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Lodowick Muggleton
1609–1698
A London tailor turned self-proclaimed prophet, he helped found the tiny religious movement later called Muggletonianism. His life mixed everyday work, fierce spiritual certainty, and repeated clashes with the authorities.
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A True Interpretation of the Witch of Endor
by Lodowick Muggleton
About the author
Born in London in 1609, Lodowick Muggleton spent much of his life working as a journeyman tailor in the City of London. In the turbulent religious world of mid-17th-century England, he and his cousin John Reeve announced in 1651 that they were the two witnesses mentioned in the Book of Revelation, and their followers became known as Muggletonians.
Muggleton became known for blunt, uncompromising beliefs and for rejecting many of the religious and philosophical ideas around him. He was twice imprisoned because of his teachings, yet he continued to write and defend his views for decades. His movement always remained small, but it endured far longer than many larger sects of the period.
He died in London in 1698. Today he is remembered as one of the more unusual voices of England's religious past: a working man who helped create a sect so distinctive that it still carried his name centuries later.