Francis Tallents

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Francis Tallents (1619–1708) was a non-conforming English Presbyterian clergyman.

Born in Derbyshire, Tallents studied at Peterhouse, Cambridge and Magdalene College, Cambridge, where he became a Fellow and subsequently President. He was appointed minister of St. Mary's, Shrewsbury in 1652, but ejected for Nonconformity in 1662. His 1705 History of Schism involved him in controversy with the nonjuring clergyman Samuel Grascome (1641-1708).

[edit] Works

• Universal History, 1685
• A Sure and Large Foundation
• A History of Schism, 1705
• Some few considerations upon Mr S G's large answer to the Short history of schism; and especially upon the new and bold assertion, that there can be no church, or salvation, ... without a canonical bishop, 1706

[edit] References

• C. D. Gilbert, ‘Tallents, Francis (1619–1708)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004, accessed 21 Dec 2007

[edit] External links

• Works by or about Francis Tallents in libraries (WorldCat catalog)