John Bastwick 1132560 209164878 2008-04-30T04:18:33Z Adam sk 1009783 [[Image:JohnBastwick.jpg|thumb|right|200px|John Bastwick.]] '''John Bastwick''' was born in [[Essex]] in [[1593]]. When he finished his education at [[Emmanuel College, Cambridge]], he took a medical degree at [[Padua]]. Bastwick was a [[Puritan]] and he was imprisoned several times for his controversial writings. Bastwick became friendly with [[John Lilburne]] who helped him get his books and pamphlets published in [[Holland]]. In [[1637]] Bastwick, [[Henry Burton (puritan)|Henry Burton]] and [[William Prynne]] had their ears cut off for writing pamphlets attacking the religious views of [[William Laud]], the [[Archbishop of Canterbury]]. Bastwick was released from prison in [[1640]] and during the [[English Civil War|Civil War]] served in the Parliamentary army. After the war [[Bastwick]], a [[Presbyterian]], advocated the persecution of other Puritan groups such as the [[Anabaptist]]s, [[Quaker]]s and [[Congregational church|Congregationalist]]s. When his old friend, [[John Lilburne]], complained, Bastwick arranged for him to be arrested. John Bastwick died in [[1654]]. ==See also== *[[English Dissenters]] {{DEFAULTSORT:Bastwick, John}} {{England-nonfiction-writer-stub}} [[Category:1593 births]] [[Category:1654 deaths]] [[Category:English religious writers]] [[Category:Parliamentary supporters in the English Civil War]] [[Category:Alumni of Emmanuel College, Cambridge]]