This is a list of dissenting academies, English and Welsh educational institutions run by Dissenters to provide an education, and often a vocational training as a minister of religion, outside the Church of England. It runs from the English Restoration of 1660, which created a parallel educational system as a side-effect, to the end of the 18th century.[note 1]
The King's Head Society academies (1731-1769).[54] included Samuel Parsons's Academy, Clerkenwell Green (1731–35);[55][56]Abraham TaylorGib's Academy, Deptford (1735–40);[57][58] Stepney Academy (1740–44);[59] (tutors: John Hubbard (1740-1743));[60]Zephaniah Marryat (1743-1744);[61] John Walker (1742-1744)[62] Plaisterer's Hall Academy (1744–54)[63] (Tutors: Walker, Marryatt, John Conder[64] and Thomas Gibbons[65]); Mile End Academy (1754–69) (Tutors: Condor, Gibbons & Walker);[66] The King's Head Society purchase of the estate at Homerton in 1768, with the students in residence by the end of 1769. The name of the institution changed over time; known as Homerton Academy and Independent College, Homerton.[67] In 1850 the union of Homerton, Coward and Highbury Colleges resulted in the creation of New College London.[68]
1730-1744-1850
Abraham Taylor,[69] Samuel Parsons, John Hubbard after 1744, Zephaniah Marryat (died 1754), Hubbard and Marryat were strict Calvinists;[17] D.D., John Conder who became head at Homerton.[70]
Northampton (see Daventry Academy for continuity). Migratory, it started at Kibworth under John Jennings, moved to Hinckley, Market Harborough under Philip Doddridge, and in 1729 to Northampton.[121] After 1752 to Daventry, back to Northampton, Wymondley, Byng Place, and 1850 merged into New College, London.
Francis Tallents (died 1708),[145] John Bryan (?) (died 1699), James Owen (died 1706), Samuel Benion, M.A. (died 1708), John Reynolds (died 1727), Dr Gyles (died 1730?).
(Under Benion), Ebenezer Latham (tutor at Findern), etc.[112]
John Chorlton (died 1705) transferred Rathmell Academy to Manchester after Frankland died,[166] countenanced by and promised support from the Lancashire ministers; James Coningham, from 1700.[167]
John Ashe,[171] Joshua Bayes,[172] John Chorlton,[166] James Clegg,[168] John Owen, Timothy Jollie (tutor at Attercliffe), John Evans;[43]Christopher Bassnett;[173] Richard Chorley.[174]
1757-1783. Library moved to Manchester New College, 1783; other removals, York (1803), Manchester, London, now represented by Harris Manchester College, Oxford.
Philip Henry. After Henry's death, 1696, Benion continued teaching till in 1706, after death of James Owen,[211] he moved to Shrewsbury.
Samuel Benion, who became a tutor. Ebenezer Latham studied under Benion, became a tutor at Caldwell, and later succeeded Hill at Findern.[112] Samuel Lawrence studied under Henry.[212]
Abergavenny. The Congregational Board withdrew their funding from Carmarthen Academy after an internal split, in 1756, and established one of their own. Migratory (Oswestry, Wrexham, Llanfyllin, Newton), Brecon College after 1839. The Baptist college founded 1807 is unconnected.[215]
1757-(?).
David Jardine (died 1766),[216] Benjamin Davies, D.D. (died 1817),[217] John Griffiths,[218]Edward Williams merged in his own school and pressed for the 1782 move to Oswestry,[219] Jenkin Lewis, George Lewis, D.D. (died 1822), etc.
Noah Simmons.[220]
Carmarthen (Presbyterian College, Carmarthen; Coleg Presbyteraidd Caerfyrddin). Migratory (Llwynllwyd, Haverford West, etc., Carmarthen, and probably continuation of Brynllwarch). Carmarthen absorbed other academies including Vavasor Griffiths's Academy (1735 to 1741)[221] at Chancefield near Talgarth.[222] in 1733/34 the Presbyterian board invited Griffiths to succeed Thomas Perrott at Carmarthen Academy.[223]
1700-after 1900.
