James Calvert (
bapt. 1631 – 1698) was an English
Nonconformist
Nonconformity or nonconformism may refer to:
Culture and society
* Insubordination, the act of willfully disobeying an order of one's superior
*Dissent, a sentiment or philosophy of non-agreement or opposition to a prevailing idea or entity
** ...
divine.
Life
James Calvert was baptised at Allhallows Pavement,
York, on 23 May 1631, the eldest son of Robert Calvert, a grocer and sheriff of York. He was educated at
St Peter's School, York
St Peter's School is a co-educational independent boarding and day school (also referred to as a public school), in the English City of York, with extensive grounds on the banks of the River Ouse. Founded by St Paulinus of York in AD 627, ...
and
Clare Hall, Cambridge. He had been for several years at
Topcliffe when he was silenced by the
Act of Uniformity; after which he retired to York, and lived privately, but studied diligently. As a result of his studies, he brought out his work, entitled ''Naphthali, seu Collectatio Theologica, de Reditu Decem Tribuum, Conversione, et Mensibus Ezekielis'' (1672). About 1675 he became chaplain to
Sir William Strickland, and, afterwards, to
Sir William Middleton and tutor to his son. He died in December 1698.
[McClintock; Strong 1885, p. 746.]
See also
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Thomas Calvert (divine)
Thomas Calvert (1606–1679) was an English Nonconformist (Protestantism), Nonconformist divine in Derbyshire and York.
Life
Thomas Calvert was born at York in 1606, and educated at St Peter's School, York and Sidney Sussex College, Cambrid ...
*
Great Ejection
References
Sources
* Burns, William E. (2004)
"Calvert, James (bap. 1631, d. 1698), nonconformist minister" ''Oxford Dictionary of National Biography''. Oxford University Press. Retrieved 14 August 2022.
Attribution:
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Further reading
* Calamy, Edmund; Palmer, Samuel (1803). ''The Nonconformist's Memorial''. 2nd ed.
Vol. 3. London: J. Cundee, for Button and Son, and T. Hurst. pp. 458–459, 472–473.
* Dale, Bryan;
Crippen, T. G. (1909). ''
Yorkshire Puritanism and Early Nonconformity''. York: J. Gregory, G. Hunsworth, and G. S. Smith. pp. 34–36, 176, 210–211.
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People educated at St Peter's School, York
1631 births
1698 deaths
17th-century English writers
Early modern Christian devotional writers