Person: Eliott, Adam (1671 - 1685)

• Comments

  VENN (as ELLIOT or ELLYOTT): Adm. sizar (age 18) at CAIUS, Nov. 10, 1664. S. of Henry, clerk, of Jedburgh, Scotland. B. there. Scholar, 1666; B.A. 1668-9. Travelled on the continent for two years. On the voyage home captured by a Sallee rover, and sold as a slave in Morocco. Escaped to England. Ord. deacon (Ely) 1671; priest (London) Dec. 1672, as C. of Allington, Kent. Chaplain to Lord Grey, of Werke. Officiated in Dublin. P.C. of St James, Duke Place, London, 1685-1700. His Modest Vindication contains an account of his travels, and of his quarrel with his fellow collegian Titus Oates, who had accused him of being a Jesuit priest. Died 1700. (Venn, I. 423; D.N.B.).
  SEE OXFORD DNB (as Elliot).
  Signs subscription as deacon as Eliot.
  

Education Events

• BA : Cambridge / Gonville and Caius

  Type	Name	Date	Qualification	University	Full Record
  Sub	Eliot, Adamus	24/12/1671	BA	Cambridge	View
  Ord	Elliott, Adamus	22/12/1672	BA	Cambridge	View

• MA

  Type	Name	Date	Qualification	University	Full Record
  Appt	Elliot, Adamus	05/09/1685	MA		View
  Sub	Elliott, Adamus	05/09/1685	MA		View

Ordination Events

• deacon : 24/12/1671 (Laney, Benjamin/Ely 1667-1675)

  Type	Name	Date	Status	Event	Full Record
  Sub	Eliot, Adamus	24/12/1671	deacon	Ordination	View

• priest : 22/12/1672 (Henchman, Humfrey/London 1663-1675)

  Type	Name	Date	Status	Event	Full Record
  Ord	Elliott, Adamus	22/12/1672	priest	ordination	View

Appointment Events

• Preacher : St James' Duke Place (05/09/1685 )

  Type	Name	Date	Office	Event	Location	Full Record
  Appt	Elliot, Adamus	05/09/1685	Preacher	Admission	St James Chapel, Dukes Place/	View
  Sub	Elliott, Adamus	05/09/1685	Preacher		Capella St Jacobi Dukes Place, London/	View