Samuel Shaw

Samuel Shaw (1635-96) lost his ministry at Long Whatton, Leicestershire, in 1661 due to his refusal to adhere to the restrictions imposed by the Act of Uniformity.  He worked as a schoolmaster in Leicestershire, teaching primarily nonconformist children the remainder of his life. Welcome to the Plague, which originally appeared in The Voice of One Crying in the Wilderness (1666), was widely admired both by Anglicans and Dissenters.