Cowper, John (1697-1719)

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Described as fellow of Brasenose College, Oxford, in 1698.

FOSTER: Son of Th(omas), of Chester (city), gent. Brasenose College, matric. 13 Jan., 1688/9. aged 16; B.A. 19 Jan., 1691/2, fellow 1693/4, M.A. 1694. baptized in St. Peter's, Chester, 16 Jan., 1671/2, chaplain to William, Earl of Derby, vicar of Middlewich, Cheshire, 1702, until his death 25 Sept., 1718, brother of Thomas same date, and father of Peter 1724. See Rawlinson, vi. 277, xvi. 444.

Published sermons:
'Good men need not value evil treatment. A sermon Preach’d in the Cathedral Church of Chester, At the Assizes, Tuesday August 28th, 1711. Before Sir Joseph Jekyl, Knight, Chief Justice, and John Ward, Esquire, second Judge of Chester. By John Cowper, M. A. Vicar of Middlewich, and sometime Fellow of Brase-Nose College in Oxford. Publish’d at the Request of Mr. High Sheriff, the Grand-Jury, and other Gentlemen of the County ' (Chester, [?] 1711)

'The excellency of charity. A sermon Preach’d to the clergy of the Arch-Deaconry of Chester, June 3d. 1712. At their Yearly Meating at Warrington, For the Relief of the Widows and Children of poor Clergy-Men within that Arch-Deaconry. Publish’d at their Request. By John Cowper, M. A. Vicar of Midlewich, and sometime Fellow of Brase-Nose-College in Oxford' (London 1713)

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