Archbishop of Canterbury (1573-1645)
Archbishop of Canterbury under Charles I, arrested by Parliament in 1640 and beheaded five years later — not for treason in the usual sense, but for insisting the English pray a certain way. His name became shorthand for the ceremonial rigidity that split a kingdom.
William Laud was born in October 1573 and rose through the Church of England as a bishop before Charles I made him Archbishop of Canterbury in 1633. He believed in rule by bishops and drove a reform movement — "Laudianism" — that enforced liturgical ceremony, clerical hierarchy, and uniformity across the church, foreshadowing what would later be called high church practice. Puritans accused him of Arminianism, of covert sympathy for Rome, of standing against Calvinism; they saw him as a threat. When he used the Star Chamber to crush dissenters like William Prynne, he became deeply unpopular. P…
Sourced, dated quotes from William Laud
I have been informed that some masters come to St. Mary's, and stand or sit there bare in sermon time, not out of any devotion, but only to hide their hats...
Wednesday, Coronation-day, King Charles took his journey northward, against the Scottish covenanting rebels. God of His infinite mercy bless him with health and success.
[N]o man can set a better state of the question between Scripture and tradition, than Hooker doth.
Mr. Alex. Henderson, who went all this while for a quiet and well-spirited man, hath showed himself a most violent and passionate man, and a Moderator without moderation.
The tumults in Scotland, about the Service-Book offered to be brought in, began Julii 23, 1637, and continued increasing by fits, and hath now brought that kingdom in danger.
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