1. Peter Heylyn or Heylin was an English ecclesiastic and author of many polemical, historical, political and theological tracts.
12 Facts About Peter Heylyn
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Peter Heylyn incorporated his political concepts into his geographical books Microcosmus in 1621 and Cosmographie.
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Peter Heylyn subsequently became an outspoken preacher and one of Charles I's clerical followers.
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Peter Heylyn became licensed Canon of Westminster in 1631 and Rector of Hemingford, Huntingdonshire, in the same year.
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Peter Heylyn became Rector of Houghton-le-Spring, County Durham, in 1632 and rector of Alresford, Hampshire, in 1633.
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Peter Heylyn became a chaplain to Charles I In 1639 he became Rector at South Warnborough, Hampshire.
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Peter Heylyn suffered for his loyalty to the king when, under the Commonwealth, he was deprived of his preferments.
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Peter Heylyn subsequently settled at Lacies Court in Abingdon, from 1653 until 1660.
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Peter Heylyn supported Anthony Huish in maintaining the services at St Nicholas Church where Huish was rector.
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Peter Heylyn married Letitia Highgate and had a large family.
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Peter Heylyn was a prolific writer, and a keen and acrimonious controversialist against the Puritans.
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Peter Heylyn was the writer of the "Cosmographie", an attempt to describe in meticulous detail every aspect of the known world in 1652, the geography, climate, customs, achievements, politics, and belief systems.