GEMMS IDGEMMS-PERSON-000162
NameThomas Triplet(t)
TitleDr
Gendermale
DenominationChurch of England
Livedb. ca. 1603-03-25 - d. 1670-07-18 (old)
Linked Manuscripts
Linked SermonsSermon on 1 Peter 2:24 -- preacher (autograph: no)
Linked Reports
Associated PlacesWashington -- ParishWhitburn -- ParishWoodhorn -- ParishDublin -- Place of BusinessHayes -- Place of BusinessChrist Church -- Place of StudyDurham Cathedral -- PostSalisbury Cathedral -- PostYork Minster -- Post
Source of DataRichard Snoddy; Benjamin Durham; David Robinson
Biographical Sources ConsultedODNB (Article: 62040)
Other NoteBorn around Oxford to unknown parents, ca. 1603. Matriculated from Christ Church College, Oxford, 16 March 1621; BA, 1622; MA, 1625. Earned reputation as Greek scholar and poet. Vicar of Woodhorn, Northumberland, 1630; rector of Whitburn, co. Durham, 1631; rector of Washington, Durham, 1640. Prebendary of Fenton, York Cathedral in 1641, then of Preston at Salisbury Cathedral in 1645; collated to Durham Cathedral in 1649. That year parliament sequestered his preferments, but he already fled to Ireland in 1644, and by 1649 had opened a school in Dublin. At the Restoration, he petitioned for the restoration of his livings and regained the Washington rectory. Resigned in 1662 to open a school at Hayes, Middlesex. Died 18 July 1670.
GEMMS record createdNovember 08, 2015
GEMMS record last editedJanuary 13, 2019