Robert Dingley (Roundhead) facts for kids
Robert Dingley (born 1619, died 1660) was an English religious leader. He was known as a Puritan divine, which means he was a minister who followed a strict form of Protestantism. Dingley supported the Parliament during the English Civil War, a big conflict in England.
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Robert Dingley: A Puritan Leader
Early Life and Education
Robert Dingley was born in 1619. He was the second son of Sir John Dingley. In 1634, when he was about 15, he started studying at Magdalen College, Oxford University. After finishing his studies and earning his master's degree, he became a minister.
Supporting Parliament in the Civil War
When the English Civil War began, Robert Dingley chose to support the Parliament. This group was fighting against King Charles I.
Dingley became the minister (called a rector) of a church in Brightstone. This town is located on the Isle of Wight. He got this job while his relative, Colonel Robert Hammond, was in charge there. Robert Dingley was known as a very good preacher.
He also helped officials in Hampshire. These officials were working to remove ministers and schoolteachers who were not doing a good job. Robert Dingley died in Brightstone on January 12, 1660.
His Writings and Ideas
Robert Dingley wrote several books and sermons during his life. These writings shared his religious ideas and teachings. Some of his works include:
- The Spiritual Taste Described, or a Glimpse of Christ Discovered (1649)
- The Deputation of Angels (1654)
- Messiah's Splendour, or the Glimpsed Glory of a Beauteous Christian (1654)
- Divine Optics, or a Treatise of the Eye discovering the Vices and Virtues thereof (1655)
- Vox Cœli, or Philosophicall, Historicall, and Theological Observations of Thunder (1658)
- A Sermon on Job xxvi. 14 (1658)
He also wrote some things that were not kind about the Quakers. The Quakers were another religious group. Because of this, a famous Quaker leader named George Fox wrote back to him in his book Great Mystery in 1659.
