a furrier by trade. A native of Gainsborough, Murton made the trek to Amsterdam with Smyth, became a Baptist there, and sided with Helwys in the split from Smyth. He also suffered for his faith, spending some years in prison where apparently he died in 1626. From prison he authored two significant treatises on religious liberty. His wife Jane later returned to Amsterdam and joined the Mennonites “without further baptism.”41 By 1624 we know of at least five General Baptist churches in England. Growth