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Joshua Hoyle (1588 - 1654)
Professor of Divinity at Trinity College Dublin and Master of University College, Oxford. He served in the Westminster Assembly from 1643–1649. The assembly “was commissioned by parliament in July 1643 to revise the doctrine, liturgy, and government of the English church” (Van Dixhoorn).A “character” (presumably a short biography rather than a short satirical sketch) of Hoyle was included in a manuscript collected by Thoresby (537). Dictionary of National Biography entry: https://doi-org.cyber.usask.ca/10.1093/ref:odnb/14014 Other biography: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joshua_Hoyle Relevant locations: Birth place in Sowerby
Lived at or near Cumberland
Workplace or place of business Trinity College (Dublin)
Workplace or place of business University College
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