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GEMMS IDGEMMS-PERSON-000903
NameLuke Clayton
TitleMr
Gendermale
DenominationDissenter - Presbyterian
Livedb. ca. 1619-03-25 - d. 1674-06-13 (old)
Linked Manuscripts
Linked SermonsSermon 1 on Romans 8:38 -- preacher (autograph: no)Sermon 2 on Romans 8:38 -- preacher (autograph: no)Sermon on Psalms 21:11 -- preacher (autograph: no)
Linked Reports
Associated PlacesGreasbrough Chapel -- ParishPidley (Pidleigh) -- ParishRotherham -- ParishSt Catharine's College (Katharine Hall) -- Place of StudyTrinity College -- Place of Study
Source of DataAnne James
Biographical Sources ConsultedACAD (Venn) (ID: CLTN637L); SI (ID: 5908)
Other NoteBorn c. 1619. B.A. (1640/1) from Trinity College, Cambridge. M.A. (1644) from St Catharine's College, Cambridge. Curate of Pidley, Huntingdonshire in 1645. Vicar of Rotherham, Yorkshire from 1646 until ejected in 1662. Thereafter he continued to preach at Greasbrough Chapel in Rotherham. He was licensed to preach as a Presbyterian in 1672. At some point he was imprisoned.
GEMMS record createdOctober 31, 2016
GEMMS record last editedJune 11, 2022