A Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature/Heylin, Peter

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A Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John William Cousin Heylin, Peter

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Heylin, Peter (1600-1662). -- Ecclesiastical writer, b. at Burford, Oxon., was one of the clerical followers of Charles I., who ^{page 190}suffered for his fidelity, being deprived under the Commonwealth of his living of Alresford, and other preferments. After the Restoration he was made sub-Dean of Westminster, but the failure of his health prevented further advancement. He was a voluminous writer, and a keen and acrimonious controversialist against the Puritans. Among his works are a History of the Reformation, and a Life of Laud (Cyprianus Anglicanus) (1668).