Newcomen, Thomas (1626-1665)

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VENN: Scholar of ST JOHN'S, 1622. S. of Stephen (1583), of Colchester. B. there, c. 1603. School, Colchester. B.A. 1624-5; M.A. 1628; D.D. 1660 (Litterae Regiae. Royal mandates directing the conferring of a degree.'Lit. Reg.). Ord. deacon and priest (London) Sept. 24, 1626. V. of Holy Trinity, Colchester, 1628-42. R. of Clothall, Herts., 1653. Preb. of Lincoln, 1660-5. A strong royalist; suffered much persecution. Married, at St Bartholomew-the-Less, London, Aug. 3, 1646, Mr Thomas Newcomen, chaplain to the Earl of Salisbury, and Mrs Blanch Brewer, widow. Died 1665. 'Administration of Effects at a Probate Court.'Admon. ('Prerogative Court of Canterbury.'P.C.C.) Feb. 20, 1664-5; to his son Stephen (next). Father of the next and brother of Matthew (1626). (D.N.B.)

SEE OXFORD DNB: Thomas Newcomen (c.1603–1665), Church of England clergyman.
Eldest son of Stephen Newcomen (1557/8–1629), vicar of St Peter's, Colchester, Essex [44523], and elder brother of Matthew Newcomen.

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