (puritan)
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Thomas Stanley was an ejected puritan minister whose actions alongside Church of England priest William Mompesson when the Derbyshire parish, Eyam, became infected with the plague during the 17th cent
Thomas Stanley's Grave at Eyam.
St Lawrence's Church, Eyam
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St Lawrence’s Church, Eyam is a Grade II* listed parish church in the Church of England in Eyam, Derbyshire.
Thomas Stanley (puritan)
…Stanley was born c. 1610 in Duckmanton. By 1633 he was rector at Dore, before moving onto Ashford in the Water in 1640. By 1644 he was rector at St Lawrence's Church in Eyam, replacing Shorland Adams, a post he held until 1660 when he resigned and left the village, because he refused to comply with the 1662 Act of…
St Lawrence’s Church, Eyam
St Lawrence's Church, Eyam