William Chillingworth

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1. 1602–1638Oxford · EnglandBorn in London, he briefly converted to Catholicism while studying at Oxford before returning to the Church of England; in 1638 he published his masterwork The Religion of Protestants, answering Catholic and Puritan controversies with reason and the authority of Scripture.
2. 1641–1644Oxford · EnglandAfter the outbreak of war in 1642 he stayed with Charles I at Oxford, serving as chaplain to the Royalist army, defending the crown and the Anglican cause during sieges and battles, and continuing to answer Parliamentarian theological challenges in print.
3. 1643–1644Great Tew · OxfordshireIllness forced him to leave the front in 1643; convalescing at Great Tew in Oxfordshire he still revised his theological works, dying in early 1644 and being buried in the local church, his apologetic thought having deep influence in Royalist circles.