Talk:Praise-God Barebone

Praise-God-and-Flee-Fornication[edit]

According to this source his full first name was "Praise-God-and-Flee-Fornication" and he had a brother called "Rise-Up-and-Tell-the-Glory-of-Emmanuel". If someone can come up with a more authorative source it would be nice to put in his full name. Philip Baird Shearer 17:17, 28 Apr 2005 (UTC)

It sounds like a weak joke somebody is having at the expense of Puritans. Realistically, what sort of parent would give their new-born child a middle-name like Fornication? Six years later: "Mommy, what does Fornication mean?" It just wouldn't happen. 95.150.94.68 (talk) 15:32, 15 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]

However, similar stories have been circulating in print since long before the Internet existed... AnonMoos (talk) 08:23, 16 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]

I have found a page in a reliable source that can be used for his name:

Tyacke, Nicholas (2001). Aspects of English Protestantism, c. 1530-1700 (illustrated ed.). Manchester University Press. p. 95. ISBN 9780719053924.

It explains what primary sources are available and makes some informed speculation. That Praise-God was probably the son of John Barebone a rector of Charwelton and Mary Roper of Daventry. He probably had an older brother called Fear-God, but the Parish registers do not exist this is informed speculation. -- But Unfortunately it hits on the head some of the other more exotic name thories such as this one published in 1816, and this one published in 1828. -- PBS (talk) 15:39, 5 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Barbon or Barebone?[edit]

The article had an unwarrantable mix of the two spellings, so for consistency's sake I've changed all occurrences to Barebone, except in citations, and in Nicholas his son's name where Barbon seems to be the universally accepted form. Kay Dekker (talk) 10:31, 20 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Barbon is more correct, however - as that is how he signed his own name in the parish minutes of St Dunstans in the West. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.161.229.172 (talk) 19:22, 6 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Nicholas Barbon[edit]

Since his son has his own article too, maybe he should be mentioned in this one. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.73.160.159 (talk) 05:22, 30 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]