11 Facts About Philip Henry

Philip Henry was an English Nonconformist clergyman and diarist.

Philip Henry's son Matthew Henry was a notable commentator on the Bible and a Presbyterian minister.

Philip Henry was the eldest son of John Henry, keeper of the orchard at Whitehall Palace.

Philip Henry's father took Philip Henry to see Laud while the latter was later imprisoned in the Tower of London.

Philip Henry first attended Latin school at St Martin's Church and then transferred to Battersey.

Philip Henry made a strongly Calvinistic confession, but said nothing about church government.

Philip Henry's ideal was a modified episcopacy on James Ussher's system.

Philip Henry had taken the oath of allegiance, but refusing reordination he was incapable of preferment.

Philip Henry consulted John Fell, then dean of Christ Church, Oxford, about his difficulties.

Philip Henry joined in a cautiously worded address to James II.

Philip Henry ministered at Broad Oak in an outbuilding near his house.