GEMMS IDGEMMS-PERSON-001161
NameJohn Earle (Earles)
TitleDr
Gendermale
DenominationChurch of England
Livedb. ca. 1601-03-25 - d. 1665-11-17 (old)
Linked Manuscripts
Linked SermonsSermon 1 on 1 Peter 4:17 -- preacher (autograph: no)Sermon 2 on 1 Peter 4:17 -- preacher (autograph: no)Sermon on 2 Samuel 25:26 -- preacher (autograph: no)Sermon on Psalms 107:11 -- preacher (autograph: no)Sermon on Psalms 116:11-12 -- preacher (autograph: no)Sermon on Psalms 119:5-166 -- preacher (autograph: no)Sermon on Romans 6:13 -- preacher (autograph: no)
Linked Reports
Associated PlacesSalisbury -- BishopricWorcester -- BishopricWestminster Abbey -- DeaneryBishopstone -- ParishGamlingay -- ParishChrist Church -- Place of StudyMerton College -- Place of StudySalisbury Cathedral -- Post
Source of DataAnne James; David Robinson
Biographical Sources ConsultedAO (Foster); ODNB (Article: 8400)
Other NoteDate of birth uncertain: Earle was born sometime between 1598 and 1601. Matriculated from Christ Church College, Oxford in 1619. B.A. (1619) and M.A. (1624) from Merton College, and fellow there beginning in 1619.
Chaplain to Philip Herbert, fourth earl of Pembroke and chancellor of Oxford University, beginning in 1631. Rector of Bishopstone, Wiltshire from 1639 until c. 1644, but restored in 1662. D.D. from Oxford, 1640. Tutor to the Prince of Wales (the future Charles II) in 1641. Briefly chancellor of Salisbury Cathedral in 1644 before being deprived. Attended the Royal Court in exile in Paris during the 1650s. Dean of Westminster, 1660. Bishop of Worcester, 1662-1663. Bishop of Salisbury from 1663 until his death in 1665.
GEMMS record createdDecember 08, 2016
GEMMS record last editedMarch 17, 2018