THOMAS, JOHN (1646? - 1695), cleric
Date of birth: 1646?
Date of death: 1695
Parent: Thomas Thomas
Gender: Male
Occupation: cleric
Area of activity: Religion
Author: Robert Thomas Jenkins
son of Thomas Thomas, parson of Pennant-Melangell. He entered S. Alban's Hall, Oxford, in 1668, 'aged 22,' and graduated in 1672; he was vicar of Llanbryn-mair (1681-9) and rector of Penegoes (1689-95); from 1691 to 1695 he was also a prebendary of St Asaph cathedral. He wrote a reply to the case put forward by James Owen for the ordaining of Presbyterians, which was posthumously published, 1711, by bishop George Hickes; it is said that he was held in high regard by bishop Lloyd of St Asaph and bishop Humphreys of Bangor. Thomas died 4 November 1695, and was buried at Penegoes.
Author
- Emeritus Professor Robert Thomas Jenkins, (1881 - 1969)
- Foster, Alumni Oxonienses: the members of the University of Oxford
- H. B. Thomas, A History of the Diocese of St. Asaph (1874), i, 345-6
- the date of his death is given in U.C.N.W. Bangor Manuscript at University College North Wales Library, Bangor 6457
Sources
- Wikidata: Q20733661
Additional Links
Published date: 1959
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