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 | | John Robinson, in 1603, had hoped to remain in the Church of England, and he had hoped that the new king would reform that church. |
 | | John Robinson, who afterwards was their pastor for many years, till ye Lord tooke him away by death. |
 | | Both were named in October, 1614, with others including John Ellis as among the "chiefest sowers of these sectes" who had failed to "suppress the sayd hereticall practise," but instead "have underhand may[n]teyned and protected the offenders." Richard Masterson (junior) was ex-communicated as a Brownist or Separatist finally in July, 1616. |
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