GEMMS Person ID
GEMMS-PERSON-
115
(old series: GEMMS-PERSON-133)
Name
James Lambe
Title
Mr
Gender
Male
Denomination
Church of England
Lived
b. ca. 1599-02-02 d. 1664-10-18 (old)
Linked Sermons
Sermon on Mark 16:7
(autograph: No )
- preacher
Sermon on Luke 9:60
(autograph: No )
- preacher
Sermon on Joshua 22:18
(autograph: No )
- preacher
Associated Places
Source of Data
Richard Snoddy; Benjamin Durham; David Robinson
Biographical Sources Consulted
ODNB (Article: 15916)
Other note
Baptized February 1599 at All Saints, Oxford, the son of Richard Lambe. Matriculated from Brasenose College in 1613; BA, 1615; MA from St Mary Hall, 1619. Chaplain to Thomas Wriothesley, fourth earl of Southampton who was influential in Lambe becoming rector of Botley, and subsequently Titchfield, both in Hampshire in 1639. Married Elizabeth Beeston in 1636, but they remained childless. Livings sequestered in 1647. During the interregnum he earned a reputation as an expert in oriental languages, particularly Arabic. Prebend of Westminster and DD in 1660 following the Restoration. Rector of St Andres, Holborn in 1663. Died 18 October 1664.
GEMMS record created
October 26, 2015
GEMMS record last edited
July 15, 2024