GEMMS IDGEMMS-PERSON-002831
NameThomas Scott
TitleMr.
Gendermale
Denomination
Livedb. - d. (old)
Linked Manuscripts
Linked SermonsGod and the King -- preacher (autograph: no)
Linked Reports
Source of DataACAD (Venn) (ID: SCT596T); Kevin Sharpe, The Personal Rule of Charles I (New Haven, CT and London: Yale University Press, 1992), pp. 372-73; Peter E. McCullough, Sermons at Court: Politics and religion in Elizabethan and Jacobean preaching (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1998), p. 175 n. 24; Hannah Yip.
Biographical Sources ConsultedACAD (Venn) (ID: SCT596T); Kevin Sharpe, The Personal Rule of Charles I (New Haven, CT and London: Yale University Press, 1992), pp. 372-73; Peter E. McCullough, Sermons at Court: Politics and religion in Elizabethan and Jacobean preaching (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1998), p. 175 n. 24
Other NoteThe exact birth date of Thomas Scott is unknown. He was admitted pensioner at Trinity College, Cambridge, c. 1596, graduating B.A. in 1600/1 and proceeding M.A. in 1604. He was also awarded the degree of B.D. in 1611. In 1612, Scott became rector of St Clement's Church, Ipswich. He was suspended and absolved by Bishop Matthew Wren, and reinstated in 1614. He held the living until 1638. Scott was also a royal chaplain.
GEMMS record createdJanuary 11, 2020
GEMMS record last editedJanuary 11, 2020