GEMMS IDGEMMS-PERSON-000822
NameRoger Brereley (Brierley)
TitleMr
Gendermale
Denomination
Livedb. ca. 1582-08-01 - d. ca. 1637-06-01 (new)
Linked Manuscripts
Linked SermonsSermon on 2 Samuel 12:22-23 -- preacher (autograph: no)Sermon on Daniel 3:16-19 -- preacher (autograph: no)Sermon on Ecclesiastes 11:9 -- preacher (autograph: no)Sermon on Exodus 12:21-22 -- preacher (autograph: no)Sermon on Genesis 3:1 -- preacher (autograph: no)Sermon on Hebrews 2:24 -- preacher (autograph: no)Sermon on Isaiah 28:14-15 -- preacher (autograph: no)Sermon on Isaiah 28:15 -- preacher (autograph: no)Sermon on Isaiah 39:5 -- preacher (autograph: no)Sermon on Isaiah 57:19 -- preacher (autograph: no)Sermon on Jeremiah 45:3-6 -- preacher (autograph: no)Sermon on Luke 10:38 -- preacher (autograph: no)Sermon on Luke 12:8-10 -- preacher (autograph: no)Sermon on Luke 14:16 -- preacher (autograph: no)Sermon on Luke 22:31-32 -- preacher (autograph: no)Sermon on Luke 7:36-38 -- preacher (autograph: no)Sermon on Luke 8:4 -- preacher (autograph: no)Sermon on Mark 13:35 -- preacher (autograph: no)Sermon on Matthew 1:1 -- preacher (autograph: no)Sermon on Matthew 11:25-26 -- preacher (autograph: no)Sermon on Matthew 26:38-39 -- preacher (autograph: no)Sermon on Matthew 8:5 -- preacher (autograph: no)Sermon on Philippians 3:18-19 -- preacher (autograph: no)Sermon on Psalms 81:10-11 -- preacher (autograph: no)Sermon on Revelation 3:17 -- preacher (autograph: no)
Linked Reports
Source of DataAnne James; Hannah Wood
Biographical Sources ConsultedODNB (Article: 3327)
Other NoteRoger Brereley, son of Thomas Brereley, was born in Marland and baptized on 7 August 1586. A puritan in his youth, Brereley did not receive any formal university training but became known as a charismatic and sometimes unorthodox preacher with mystical tendencies. He ran afoul of authorities in the West Riding village of Gisburn in 1615 for preaching without a license, and was accused of failing at his duty to read the book of Common Prayer in the church of Grindleton where he served as curate (a place that would give its name to the Grindletonians, a nebulous dissenting antinomian sect of which Brereley was at the centre). Although he conformed, he was accused before the York high commission of doctrinal errors in 1616. After a brief imprisonment, he made a declaration of conformity in 1617. By 1623 he had become curate of St Andrew, Kildwick in Craven. In 1627 he was again summoned before the high commission and was censured until 1628. He was made rector of Burnley, Lancashire in 1631. He died in 1637, survived by his wife Anne (m.c. 1615-18). He and Anne had at least six children: Ales, Thomas, Maria, Roger, Anne, and Abel.
GEMMS record createdOctober 17, 2016
GEMMS record last editedJuly 24, 2022