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Knollys Society, Hanserd, named after an English Baptist leader by that name who lived 1599?-1691, was organized in 1845 in London for the reprinting of early Baptist writings and the publication of original records. It dissolved after issuing ten volumes, two of which were an English translation of pp. 1-371 of the second part of the 1685 Dutch edition of van Braght's <em>[[Martyrs' Mirror|Martyrs' Mirror]], </em>edited by Edward Bean Underhill. The issue bore the title, <em>A Martyrology of the Churches of Christ, Commonly Called Baptist, during the Era of the Reformation </em>(London, printed for the Society by J. Haddon, 1850, 1853). | Knollys Society, Hanserd, named after an English Baptist leader by that name who lived 1599?-1691, was organized in 1845 in London for the reprinting of early Baptist writings and the publication of original records. It dissolved after issuing ten volumes, two of which were an English translation of pp. 1-371 of the second part of the 1685 Dutch edition of van Braght's <em>[[Martyrs' Mirror|Martyrs' Mirror]], </em>edited by Edward Bean Underhill. The issue bore the title, <em>A Martyrology of the Churches of Christ, Commonly Called Baptist, during the Era of the Reformation </em>(London, printed for the Society by J. Haddon, 1850, 1853). | ||
| − | {{GAMEO_footer|hp=Vol. 4, p. 1100|date= | + | |
| + | -- ''H. S. Bender'' | ||
| + | == 2025 Article == | ||
| + | Hanserd Knollys Society was named for an English Particular Baptist leader, Hansard Knollys (1599- | ||
| + | 1691). It was organized in 1845 in London for "the publication of the works of early English and other | ||
| + | Baptist writers" and ceased in 1855 after issuing 10 unnumbered volumes. For Mennonites the Society, | ||
| + | in part, focused attention on an Anabaptist tract and translated into English a significant portion of the 1660 and 1685 Dutch editions of Tieleman J. van Braght's ''Martyrs' Mirror''. | ||
| + | The Hanserd Knollys Society first volume was with Edward B. Underhill as editor: ''Tracts on Liberty of | ||
| + | Conscience and Persecution, 1614-1661'', London, Hanserd Knollys Soc., 402pp. 1846. This volume | ||
| + | held as its fifth tract: “The humble petition and representation of the Anabaptists (of Kent | ||
| + | imprisoned at Maidstone),” which was first published in 1660. In 1850 it published, as volume 1 of | ||
| + | the book titled: ''A martyrology of the churches of Christ, commonly called Baptists, during the | ||
| + | era of the Reformation''. London, England. This is an English translation of pp. 1-371 of the second | ||
| + | part of the second Dutch edition of 1685 of Tieleman J. van Braght's ''Martyrs' Mirror'', edited by Edward Bean Underhill. Then in 1853 it followed with the publishing of volume 2 with the same title work but now the translation was by Benjamin Millard and was from the Dutch preface and martyr stories from volume 2 of Bracht's ''Martyrs' Mirror'', which were published in the first edition of 1660. This second volume also held some illustrations copies of some of plates by Jan Luiken which illustrate the 1685 Dutch edition. | ||
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| + | --''Victor Wiebe | ||
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| + | = Bibliography = | ||
| + | Arnold, Jonathan. “Radical, Baptist Eschatology: The Eschatological Vision of Vavasor Powell, | ||
| + | Hanserd Knollys, and Benjamin Keach.” ''Perichoresis''17: 2, (2019): 75-93. | ||
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| + | Stowell, William Hendry. "Works of the Hanserd Knollys Society". ''The Eclectic Review XI (1856): 274–286. | ||
| + | {{GAMEO_footer|hp=Vol. 4, p. 1100|date=1957, 2025|a1_last=Bender|a1_first=Harold S|a2_last=Wiebe|a2_first=Victor}} | ||
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1957 Article
Knollys Society, Hanserd, named after an English Baptist leader by that name who lived 1599?-1691, was organized in 1845 in London for the reprinting of early Baptist writings and the publication of original records. It dissolved after issuing ten volumes, two of which were an English translation of pp. 1-371 of the second part of the 1685 Dutch edition of van Braght's Martyrs' Mirror, edited by Edward Bean Underhill. The issue bore the title, A Martyrology of the Churches of Christ, Commonly Called Baptist, during the Era of the Reformation (London, printed for the Society by J. Haddon, 1850, 1853).
-- H. S. Bender
2025 Article
Hanserd Knollys Society was named for an English Particular Baptist leader, Hansard Knollys (1599- 1691). It was organized in 1845 in London for "the publication of the works of early English and other Baptist writers" and ceased in 1855 after issuing 10 unnumbered volumes. For Mennonites the Society, in part, focused attention on an Anabaptist tract and translated into English a significant portion of the 1660 and 1685 Dutch editions of Tieleman J. van Braght's Martyrs' Mirror. The Hanserd Knollys Society first volume was with Edward B. Underhill as editor: Tracts on Liberty of Conscience and Persecution, 1614-1661, London, Hanserd Knollys Soc., 402pp. 1846. This volume held as its fifth tract: “The humble petition and representation of the Anabaptists (of Kent imprisoned at Maidstone),” which was first published in 1660. In 1850 it published, as volume 1 of the book titled: A martyrology of the churches of Christ, commonly called Baptists, during the era of the Reformation. London, England. This is an English translation of pp. 1-371 of the second part of the second Dutch edition of 1685 of Tieleman J. van Braght's Martyrs' Mirror, edited by Edward Bean Underhill. Then in 1853 it followed with the publishing of volume 2 with the same title work but now the translation was by Benjamin Millard and was from the Dutch preface and martyr stories from volume 2 of Bracht's Martyrs' Mirror, which were published in the first edition of 1660. This second volume also held some illustrations copies of some of plates by Jan Luiken which illustrate the 1685 Dutch edition.
--Victor Wiebe
Bibliography
Arnold, Jonathan. “Radical, Baptist Eschatology: The Eschatological Vision of Vavasor Powell, Hanserd Knollys, and Benjamin Keach.” Perichoresis17: 2, (2019): 75-93.
Stowell, William Hendry. "Works of the Hanserd Knollys Society". The Eclectic Review XI (1856): 274–286.
| Author(s) | Harold S Bender |
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| Victor Wiebe | |
| Date Published | 1957, 2025 |
Cite This Article
MLA style
Bender, Harold S and Victor Wiebe. "Hanserd Knollys Society." Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. 1957, 2025. Web. 1 Feb 2026. https://gameo.org/index.php?title=Hanserd_Knollys_Society&oldid=180619.
APA style
Bender, Harold S and Victor Wiebe. (1957, 2025). Hanserd Knollys Society. Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. Retrieved 1 February 2026, from https://gameo.org/index.php?title=Hanserd_Knollys_Society&oldid=180619.
Adapted by permission of Herald Press, Harrisonburg, Virginia, from Mennonite Encyclopedia, Vol. 4, p. 1100. All rights reserved.
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