John Huntingdon (preacher)

John Huntingdon (fl. 16th. century) was an English Protestant preacher. He was a client of Mary Fitzroy, and "one of London's most popular and most effective preachers."[1]

Initially Huntingdon was a religious conservative, writing a pamphlet under the pseudonym "Ponce Pantolabus" against evangelicals.[2] The Genealogy of Heresy (modern spelling), it was in verse, published c. 1542; and is not now extant.[3][4] There was a reply by John Bale, in 1545.[5] Huntingdon was one of those who stood witness against the Scottish reformer Alexander Seton.[4]

Not long after his pamphlet, Huntingdon became a reformer.[6] The Privy Council had him arrested in 1553.[7]

Under Elizabeth I, Huntingdon became a canon of Exeter Cathedral.[8] He had the backing of English supporters of the Genevan reforms.[9] By now known as a radical, he was one of those for whom Richard Martin stood surety.[10]

References
  1. Women, Reform and Community in Early Modern England: Katherine Willoughby, Duchess of Suffolk, by Melissa Franklin Harkrider; p. 64
  2. Ryrie, Alec (9 October 2003). The Gospel and Henry VIII: Evangelicals in the Early English Reformation. Cambridge University Press. p. 75. ISBN 9781139440554. Retrieved 30 March 2018.
  3. Griffiths, Jane (23 February 2006). John Skelton and Poetic Authority: Defining the Liberty to Speak. Clarendon Press. p. 165. ISBN 9780199273607. Retrieved 30 March 2018.
  4. Strype, John (1816). Ecclesiastical memorials: relating chiefly to religion, and its reformation under the reigns of King Henry VIII, King Edward VI, and Queen Mary the First; with the appendixes containing the original papers, records, etc. S. Bagster. p. 593. Retrieved 30 March 2018.
  5. Skelton, John (1856). The Poetical Works of John Skelton. Little, Brown and Company. p. cxxiii. Retrieved 30 March 2018.
  6. Marshall, Peter; Ryrie, Alec (30 May 2002). The Beginnings of English Protestantism. Cambridge University Press. p. 90. ISBN 9780521003247. Retrieved 30 March 2018.
  7. Hyde, Jenni (15 February 2018). Singing the News: Ballads in Mid-Tudor England. Taylor & Francis. p. 219. ISBN 9781351372992. Retrieved 30 March 2018.
  8. Ryrie, Alec (9 October 2003). The Gospel and Henry VIII: Evangelicals in the Early English Reformation. Cambridge University Press. p. 102. ISBN 9781139440554. Retrieved 30 March 2018.
  9. Usher, Brett (2 March 2017). William Cecil and Episcopacy, 1559–1577. Taylor & Francis. p. 24. ISBN 9781351872898. Retrieved 30 March 2018.
  10. Taylor, Stephen (1999). From Cranmer to Davidson: A Church of England Miscellany. Boydell & Brewer. p. 59 note 49. ISBN 9780851157429. Retrieved 30 March 2018.


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