FENNER, DUDLEY (c. 1558-1587), English' puritan di vine, was born in Kent and educated at Cambridge University but becoming an adherent of the presbyterian Thomas Cartwright had to leave without taking his degree. He followed Cartwright to Antwerp, and preached to the English congregation there. The leniency shown by Archbishop Grindal encouraged him to return to England, and he became curate of Cranhrook in 1583. In the same year, however, he was suspended and im prisoned for refusing to sign an acknowledgment of the queen's supremacy and of the authority of the Prayer Book and articles. After his release he became chaplain in the Reformed church at Middleburgh. His works rank among the best expositions of the principles of puritanism ; see list in Cooper's Athenae Canto brigienses (Cambridge, 1858-61).