Person    | Male  Born 1/3/1633  Died 14/2/1663

Edward Burrough

Categories: Religion

Edward Burrough

Quaker activist and writer.
Born near Kendal. Died, unmarried, in Newgate prison and was buried at Bunhill Fields Burial Ground.

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