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Francis Hews

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116: 127:, Hertfordshire, on 3 March 1768. Hews records in his autobiography that his parents were "carnal" and he did not attend church on a Sunday in his early years. He first began to consider religious matters at the age of 8. At the age of 18, in 1786, he began a travelling ministry in the counties of Bedfordshire, 197:
described the book as "a kind of spiritual autobiography" and commented on a poem that Hews had written in 1799 that he criticised as a "revealing diatribe" where "cheap scriptural invective takes the place of irony".
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were ordered between "Francis Hews, Dunstable, against Thos. Brincklo, Totternhoe, lab. for threatening that he "would shoot him..........do for him....take care of him before he had done with him....".
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in 1800, which complained about the "libellous language" with which Hews wrote about his "many enemies". The reviewer commented that he was unsure where Hews should be sent to "
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recorded that Hews died from a stroke at Northampton on 15 May 1810. He was buried in the family vault at Dunstable. The
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Spoils Won in the Day of Battle, and Dedicated to the Use of the Church: or God's Dealings with the Author, Francis Hews
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Hews received significant opposition to his work, including threats of violence which are recorded in his autobiography
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Bedfordshire Archives via The National Archives, Discovery catalogue. Retrieved 27 September 2018.
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Articles of Peace: Francis Hews, Dunstable, against Thos. Brincklo, Totternhoe, lab.
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In 1803, Hews was instrumental in the founding of the Providence Chapel in
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Bedfordshire Chapels and Meeting Houses: Official Registration 1672–1901
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The Old and New Covenants; or The Eternal Law and Everlasting Gospel
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Westoning Memorials: Francis Hews, first known Pastor of Westoning.
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By the 1790s, Hews was pastor over the Baptist churches in
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The Songs of Sion in Gospel Sound (a collection of Hymns).
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Westoning Baptist Church. Retrieved 27 September 2018.
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Bedfordshire Archives. Retrieved 27 September 2018.
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Experimental Religion. Retrieved 27 September 2018.
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by Francis Hews, E.J. Woodcraft, Biggleswade, 1972.
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Index

Aldbury
Northampton
Baptist
Baptist
Bedfordshire

Aldbury
Buckinghamshire
Hertfordshire
Dunstable
Westoning
Quarter Session Rolls
Bedfordshire Archives
Articles of Peace
Bridewell
Bedlam
L.R. Conisbee
Luton
Michaelmas
Northampton
The Evangelical Magazine
funeral sermon
John xxi 17
The Old and New Covenants; or The Eternal Law and Everlasting Gospel





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