Francis Burleigh

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Francis Burleigh, sometimes spelled Burghley, was an English Vicar, appointed in 1590 to Bishop's Stortford by Lancelot Andrewes. He was among Andrewes' "First Westminster Company", charged by James I of England with the translation of the first 12 books of the King James Version of the Bible.
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Francis Burleigh, sometimes spelled Burghley, was an English Vicar, appointed in 1590 to Bishop's Stortford by [[Lancelot Andrewes]]. He was among Andrewes' "First Westminster Company", charged by [[James I of England]] with the translation of the first 12 books of the [[King James Version]] of the Bible.
==References==
==References==
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* McClure, Alexander. (1858) ''The Translators Revived: A Biographical Memoir of the Authors of the English Version of the Holy Bible''. Mobile, Alabama: R. E. Publications (republished by the Marantha Bible Society, 1984 ASIN B0006YJPI8 )
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* [[Alexander McClure|McClure, Alexander]]. ([[1858 AD|1858]]) ''The Translators Revived: A Biographical Memoir of the Authors of the English Version of the Holy Bible''. Mobile, Alabama: R. E. Publications (republished by the Marantha Bible Society, 1984 ASIN B0006YJPI8 )
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* Nicolson, Adam. (2003) ''God's Secretaries: The Making of the King James Bible.'' New York: HarperCollins ISBN 0-06-095975-4
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* [[Adam Nicolson|Nicolson, Adam]]. ([[2003 AD|2003]]) ''God's Secretaries: The Making of the King James Bible.'' New York: HarperCollins ISBN 0-06-095975-4
[[Category:Translators of the King James version of the bible]]
[[Category:Translators of the King James version of the bible]]
[[Category:First Westminster Company]]
[[Category:First Westminster Company]]

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Francis Burleigh, sometimes spelled Burghley, was an English Vicar, appointed in 1590 to Bishop's Stortford by Lancelot Andrewes. He was among Andrewes' "First Westminster Company", charged by James I of England with the translation of the first 12 books of the King James Version of the Bible.

References

  • McClure, Alexander. (1858) The Translators Revived: A Biographical Memoir of the Authors of the English Version of the Holy Bible. Mobile, Alabama: R. E. Publications (republished by the Marantha Bible Society, 1984 ASIN B0006YJPI8 )
  • Nicolson, Adam. (2003) God's Secretaries: The Making of the King James Bible. New York: HarperCollins ISBN 0-06-095975-4
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