Venn: Adm. sizar (age 16) at St John's, Oct. 18, 1652. S. of Richard, of Northallerton, Yorks. School, Danby Wiske (private). Matric. 1652; M.A. 1661 (Lit. Reg.); D.D. 1669 (do.). 'Incorp. at Oxford, 1657' (Al. Ox.). Ord. deacon (Lincoln) May 28: priest. May 30, 1661. Lecturer at St Martin-in-the-Fields, and St Mary-at-Hill. R. of St Nicholas Acons, London, 1656; reinstituted, 1660-4. R. of Walsoken, Norfolk, 1661. R. of Little Fakenham, Suffolk, 1662. R. of St Michael, Cornhill, 1664-1704. R. of St Mary Bothaw, 1666-96. President of Sion College, 1676-7. Author, sermons. Buried at St Michael's, Comhill, Dec. 11, 1704. (D.N.B.)
Oxford DNB suggests that Venn has conflated several ministers called 'John Meriton'. What is clear, is that the ex-Presbyterian and incumbent of St Nicholas Acons was ordained by Bishop Sanderson in 1661.
| Year | Type | Name as Recorded | Location | Office/Status | Full Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1661 | Subsc | Meriton, Johannes | St Martin in the Fields / | Preacher | View |
| 1661 | Ordi(ordination) | Merriton, Johannes | / | priest | View |
| 1661 | Appt(Admission) | Meriton, Johannes | St Martin's-in-the-Fields / | Preacher | View |
| 1661 | Appt(Institution) | Meriton, Johannes | St Nicholas Acons / | Rector | View |
| 1661 | Ordi | Meriton, John | / | deacon | View |
| 1661 | Ordi | Meriton, John | / | priest | View |
| 1662 | Subsc | Meriton, Johanes | St Nicholas Coleabby, London / | Rector | View |
| 1662 | Subsc | Meriton, Johanes | St Nicholas and Cobabby, London / | Rector | View |
| 1662 | Subsc | Meriton, Johannes | Fakenhamyasual / | Rector | View |
| 1662 | Subsc | Meriton, Johanes | St Martins in the Fields, London / | Preacher | View |
| 1662 | Appt(Institution) | Meriton, Johannes | Fakenham parva, Suff / | Rector | View |
| 1662 | Subsc | Meriton, Johanes | St Mary on the Hill London / | Preacher | View |
| 1664 | Appt(Institution) | Meriton, Johannes | St Michael, Cornhill / | Rector | View |
| 1664 | Subsc | Meriton, Johannes | St Michael, Cornhill / | Rector | View |
| 1664 | Libc | Merriton, Johannes | St Michael, Cornhill / | Rector | View |
| 1664 | Libc | Merriton, Johannes | St Mary of the Hill / | (Other) | View |
| 1664 | Libc | Meriton, Johannes | St Martins in the Fields / | (Other) | View |
| 1666 | Subsc | Meriton, John | St. Mary Bothaw, [city of ] London / | Rector | View |
| 1666 | Subsc | Meriton, John | St. Mary Bothaw, city of London / | Rector | View |
| 1705 | Vac(natural death) | Meriton, Johannis | St Michael, Cornhill / | Rector | View |