 Henry Burton was educated at St. John’s College cambridge, and
graduated with an M.A. in 1602. His favorite preachers were Laurence Chaderton
and William Perkins. After leaving the college he spent time as a tutor
to two sons of a wealthy man.
He decided to enter the ministry at the age of 30. He was extremely
outspoken against Romanism, and saw the Church of England as being
perilously close to the Roman Church, calling her bishops “catepillars instead
of pillars.” For his writings, he was sentenced to the pillory, to have
his ears chopped off, to pay a £5,000 fine, to be imprisoned for life,
without benefit of books, pen, or paper (other than a Bible and the
Book of Common Prayer), and without visits from his wife or anyone else.
Some years later this sentence was overturned, but Burton was never
reimbursed the fine he paid. He died in 1648. |
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