JOHN (1628-1688).-_B._ at Elstow, near Bedford, the _s._ of a poor tinker, was _ed._ at a free school, after which he worked at his father's trade. At 17 he was drafted as a soldier in the Civil War, and served for two years at Newport Pagnell. At 19 he _m._ a pious young woman, whose only dowry appears to have been two books, the _Plain M