which made it a felony to doubt the Trinity or the validity of any of the standard books of the Protestant Bible. It was quickly forgotten following the rise of the Ranters in 1649, which necessitated another Blasphemy Act directed at them. He died on 17 September 1657 at Great Driffield, Yorkshire. References 1590s births 1657 deaths English Unitarians People from Driffield 16th-century English people