GEMMS IDGEMMS-PERSON-000156
NameHenry Hammond
TitleDr
Gendermale
DenominationChurch of England
Livedb. 1605-08-18 - d. 1660-04-25 (old)
Linked Manuscripts
Linked SermonsSermon on Acts 13:46 -- preacher (autograph: no)
Linked Reports
Source of DataRichard Snoddy; Benjamin Durham; David Robinson
Biographical Sources ConsultedODNB (Article: 12157)
Other NoteBorn at Chertsey, Surrey 18 August 1605 to Dr John Hammond, Prince Henry's physician, and his wife Mary Harrison. Educated by his father, he entered Eton College, and then Magdalen College, Oxford in 1618, aged 13. Matriculated 1621; BA, 1622; MA, 1625; incorporated at Cambridge, 1626; fellow of Magdalen College, 1625-1634; praelector in philosophy, February 1629; ordained priest, September. Presented the rectory of Penshurst, Kent by the Earl of Leicester, who was impressed by one of his sermons preached at court. Archdeacon of Chichester, 1642. Nominated to the Westminster Assembly, but like other episcopalians, did not participate. Anonymously published his first controversial tract, Of Resisting the Lawfull Magistrate under Colour of Religion, in 1643. Fled to Oxford later that year, where he published his popular Practical Catechism and became chaplain to Charles I. Appointed public orator there and canon of Christ Church in 1645. Removed from these posts in 1648 after he refused to recognize the authority of parliamentary visitors. Moved to the house of his friend Sir Philip Warwick at Clapham, Bedfordshire, where he conducted prayer book services at the local parish church undetected. In 1650 he moved to Westwood, Worcestershire where he continued to write theological and polemical works. Died 25 April 1660.
GEMMS record createdNovember 08, 2015
GEMMS record last editedJanuary 05, 2019