GEMMS IDGEMMS-PERSON-000848
NameThomas Bridge
Title
Gendermale
DenominationMr.
Livedb. ca. 1600-03-25 - d. ca. 1682-03-25 (old)
Linked Manuscripts
Linked SermonsSermon 1 on Psalms 95:7-8 -- preacher (autograph: no)Sermon 2 on John 5:14 -- preacher (autograph: no)Sermon 2 on Psalms 95:7-8 -- preacher? (autograph: no)Sermon on 1 John 2:15 -- preacher (autograph: no)Sermon on 2 Corinthians 12:9 -- preacher (autograph: no)Sermon on Canticles 5:8 -- preacher (autograph: no)Sermon on Isaiah 26:8 -- preacher? (autograph: no)Sermon on Isaiah 9:13 -- preacher (autograph: no)Sermon on John 5:14 -- preacher (autograph: no)Sermon on Proverbs 5:22 -- preacher? (autograph: no)
Linked Reports
Associated PlacesBarrow (Barrow-in-Furness) -- ParishMalpas -- ParishSt John -- ParishTattenhall -- ParishChrist's College -- Place of StudyChester -- Post
Source of DataJeanne Shami; Adam Richter; Hannah Wood
Biographical Sources ConsultedACAD (Venn) (ID: BRG617T); Bodleian Library online Catalogue of notebooks of Thomas Aldersey, 1653-89
Other NoteThomas Bridge matriculated from Christ's College, Cambridge in 1617, graduating B.A. in 1620/1 and proceeding M.A. in 1624. He served as rector of the upper mediety of Malpas, Cheshire from 1625 to 1680 and vicar of St John's, Chester from 1665 to 1674. He was made prebendary of Chester, rector of Barrow, and rector of Tattenhall in 1635. He was chaplain to the Earl of Northumberland in 1661 in London. Bridge died in 1682 at the age of 82. He had at least two sons, Hugh and Robert.
GEMMS record createdOctober 21, 2016
GEMMS record last editedJuly 24, 2022