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John Proctor (1521?–1584) was an English churchman and academic, known as a historian.

Life

A native of Somerset, Proctor was elected scholar of Corpus Christi College, Oxford, in January 1537, and fellow of All Souls' College in 1540, graduating B.A. on 20 October 1540, and M.A. on 25 June 1544.^[1]

Proctor was a convinced Roman Catholic in early life. From 1553 to 1559 he was master of the school of Tunbridge, Kent, where Francis Thynne was among his pupils. Under Queene Elizabeth his religious views apparently changed, and on 13 March 1578 he was presented to the rectory of St. Andrew, Holborn. He died in the autumn of 1584; Thomas Proctor the poet was his son.^[1]

Works

Proctor wrote:^[1]

The Fall of the late Arrian, London, 1549, dedicated to Princess Mary. Diarmaid MacCulloch has tentatively identified John Assheton as the subject of this work.^[2] While it contains anti-papal commentary, it is also critical of theological aspects of the Protestant Reformation and the unorthodox sectarian views it ushered in.^[3]
The Historie of Wyates Rebellion, with the order and manner of resisting the same, London, 1554, black letter, dedicated to Queen Mary. It was one of the authorities on which Raphael Holinshed based his chronicle.
The Waie home to Christ and Truth leadinge from Antichrist and Errour, 1556, dedicated to Queen Mary; reissued, without dedication, 1565; this is a translation of the Liber de Catholicæ fidei antiquitate, by Vincent of Lérins.

Notes

^ ^a ^b ^c Lee, Sidney, ed. (1896). "Proctor, John" . Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 46. London: Smith, Elder & Co.
^ Diarmaid MacCulloch (1999), Tudor Church Militant: Edward VI and the Protestant Reformation, endnote 30 on p. 238.
^ Mike Pincombe; Cathy Shrank (10 September 2009). The Oxford Handbook of Tudor Literature: 1485-1603. Oxford University Press. p. xlviii. ISBN 978-0-19-160717-2.

Attribution

This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Lee, Sidney, ed. (1896). "Proctor, John". Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 46. London: Smith, Elder & Co.

[DNB-1] Lee, Sidney, ed. (1896). "Proctor, John" . Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 46. London: Smith, Elder & Co.

[2] Diarmaid MacCulloch (1999), Tudor Church Militant: Edward VI and the Protestant Reformation, endnote 30 on p. 238.

[3] Mike Pincombe; Cathy Shrank (10 September 2009). The Oxford Handbook of Tudor Literature: 1485-1603. Oxford University Press. p. xlviii. ISBN 978-0-19-160717-2.

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-*''The Fall of the late Arrian'', London, 1549, dedicated to [[Mary I of England|Princess Mary]]. [[Diarmaid MacCulloch]] has tentatively identified [[John Assheton]] as the subject of this work.<ref>Diarmaid MacCulloch (1999), ''Tudor Church Militant: Edward VI and the Protestant Reformation'', endnote 30 on p. 238.</ref>
+*''The Fall of the late Arrian'', London, 1549, dedicated to [[Mary I of England|Princess Mary]]. [[Diarmaid MacCulloch]] has tentatively identified [[John Assheton]] as the subject of this work.<ref>Diarmaid MacCulloch (1999), ''Tudor Church Militant: Edward VI and the Protestant Reformation'', endnote 30 on p. 238.</ref> While it contains anti-papal commentary, it is also critical of theological aspects of the [[Protestant Reformation]] and the unorthodox sectarian views it ushered in.<ref>{{cite book|author1=Mike Pincombe|author2=Cathy Shrank|title=The Oxford Handbook of Tudor Literature: 1485-1603|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=P1Y2haO4m-MC&pg=RA3-PR48|date=10 September 2009|publisher=Oxford University Press|isbn=978-0-19-160717-2|page=xlviii}}</ref>
 *''The Historie of Wyates Rebellion, with the order and manner of resisting the same'', London, 1554, black letter, dedicated to Queen Mary. It was one of the authorities on which [[Raphael Holinshed]] based his chronicle.
 *''The Waie home to Christ and Truth leadinge from Antichrist and Errour'', 1556, dedicated to Queen Mary; reissued, without dedication, 1565; this is a translation of the ''Liber de Catholicæ fidei antiquitate'', by [[Vincent of Lérins]].