William Evans (died 1718),[224] Thomas Perrot (under whom were about 150 pupils) (died 1733),[225] Vavasor Griffiths, Evans Davis, Robert Gentleman (1779-1784).[226] George Vance Smith, principal 1876 to 1888, Walter Jenkin Evans principal 1888 to 1910.[227]
^This list includes the academies (except where otherwise noted) from the first appendix to Irene Parker, Dissenting Academies in England (1914),[1] a work in the public domain. The author comments that Quaker establishments were excluded from her listing. The notes refer to the Dictionary of National Biography (DNB), and its successor the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (ODNB), to reference and cross-check. Some of the information about dates is uncertain, and details about students are sometimes contentious. The "Surman Index" links are to lists of Congregational ministers trained in academies, made available by The Surman Index Online, Dr Williams's Centre for Dissenting Studies, http://surman.english.qmul.ac.uk.
References
^Online at https://archive.org/details/dissentingacadem00parkiala
^Surman Index: Ipswich Academy Archived 2011-07-16 at the Wayback Machine
^Surman Index: Wickhambrook Academy, Suffolk Archived 2011-07-16 at the Wayback Machine, Surman Index: Bishops Stortford College Archived 2011-07-16 at the Wayback Machine
^"Cradock, Samuel (CRDK637S)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge. "Cradock, Samuel" . Dictionary of National Biography. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1885–1900.
^ a b"Calamy, Edmund (1671-1732)" . Dictionary of National Biography. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1885–1900. The article contains extensive details of Calamy's schooling.
^Curthoys, M. C. "Gurney, Russell". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/11774. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
^As in Parker. Surman Index: Islington Academy, London (Thomas Doolittle) Archived 2011-07-16 at the Wayback Machine, suggests may not be distinct from Islington (2).
^Surman Index: Button, Ralph
^"Button, Ralph" . Dictionary of National Biography. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1885–1900. (It says Jekyll lived with Button in Islington.) ODNB says a nonconformist seminary in Islington.
^Dille, Catherine. "Dyer, Samuel". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/8352. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
^Parker, Irene (1914–2009). Dissenting academies in England: their rise and progress, and their place among the educational systems of the country. Cambridge University Press. pp. 58–59. ISBN978-0-521-74864-3.
^May be William Wickins, thought by Calamy to be an Emmanuel graduate, ejected minister of 1662. "Wickins, William (WKNS631W)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.. Surman Index: Wickins, William identifies only where Wickins was a priest, gives dates 1614-1699.
^Surman Index: Jenkyn, William. Jenkyn not the father, could be William Jenkyn the younger. "Jenkyn, William" . Dictionary of National Biography. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1885–1900.
^Parker, Irene (1914–2009). Dissenting academies in England. Cambridge University Press. pp. 54–55. ISBN978-0-521-74864-3.
^"Parsons, Samuel (?-c.1752)". Dr Williams's Centre for Dissenting Studies. 2011. Retrieved 21 December 2013.
^"Samuel Parsons's Academy, Clerkenwell Green (1731-1735)". Dr Williams's Centre for Dissenting Studies. 2011. Retrieved 21 December 2013.
^"Taylor, Abraham (fl. 1726-fl. 1740)". Dr Williams's Centre for Dissenting Studies. 2011. Retrieved 21 December 2013.
^"Abraham Taylor's Academy, Deptford (1735-1740)". Dr Williams's Centre for Dissenting Studies. 2011. Retrieved 21 December 2013.
^"Stepney Academy (1740-1744)". Dr Williams's Centre for Dissenting Studies. 2011. Retrieved 21 December 2013.
^"Hubbard, John c.1692-1743". Dr Williams's Centre for Dissenting Studies. 2011. Retrieved 21 December 2013.
^ a b"Marryatt, Zephaniah (c.1684-c.1754)". Dr Williams's Centre for Dissenting Studies. 2011. Retrieved 21 December 2013.
^"Walker, John (?-1770)". Dr Williams's Centre for Dissenting Studies. 2011. Retrieved 21 December 2013.
^"Plaisterer's Hall Academy (1744-1754)". Dr Williams's Centre for Dissenting Studies. 2011. Retrieved 21 December 2013.
^"Conder, John (1714-1781)". Dr Williams's Centre for Dissenting Studies. 2011. Retrieved 21 December 2013.
^"Gibbons, Thomas (1720-1785)". Dr Williams's Centre for Dissenting Studies. 2011. Retrieved 21 December 2013.
^"Mile End Academy (1754-1769)". Dr Williams's Centre for Dissenting Studies. 2011. Retrieved 21 December 2013.
^"Homerton Academy (1769-1850)". Dr Williams's Centre for Dissenting Studies. 2011. Retrieved 21 December 2013.
