Roger Hayden

John Tyler Ryland, 1786–1841: A Postscript with Two Additional Manuscripts

Two documents relating to John Tyler Ryland (1786–1841) have recently emerged that provide an interesting gloss to the exhaustive historical research on Ryland provided by Roger Hayden (Baptist Quarterly 46.3 [2015], 120–27). An 1801 letter by a youthful Ryland to the prominent London Baptist minister, John Rippon, and a note from 1823 addressed to Rippons wife containing transcripts of three hymns by John Ryland, Jr. (1753–1825), J. T. Rylands father, reveal much about the younger Rylands efforts to achieve a serious education, his interest in local politics and legal matters, his involvement with the Baptist Academy, and his connections to his fathers world of hymn writing and ministers among the Particular Baptists.

‘Able and Evangelical Ministers’: The Beginnings of Ministerial Formation at Bristol Baptist College

This article re-tells the story of the origins of ministerial formation in Bristol Baptist College, and seeks to highlight what has become popularly known as the ‘Bristol tradition’. Special attention is given to some of the European Baptists who came to Bristol to study.

JOHN TYLER RYLAND, 1786-1841: A FURTHER ASSESSMENT

Abstract This article is an expansion of Stella Read, ‘Further information on the Ryland family,’ Baptist Quarterly, 36 (1995), 202–3. It looks at the Birth Registers for Broadmead Baptist Church, Bristol, 1780–1909, which provide further detailed information about the large family of John Tyler Ryland. The information about various members of the family found in the Bristol Directories, and the Bristol Poll Books is noted, and this helps to understand the contribution made to the city of Bristol by J. T. Rylands family, and particularly that of Charles Julius Ryland, his youngest son.

BERNARD FOSKETT AND ABINGDON, 1743-5

Abstract A collection of 25 letters to Bernard Foskett, dated between 1742 and 1757, has come to light, following the recent move of Bristol Baptist College to a new site in the city. The letters come from students, ministers and churches in the West of England and Ireland.

The Particular Baptist Confession 1689 and Baptists Today

(1988). The Particular Baptist Confession 1689 and Baptists Today. Baptist Quarterly: Vol. 32, No. 8, pp. 403-417.