GEMMS IDGEMMS-PERSON-000121
NameWilliam Clagett
TitleMr
Gendermale
DenominationChurch of England
Livedb. 1646-09-24 - d. ca. 1689-03-22 (new)
Linked Manuscripts
Linked SermonsSermon 1 on 2 Peter 3:18 -- preacher (autograph: no)Sermon 1 on Luke 16:31 -- preacher (autograph: no)Sermon 2 on 2 Peter 3:18 -- preacher (autograph: no)Sermon 2 on John 5:14 -- preacher (autograph: no)Sermon 2 on Romans 8:28 -- preacher (autograph: no)Sermon on 1 Corinthians 11:28 -- preacher (autograph: no)Sermon on 1 Corinthians 13:13 -- preacher (autograph: no)Sermon on 1 John 4:10-11 -- preacher (autograph: no)Sermon on 2 Thessalonians 2:10-11 -- preacher (autograph: no)Sermon on Acts 2:32 -- preacher (autograph: no)Sermon on Colossians 3:2 -- preacher (autograph: no)Sermon on Ecclesiastes 7:14 -- preacher (autograph: no)Sermon on Hebrews 6:12 -- preacher (autograph: no)Sermon on Isaiah 11:9 -- preacher (autograph: no)Sermon on John 7:17 -- preacher (autograph: no)Sermon on Luke 12:20-21 -- preacher (autograph: no)Sermon on Luke 8:15 -- preacher (autograph: no)Sermon on Matthew 5:34-37 -- preacher (autograph: no)Sermon on Matthew 5:38-42 -- preacher (autograph: no)Sermon on Philippians 4:13 -- preacher (autograph: no)Sermon on Proverbs 1:18 -- preacher (autograph: no)Sermon on Proverbs 18:14 -- preacher (autograph: no)Sermon on Proverbs 25:28 -- preacher (autograph: no)Sermon on Psalms 1:6 -- preacher? (autograph: no)Sermon on Psalms 49:13 -- preacher (autograph: no)Sermon on Psalms 51:17 -- preacher (autograph: no)Sermon on Romans 2:4 -- preacher (autograph: no)Sermon on Titus 3:2 -- preacher (autograph: no)
Linked Reports
Associated PlacesFarnham Royal -- ParishEmmanuel College -- Place of StudyGray's Inn -- PostSt Mary -- PostSt Michael Bassishaw -- Post
Source of DataRichard Snoddy; David Robinson
Biographical Sources ConsultedODNB (Article: 5426); CCEd (ID: 87080)
Other NoteLikely William Clagett (ODNB Article 5426) due to his association with Gray's Inn (where many of the associated sermons were preached). William Clagett was born 24 September 1646 to Jane and Nicholas Clagett, preacher at St Mary's Church, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk. Admitted pensioner of Emmanuel College, 1659; BA, 1663; MA, 1667; DD, 1683. Elected preacher at St Mary's in 1672 (from where his father was ejected for nonconformity ten years earlier). Remained there until 1680. Chaplain-in-ordinary to the king in 1677. Appointed preacher at Gray's Inn in February 1679. Rector of Farnham Royal, Buckinghamshire, 1683-8. Became lecturer at St Michael Bassishaw, London, ca. 1686. Despite his puritan background, he became a prominent defender of the Church of England. He penned numerous polemical works against dissenters and Catholics, and debated priest Peter Gooden at Gray's Inn in 1686, an account of which was published posthumously in 1689 as an appendix to a volume of his sermons entitled in 1689 as Seventeen Sermons Preach'd upon Several Occasions, Never before Printed. Died of smallpox and was buried at St Michael Bassishaw on 22 March 1688. He was followed by his wife Thomasina who was buried there 11 April 1688. They left behind three orphaned children.
GEMMS record createdOctober 18, 2015
GEMMS record last editedDecember 19, 2021