^"New College, London (1850-1977)". Dr Williams's Centre for Dissenting Studies. 2011. Retrieved 21 December 2013.
^ a b cNicholas Hans (1998). New Trends in Education in the 18th Century. Routledge. p. 56. ISBN0-415-17611-5.
^ a bBriggs, J. H. Y. "Conder, John". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/6058. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
^Densham is mentioned in the ODNB article on Eames.
^Surman Index: Alcester Academy Archived 2011-07-16 at the Wayback Machine
^Styles, Philip, ed. (1945), "Parishes: Alcester", A History of the County of Warwick, vol. 3, Barlichway Hundred, London: Victoria County History, pp. 8–22
^Surman Index: Coventry Academy Archived 2011-07-16 at the Wayback Machine
^"Bryan, John (BRN620J)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.. "Bryan, John (d.1676)" . Dictionary of National Biography. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1885–1900.
^"Hill, Thomas (HL668T)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge. (Tentative identification). The DNB includes Hill in the article about his father, Thomas Hill (1628?–1677?).
^ a b cODNB article on Ebenezer Latham.
^Disney is in the DNB.
^Not in Barker. Surman Index: Addington, Stephen.
^Surman Index: Mile End Academy Archived 2011-07-16 at the Wayback Machine
^"Cole, Thomas (1627?-1697)" . Dictionary of National Biography. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1885–1900. "Cole, Thomas (CL653T)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
^ a bWykes, David L. "Hardy, John". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/74347. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
^Parker, Irene (1914–2009). Dissenting academies in England. Cambridge University Press. pp. 69–72. ISBN978-0-521-74864-3.
^Surman Index: Sheriffhales Academy Archived 2011-07-16 at the Wayback Machine
^The ODNB says a dissenting academy run by Samuel Birch at Shilton, Oxfordshire, followed by a Huguenot academy in London.
^The ODNB article on St John mentions that this time at Sheriffhales has been postulated, but says there is no evidence for this, nor for the suggestion he was educated at Eton College; see though final note here.
^ODNB mentions Foley's education at Sheriffhales and Utrecht.
^The ODNB article on Woodhouse by David L. Wykes confirms the attendance of Robert Harley, Edward Harley (1664–1735), St John and Foley. It also mentions the future ministers Chewning Blackmore, John Newman, Benjamin Robinson, and Ferdinando Shaw. The ODNB articles on Matthew Clarke the younger, Thomas Hill, and Timothy Manlove give them as students at Sheriffhales.
^Parker, Irene (1914–2009). Dissenting academies in England: their rise and progress, and their place among the educational systems of the country. Cambridge University Press. pp. 72–74. ISBN978-0-521-74864-3.
^Tallents was an ejected minister and a tutor, but the DNB and ODNB articles do not make clear that he had an academy, rather than individual pupils.
^Parker, Irene (1914–2009). Dissenting academies in England. Cambridge University Press. pp. 64–69. ISBN978-0-521-74864-3.
^"Ashe, John" . Dictionary of National Biography. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1885–1900. He went to Frankland's academy in 1688; the ODNB states that it was at that time in Attercliffe.
^"Bayes, Joshua" . Dictionary of National Biography. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1885–1900. He studied under Frankland in 1686, at Attercliffe.
^Wright, Stephen. "Chorley, Josiah". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/5352. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
^Parker, Irene (1914–2009). Dissenting academies in England. Cambridge University Press. pp. 105–130. ISBN978-0-521-74864-3.
^Surman Index: Gosport Academy Archived 2011-07-16 at the Wayback Machine
^"Gosport, Hampshire, 1777-1826". Dr Williams's Centre for Dissenting Studies. 2011. Retrieved 22 December 2013.
^"David Bogue (1750-1825)". Dr Williams's Centre for Dissenting Studies. 2011. Retrieved 21 December 2013.
^Parker, Irene (1914–2009). Dissenting academies in England: their rise and progress, and their place among the educational systems of the country. Cambridge University Press. p. 140. ISBN978-0-521-74864-3.
^Smith, R. D. "Ash, John". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/735. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
^Kirk, Brian W. "Hamond, George". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/12165. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
^There was more than one John Moore tutoring in the area in the early 18th century; DNB article on Moore, John (1642?–1717).
^Surman Index: Broad Oak Academy Archived 2011-07-16 at the Wayback Machine, Surman Index: Broad Oak Academy or Shrewsbury Academy Archived 2011-07-16 at the Wayback Machine