Anthony Anderson

Anthony Anderson (died 10 October 1593) was an English theological writer and preacher. Biography Anderson was native of Lancashire and from 1560 to 1569 he worked for the Archdeacon of Leicester. One of the cases he was involved with is still noted. In 1569 Agnes Bowker allegedly gave birth to a cat in Leicestershire. A report was made to the church authorities and Anderson created a life-size drawing of a cat which he annotated and sent it to Henry Hastings, 3rd Earl of Huntingdon. Anderson's drawing went to London and in time the Bishop of London. The case was eventually abandoned and the picture of the cat is now in the British Library. He was for many years rector of Medbourne, in Leicestershire. According to the parish register he was presented to the benefice in 1573, and held it until 1593, the date of his death. Early in 1587 Anderson was appointed to the vicarage of Stepney near London, and to the rectory of Dengie in Essex, both of which he appears to have held in conjunction with his living in Leicestershire.