John Purvey (1353?-1428?) was one of the leading followers of the English theologian and reformer John Wycliffe during the late fourteenth and early fifteenth centuries. He was probably born around 1354 in Lathbury, then in Buckinghamshire, England. He was ordained priest in 1377 and was a great scholar in his own right. However from around 1382 he lived with Wycliffe at Lutterworth, Leicestershire, and became, along with Nicholas of Hereford and John Aston, one of Wycliffe's most devoted disciples. It was at Lutterworth that Purvey undertook, probably with Wycliffe's concurrence if not at his suggestion, to revise the 1380 English translation of the Bible done by Wycliffe and Nicholas of Hereford. The primary purpose of the revision was to make the translation more readable as the 1380 translation was a verbatim rendering of the Vulgate, with little consideration for the language differences between Latin and English. Events The Decameron was finished by Giovanni Boccaccio. ... // Events October 12 - English forces under Thomas Montacute, 4th Earl of Salisbury besiege Orléans. ... John Wycliffe (also Wyclif, Wycliff, or Wickliffe) (c. ... Map of Bucks (1904) This article is about the English county. ... Royal motto (French): Dieu et mon droit (Translated: God and my right) Englands location (dark green) within the United Kingdom (light green), with the Republic of Ireland (blue) to its west Languages English Capital London Largest city London Area – Total Ranked 1st UK 130,395 km² Population – Total (mid... Leicestershire (abbreviated Leics) is a landlocked county in central England. ... John Aston (born June 28, 1947 in Manchester) was a English football player. ... The Gutenberg Bible owned by the United States Library of Congress The Bible (Hebrew: תנ״ך tanakh, Greek: η Βίβλος hē biblos) (sometimes The Holy Bible, The Book, Work of God, The Word, The Good Book or Scripture), from Greek (τα) βίβλια, (ta) biblia, (the) books, is the name used by Jews and Christians for their... The Vulgate Bible is an early 5th century translation of the Bible into Latin made by St. ... Latin is an ancient Indo-European language originally spoken in the region around Rome called Latium. ... The English language is a West Germanic language that originates in England. ...

He was probably in the midst of this undertaking when Wycliffe died in 1384. From Lutterworth Purvey he then moved onto Bristol, a city that was well known at the time for its sympathies for Wycliffe and his followers. There, in 1388, he finished his revised version of the Bible, whilst also preaching across the country as one of the poor preachers which Wycliffe had organised before his death. Due to his preaching he came under increasing scrutiny by the religious authorities and by 1390 he was imprisoned. None the less he continued to write various works, including commentaries, sermons and treatises condemning the corruption of the Catholic Church. By 1401 he was brought before convocation and, unable to face death by burning, like that of William Sawtrey, he submitted to the authorities and returned to orthodoxy, confessing and revoking his heresies. Bristol (IPA: brĭstəl) is a city, unitary authority and ceremonial county in South West England, 115 miles (185 km) west of London at , . With a population of 400,000, and metropolitan area of 550,000, it is Englands sixth, and the United Kingdoms ninth, most... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged with Catholicism. ... A Convocation is a group of people formally assembled for a special purpose. ... William Sawtrey (died March 1401) was an English priest and follower of John Wycliffe. ... The word orthodoxy, from the Greek ortho (right, correct) and doxa (thought, teaching , Glorification), is typically used to refer to the correct theological or doctrinal observance of religion, as determined by some overseeing body. ... Heresy, according to the Oxford English Dictionary, is a theological or religious opinion or doctrine maintained in opposition, or held to be contrary, to the Catholic or Orthodox doctrine of the Christian Church, or, by extension, to that of any church, creed, or religious system, considered as orthodox. ...

Afterwards Purvey was left alone and by the end of 1401 he was inducted to the vicarage of West Hythe in Kent. But, like other followers of Wycliffe who had recanted, he was ill at ease at his betrayal. In 1403 he resigned his living and during the next eighteen years he preached where ever he could. His resumption of preaching eventually led him, in 1421, to being imprisoned once more by the then Archbishop of Canterbury, Henry Chicheley. No date of his death has been found but there is reason to believe he was living to at least 1427. Apparently some handwriting of his appears on a manuscript containing a memorial to Cardinal Beaufort, who was not raised to the cardinalate till 1427. Kent is a county in England, south-east of London. ... Arms of the see of Canterbury The Archbishop of Canterbury is the senior clergyman of the established Church of England and symbolic head of the worldwide Anglican Communion. ... Henry Chicheley (also Checheley or Chichele) (c. ... Henry Beaufort, the second son of John of Gaunt and his mistress Katherine Swynford, was born in Anjou (France) in about 1374 and educated for a career in the Church. ...