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'''Thomas DeLaune''' (d. 1685), was an Irish non-conformist writer known for running a grammar school and printing house.<ref>Andrews, H. (2009). ''Delaune, Thomas''. Dictionary of Irish Biography. Retrieved 2024, from <nowiki>https://www.dib.ie/biography/delaune-thomas-a2517</nowiki></ref> He was born in Brinny, County Cork on an unknown date.<ref name=":0">Lewis, S. (2022). The Reception of Thomas Delaune's Plea for the Non-Conformists in England and America, 1684–1870. ''Church History'', ''91''(1), 41–61. <nowiki>https://doi.org/10.1017/S0009640721002869</nowiki></ref> Protestant persecution forced him to flee to England where he met [[Edward Hutchinson]], a Baptist minister and writer. Thomas would later marry his daughter Hannah. Thomas was a scholar, not considering himself to be a minister or lay preacher but entered into many religious debates. He would speak against [[Richard Baxter]], [[Obadiah Wills]], and [[Joseph Whiston]] on the subject of [[infant baptism]]. Thomas DeLaune would end up dying in prison in 1685. He was accused and found guilty of writing seditious material against the king and the [[Book of Common Prayer]] in January of 1684.  Deprived of his income as a schoolmaster, his wife and two children would move to live near his prison in Newgate.<ref name=":0" /> They would eventually suffer and die from undernourishment. Thomas died in Newgate, in prison, fifteen months after his incarceration. Thomas DeLaune would be considered a martyr for generations of [[Nonconformists]].