General Prologue of the Wycliffe Bible the later version of Wycliffe Bibles at about 1395–1397. The other two "General Prologues" are attached to revised earlier version Wycliffe Bibles, revised 1395–1397. There are more than 200 later versions of the Wycliffe Bible that do not have the "General Prologue" attached. The Prologue contains wording that indicates it was written between 1395 and 1397. Purvey, as the eximious doctor prominent leader of the Lollards at the time, is credited with the later version Wycliffe Bible New Testament portion, as well as the "General Prologue." Chapter fifteen shows the procedures how the Lollard translators went about their work of
William Churchman William Churchman Colonel Sir William Alfred Churchman, 1st Baronet, VD (1863 – 25 November 1947) was an English tobacco manufacturer and public servant. Churchman was born in Ipswich, Suffolk. He went into partnership with his brother, Arthur, in the family tobacco firm which had been founded by their great-grandfather in 1790. This was renamed W. A. & A. C. Churchman. It was later absorbed by the tobacco combines and Churchman became a director of the Imperial Tobacco Company. Churchman was a staunch Conservative and was elected mayor of Ipswich in 1901. In 1911 he became a justice of the peace