Peter Gooden
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Peter Gooden was an English Roman Catholic priest, who came to prominence as a controversialist during the reign of James II
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. About 1680 he removed to Aldcliffe Hall, the seat of the seven daughters of Robert Dalton. There Gooden educated young boys, who were afterwards sent to Catholic seminaries abroad.
After the accession of James II, he was appointed chaplain to the regiment of James FitzJames, 1st Duke of Berwick
. At that period he had frequent discussion with Edward Stillingfleet
, William Clagett
, and other Church of England
clergy. The Glorious Revolution
of 1688 obliged him to retire to his old place at Aldcliffe Hall, where he died on 29 December 1695.
His conference with Stillingfleet gave rise to the publication of several controversial pamphlets, and ‘The Summ of a Conference on Feb. 21, 1686, between Dr. Clagett and Father Gooden, about the point of Transubstantiation,’ was published in 1689–90 by William Wake
. It is reprinted in ‘Seventeen Sermons,’ &c. by William Clagett, 3rd edit., London, 1699, vol. i.
James II of England
James II & VII was King of England and King of Ireland as James II and King of Scotland as James VII, from 6 February 1685. He was the last Catholic monarch to reign over the Kingdoms of England, Scotland, and Ireland...
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Life
Born near Manchester, he was educated in the English College at Lisbon, and after being ordained priest was sent back to England on mission, in company with Edward Barlow, alias Booth. He appears first to have been chaplain to the Middletons at Leighton Hall, near LancasterLancaster, Lancashire
Lancaster is the county town of Lancashire, England. It is situated on the River Lune and has a population of 45,952. Lancaster is a constituent settlement of the wider City of Lancaster, local government district which has a population of 133,914 and encompasses several outlying towns, including...
. About 1680 he removed to Aldcliffe Hall, the seat of the seven daughters of Robert Dalton. There Gooden educated young boys, who were afterwards sent to Catholic seminaries abroad.
After the accession of James II, he was appointed chaplain to the regiment of James FitzJames, 1st Duke of Berwick
James FitzJames, 1st Duke of Berwick
James FitzJames, 1st Duke of Berwick, 1st Duke of Fitz-James, 1st Duke of Liria and Jérica was an Anglo-French military leader, illegitimate son of King James II of England by Arabella Churchill, sister of the 1st Duke of Marlborough...
. At that period he had frequent discussion with Edward Stillingfleet
Edward Stillingfleet
Edward Stillingfleet was a British theologian and scholar. Considered an outstanding preacher as well as a strong polemical writer defending Anglicanism, Stillingfleet was known as "the beauty of holiness" for his good looks in the pulpit, and was called by John Hough "the ablest man of his...
, William Clagett
William Clagett (controversialist)
-Life:He was the eldest son of Nicholas Clagett the elder, preacher at St. Mary's Church, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk. He was born in the parish on 24 September 1646, and educated at Bury grammar school under Dr. Thomas Stephens, author of notes on Statius...
, and other Church of England
Church of England
The Church of England is the officially established Christian church in England and the Mother Church of the worldwide Anglican Communion. The church considers itself within the tradition of Western Christianity and dates its formal establishment principally to the mission to England by St...
clergy. The Glorious Revolution
Glorious Revolution
The Glorious Revolution, also called the Revolution of 1688, is the overthrow of King James II of England by a union of English Parliamentarians with the Dutch stadtholder William III of Orange-Nassau...
of 1688 obliged him to retire to his old place at Aldcliffe Hall, where he died on 29 December 1695.
Works
He published:- ‘The Controversial Letters on the Grand Controversy, concerning the pretended temporal authority of the Popes over the whole earth; and the true Sovereignty of kings within their own respective kingdoms; between two English Gentlemen, the one of the Church of England, and the other of the Church of Rome,’ 2nd edit. 1674. This was against Thomas Birch, vicar of Preston, Lancashire from 1682 till his death in 1700.
- ‘The Sum of the Conference had between two Divines of the Church of England and two Catholic Lay-Gentlemen. At the request and for the satisfaction of three Persons of Quality, Aug. 8, 1671,’ London, 1687. An earlier edition was published (1684).
His conference with Stillingfleet gave rise to the publication of several controversial pamphlets, and ‘The Summ of a Conference on Feb. 21, 1686, between Dr. Clagett and Father Gooden, about the point of Transubstantiation,’ was published in 1689–90 by William Wake
William Wake
William Wake was a priest in the Church of England and Archbishop of Canterbury from 1716 until his death in 1737.-Life:...
. It is reprinted in ‘Seventeen Sermons,’ &c. by William Clagett, 3rd edit., London, 1699, vol. i.