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Puritanism in Devon and the Exeter Assembly

Trans. Devon Assoc., vol. 9 (1877), pp. 250-291.

by

R.N. Worth

Prepared by Michael Steer

Worth's paper, delivered at the Association's July 1877 Kingsbridge meeting is a treasure chest for family historians. Non-conformist views have always tended to be strong in Devon, although until the mid C17 puritans in the county generally stayed within the established Church of England. During the Commonwealth, Presbyterianism became the official form of worship in the parish churches with Anglican clergy either conforming or being replaced by puritan ministers. However, with the Restoration of Charles II, the Anglican Church was also restored and non-conformist puritan ministers were ejected from the parish churches. Google with the Archive Organization has sponsored the digitisation of books from several libraries. The Internet Archive makes available, in its Community Texts Collection (originally known as Open Source Books), books that have been digitised by Google from a number of libraries. These are books on which copyright has expired, and are available free for educational and research use. This rare book was produced from a copy held by the University of Michigan Library, and is available from the Internet Archive.