GEMMS IDGEMMS-PERSON-001878
NameThomas Boys
Title
Gendermale
Denomination
Livedb. - d. ca. 1703-04-21 (old)
Linked Manuscripts
Linked SermonsSermon on Psalms 90:12 -- subject of sermon (autograph: yes)
Linked Reports
Associated PlacesBetteshanger -- ParishOxford University -- Place of StudySt Catharine's College (Katharine Hall) -- Place of StudySutton-by-Dover -- Post
Source of DataAnne James
Biographical Sources ConsultedODNB (article on Thomas Brett, #3349), AO (Foster), ACAD (Venn) (ID: BS670T)
Other NoteB.A. (1673/4) and M.A. (1677) from St Catharine's College, Cambridge. Incorporated at Oxford in 1677. Rector of Betteshanger, Kent from 1680 until his death in 1702-3. Also curate of Sutton-by-Dover for the same span. Uncle of Thomas Brett, who preached his funeral sermon on 21 April 1703. The biographical sources differ on the date of his death: ODNB places it in 1703 (which corresponds to the date of the funeral sermon), but AO (Foster) and ACAD (Venn) place it in December 1702.
GEMMS record createdApril 16, 2018
GEMMS record last editedApril 16, 2018