GEMMS IDGEMMS-PERSON-001397
NameArthur Bury
Title
Gendermale
DenominationChurch of England
Livedb. ca. 1624-03-25 - d. ca. 1713-04-03 (old)
Linked Manuscripts
Linked SermonsSermon on 1 Timothy 2:5 -- preacher? (autograph: no)Sermon on 2 Corinthians 5:10 -- preacher? (autograph: no)Sermon on Romans 11:36 -- preacher? (autograph: no)
Linked ReportsList of Sermons Preached for the Fordham Lectures 1703 -- preacher?
Associated PlacesBampton -- ParishDuloe -- ParishExeter College -- ParishKidlington -- ParishPuckington -- ParishExeter College -- Place of StudyExeter Cathedral -- Post
Source of DataJeanne Shami; David Robinson
Biographical Sources ConsultedCCEd (Person ID: 11531); ODNB (Article: 4146), AO (Foster)
Other NotePrecise date of birth unknown, but Bury matriculated from Exeter College in 1639 at age 15. He earned a B.A. (1642) and M.A. (1645) from Exeter, and he was a fellow there from 1643 until 1648, when he was deprived, and again after the Restoration. He earned the degrees B.D. and D.D. in 1666. Rector of Exeter College (1666-1689), or Duloe, Cornwall (1648), of Puckington, Somerset (1649), and of Kidlington, Oxfordshire (1685). Canon of Exeter (1661). In 1695, he was deprived following a lengthy controversy over his publication of The Naked Gospel (1690), which criticized the doctrine of the Trinity. Vicar of Bampton, Oxfordshire from 1671 until he resigned in 1707, the only position he retained after his deprivation.
GEMMS record createdApril 28, 2017
GEMMS record last editedDecember 22, 2020