Puritans (sep 20, 1566 – mar 7, 1589)

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1566- Puritan MPs demanded that priests should wear plain black gowns.
The Archbishop of Canterbury, Mathew Parker, issued new rules mandating that priests had to wear vestments and the 30 puritan bishops who refused were expelled from the church.

1571- Puritan MP Walter Strickland organised a large campaign for banning vestments and introducing a new prayer book.
Elizabeth closed down parliament before his ideas could be discussed.

1575-83 - Prophesyings were organised by puritans and supported by the Archbishop of Canterbury Edmund Grindal.
He refused the Queen's orders to ban them and so was suspended until his death.
His successor, John Whitgift did ban them and expelled 200 puritan priests from the church.

1583- After criticising the Queen for holding marriage talks with a Catholic French Prince, William Stubbs had his right hand cut off

1586- Sir Anthony Cope, a puritan MP introduced a bill to parliament to abolish bishops and introduce a new prayer book.
He and 4 supporters were imprisoned in the tower of London.

1588-9 - anonymous puritan pamphlets called the Marprelate Tracts were issued and contained strong complaints about the church. However, they offended a lot of people and so Puritans lost a lot of support.

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