GEMMS IDGEMMS-PERSON-000007
NameThomas Brett
TitleDr
Gendermale
DenominationChurch of England - nonjuror
Livedb. 1667-09-03 - d. 1744-03-05 (new)
Linked Manuscriptsmanuscript owner - Brett Papers: MS 2220manuscript owner - Sermon by the Reverend Thomas Brett: MS 2183
Linked SermonsSermon 1 on Matthew 28:19 -- preacher (autograph: yes)Sermon 2 on Matthew 28:19 -- preacher (autograph: yes)Sermon on 1 Corinthians 10:31 -- preacher (autograph: yes)Sermon on 1 Corinthians 7:38 -- preacher (autograph: yes)Sermon on 1 Thessalonians 4:13 -- preacher (autograph: yes)Sermon on 1 Thessalonians 5:16-18 -- preacher (autograph: yes)Sermon on 2 Corinthians 4:17-18 -- preacher (autograph: yes)Sermon on 2 Corinthians 5:10 -- preacher (autograph: yes)Sermon on 2 Peter 3:16 -- preacher (autograph: yes)Sermon on Acts 11:42 -- preacher (autograph: yes)Sermon on Deuteronomy 18:10-12 -- preacher (autograph: yes)Sermon on Ephesians 2:5 -- preacher (autograph: yes)Sermon on Isaiah 19:6 -- preacher (autograph: yes)Sermon on Job 14:13 -- preacher (autograph: yes)Sermon on Job 7:1-3 -- preacher (autograph: yes)Sermon on John 21:25 -- preacher (autograph: yes)Sermon on Lamentations 4:20 -- preacher (autograph: yes)Sermon on Matthew 2:18 -- preacher (autograph: yes)Sermon on Matthew 6:1 -- preacher (autograph: yes)Sermon on Proverbs 15:3 -- preacher (autograph: yes)Sermon on Psalms 31:5 -- preacher (autograph: yes)Sermon on Psalms 89:48 -- preacher (autograph: yes)Sermon on Psalms 90:12 -- preacher (autograph: yes)Sermon on Romans 12:1 -- preacher (autograph: yes)
Linked Reports
Associated PlacesSpring Grove -- HomeBetteshanger -- ParishGreat Chart -- ParishRuckinge -- ParishCorpus Christi College -- Place of StudyQueens' College -- Place of StudyChislet -- PostIslington -- Post
Source of DataJennifer Farooq; David Robinson
Biographical Sources ConsultedVIAF; ODNB (Article: 3349)
Other NoteBorn in Betteshanger, Kent on 3 September 1667. Educated at Wye Grammar School until 1684 when he entered Queens' College,Cambridge. After an interruption in his studies in 1687, he returned to Corpus Christi in 1690 and proceeded LLB that year; LLD in 1697. Ordained deacon in December 1690, he became curate of Folkestone in 1691, before his ordination as priest and subsequent appointment as lecturer of Islington in October 1691. In 1696, he vacated Islington for the curacy of Great Chart where he married Bridget Toke (1677-1765). They had twelve children. In 1697, he moved to Wye, Kent, and became rector of Betteshanger in 1703. Rector of Ruckinge and vicar of Chislet in 1705. He became increasingly sympathetic to the exiled monarchy and refused to take oaths and resigned his livings upon the accession of George I. He held a conventicle in his house in Spring Grove, Kent. Consecrated nonjuror bishop in 1716. He died in Spring Grove on 5 March 1744.
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| viaf.org/viaf/33417657 | VIAF entry |
GEMMS record createdApril 29, 2015
GEMMS record last editedMay 31, 2018