William Fulke (1538-1589) was an English Puritan divine.
He was born in London and educated at St John's College, Cambridge graduating in 1557/58.
After studying law for six years, he became a fellow at St John's College, Cambridge in 1564. He took a leading part in the vestiarian controversy, and persuaded the college to discard the surplice. In consequence, he was expelled from St. John's for a time, but in 1567 he became Hebrew lecturer and pr...
more
William Fulke (1538-1589) was an English Puritan divine.
He was born in London and educated at St John's College, Cambridge graduating in 1557/58.
After studying law for six years, he became a fellow at St John's College, Cambridge in 1564. He took a leading part in the vestiarian controversy, and persuaded the college to discard the surplice. In consequence, he was expelled from St. John's for a time, but in 1567 he became Hebrew lecturer and preacher there.
After standing unsuccessfully for the headship of the college in 1569, he became chaplain to Robert Dudley, 1st Earl of Leicester, and received from him the livings of Warley, in Essex, and Dennington in Suffolk. In 1578 he was elected master of Pembroke Hall, Cambridge.
As a Puritan controversialist he was remarkably active; in 1580 the bishop of Ely appointed him to defend puritanism against the Roman Catholics, Thomas Watson, ex-Bishop of Lincoln (1513-1584), and John Feckenham, formerly abbot of Westminster, and in 1581 he...
less
