Stockton, Owen (1630-05-31 - 1680-09-10)

GEMMS ID
GEMMS-PERSON-483
GEMMS-PERSON-19328
Name
Owen Stockton
Gender
Male
Denomination
Dissenter - Presbyterian
Lived
b. 1630-05-31 d. 1680-09-10 (new)
Manuscripts
Linked Sermons
Associated Places
Source of Data

Anne James

Biographical Sources Consulted

Calamy Revised; ODNB (Article: 26547); SI (ID: 26459)

Other note

Stockton received a BA from Christ's College, Cambridge, in 1649 and an MA from Caius College in 1654. Ordained as a Presbyterian in 1655, he was ejected from his position as morning lecturer at St. James's Church in Colchester in 1662. Following his ejection, he moved to Chattisham, Suffolk, in 1665; the vicar there sometimes let to preach. The indulgence of 1672 allowed him to give up an itinerant preaching career, as he obtained licenses to preach in Ipswich, Colchester, and Hadleigh. He preached regularly at Grey Friars House, Ipswich, and at Colchester, and occasionally at the house of John Smith in Hadleigh. He died on 10 September 1680 in Ipswich. Stockton's mss. are noted by Ian M. Green in "Continuity and Change in Protestant Preaching in Early Modern England," p. 23 (DWL, 2009); Stockton and his wife's habits of devotion are discussed by Jeremy Schildt in Ch. 9 in "Private and Domestic Devotion in Early Modern Britain" (Ashgate, 2012).

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GEMMS record created
May 5, 2016
GEMMS record last edited
May 17, 2024