William Spurstowe [SEP] date of death
William Spurstowe
William Spurstowe (Spurstow) (c. 1605–1666) was an English clergyman, theologian, and member of the Westminster Assembly. He was one of the Smectymnuus group of Presbyterian clergy, supplying the final WS (read as UUS) of the acronym.
Life.
His father William Spurstow was a mercer in London. The son studied at Emmanuel College, Cambridge.
He became a Fellow of St. Katherine's Hall College, Cambridge in 1638, during the Mastership of Ralph Brownrigg, and succeeded as Master
with his bachelor's degree in 1647, and some records indicate that he also earned a master's degree, though no date is given. St. Catharine's College was considered a center for theological study. Petto would have studied under Ralph Brownrigg (1592-1659) and William Spurstowe (1605–66), both of whom were delegates at the Westminster Assembly and Calvinistic in their theology. This Calvinistic influence was seen later as Petto favorably quoted John Calvin (1509–64), Richard Sibbes (1577-1635), Samuel Bolton (