Person: Purchas, Samuel (1598 - 1626)

• Comments

  VENN: Matric. from ST JOHN'S, c. 1594. S. of George, of Thaxted, Essex. Bapt. there, Nov. 20, 1577. B.A. 1596/7; M.A. 1600. Ord. deacon (London) May 1, 1607/8; priest, Jan. 25, 1608/9. Incorp. at Oxford, as ;B.D.,; 1615. C. of Purleigh, Essex. V. of Eastwood, 1604-14. R. of St Martin, Ludgate, 1615-26. R. of All Hallows, Bread Street, London, 1626 (Apr.-Sept.). Author of the Pilgrims. Died Sept. 1626. Will proved ('Prerogative Court of Canterbury.'P.C.C.) Oct. 21, 1626. Brother of Thomas (1609-10) and father of the next.
  
  SEE OXFORD DNB: Purchas, Samuel (bap. 1577, d. 1626), geographical editor and compiler and Church of England clergyman; The Purchas handbook: studies of the life, times and writings of Samuel Purchas, ed. L.E. Pennington, 2 vols., Hakluyt Soc., 2nd. ser., nos. 185, 186 (1997), in which D.R. Ransome, 'A Purchase chronology', 1.329-80, is very good on his clerical career. This notes that he appeared as Curate of Purleigh at Archdeacon of Essex's visitation at Maldon, 23 April 1601, when he exhibited his letters of ordination (1.334).
  
  Father of Samuel Purchas [67832]; brother of Thomas Purchas [42514]

Education Events

• BA : Cambridge / St John's

  Type	Name	Date	Qualification	University	Full Record
  Ord	Purcas, Samuel	01/05/1598	BA	Cambridge	View
  Ord	Purcas, Samuel	25/01/1601	BA	Cambridge	View

• MA

  Type	Name	Date	Qualification	University	Full Record
  LibC	Purchas, Samuel	22/12/1616	MA		View

• BD

  Type	Name	Date	Qualification	University	Full Record
  Disp	Punhas, Samuel	06/05/1615	BD		View
  Appt	Purchas, Samuel	19/05/1615	BD		View
  Appt	Purchas, Samuel	22/04/1626	BD		View

Ordination Events

• deacon : 01/05/1598 (Sterne, John/Colchester 1592-1608)

  Type	Name	Date	Status	Event	Full Record
  Ord	Purcas, Samuel	01/05/1598	deacon	ordination	View

• priest : 25/01/1601 (Sterne, John/Colchester 1592-1608)

  Type	Name	Date	Status	Event	Full Record
  Ord	Purcas, Samuel	25/01/1601	priest	ordination	View

Appointment Events

• Rector : Southchurch (19/05/1615 - 20/01/1625 )

  Type	Name	Date	Office	Event	Location	Full Record
  Appt	Purchas, Samuel	19/05/1615	Rector	Collation	Snorham/	View
  Appt	Holmes, Walter	20/01/1625	Rector	Collation	South Church/	View

• domestic chaplain : Bishop of London (24/12/1615 - 27/03/1618 )

  Type	Name	Date	Office	Event	Location	Full Record
  Libc	Purchas, Samuel	24/12/1615	domestic chaplain		Bishop of London/	View
  Libc	Purchas, Samuel	22/12/1616	domestic chaplain		Bishop of London/	View
  Libc	Purchas, Samuel	27/03/1618	domestic chaplain		Bishop of London/	View

• Rector : All Hallows Bread Street (22/04/1626 - 16/10/1626 )

  Type	Name	Date	Office	Event	Location	Full Record
  Appt	Purchas, Samuel	22/04/1626	Rector	Collation	All Hallows Bread Street, London/	View
  Appt	Purchas, Samuelus	16/10/1626	Rector	Resignation	London, Omnium Sanctorum in Breadstreet/	View

• Rector : All Hallows Bread Street (29/09/1626 - 29/09/1626 )

  Type	Name	Date	Office	Event	Location	Full Record
  Vac	Purchas, Samuel	29/09/1626	Rector	natural death	All Hallows, Breadstreet, London/	View

Death Events

• Death (29/09/1626)

  Name	Date	Cause	Type	Full Record
  Purchas, Samuel	29/09/1626	natural death	Vac	View