RUTTER, SAMUEL, grandson of John Rutter, Burscough, Lancs., miller; b.; adm.; KS ; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1623, Westminster Student by 25 Mar 1624 – still 1626, but did not matr.; ordained; Rector of Waberthwaite, Cumberland 1630; Domestic Chaplain to James Stanley, 7th Earl of Derby, and tutor to his son, Lord Strange; Rector of Andreas, Isle of Man, and Archdeacon of the Isle of Man 1640; administered the ecclesiastical government of the Isle of Man 1643-51; took part in the defence by Lady Derby of Lathom House 1644; Prebendary of Lichfield from 29 Nov 1660; consecrated Bishop of Sodor and Man 24 Mar 1661; a MS volume of his poems was sold in New York 21 May 1923 (TLS 9 Aug 1623, 536); m.; d. 30 May 1662.
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