Thomas Stanley (puritan)
{{short description|English clergyman}}
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Thomas Stanley ({{circa|1610}} – 26 Aug 1670) was an ejected puritan minister whose actions alongside Church of England priest William Mompesson when the Derbyshire parish, Eyam, became infected with the plague during the 17th century averted more widespread catastrophe.{{Cite web |title=Thomas Stanley |url=https://eyamandthegreatplague.weebly.com/thomas-stanley.html |access-date=2023-09-07 |website=Eyam and The Great Plague |language=en}}{{Cite web |last=Sheldon |first=Natasha |date=2018-07-01 |title=The Remarkable Story of Eyam, the Village that Stopped The Plague of 1666 |url=https://historycollection.com/the-remarkable-story-of-eyam-the-village-that-stopped-the-plague-of-1666/ |access-date=2023-09-07 |website=History Collection |language=en-US}}{{Cite book |last=Hone |first=William |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ue0YAAAAYAAJ&dq=Thomas+Stanley+Eyam&pg=PA629 |title=The Table Book |date=1828 |publisher=W. Hone |language=en}}
Life
Stanley was born {{circa|1610}} in Duckmanton. By 1633 he was rector at Dore, before moving onto Ashford in the Water in 1640.{{Cite book |last=Cox |first=John Charles |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Wh5NAAAAMAAJ&dq=Thomas+Stanley+Dore&pg=PA191 |title=Notes on the Churches of Derbyshire: The hundreds of the High Peak and Wirksworth. 1877 |date=1877 |publisher=Palmer and Edmunds |language=en}} By 1644 he was rector at St Lawrence's Church in Eyam, replacing Shorland Adams, a post he held until 1660 when he resigned and left the village, because he refused to comply with the 1662 Act of Uniformity, which made use of the Anglican Book of Common Prayer compulsory.{{Cite book |last1=Taylor |first1=Don |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=J6yRQfzsqhcC&q=%E2%80%98The+Roses+of+Eyam%E2%80%99 |title=The Roses of Eyam |last2=Speakman |first2=Ray |date=1996 |publisher=Heinemann |isbn=978-0-435-23316-7 |language=en}} He returned to the village in 1664 following the death of his wife. When the plague arrived, he intended to leave once again; however, he was convinced to stay to write wills for the villagers.{{Cite news |date=2016-11-05 |title=Eyam plague: The village of the damned |language=en-GB |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-35064071 |access-date=2023-09-07}}{{Cite web |last=Corlett |first=Patrick |date=2021-12-13 |title=Will-making in a pandemic - 1665-6 and now |url=https://www.blakemorgan.co.uk/will-making-in-a-pandemic-1665-6-and-now/ |access-date=2023-09-07 |website=Blake Morgan |language=en-GB}}{{Cite book |last=Paul |first=David |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=bFGoAwAAQBAJ&q=Thomas+Stanley+Eyam |title=Eyam: Plague Village |date=2012-03-15 |publisher=Amberley Publishing Limited |isbn=978-1-4456-1262-1 |language=en}}
Death and legacy
Stanley died on 26 Aug 1670 at Eyam.{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=p9bNAAAAMAAJ&dq=Thomas+Stanley+Eyam+1670&pg=PA419 |title=The Church of England Magazine |date=1838 |publisher=J. Burns |language=en}} A plaque was erected in the village detailing his life.{{Cite book |last=Carew |first=Jan |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=e4IlnufDzX4C&q=Thomas+Stanley+Eyam |title=Eyam, Plague Village |date=March 2004 |publisher=Nelson Thornes |isbn=978-0-7487-9025-8 |language=en}}
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Category:17th-century Puritan ministers