GEMMS IDGEMMS-PERSON-002618
NameChristopher Lawson
Title
Gendermale
DenominationChurch of England
Livedb. - d. 1717-10-20 (old)
Linked Manuscripts
Linked SermonsSermon 1 on 2 Peter 1:5 -- preacher (autograph: no)Sermon 1 on 2 Peter 1:5 -- preacher (autograph: no)Sermon 2 on 2 Peter 1:5 -- preacher (autograph: no)Sermon 2 on 2 Peter 1:5 -- preacher (autograph: no)Sermon on 2 Peter 1:6 -- preacher (autograph: no)Sermon on 2 Peter 1:6 -- preacher (autograph: no)Sermon on Genesis 1:1 -- preacher (autograph: no)Sermon on Hebrews 4:13 -- preacher (autograph: no)Sermon on Isaiah 53:10 -- preacher (autograph: no)Sermon on John 5:14 -- preacher (autograph: no)Sermon on Luke 24:6 -- preacher (autograph: no)Sermon on Mark 16:19 -- preacher (autograph: no)Sermon on Matthew 16:26 -- preacher (autograph: no)Sermon on Psalms 144:15 -- preacher (autograph: no)
Linked Reports
Associated PlacesBakewell -- ParishGargrave -- ParishMagdalene College -- Place of StudyUniversity College -- Place of StudyKington -- PostSt John the Baptist -- Post
Source of DataCatherine Evans
Biographical Sources ConsultedACAD (Venn) (ID: LW671C), AO (Foster), CCEd (Person ID: 51952)
Other NoteMatriculated at University College, Oxford on 15 June 1657, where he gained his BA in 1661 and MA in 1665.
He was a preacher at Kington with Huntington, Herefordshire and schoolmaster at Kington Grammar School in 1668. He was vicar of Bakewell, Derbyshire from 1668 and then of Gargrave, North Riding of Yorkshire from 1673 to his death. He was also lecturer at St John the Baptist, Halifax from 1672 to 1683. He gained a Bachelor of Divinity degree from Magdalene College, Cambridge in 1671 and married Mary Place, the daughter of Sir John Place of Godalming, Surrey on 11 December 1704 at York Minister.
GEMMS record createdAugust 05, 2019
GEMMS record last editedMarch 09, 2020