Thomas Preston (monk)
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Thomas Preston (1563–April 3, 1640) was a Benedictine monk.
He took the name of Roger Widdrington, and wrote several books of a controversial nature, and passed much of his time in prison, being still a captive when he died. (See Rev. E. Taunton, The English Black Monks of St Benedict, 1897.)
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- This article incorporates text from the Encyclopædia Britannica Eleventh Edition article "Widdrington, Barons", a publication now in the public domain.
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