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Edward Burghall (died 1665) was an English ejected minister, a Puritan who supported the Parliamentary cause in the English Civil War. He is known for a diary called "Providence improved", which describes the state of Cheshire throughout the English Civil War. From this diary the main facts of Burghall's life can also be gathered. ==Biography== Before the civil war Burghall he was schoolmaster at Bunbury, Cheshire, and was probably appointed to the post about 1632.〔 cites: Burghall ''Diary'', 12 May 1632, "Mr. Cole, schoolmaster of Bunbury, departed this life".〕 The parish school at Bunbury, of which Burghall was master, was founded in 1594, and was endowed with "£20 per annum, one house and some land".〔 cites Ormerod ''Chesire'', ii, 141.〕 The vicar of Bunbury till the year 1629 was William Hinde, a celebrated puritan and biographer of John Bruen of Stapleford. In 1643, during the siege of Nantwich, Burghall says that his goods were seized and himself driven from his home by Colonel Marrow; he thereupon went to Haslington in Cheshire, "where he had a call", and tarried there from 1 May 1644 until 1646.〔 cites: Burghall ''Diary'' for 18 March 1644.〕 In the latter year he became vicar of Acton, taking the place of Hunt, who was sequestered.〔 cites Ormerod, iii. 187.〕 In company with fifty-eight Cheshire ministers he signed the attestation to the Solemn League and Covenant in 1648.〔 cites: Calamy, ''Comtinuation'', i. 171.〕 In this document his name is spelt ''Burghah'', and by Calamy ''Burgal''. In 1658 he preached and published a sermon at the dedication of the free school at Acton.〔 From the year 1655 he complains that he was much molested by the Quakers,and speaks of their opinions with great asperity.〔 cites: Burghall ''Diary'' for 1655, 1660; Calamy, ''Abridgement of Baxter's Life and Times''. ii. 128.〕 After the Restoration, when the Act of Uniformity 1662 was passed, Burghall was one of the victims of the Great Ejection. After preaching farewell sermons at his churches of Wrenbury and Acton, he was on 3 October 1662 suspended from the vicarage of Acton, and on the 28 October his successor Kirks was appointed. The diary ends in the year 1663, when expelled from the vicarage he was reduced to poverty; the last note in the diary complains that he was defrauded of his right to the tithes. A school was formed by public subscription for his maintenance.〔 cites: Ormerod, iii. 185, n.; Lysons, ''Magna Brit.'' vol. ii. pt. ii. p. 471, from answers to the queries of Bishop Beilby Porteus in the bishops’ registry, 1778.〕 Burghall died 8 December 1665, steadfast in his religious faith.〔 cites: Calamy, ''Continuation,'' i. 171.〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Edward Burghall」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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