Editing Robert Abbot (theologian) (section)

==Biography==
Robert Abbot received his education at [[University of Cambridge|Cambridge University]], and later at
[[University of Oxford|Oxford University]]. The details of Abbot's ecclesiastical career are somewhat unclear, and can only be pieced together from fragmentary evidence, but based on something he wrote in his work ''Bee Thankfull London and her Sisters'', it is probable that he began his church service with a posting as "assistant to a [[reverend]] divine". A note in the margin indicates that the priest in question was "Master Haiward of Wool Church", in [[Dorset]]. In 1616 he was appointed by George Abbot to the vicarage of [[Cranbrook, Kent|Cranbrook]] in [[Kent]]. His ministry at Cranbrook was regarded as successful, but he was noted for his lack of tolerance towards [[Nonconformist (Protestantism)|nonconformists]]. In 1643, Abbot left Cranbrook, becoming vicar of [[Southwick, Hampshire|Southwick]], [[Hampshire]]. Later, he became pastor at the "extruded" Udall of St Austin's, in [[London]], where he apparently still served in 1657. Between 1657 and 1658, and in 1662, Abbot appears to vanish from record, and his activities are unknown.{{sfn|Chisholm|1911}}