GEMMS IDGEMMS-PERSON-003719
NameThomas Taylor
TitleDr
Gendermale
DenominationChurch of England
Livedb. ca. 1576-03-25 - d. ca. 1632-05-15 (old)
Linked Manuscripts
Linked Sermonsmotiues vnto Obedience -- preacher (autograph: no)Of Afflictions & Persecutions -- preacher (autograph: no)Of Sinne (4) -- preacher (autograph: no)Of Sinne (5) -- preacher (autograph: no)Rules to be obserued in speaking -- preacher (autograph: no)Signes of Saueing grace & Solluation (4) -- preacher (autograph: no)Signes of Saueing grace, & Solluation (5) -- preacher (autograph: no)Tryalls of true obeadience -- preacher (autograph: no)
Linked Reports
Associated PlacesReading -- ParishWatford -- ParishChrist's College -- Place of StudySt Mary Aldermanbury -- Post
Source of DataAnn Hughes
Biographical Sources ConsultedODNB (Article: 27083)
Other NoteEntered Christ's College, Cambridge in 1592, earning his B.A. in 1595 and M.A. in 1598. Fellow there 1599-1604. Wentworth Hebrew lecturer, 1601-1604. Thereafter he appears to have been chaplain to William, Lord Russell of Thornhaugh. Early in his career, his Calvinist views brought him into conflict with prominent members of the Church of England. He preached in Watford, Hertfordshire by 1612 and at Reading in the same period. He was also chaplain to Edward Conway, 1st Viscount Conway. Taylor was lecturer and curate at St Mary Aldermanbury, London from 1625 until his death in 1632. He was granted a D.D. in 1628.
GEMMS record createdNovember 23, 2021
GEMMS record last editedNovember 23, 2021