The Hidden Life of George Hakewill (1578-1649)

George Hakewill (1578–1649) was one of the leading figures in the early 17th-century Church of England. Born into a wealthy merchant family from Exeter in Devon, he matriculated at Oxford in 1595 and was elected to a fellowship at Exeter College in the following year: a remarkable promotion for an undergraduate, and a mark of […]

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