Richard Butler (English priest)
Richard Butler (died 14 September 1612) was Archdeacon of Northampton from 9 July 1611 until his death.[1] Butler was among the earliest Arminians, along with John Buckeridge (his predecessor), Benjamin Carier, and Richard Neile.[2][3]
Butler was educated at St John's College, Cambridge.[4] He was ordained deacon and priest in 1588 at Peterborough. He held incumbencies at Spratton (starting 1591) and Ashton-in-the-Wall (starting 1602).[3]
Butler attended the Hampton Court Conference of 1604, where he famously described Puritans as being Prostestants "frayed out of [their] wits".[3] He received his Doctor of Divinity in 1608, on the same day as William Laud.[3] Butler assisted Neile in the examination of Edward Wightman, who was the last person to be burned at the stake in England for heresy.[3] Butler was one of the founding benefactors of St John's College, Oxford, to which he bequeathed certain medieval manuscripts, including Richard Rolle's Parce mihi.[5]
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