VENN: Adm. sizar (age 18) at CAIUS, June 6, 1666; and again Apr. 10, 1669. S. of Jeremy, above, clerk, of Papworth, Cambs. B. at Quy (his mother's home). School, Ipswich, under his father. Scholar, 1669; ' Matric. 1670; B.A. 1672-3; M.A. 1676. Ord. deacon (Ely) Sept. 24, 1676; priest (London) Feb. 24, 1677-8. Chaplain to the Countess of Dorset, at Knowle, Kent. R. of Ampton, Suffolk, 1679-85. Lecturer at Gray's Inn, 1685. From 1689 a prominent non-juror. Consecrated to the Episcopal Office, 1713. Died Apr. 26, 1726. Buried in St Pancras churchyard. For an account of his numerous writings, see D.N.B. The best known is the Short View of the Immorality of the English Stage, 1698. (Venn, I. 428.)
Son of 5232.
SEE OXFORD DNB
| Type | Name | Date | Status | Event | Full Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sub | Collier, Jeremias | 23/09/1676 | deacon | Ordination | View |