biography
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| lived:
| (c.1576–1625)
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| biography:
| Clergyman, pastor of the Pilgrim Fathers, born in Sturton-le-Steeple, Nottinghamshire, C England, UK. He studied at Cambridge, held a curacy at Norwich, became a Separatist, and in 1608 escaped to Leyden, where he established a Church (1609). In 1620, after a memorable sermon, he saw part of his congregation set sail in the Speedwell for Plymouth, where they joined the Mayflower. |
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