CHRISTOPHER, JACOB (fl. 1655-90), Independent preacher

There is evidence that he was a recognized preacher before the Restoration, but not actually set apart for the work; he was 'silenc'd' (to use Calamy's term) either before or by the Act of Uniformity of 1662 (before, more likely). He is first associated with Mawdlam near Margam; he and Lewis Alward of Kenfig were both persecuted under the penal code of Clarendon about 1664, but in 1672 he took out a licence to preach in Kenfig at Lewis Alward's house. In Henry Maurice's report of 1675, he is named as one of the teaching elders of the Cilfwnwr church (Tirdoncyn). The records of that church say that he died 31 May 1690.

Author

• Thomas Richards, (1878 - 1962)

Sources

• Edmund Calamy, An account of the ministers, lecturers, masters, and fellows of colleges and schoolmasters, who were ejected or silenced after the Restoration in 1660. By or before, the Act for Uniformity. (London 1713), ii, 733
• Calendar of State Papers, Domestic Series, 1663-4, 568-9; Entry Book; 38A, 197, licence documents
• Broadmead Records (1847, 1865) (ed. Underhill), addenda B, 514, Glamorganshire
• Transactions of the Carmarthenshire Antiquarian Society and Field Club, xv, 51

Additional Links

• Wikidata: Q20733298

Published date: 1959

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