GEMMS IDGEMMS-PERSON-002820
NameAbraham Pryme
TitleMr.
Gendermale
DenominationChurch of England
Livedb. 1671-01-15 - d. 1704-06-13 (old)
Linked Manuscriptsmanuscript owner - Miscellaneous tracts: Harley MS 6356
Linked SermonsA Fragment of a Sermon -- manuscript owner? (autograph: uncertain)
Linked Reports
Associated PlacesThorne -- ParishSt John's College -- Place of StudyBoughton -- PostKingston upon Hull, Holy Trinity -- Post
Source of DataACAD (Venn) (ID: PRM690A); ODNB (Article: 22852); Hannah Yip.
Biographical Sources ConsultedACAD (Venn) (ID: PRM690A); ODNB (Article: 22852)
Other NoteAbraham Pryme was born on 15 January 1671 at Hatfield in the West Riding of Yorkshire. He was admitted pensioner, aged nineteen, at St John's College, Cambridge on 2 May 1690. Pryme graduated B.A. in January 1693/4. Shortly after, he was ordained deacon at Peterborough on 23 September 1694, and priest at York in September 1698. He was curate of Boughton, Lincolnshire (which he resigned in November 1697), curate and reader at Holy Trinity, Kingston-upon-Hull and, from 1 September 1701, vicar of Thorne in the West Riding of Yorkshire. He was a keen antiquarian, and was elected a fellow of the Royal Society on 18 March 1702. Pryme died on 13 June 1704 and was buried at Hatfield.
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| discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/c/F43048 | The National Archives entry for Abraham Pryme. |
GEMMS record createdJanuary 08, 2020
GEMMS record last editedJanuary 10, 2020