VENN: Adm. pens. (age 16) at CHRIST'S, June 11, 1647. S. of Francis. B. at Turton, Lancs. Bapt. at Bolton, Aug. 28, 1631. School, Rivington (Mr Fielding). ' Matric. 1647. Ord. presbyterian minister of Blackrod, Lancs., Apr. 12, 1654; there, till 1656. After wards conformed. C. of Bradshaw, 1662-4. V. of Eccles, 1671-8. Died Feb. 17, 1678. Brother of John (above). (Peils, I. 515; E. Axon.)
"The name is also spelt Isherwood. He was of Christ's Coll. Cambridge, and was ordained in 1654 to the charge of Blackrod; Bury Classis (Chet. Soc.), 237. Of his death Oliver Heywood records: 'I could not but reflect on my old schoolfellow, Mr. Thomas Isherwood, vicar of Eccles, that had been drinking with some gentlemen, returning home fell off his horse, was drowned in a ditch that scarce covered all his head'; Diaries, iii, 331."
'The parish of Eccles: Introduction, church and charities', A History of the County of Lancaster: Volume 4 (1911), pp. 352-362. URL: http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=41440&strquery=eccles. Date accessed: 20 February 2008.
Brother of John Usherwood [45882]
| Type | Name | Date | Office | Event | Location | Full Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Libc | Isherwood, Thomas | 06/11/1662 | not given | Bradshawe Chapel/ | View |