Lushington, Thomas (1590-09-02 - 1661-12-22)

Thomas Lushington was born at Sandwich, Kent on 2 September 1590 to Ingram Lushington and his wife Agnes. He matriculated at Broadgates Hall, Oxford (later Pembroke College), in 1607 and transferred to Lincoln College, where he graduated B.A. in 1616; he proceeded M.A. in 1618, and returned to Broadgates Hall to proceed B.D. in 1627 and D.D. in 1632. Lushington became the chaplain of Richard Corbet, dean of Christ Church and from 1628 bishop of Oxford; in 1631 he was presented to the prebend of Beminster Secunda in Salisbury. He was made vicar of Barton Turf and Neatishead, Norfolk in 1633 and of Felixstowe and Walton, Suffolk in 1636. He was presented to the rectory of Burnham Westgate, Norfolk in 1639 and became rector of Burnham St Mary, Burnham St Margaret, and Burnham All Saints in 1640. Lushington lost his livings during the Civil War, during which time he took up writing. In 1646 he published “Expiation of a Sinner,” a translation of a commentary on the epistle to Hebrews by Johannes Crellius and Jonas Schlictingius; he followed up with “The Justification of a Sinner,” a paraphrased translation of the epistle to Galatians, in 1650. That same year he also published a treatise on the theology of Porclus and his “Logica Analytica.” Lushington regained his livings in 1660 and died on 22 December 1661; he was buried at the parish church in Sittingbourne, Kent, although no monument remains.