Hamon L'Estrange
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Hamon L'Estrange was an English writer on history, theology and liturgy
, of Calvinist views, loyal both to Charles I and the Church of England. Along with Edward Stephens
, he contributed to the seventeenth-century revival of interest in ancient liturgies; with John Cosin
and Anthony Sparrow
he began the genre of commentary on the Book of Common Prayer
. He has been confused at times with his father, son and grandson of the same name.
, Norfolk
, 29 August 1605, the second son of Sir Hamon L'Estrange (1583–1654) of Hunstanton
, Norfolk. Hamon was admitted to Gray's Inn
12 August 1617, but does not appear to have been called to the bar. His life was mainly devoted to theological study, in which he sought to reconcile his own Calvinistic sentiment with a reverence for the Church of England.
On the outbreak of the First English Civil War
he was a royalist, as were other family members. He was sent for as a delinquent for affronting the parliamentary committee of the county of Norfolk. With his father and brother he was embroiled in the attempted delivery of King's Lynn
to the royal forces (August 1643); a little later he was ranked as colonel in the royal army. He speaks of having undergone an eight years' sequestration
, apparently between 1643 and 1651. Writing to Edward Montagu, 2nd Earl of Manchester
, 31 August 1644, he spoke of being reconciled to the sense of the parliament. From 1651 onwards he probably lived undisturbed and in comparative comfort at Ringstead
and elsewhere. He died 7 August 1660, and was buried at Pakenham
, Suffolk
.
. The father was author of a work often erroneously attributed to his son.
He married, first, Dorothy, daughter and coheiress of Edmund Laverick of Upwell
, Norfolk; secondly, Judith, daughter of Bagnall of London and had issue five sons and five daughters. His eldest son, Hamon, who died 4 May 1717, married three times, and left a large family. His father's works have occasionally been assigned to him in error.
Liturgy
Liturgy is either the customary public worship done by a specific religious group, according to its particular traditions or a more precise term that distinguishes between those religious groups who believe their ritual requires the "people" to do the "work" of responding to the priest, and those...
, of Calvinist views, loyal both to Charles I and the Church of England. Along with Edward Stephens
Edward Stephens
Edward Stephens was one of the earliest settlers in the Colony of South Australia.He was born in London, the tenth child of Rev. John Stephens , sometime president of the Wesleyan Methodist Conference...
, he contributed to the seventeenth-century revival of interest in ancient liturgies; with John Cosin
John Cosin
John Cosin was an English churchman.-Life:He was born at Norwich, and was educated at Norwich grammar school and at Caius College, Cambridge, where he was scholar and afterwards fellow. On taking orders he was appointed secretary to Bishop Overall of Lichfield, and then domestic chaplain to...
and Anthony Sparrow
Anthony Sparrow
Anthony Sparrow was an English Anglican priest. He was Bishop of Norwich and Bishop of Exeter.-Life:He was educated and became a fellow at Queens' College, Cambridge, and was ordained a priest in February 1635. He was an adherent to the Laudianism movement...
he began the genre of commentary on the Book of Common Prayer
Book of Common Prayer
The Book of Common Prayer is the short title of a number of related prayer books used in the Anglican Communion, as well as by the Continuing Anglican, "Anglican realignment" and other Anglican churches. The original book, published in 1549 , in the reign of Edward VI, was a product of the English...
. He has been confused at times with his father, son and grandson of the same name.
Life
He was baptised at SedgefordSedgeford
Sedgeford is a civil parish in the English county of Norfolk, about 6 km south of the North Sea and east of the Wash. It is approximately north east of Cambridge.It covers an area of and had a population of 540 in 224 households as of the 2001 census....
, Norfolk
Norfolk
Norfolk is a low-lying county in the East of England. It has borders with Lincolnshire to the west, Cambridgeshire to the west and southwest and Suffolk to the south. Its northern and eastern boundaries are the North Sea coast and to the north-west the county is bordered by The Wash. The county...
, 29 August 1605, the second son of Sir Hamon L'Estrange (1583–1654) of Hunstanton
Hunstanton
Hunstanton, often pronounced by locals as and known colloquially as 'Sunny Hunny', is a seaside town in Norfolk, England, facing The Wash....
, Norfolk. Hamon was admitted to Gray's Inn
Gray's Inn
The Honourable Society of Gray's Inn, commonly known as Gray's Inn, is one of the four Inns of Court in London. To be called to the Bar and practise as a barrister in England and Wales, an individual must belong to one of these Inns...
12 August 1617, but does not appear to have been called to the bar. His life was mainly devoted to theological study, in which he sought to reconcile his own Calvinistic sentiment with a reverence for the Church of England.
On the outbreak of the First English Civil War
First English Civil War
The First English Civil War began the series of three wars known as the English Civil War . "The English Civil War" was a series of armed conflicts and political machinations that took place between Parliamentarians and Royalists from 1642 until 1651, and includes the Second English Civil War and...
he was a royalist, as were other family members. He was sent for as a delinquent for affronting the parliamentary committee of the county of Norfolk. With his father and brother he was embroiled in the attempted delivery of King's Lynn
King's Lynn
King's Lynn is a sea port and market town in the ceremonial county of Norfolk in the East of England. It is situated north of London and west of Norwich. The population of the town is 42,800....
to the royal forces (August 1643); a little later he was ranked as colonel in the royal army. He speaks of having undergone an eight years' sequestration
Committee for Compounding with Delinquents
In 1643, near the start of the English Civil War, Parliament set up two committees the Sequestration Committee which confiscated the estates of the Royalists who fought against Parliament, and the Committee for Compounding with Delinquents which allowed Royalists whose estates had been...
