Henry Burton (Puritan)
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Henry Burton (1578 – 1648), was an English puritan.
Along with John Bastwick and William Prynne, Burton's ears were cut off in 1637 for writing pamphlets attacking the views of Archbishop Laud.
Henry Burton was born in Yorkshire in 1578.He worked in London but was imprisoned in 1629 for his attacks on the power of bishops. He was eventually released but was arrested again in 1636 and charged withsedition. He worked as a tutor to Prince Henry Federick and the future Charles I. However, he lost this post because he was another one of the men who criticized William Laud and got his ears chopped off in 1637,then was imprisoned. After his release from prison in 1641 he established an Independent congregation in London. Burton died in 1648.
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