worship". In 1647, he moved to the parish of Wraxall, Somerset, and a few years later became an associate of Richard Baxter, a cleric known as the 'Puritan saint', and supporter of the Reformation of Manners. In line with its precepts, he tried to impose greater moral discipline on his parishioners, replacing games and other popular pastimes with religious study. He was removed from Wraxall in 1653, and began preaching at Sherborne; in 1657 he was installed in a service reportedly attended by over 2,000 people. Following the 1660 Restoration, he was restored as prebendary, while Baxter recommended him for a bishopric. However, he was evicted from his living after the 1662 Act of Uniformity; he was arrested for preaching without a license, and spent most of the next nine years in Dorchester gaol. While in prison, he became a convinced supporter of Saturday Sabbatarianism, and established a Seventh Day Baptist Church. After his release in 1672, he became an itinerant preacher, and was soon sentenced to another eighteen months in Salisbury jail. He moved to London in 1674, where he established several Sabbatarian Baptist congregations. However, he was unsuccessful in his wider ambition of building an international association to train ministers, educate children in Hebrew, and convert Jews. In February 1683, he was arrested; although he had links to the Presbyterian radical Robert Ferguson, he was not involved in his conspiracies. Committed to court in March, he refused on principle to swear the Oath of allegiance, and was sent to Newgate Prison, where he died of fever on 16 February 1684. Large crowds of sympathisers attended his funeral at the Anabaptists' burial-ground in Aldersgate Street. A contemporary noted he was 'first a churchman, then a Presbyterian, afterward an Independent, then an Anabaptist, and finally, almost a complete Jew.' Works His works include: The Judgment of Mr. Francis Bampfield for the Observation of the Jewish or Seventh-day Sabbath, 1672. The Seventh-day Sabbath the Desirable Day, 1677. All in One: All Useful Sciences and Profitable Arts in the One Book of Jehovah Elohim, 1677. A Name, an After One, 1681. The House of Wisdom, 1681. The Lord's Free Prisoner, 1683. A Just Appeal from the Lower Courts on Earth to the Highest Court in Heaven, 1683. A Continuation of the former Just Appeal, 1683. The Holy Scripture the Scripture of Truth, 1684. References Sources 1684 deaths Ejected English ministers of 1662