GEMMS IDGEMMS-PERSON-000051
NameVincent Alsop
TitleMr.
Gendermale
DenominationDissenter - Presbyterian
Livedb. 1630-08-01 - d. 1703-05-08 (old)
Linked Manuscripts
Linked SermonsSermon 1 on Hebrews 1:9 -- preacher? (autograph: no)Sermon 1 on John 20:24 -- preacher? (autograph: no)Sermon 1 on John 6:37 -- preacher? (autograph: no)Sermon 1 on Luke 22:15 -- preacher? (autograph: no)Sermon 1 on Micah 4:5 -- preacher? (autograph: no)Sermon 1 on Romans 8:33 -- preacher? (autograph: no)Sermon 2 on Hebrews 1:9 -- preacher? (autograph: no)Sermon 2 on John 20:24 -- preacher? (autograph: no)Sermon 2 on John 6:37 -- preacher? (autograph: no)Sermon 2 on Luke 22:15 -- preacher? (autograph: no)Sermon 2 on Luke 5:31-32 -- preacher? (autograph: no)Sermon 2 on Micah 4:5 -- preacher? (autograph: no)Sermon 2 on Romans 8:33 -- preacher? (autograph: no)Sermon on 1 Corinthians 15:30 -- preacher? (autograph: no)Sermon on 1 Thessalonians 4:16 -- preacher? (autograph: no)Sermon on 2 Chronicles 20:12 -- preacher? (autograph: no)Sermon on 2 Corinthians 1:12 -- preacher? (autograph: no)Sermon on Colossians 3:11 -- preacher? (autograph: no)Sermon on Deuteronomy 4:7 -- preacher? (autograph: no)Sermon on Exodus 28:12 -- preacher? (autograph: no)Sermon on Exodus 28:29 -- preacher? (autograph: no)Sermon on Hebrews 4:16 -- preacher? (autograph: no)Sermon on Hosea 6:1-2 -- preacher? (autograph: no)Sermon on Isaiah 1:3 -- preacher? (autograph: no)Sermon on Isaiah 64:7 -- preacher? (autograph: no)Sermon on John 6:39-40 -- preacher? (autograph: no)Sermon on John 7:17 -- preacher? (autograph: no)Sermon on Leviticus 26:23-24 -- preacher? (autograph: no)Sermon on Luke 12:15 -- preacher? (autograph: no)Sermon on Luke 5:31-32 -- preacher? (autograph: no)Sermon on Matthew 25:6 -- preacher? (autograph: no)Sermon on Psalms 106:45 -- preacher? (autograph: no)Sermon on Psalms 118:23 -- preacher? (autograph: no)
Linked ReportsDiary of Marriot -- preacher
Associated PlacesGeddington -- ParishLangham -- ParishTothill Street -- ParishWilby -- ParishSt John's College -- Place of StudyOakham School -- Post
Source of DataJennifer Farooq; Benjamin Durham
Biographical Sources ConsultedODNB (Article: 424); SI (Index ID: 902)
Other NoteBaptised on 30 August, 1630, at South Collingham, Nottinghamshire. Son of Judith and George Alsop, rector of South Collingham. Attended Uppingham Grammar School. Educated at St. John's College, Cambridge, from 1648, but there is no record of his graduation. Became assistant master at Oakham School, Rutland, in 1657. Married Elizabeth King in May 1657. Converted to Presbyterianism by Benjamin King, his father-in-law. Ordained as minister and received curacy of Langham, Rutland, in 1657. Rector at Wilby, Northamptonshire, 1658-1662, until he was ejected. Began preaching at Oakham and Wellingborough. Licensed to minister in his house at Geddington, Northamptonshire, in 1672. Succeeded Thomas Cawton at Tothill Street, Westminster, 1677-1703. Allied himself with James II, Quakers, Baptists, and other Presbyterians to respond to High Anglican persecution in the late 1680s. Manager of the Common Fund to support Presbyterian and Congregationalist ministers from July 1690. Supported the "Happy Union" of the two denominations in 1691. One of the lecturers for the joint lecture at Pinners' Hall, London, 1685-1694. One of the founders of the Presbyterian lectures at Salters’ Hall, London, in 1694. Participated in the first public ordination among dissenters in London since 1662 in 1694. Died at Tothill Street on 8 May 1703.
Attached URLs:
| URL | Notes |
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| surman.english.qmul.ac.uk/main.php?personid=902¶meter=surmanSurname&alpha=A | Surman Index entry #902 for Vincent Alsop |
| viaf.org/viaf/7731219 | VIAF entry |
GEMMS record createdJuly 31, 2015
GEMMS record last editedJanuary 09, 2017