GEMMS IDGEMMS-PERSON-001966
NameCornelius Burges
Title
Gendermale
DenominationChurch of England
Livedb. - d. ca. 1665-06-06 (old)
Linked Manuscripts
Linked SermonsSal Ecclesiasticus / Ecclesiastical Salt -- preacher (autograph: yes)Sal Ecclesiasticus / Ecclesiastical Salt -- translator (autograph: yes)
Linked Reports
Associated PlacesSt Magnus the Martyr -- ParishWatford -- ParishLincoln College -- Place of StudyWadham College -- Place of StudySion College -- PostSt Paul's Cathedral -- PostWells Cathedral -- Post
Source of DataJeanne Shami, Adam Richter
Biographical Sources ConsultedODNB (Article: 3967)
Other NoteB.A. (1615) from Wadham College, Oxford. M.A. (1618) from Lincoln College, Oxford. Vicar of Watford, Hertfordshire, 1618-1645. Travelled to the Continent in 1620 with the English troops fighting in the Thirty Years' War. Chaplain-in-ordinary to James I and Charles I. Rector of St Magnus, London beginning in 1626. D.D. (1627) from Oxford. A Puritan, he became engaged in conflict with the Laudians during the 1630s and was summoned to court of high commission (in 1636) for a sermon he preached in 1635. Lecturer at St Paul's beginning in 1643. Assessor at the Westminster Assembly. President of Sion College, 1647-1648. In 1656 he stopped lecturing at St Paul's and was moved to Wells Cathedral, where he stayed until deprived in 1660. He lived the last years of his life in poverty.
GEMMS record createdJune 08, 2018
GEMMS record last editedDecember 16, 2018