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Why did Religious dissent and Non-Conformity increase in the years 1625-88…

- - - - Revisionist Historian who believed that ordinary members of the Church generally welcomed the reform.
        
        a historian who practises historical revisionism- the process of reinterpreting the orthodox view of events based on changing social or political influences.
      - Whig historians- detected widespread opposition to Laud's focus on Catechism, suggesting that it contributed to the conflicts between King and Parliament
        
        a historian who presents a progressive model for the past. They see modern liberal democracy as the ideal Government, suspicious of absolute rule and follows the tradition set by the original 17th- century Whig MPs
- - - - each meeting was self-sufficient in terms of daily worship and local school and did not require orders to be given from a central office.
      - Poor relief was given to members separately in each congregation.
      - movement as a whole was linked by travelling Preachers, District monthly meetings in an annual meeting held at Skipton
  - - - three things made up the Clarendon Code (promoted under the ministry of Edward Hyde, Earl of Clarendon 1660-67)
        
        another was the bitterness and desire for revenge with which it was enforced in many places
        
        the third was the fact that it was directed primarily at those who wanted to remain within the church and had no desire to establish separate congregations.
        
        one was its scale and the numbers affected
    - - Act of Uniformity (1662) which excluded them from Church offices.
      - Conventicle Act of 1664 intended to widen the targets to include the laity who attended meetings and isolate the minister
      - The Corporation Act (1661) was intended to make it impossible for non-conformists to hold municipal office.
      - Five Mile Act (1665) which sought to drive non-conformists away from their friends and allies that remained.
    - - Reports indicated that much of his congregation followed him leaving the Church half empty. Resulted in a campaign of persecution by the garrison, probably on Sheldon's orders including on one occasion when they closed the Town gates early and forced 300 people to sleep in the alms house for protection. by June 1660 to show had been banned from entering Hull and aware of the imminence of ejection (being removed from his post) under the Act of Uniformity he then returned to his native Rotherham. He then assisted the Vicar,Luke Clayton, until both were ejected. Afterwards they only preached to those who attended their private meetings.