CONSTANTINE OVERTON

'Constantine Overton' (1626/7-?1690), Quaker leader in Shrewsbury, Shropshire, England. Imprisoned and fined for his beliefs, attendance at Quaker Meetings for Worship, refusing to pay tithes and not taking off his hat in Court and opening his shop on 25th of the Twelfth month.
Charlotte Fell-Smith, ‘Overton, Constantine (b. 1626/7, d. in or after 1690)’, rev. Caroline L. Leachman, ''Oxford Dictionary of National Biography'', Oxford University Press, 2004 accessed 14 Sept 2006. Sometimes known as "Constant Overton".

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