Praise-God Barebone Barbon b. 1598 d. 1679
| Lineage | Barbon |
| Sex | Male |
| Full name (at birth) | Praise-God Barebone Barbon |
| Parents | |
| Wiki-page | wikipedia:en:Praise-God_Barebone |
Events
1598 birth:
1640 child birth: ♂ Nicholas If-Jesus-Christ-Had-Not-Died-For-Thee-Thou-Hadst-Been-Damned Barbon b. 1640 d. 1698
1679 death:
Notes
Praise-God Barebone (c. 1598 –1679), also spelled Barbon, was an English leather-seller, preacher and Fifth Monarchist. He is best known for giving his name to the Barebone's Parliament of the English Commonwealth of 1653
Nicholas Barbon was the eldest son of Praise-God Barebone (or Barbon), after whom the Barebone's Parliament of 1653—the predecessor of Oliver Cromwell's Protectorate—was named. Praise-God's reputed Christian name was "Unless-Jesus-Christ-Had-Died-For-Thee-Thou-Hadst-Been-Damned", a variant of his son's middle name. He became a religious separatist with Millenarianist beliefs, with fervent views in favour of infant baptism in particular.
ittle is known of Barebone's early life, writing in 2001 Nicholas Tyacke speculated that he was the son of John Barebone rector of Charwelton and Mary Roper of Daventry and that he probably had an older brother called Fear-God (who is known to have been a minor poet), but this can not confirmed because the parish Charwelton registers for that period no longer exist.
The first that is known about him is that he became a freeman of the Leathersellers Company in January 1623, having served an eight- or nine-year apprenticeship. He was elected a warden of the yeomanry of the leather-sellers in 1630, and a liveryman in 1634. In 1630 he married his wife Sarah, with whom he would have at least one son, Nicholas Barbon.
