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Oliver Heywood (bap. 15 Mar 1629/30 - 1702)

British nonconformist minister, serving at Coley Chapel from 1650 until ejected in 1662, becoming an itinerant preacher after that. Dictionary of National Biography entry: https://doi.org/10.1093/ref:odnb/13186 Other biography: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oliver_Heywood_(minister) Relevant locations: Birth place in Bolton, Greater Manchester
Birth place in Bolton, Lancashire
Workplace or place of business Coley, West Yorkshire
 Relationships: John Angier (1605-1677) was a father-in-law of Oliver Heywood
Thomas Bradbury (1676/7-9 Sep 1759) was a friend of Oliver Heywood
John Chorlton (1666-16 May 1705) was a associate or acquaintance (general) of Oliver Heywood
Accepted Lister (Mar 1671-25 Feb 1709) was a associate or acquaintance (general) of Oliver Heywood
Linked print sources: as Author (in assoc. with a ms or print source) - Oliver Heywood's life of John Angier of Denton Together With Angier's Diary, and Extracts from His .
 References in Documents:
Thoresby, Musaeum Thoresbyanum (1713) 243. The Life of Mr. John Angier of Denton Com. Lanc. by Mr. O. Heywood, with Notes and Additions, by Mr. Newcome of Manchester, &c. Sermons of the said Mr. Angier, Mr. Sharp, of Leedes, Mr. John Firth of Mansfield, Mr. Edm. Hough Vicar of Hallifax. And Advice to an only Child, by Mr. James Creswick of Beghall; the Originals of their own Writing Don. D. John Priestley. Note the first and last of these are now printed.
Thoresby, Musaeum Thoresbyanum (1713) A Diary of Mr. Oliver Heywood, whereby it appears that in one Year he preached 105 Times, besides the Lord's Days, kept 50 Days of Fasting and Prayer, nine of Thanksgiving, and travelled 1400 Miles in his Master's Service. Don. D. Jon. Priestley.