GEMMS IDGEMMS-PERSON-000157
NameRichard Gardiner
TitleDr
Gendermale
DenominationChurch of England
Livedb. ca. 1590-03-25 - d. 1670-12-20 (old)
Linked Manuscripts
Linked SermonsSermon on 2 Corinthians 7:1 -- preacher (autograph: no)
Linked Reports
Associated PlacesFlore -- ParishWestwell -- ParishChrist Church -- Place of StudyChrist Church Cathedral -- Post
Source of DataRichard Snoddy; Benjamin Durham; David Robinson
Biographical Sources ConsultedODNB (Article: 10360); AO (Foster)
Other NoteBorn in Hereford to unknown parents ca. 1590. Matriculated as poor scholar from Christ Church College, Oxford in 1607; BA, 1611; MA, 1614; incorporated at Cambridge, 1620; BD, DD, 1630. Licensed to preach in June 1627. Made deputy orator at Oxford and installed as canon of Christ Church in 1629-1648. Chaplain to Charles I in 1630. Vicar of Flore, Northamptonshire and Westwell, Oxfordshire, in 1632. His sermons defending religious festivals and Charles I, led to his sequestration in 1646. Continued his defence of the Stuart ecclesiastical establishment in print during the 1650s. Restored to his livings in 1660. Died 20 December 1670.
GEMMS record createdNovember 08, 2015
GEMMS record last editedJanuary 06, 2019