Collections Concerning The Church Or Congregation Of Protestant Separatists Formed At Scrooby In North Nottinghamshire: In The Time Of King James I The ... Plymouth, The Parent-Colony Of New England

Collections Concerning The Church Or Congregation Of Protestant Separatists Formed At Scrooby In North Nottinghamshire, In The Time Of King James I: The Founders Of New Plymouth, The Parent-Colony Of New England by Joseph Hunter presents a thorough antiquarian study of the Scrooby church and the English Separatists who helped found Plymouth Colony in New England. Drawing on parish registers, state papers, biographical writings, and Bradford and Brewster’s accounts, the author reconstructs the origins, organization, and leaders of the Scrooby congregation, situating them within the wider Puritan movement and tracing their paths from Nottinghamshire to Holland, Leyden, and ultimately America. The work contrasts related congregations such as Gainsborough, examines the social and religious pressures of Elizabethan and Jacobean England, and provides extensive genealogical and documentary material. It combines detailed archival research with narrative history to illuminate the Founders’ commitment to private judgment, religious liberty, and the creation of a parental colony for New England. Read more