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GEMMS IDGEMMS-PERSON-002800
NameMichael Drake
Title
Gendermale
DenominationDissenter - Presbyterian
Livedb. ca. 1622-03-25 - d. ca. 1696-03-25 (old)
Linked Manuscripts
Linked SermonsSermon on 1 Timothy 6:12 -- preacher (autograph: no)
Linked Reports
Associated PlacesPickworth -- ParishMagdalene College -- Place of StudySt John's College -- Place of StudyFulbeck -- PostGrantham -- PostLincoln -- Post
Source of DataAnne James; David Robinson
Biographical Sources ConsultedBL Catalogue; SI (ID: 7340); ACAD (Venn)
Other NoteBorn ca. 1622 to John Drake, a yeoman of Ilkley, West Riding of Yorkshire. Matriculated from Magdalene College, Cambridge Easter 1639; migrated to St John's College, from where he graduated BA in 1642 and MA in 1647. Rector of Pickworth, Lincolnshire, 1646 until ejection in 1662. Afterwards member of Folkingham Classis (therefore presumably a Presbyterian), and preacher at High Street, Lincoln from 1673, at Grantham, and Fulbeck, both Lincolnshire, until his death in 1696.
GEMMS record createdDecember 13, 2019
GEMMS record last editedDecember 18, 2019