Dr. William Twisse - Prolocutor of the Assembly of Divines at Westminster Background Dr. Twisse was born in England in 1578 near the town of Newbury, where later he was to pastor. A man of humble and quiet disposition, he refused many offers of advancement within the Church of England, asking leave instead to abide at the small town of Newbury to attend the flock over which God placed him. Yet despite his own preferment to live quietly he became well known throughout the whol