Josias Shute (also Josiah) (1588–1643) was an English churchman, for many years rector of

St Mary Woolnoth St Mary Woolnoth is an Anglican church in the City of London, located on the corner of Lombard Street, London, Lombard Street and King William Street, London, King William Street near Bank junction. The present building is one of the Commission f ...

in London,

archdeacon of Colchester The Archdeacon of Colchester is a senior ecclesiastical officer in the Diocese of Chelmsford – she or he has responsibilities within her archdeaconry (the Archdeaconry of Colchester) including oversight of church buildings and some supervision, ...

, and elected a member of the

Westminster Assembly The Westminster Assembly of Divines was a council of Divinity (academic discipline), divines (theologians) and members of the English Parliament appointed from 1643 to 1653 to restructure the Church of England. Several Scots also attended, and ...

Life

He was the son of Christopher Shute, vicar of

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, where he was born. After receiving his education at

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, he went on to attend

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, where he graduated B.A. 1605, and M.A. 1609. He was instituted on 29 November 1611, on the presentation of James I, to the rectory of St. Mary Woolnoth, Lombard Street, where his learned preaching was appreciated by the royalist party. He remained there for thirty-three years. From about June 1632 Shute acted as chaplain to the

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, preached thanksgiving and other sermons for them at

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, and protested against the reduction of mariners' wages. Shute was appointed by Charles I to the archdeaconry of Colchester on 15 April 1642, and was chosen on 14 June 1643 by the houses of parliament a member of the Westminster Assembly of divines, but died on 13 June 1643, before the first sitting. He was buried in St. Mary Woolnoth on the 14th.

Thomas Fuller Thomas Fuller (baptised 19 June 1608 – 16 August 1661) was an English churchman and historian. He is now remembered for his writings, particularly his ''Worthies of England'', published in 1662, after his death. He was a prolific author, and ...

, quoting the tract ''Persecutio Undecima'' (1648), says he was 'molested and vext to death by the rebels,' and that he was denied a funeral sermon by Richard Holdsworth as he wished. One was, however, preached by Ephraim Udall. Shute married, on 25 April 1614, at St. Mary Woolnoth, Elizabeth Glanvild (Glanville) of the parish, but had no issue. There is a boy's house at Giggleswick School named in his honour. Famous alumni of Shute House include Will Nicklin and John Sturgess.

Works

Shute was a Hebrew scholar. His manuscripts, left in the hands of his brother, Timothy Shute of Exeter, were published posthumously: * ''Divine Cordial Is delivered in Ten Sermons,'' London, 1644, edited by William Reynolds. * ''Judgement and Mercy, or the Plague of Frogges inflicted removed,'' in nine sermons, to which is added his funeral sermon, London, 1645. * ''Sarah and Hagar, xix Sermons on Genesis xvi.,'' London, 1649, published by

Edward Sparke Edward Sparke (c. 1610/11 - 1692) was an orthodox Anglican English clergyman and devotional writer in prose and poetry, who despite being ejected from his living during the English Rebellion survived to see his work and teaching gain a wide currenc ...

References

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