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Francis Rous

Francis Rous, also spelled Rouse (c. 1581 to 1659), was an English politician and Puritan religious author, who was Provost of Eton from 1644 to 1659, and briefly Speaker of the House of Commons in 1653.

This article is about the English theologian. For the microbiologist, see Francis Peyton Rous.

Francis Rous
MP, JP

circa 1581[1]
Dittisham, Devon

7 January 1659(1659-01-07) (aged 77)
Acton

Eton College Chapel

English

Philippa (1619–1657)

Francis Rous (1615–1643)

Sir Anthony Rous (c.1555–1620)
Elizabeth Southcote (1547–1585)

John Pym (stepbrother)

Pembroke College, Oxford
Leiden University

Politician and theologian

Stepbrother of Parliamentary leader John Pym, he joined him in opposing Arminianism in the Church of England, and played a leading role in the impeachment of Archbishop Laud. When the First English Civil War began in 1642, he supported the 1643 Solemn League and Covenant, and was appointed to the Westminster Assembly.


Under the Protectorate, he moved away from his Presbyterian colleagues, becoming closer to the religious Independents, and Oliver Cromwell. He died in January 1659, and was buried in Eton College Chapel.

Biography[edit]

Francis Rous was born at Dittisham in Devon around 1581, fourth son of Sir Anthony Rous (ca 1555-1620), and his first wife, Elizabeth Southcote (1547–1585). His father remarried Philippa Colles (died 1620), mother of John Pym; his stepbrother became a close friend and political ally.[2]


At some point after 1601, he married Philippa, 1575 to 1657; their son Francis, (1615–1643), became a distinguished classicist and doctor, but was disinherited by his father for marrying without his approval.[1]

1616; Meditations of Instruction, of Exhortation, of Reprofe: indeavouring the Edification and Reparation of the House of God

1619; The Arte of Happines, consisting of three Parts, whereof the first searcheth out the Happinesse of Man, the second particularly discovers and approves it, the third sheweth the Meanes to attayne and increase it;

1622; Diseases of the Time attended by their Remedies;

1623; Oyl of Scorpions;

1626; Testis Veritatis; a reply to 's Appello Caesarem;

Richard Montagu

1641; Catholicke Charity; originally written in response to a 1630 work of the Catholic , but could not be printed in the Laudian 1630s.[15]

Tobie Matthew

1643; The Psalmes of David in English Meeter; used by the until mid 19th century;

Church of Scotland

1649; The Lawfulness of Obeying the Present Government;

Bremer, Francis; Webster, Tom (2006). Puritans and Puritanism in Europe and America. ABC-CLIO.  978-1576076781.

ISBN

Burrow, Colin (2008). "Rous, Francis". (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/24171. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)

Oxford Dictionary of National Biography

, ed. (1911). "Rous, Francis" . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 23 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 774.

Chisholm, Hugh

Hunneyball, Paul (2010). ROUS, Francis (1581-1659), of Landrake, Cornw.; later of Brixham, Devon, Eton, Bucks. and Acton, Mdx; in The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1604-1629. CUP.  978-1107002258.

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Lamport, Mark A.; Forrest, Benjamin K. (2019). . Wipf and Stock Publishers. ISBN 978-1-5326-5127-4. Retrieved 3 June 2020.

Hymns and Hymnody: Historical and Theological Introductions, Volume 2: From Catholic Europe to Protestant Europe

Little, Patrick (2008). Oliver Cromwell: New Perspectives. Palgrave Macmillan.  9781137018854.

ISBN

(Autumn 2009). "The influence of Calvinism on politics" (PDF). Theology in Scotland. XVI (2).

Macleod, Donald

McGee, Sears J (2004). "Francis Rous and "scabby or itchy children": The Problem of Toleration in 1645". Huntington Library Quarterly. 67 (3). :10.1525/hlq.2004.67.3.401.

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Petersen, Randy (2014). . Tyndale House Publishers, Inc. ISBN 978-1-4143-8842-7. Retrieved 3 June 2020.

Be Still, My Soul: The Inspiring Stories behind 175 of the Most-Loved Hymns

Prögler, Daniela (2013). English Students at Leiden University, 1575-1650. Routledge.  978-1409437123.

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Royle, Trevor (2004). Civil War: The Wars of the Three Kingdoms 1638–1660 (2006 ed.). Abacus.  978-0-349-11564-1.

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Sharpe, Kevin (2000). Remapping Early Modern England: The Culture of Seventeenth-Century Politics. Cambridge University Press.  978-0521662932.

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Wedgwood, CV (1955). The King's Peace, 1637-1641 (1983 ed.). Penguin Classics.  978-0140069907.

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. Puritansmind. Retrieved 6 April 2020.

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