Jeremy Taylor, Bishop of Down Connor and Dromore
Bef 1613 - 1667 (> 53 years)-
Name Jeremy Taylor [1, 2, 3] Suffix Bishop of Down Connor and Dromore Born Bef 15 Aug 1613 Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England 
[1, 3] Gender Male Baptism 15 Aug 1613 Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England Bapt. Aug. 15, 1613, at Trinity Church Education Bef 1626 Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England [3] Perse School Education 18 Aug 1626 Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England [3] Adm. sizar (age 15 sic) at CAIUS, Aug. 18, 1626. B. at Cambridge. Matric. 1626-7; Scholar, 1628-33; B.A. 1630-1; M.A. 1634. Fellow, 1633-6. Ordained 27 Jan 1661 Consecration as Bishop of Down and Connor Died 13 Aug 1667 Lisburn, Co. Antrim, Ireland [1, 3] Buried Dromore, Co. Down, Ireland [1] - Cathedral
Person ID I18270 Swetenham
Father Living Relationship natural Family ID F13387 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Phoebe Langsdale, d. 1651 Married 27 May 1639 Uppingham,Rutland,England [2] Children 1. Living Family ID F5811 Group Sheet | Family Chart
-
Notes - Name: Jeremy Tailor
College: CAIUS
Entered: 1626
Died: 13 Aug 1667
More Information: Adm. sizar (age 15 sic) at CAIUS, Aug. 18, 1626. S. of Nathaniel, barber. B. at Cambridge. Bapt. Aug. 15, 1613, at Trinity Church. School (private). Matric. 1626-7; Scholar, 1628-33; B.A. 1630-1; M.A. 1634. Fellow, 1633-6. Incorp. at Oxford, 1635. D.D. (Oxford) 1642. Fellow of All Souls, Oxford, 1635. R. of Uppingham, Rutland, 1638-44. R. of Overstone, Northants., 1643-4. Chaplain to the King, and to Archbishop Laud. Taken prisoner in the Royalist defeat before Cardigan Castle, 1645. Retired to Golden Grove, Carmarthenshire, where some of his best work was done. Preached in London occasionally. Went to Ireland, 1658-60. Vice-Chancellor of Dublin University, 1661. Bishop of Down and Connor, 1661-7; involved in disputes with the independent clergy. Bishop of Dromore, 1661-7. P.C. (Ireland), 1661. Author, Libert?? Prophesying, Holy Living and Holy Dying. Died at Lisbu?? Aug. 13, 1667. Buried in Dromore Cathedral. Will, Dub?? (Venn, I. 278; D.N.B.; Al. Oxon.)
Burke's Peerage, 1857, p.664: Sir Henry Marsh, Baronet; Burke's Landed Gentry, 1871, Vol. II, p. 888, Marsh of Springmount
- Name: Jeremy Tailor
-
Sources - [S474] UK and Ireland, Find A Grave Index, 1300s-Current, Ancestry.com, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2012;).
- [S482] England, Select Marriages, 1538–1973, Ancestry.com, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2014;).
- [S479] Wikipedia, (Name: Wikipedia;), Jeremy Taylor.
Jeremy Taylor (1613–1667) was a cleric in the Church of England who achieved fame as an author during the Protectorate of Oliver Cromwell. He is sometimes known as the "Shakespeare of Divines" for his poetic style of expression, and he is frequently cited as one of the greatest prose writers in the English language. He is remembered in the Church of England's calendar of saints with a Lesser Festival on 13 August.
Taylor was under the patronage of William Laud, Archbishop of Canterbury. He went on to become chaplain in ordinary to King Charles I as a result of Laud's sponsorship. This made him politically suspect when Laud was tried for treason and executed in January 1644/5 by the Puritan parliament during the English Civil War. After the parliamentary victory over the King, he was briefly imprisoned several times.
Eventually, he was allowed to live quietly in Wales, where he became the private chaplain of the Earl of Carbery. After the Restoration, he was made Bishop of Down and Connor in Ireland. He also became vice-chancellor of the University of Dublin.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeremy_Taylor
- [S474] UK and Ireland, Find A Grave Index, 1300s-Current, Ancestry.com, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2012;).