1625 JOHN ROBOTHAM. Bible & Psalms of Radical Presbyterian, Cromwellian Chaplain, and Commentator.

A wonderful piece of radical Presbyterian history, the Present Bible belonged to John Robotham, and is so signed more than a dozen times. It also bears the signatures of Nathan Robotham, Thomas Robotham, and Mary Robotham.  John Robotham [fl.1640's-50's] was a graduate of Emmanuel College, Oxford, known at the time as the "Puritan's Nursery" for the number puritan ministers it produced. He was ejected in 1660 for non-conformity, well in advance of the larger ejection of nearly two thousand ministers in 1662. He was likely ejected earlier on account of his more radical views. The Independents, Congregationalists, and Presbyterians we loosely call "Puritans" today were not all of one mind about how to react to the government's infringement on the liberty of ministers to follow their consciences. There were those who advocated for extreme religious liberty on the one end [as reflected in Roger Williams], then plenty of moderates [most of the household puritan names we think of today, Thom