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GEMMS IDGEMMS-PERSON-002103
NameJohn Cooper
Title
Gendermale
Denomination
Livedb. ca. 1603-03-25 - d. 1644-09-01 (old)
Linked Manuscripts
Linked SermonsSermon on Lamentations 3:39-40 -- preacher (autograph: no)Sermon on Lamentations 3:40 -- preacher (autograph: no)
Linked Reports
Associated PlacesLeeds -- HomeJesus College -- Place of StudyBeamsley Hospital -- PostBurley Woodhead -- PostGuiseley -- Post
Source of DataCatherine Evans
Biographical Sources ConsultedACAD (Venn)​ ​(ID:​ ​CPR621J); notes attached to WYB263 produced by Norah Gurney (archivist at the Borthwick Institute of Historical Research, 1966)
Other NoteGraduated from Jesus College, Cambridge BA in 1624/5. Ordained as deacon in York in 1626. Gurney notes that he was appointed curate of Beamsley Hospital from 1626-1627, assistant curate at Guiseley from ca. 1632, and curate and schoolmaster at Burley 1640-1644 (all these locations in Yorkshire). Buried in Leeds on 4 September 1644.
GEMMS record createdNovember 25, 2018
GEMMS record last editedJuly 24, 2019