GEMMS IDGEMMS-PERSON-002449
NameJames Smith (Smyth)
TitleDr
Gendermale
DenominationChurch of England
Livedb. ca. 1604-01-01 - d. 1667-06-22 (new)
Linked Manuscripts
Linked SermonsSermon on Psalms 106:11-13 -- preacher (autograph: no)
Linked Reports
Associated PlacesBarnstaple -- DeaneryExminster -- ParishKing's-Nympton -- ParishWainfleet All Saints -- ParishChrist Church -- Place of StudyLincoln College -- Place of StudyAlphington -- PostExeter Cathedral -- Post
Source of DataCatherine Evans
Biographical Sources ConsultedAO (Foster) "Smith-Sowton"
Other NoteSon of Thomas Smith (Smyth). Matriculated at Christ Church, Oxford on 7 March 1262/3 at the age of 18. He perhaps gained B.D. from Lincoln College, Oxford on 3 April 1633. He gained a doctorate of divinity on 3 July 1661. He was Navy chaplain to Admiral Henry, the Earl of Holland and domestic chaplain to the Earl of Cleveland. He was rector of Wainfleet All Saints, Lincolnshire in 1634, rector of King's-Nympton, Devon from 1639 to 1662, archdeacon of Barnstaple, Devon from 1660 to 1662, and canon of Exeter Cathedral in 1662, when he was also made a rector of Alphington. in 1664 he was made rector of Exminster, Devon until he died on June 22 1667.
GEMMS record createdMay 22, 2019
GEMMS record last editedNovember 20, 2019