GEMMS IDGEMMS-PERSON-001488
NameWilliam Strong
TitleMr
Gendermale
DenominationCongregationalist
Livedb. - d. ca. 1654-06-30 (new)
Linked Manuscripts
Linked SermonsSermon 1 on 2 Chronicles 32:26 -- preacher (autograph: no)Sermon 1 on Acts 21:14 -- preacher (autograph: no)Sermon 1 on Isaiah 61:11 -- preacher (autograph: no)Sermon 1 on Mark 8:24 -- preacher? (autograph: no)Sermon 1 on Mark 8:34 -- preacher (autograph: no)Sermon 1 on Matthew 6:21 -- preacher (autograph: no)Sermon 1 on Song of Solomon 1:7 -- preacher? (autograph: no)Sermon 2 on 2 Chronicles 32:26 -- preacher (autograph: no)Sermon 2 on Acts 21:14 -- preacher (autograph: no)Sermon 2 on Isaiah 61:11 -- preacher (autograph: no)Sermon 2 on Mark 8:24 -- preacher? (autograph: no)Sermon 2 on Mark 8:34 -- preacher (autograph: no)Sermon 2 on Matthew 6:21 -- preacher (autograph: no)Sermon 2 on Song of Solomon 1:7 -- preacher? (autograph: no)Sermon 3 on Acts 21:14 -- preacher (autograph: no)Sermon 3 on Matthew 6:21 -- preacher (autograph: no)Sermon 4 on Acts 21:14 -- preacher (autograph: no)Sermon 4 on Matthew 6:21 -- preacher (autograph: no)Sermon on Genesis 17:7 -- preacher? (autograph: no)Sermon on Genesis 19:14 -- preacher (autograph: no)Sermon on Hebrews 6:7-8 -- preacher (autograph: no)Sermon on Isaiah 53:3 -- preacher (autograph: no)Sermon on Isaiah 58:8 -- preacher? (autograph: no)Sermon on James 1:2 -- preacher? (autograph: no)Sermon on Mark 8:34 -- preacher? (autograph: no)Sermon on Mark 8:38 -- preacher (autograph: no)Sermon on Matthew 7:24 -- preacher (autograph: no)Sermon on Matthew 7:26 -- preacher (autograph: no)Sermon on Revelation 14:13 -- preacher? (autograph: no)Sermon on Revelation 2:4 -- preacher? (autograph: no)Sermon on Song of Solomon 1:7-8 -- preacher? (autograph: no)
Linked Reports
Associated PlacesSt Catharine's College (Katharine Hall) -- Place of StudyMoor Crichel -- PostSt Dunstan in the West -- PostSt Margaret -- PostWestminster Abbey -- Post
Source of DataAnne James; David Robinson
Biographical Sources ConsultedACAD (Venn) (ID: STRN630W); ODNB (Article: 26677)
Other NoteLittle information about his early life. May have been born in Dorset, but some biographers have suggsted Durham and Hertfordshire as well. Graduated BA from St Catharine's College, Cambridge in 1631; Fellow, 1631; MA, 1634. Stripped of his fellowship and degrees in 1634 for saying that Archbishop William Laud had sinned against the Holy Spirit and that there would soon be no bishops in England. Nevertheless, he became the rector of Moor Crichel, Dorset in 1640. Fled growing royalist influence in Dorset for London in 1643, where he became lecturer at St Dunstan-in-the-West, Fleet Street, London; minister there in 1647. Member of the Westminster Assembly and one of seven preachers at Westminster Abbey, 1645. Under the new presbyterian church government, he was appointed a trier of candidates for ministry in the twelfth classis of London. Weekday lecturer at St Margaret's, Westminster, 1649. in 1650 he attempted to compel his congregation at St Dunstan to adopt a list of eight congregationalist articles, which ultimately led to his departure there and the establishment of a new congregationalist church at Westminster Abbey. Died in late June 1654 and buried at Westminster Abbey 4 July. His remains were disinterred in 1661 and thrown into a pit in the churchyard of St Margeret's, Westminster.
GEMMS record createdMay 13, 2017
GEMMS record last editedSeptember 12, 2019