The earliest dissenting academies were established after the Restoration as a result of the 1662 Act of Uniformity, and were intended to provide Protestant students dissenting from the Church of England with a higher education similar to that at Oxford and Cambridge, from which they were largely excluded. Their main purpose was to prepare candidates for the ministry, but many educated lay students as well.
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The Guild of One-Name Studies is an international charity dedicated to promoting and supporting one-name studies—the research of everyone with a particular surname, rather than a single family line. The website provides a searchable register of surname studies, educational resources, research guides, webinars, indexes and member websites. It is an excellent starting point for anyone interested in the history, distribution and genealogy of a specific surname or considering undertaking a one-name study themselves.
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