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What happened to Thomas Hobbesâs father after the brawl at his church?
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Thomas Hobbes
Thomas Hobbes, detail of an oil painting by John Michael Wright; in the National Portrait Gallery, London.
After the brawl at his church, Thomas Hobbesâs fatherâwho was a quick-tempered vicarâbecame disgraced and subsequently disappeared. Following this event, he abandoned his three children, leaving them to be cared for by his brother, who was a well-to-do glover in Malmesbury.21