Edmund Coppinger

Edmund Coppinger (died 1592) was an English puritan. He was a supporter of controversialist William Hacket.

He is described by Richard Cosin as "descended of a good house and linage, and one of her Maiestie's sworne servants, but a younger brother, having no great livelihood". With a Yorkshire gentleman, Henry Arthington, he championed the claims of the notorious religious enthusiast, William Hacket, who had a wild scheme for abolishing bishops and deposing Queen Elizabeth I. Hacket proclaimed himself to be the Messiah, and Coppinger joined Arthington in holding a demonstration in Cheapside to support the impostor's claim. The three men were thrown into prison. Hacket was hanged on 28 July 1592; Coppinger died eight days afterwards from voluntary starvation; Arthington repented of his errors and was pardoned. The affair caused considerable excitement.

References

  1. ↑ Crome, Andrew (2016). "Christianities in the Trans-Atlantic World, 1500-1800". Springer. Retrieved 30 July 2026.
  2. ↑ Cosin's Pretended Reformation, 1592; Stow's Annales, ed. Howes, 1615, pp. 760–1; Fuller's Church History, book ix.
  3. ↑ Lee, Sidney (1890). "Hacket, William" . Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 23. pp. 421–423.
  4. ↑ Walsham, Alexandra (1 March 1998). "'Frantick Hacket': Prophecy, Sorcery, Insanity, and the Elizabethan Puritan Movement". Cambridge University Press. The Historical Journal, Volume 41, Issue 1, pp. 27 - 66. Retrieved 30 July 2026.

Sources

 This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Stephen, Leslie, ed. (1887). "Coppinger, Edmund". Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 12. London: Smith, Elder & Co.