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Title
Date(s)
- 1957 (Accumulation)
- 1667 (Publication)
Level of description
Item
Extent and medium
4to, 1 volume
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Name of creator
Biographical history
VINCENT, THOMAS, second son of Rev. John Vincent, Rector of Sedgefield, co. Durham, Puritan sympathiser; bapt. All Saints, Hertford 18 May 1634 (IGI); adm.; recorded by Wood, Athenae Oxonienses, 1691, 463, to have been “educated partly in grammar learning in Westminster-school, and partly in that at Felsted, in Essex”; Canoneer Student, Christ Church, Oxford 29 Sep 1648 (date of admission by Parliamentary Visitors) to resignation 1660, Catechist 1654, matr. 27 Feb 1650/1; BA 16 Mar 1651/2; MA 1654 (incorp. Cambridge 1656); Chaplain to Robert Sidney, 2nd Earl of Leicester; Rector of St. Mary Magdalene, Milk Street, London 15 Jul 1657 - Sep 1662, when ejected under Act of Uniformity; preached constantly in London parish churches during the plague year of 1665; officiated at Hoxton, Middlesex, and assisted Thomas Doolittle in his school at Bunhill Fields; imprisoned for nonconformity; licensed as Presbyterian preacher, Hand Alley, Bishopsgate Street, London 2 Apr 1672; author, God’s Terrible Voice in the City by Plague and Fire, 1667, and other works; d. 15 Oct 1678. DNB.
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Conditions governing access
Access to rare books is granted to bona-fide researchers, by prior appointment, in cases where the item in unavailable at another UK repository.
Conditions governing reproduction
A reprographics service is available to researchers subject to the access restrictions outlined above. Copying will not be undertaken if there is any risk of damage to the item. Copies are supplied in accordance with Westminster School's Policy on Archive and Heritage Collections, and under provisions of any relevant copyright legislation. Permission to reproduce images of items in the custody of Westminster School must be sought from its Governing Body.
Language of material
- English
Script of material
- Latin
Language and script notes
Physical characteristics and technical requirements
Large paper, 18c diced Russia
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Name access points
- Westminster School (Accumulator)
- Greene, Godfrey George Roundell, 1888-1956 (Accumulator)
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Status
Final
Level of detail
Partial
Language(s)
- English
Script(s)
- Latin