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Skipton, H. P. K. ''The Life and Times of Nicholas Ferrar.'' London: A. R. Mowbray & Co., Ltd., 1907.
Skipton, H. P. K. ''The Life and Times of Nicholas Ferrar.'' London: A. R. Mowbray & Co., Ltd., 1907.
Robert Ferrar, great-uncle to Nicholas Ferrar, killed in Marian persecutions
* story told in Foxe (14)
as a child, Ferrar read and memorized Scriptures and passages from the ''Book of Martyrs'' each day (25)
* could read and repeat Biblical chapters by age 5
traveled with the Princess Elizabeth; Francis Quarles, author of ''Pious Emblems'', may have been on board the same ship (36)

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Skipton, H. P. K. The Life and Times of Nicholas Ferrar. London: A. R. Mowbray & Co., Ltd., 1907.

Robert Ferrar, great-uncle to Nicholas Ferrar, killed in Marian persecutions

  • story told in Foxe (14)

as a child, Ferrar read and memorized Scriptures and passages from the Book of Martyrs each day (25)

  • could read and repeat Biblical chapters by age 5

traveled with the Princess Elizabeth; Francis Quarles, author of Pious Emblems, may have been on board the same ship (36)