GEMMS IDGEMMS-PERSON-001907
NameCharles Lewis Shipley
TitleReverend
Gendermale
Denomination
Livedb. ca. 1756-04-01 - d. ca. 1820-01-01 (new)
Linked Manuscriptsmanuscript owner - Sermons by John Matthews and others, c. 1688-1763: TEWKESBURY VICARS/2manuscript owner - Sermons by John Matthews, c. 1688-1717: TEWKESBURY VICARS/3manuscript owner - Sermons by John Matthews, c. 1688-1718: TEWKESBURY VICARS/4manuscript owner - Sermons by John Matthews, c. 1692-1724: TEWKESBURY VICARS/5
Linked Sermons
Linked Reports
Source of DataHannah Yip.
Biographical Sources ConsultedACAD (Venn) (ID: SHPY774CL); Anonymous obituary in The Gentleman's Magazine (June 1820), p. 566.
Other NoteCharles Lewis Shipley was born at Pontefract, Yorkshire, in April 1756. He matriculated at St Catharine's College, Cambridge, in Easter 1775 and took the degree of M. A. in 1781. After his ordination, he was appointed Lecturer of St Philip's Church in Birmingham. He was Head Master of the Free Grammar School at Bromsgrove, Worcestershire, 1788-1799. In 1799, he was presented to the vicarage of Grimley and Hallowe in the county and diocese of Worcester. A letter dated 13 March 1794, from Shipley to Rev. Mark Noble, is held at the Bodleian Library (MS. Eng. misc. d. 156, fol. 33). Shipley died in 1820.
GEMMS record createdApril 27, 2018
GEMMS record last editedSeptember 09, 2021