Ariel Hessayon - Gold Tried in the Fire. The Prophet TheaurauJohn Tany and the English Revolution

First published 2007 by Ashgate Publishing

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British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data
Hessayon, Ariel

Gold tried in the fire. the prophet TheaurauJohn Tany and the English Revolution

1. Tany, Thomas, 16081659 2. Prophets England Biography 3. Puritans England

Biography 4. England Church history 17th century 5. Great Britain History

Puritan Revolution, 16421660

I. Title

285.9092

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Hessayon, Ariel.

Gold tried in the fire. the prophet TheaurauJohn Tany and the English Revolution / by

Ariel Hessayon.

p. cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN-13: 978-0-7546-5597-8 (alk. paper)

1. Tany, Thomas, 16081659. 2. Great BritainHistoryCommonwealth and

Protectorate, 16491660Biography. 3. Eccentrics and eccentricitiesEngland
Biography. 4. GoldsmithsEnglandBiography. 5. Religious literature, English. 6. Jewish
religious literature. I. Title.

DA429.T16 H47 2007

941.063092dc22

[B]

2006032290

ISBN 13: 978-0-7546-5597-8 (hbk)

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This book, which grew out of my doctoral dissertation, was a long time in the making. Over the years I have run up a number of debts and this brief note is intended as a token of gratitude for all the people and institutions that have helped me along the way. I would like to thank the President and Fellows of New Hall, Cambridge for electing me to a Research Fellowship, the Leverhulme Trust for appointing me a Special Research Fellow, and Royal Holloway, University of London for acting as my host institution. The research I was able to undertake during this period proved invaluable. Next I would like to express my appreciation of my colleagues at Goldsmiths, University of London who provided a friendly place to work when I was putting the final touches to this book. Throughout this time I have been constantly stimulated by my students at New Hall (daughters of Bruce et al .), Royal Holloway (Birkbeck pool crew et al .), the Open University (A 220), Pepperdine University (in selection), James Madison University (merkins, spring with several strangers, fat camp et al .) and Goldsmiths. It has been a pleasure to teach you all.

It goes without saying that I have spent far too long in libraries and archives over the last few years and accordingly I would like to thank the staff of the rare books room and manuscripts room in Cambridge University Library (especially Godfrey Waller), as well as the staff of the British Library, Bodleian Library, Friends House Library, Guildhall Library, Corporation of London Record Office, College of Arms, Lambeth Palace Library, Dr Williamss Library, Cambridgeshire County Record Office and the Goldsmiths Company. There are also of course a number of people without whose advice, encouragement and friendship this book would have been immeasurably poorer. I would therefore like to take this opportunity thank my examiners Patrick Collinson and J. Colin Davis, as well as Phil Baker, Justin Champion, Mario Caricchio, Nicholas Cranfield, David Haycock, Ann Hughes, Peter Lake, Richard Lines, Nicholas Keene, Nicholas McDowell, Stephen McNeilly, amonn Ciardha, Ian ONeill, Jason Peacey, Dominic Phelps, Michael Questier, Nigel Smith, Elliot Vernon, Stefano Villani and Philip West. I would also like to thank Heidi May at Ashgate. My biggest debt, however, remains to John Morrill to whom I will always be deeply grateful for so many things, but most of all for never losing faith in me.

Finally, I would like to thank Neil Grierson, Dominic Moran, Richard Moore, Robert Nieri, Daniel and Donatella Richtman, Phil Sharman, Doron Zimmerman, my brother Yoav, my mother Nora, my wife Lorenza and our son Gabriel.

The day George Best died.

For reasons of space many references have had to be omitted from this book and footnotes generally refer only to the sources for direct quotations. This is regrettable but readers who would like to consult further supporting documentation are referred to my doctoral dissertation which contains additional sources together with a more comprehensive bibliography

The year is taken to begin on 1 January and English dates are old style, while European are new style.