, apparently between 1643 and 1651. Writing to Edward Montagu, 2nd Earl of Manchester
Edward Montagu, 2nd Earl of Manchester
Edward Montagu, 2nd Earl of Manchester KG, KB, FRS was an important commander of Parliamentary forces in the First English Civil War, and for a time Oliver Cromwell's superior.-Life:...
, 31 August 1644, he spoke of being reconciled to the sense of the parliament. From 1651 onwards he probably lived undisturbed and in comparative comfort at Ringstead
Ringstead
Ringstead can refer to the following places in England:*Ringstead, Dorset*Ringstead, Norfolk*Ringstead, NorthamptonshireRingstead is also a surname:*Alf Ringstead, former Sheffield United footballer...
and elsewhere. He died 7 August 1660, and was buried at Pakenham
Pakenham
-People:* Edward Pakenham , British general* Thomas Pakenham, several people including:** Thomas Pakenham , British admiral* William Christopher Pakenham , British admiral...
, Suffolk
Suffolk
Suffolk is a non-metropolitan county of historic origin in East Anglia, England. It has borders with Norfolk to the north, Cambridgeshire to the west and Essex to the south. The North Sea lies to the east...
.
Works
His works are:- God's Sabbath before and under the Law and under thee Gospel, briefly vindicated from novell and heterodox assertions, Cambridge, 1641; an attempt to prove the Sabbath a divine and immutable institution, dedicated both to the parliament and to his father, Sir Hamon L'Estrange.
- An Answer to the Marquis of Worcester's last Paper to the late King, representing in true posture and discussing briefly the main Controversies between the English and Romish Church, together with some considerations upon Dr. Bayly's parenthetical interlocution relating to the church's power in deciding controversies of scripture (London, 1651), in which L'Estrange responds to a work of Thomas BaylyThomas Bailey (Controversialist)Thomas Bailey or Bayly was a seventeenth-century English religious controversialist, a Royalist Church of England clergyman who converted to Roman Catholicism....
, and argues against the claim of the Catholic Church to be the sole judge of the meaning of scripture in controversies. - Smectymnuo-mastix, or Short Animadversions upon Smectymnuus their Answer and Vindication of that Answer to the humble remonstrance in the cause of Liturgie, London, 1651 (appended to the previous work, but paged separately; a defence of the Liturgy of the Church of England against the Reply of SmectymnuusSmectymnuusSmectymnuus was the nom de plume of a group of Puritan clergymen active in England in 1641. It comprised four leading English churchmen, and one Scottish minister...
to the Remonstrance for the honour of the Liturgy. - The Reign of King Charles, an History faithfully and impartially delivered and disposed into Annals, 1st edit. (anon.), London, 1655; 2nd edit, (by H. L., esq.), London, 1656, revised and somewhat enlarged, 'with a reply to some late observations upon that History.' This work, which Thomas FullerThomas FullerThomas Fuller was an English churchman and historian. He is now remembered for his writings, particularly his Worthies of England, published after his death...
praised, ends with the execution of StraffordThomas Wentworth, 1st Earl of StraffordThomas Wentworth, 1st Earl of Strafford was an English statesman and a major figure in the period leading up to the English Civil War. He served in Parliament and was a supporter of King Charles I. From 1632 to 1639 he instituted a harsh rule as Lord Deputy of Ireland...
. Peter Heylyn attacked it in Observations on the History of King Charles, 1656. In - The Observator observed, or Animadversions upon the Observations on the History of King Charles, wherein that History is vindicated, partly illustrated, and several others things tending to the rectification of public mistakes are inserted, London, 1656. A reply to Heylyn, and Heylyn wrote in answer the Observator's Rejoinder and Extraneus Vapulans, 1656. In the latter he characterised L'Estrange as 'stiffly principled in the Puritan tenets, a semi-presbiterian at least in the form of church government, a nonconformist in the matter of ceremony, and a rigid sabbatarian in point of doctrine.' In his Alliance (p. xii of the Proemial Address) L'Estrange supplied the translation of Extraneus Vapulans as 'L'Estrange is beaten'.
- The Alliance of Divine Office was his major work, in which L'Estrange replied to Heylyn on liturgical matters.
Family
He was brother of Sir Nicholas L'Estrange, the first baronet, and Roger L'EstrangeRoger L'Estrange
Sir Roger L'Estrange was an English pamphleteer and author, and staunch defender of royalist claims. L'Estrange was involved in political controversy throughout his life...
. The father was author of a work often erroneously attributed to his son.
He married, first, Dorothy, daughter and coheiress of Edmund Laverick of Upwell
Upwell
Upwell is a civil parish in the English county of Norfolk.It covers an area of and had a population of 2,456 in 1,033 households as of the 2001 census.For the purposes of local government, it falls within the district of King's Lynn and West Norfolk...
, Norfolk; secondly, Judith, daughter of Bagnall of London and had issue five sons and five daughters. His eldest son, Hamon, who died 4 May 1717, married three times, and left a large family. His father's works have occasionally been assigned to him in error.
Further reading
- Paul Victor Marshall (1982), Hamon L'Estrange and the rise of historical liturgiology in seventeenth century England
- Mary Eleanor Hill (1991), The Liturgical Theology of Hamon L'Estrange
- Blog entry Hamon L'Estrange 1605-1660 Theological Writer
- G. W. O. Addleshaw, The High Church Tradition, Ch. 2 The Liturgy in the Seventeenth Century