GEMMS Person ID
GEMMS-PERSON-
769
(old series: GEMMS-PERSON-869)
Name
Paul Boston
Title
Mr
Gender
Male
Denomination
Church of England
Lived
b. ca. 1619-03-25 d. 1672-04-23 (old)
Linked Sermons
Sermon on 1 John 1:8
(autograph: No )
- preacher
Associated Places
Source of Data
Jeanne Shami; Hannah Wood
Biographical Sources Consulted
CCEd (Person ID: 161181); ACAD (Venn) (ID: BSTN635P)
Other note
This Mr. Boston is listed once in the Index of Names of sermon notes taken by Joseph Keble (MS. Rawl. E. 208).
Venn lists him as matriculating from Christ Church, Oxford in 1634 at 15 and Clare College, Cambridge in 1635. He graduated B.A. in 1639/40 and proceeded M.A. in 1642/3. He was ordained priest in 1650. He served as reader at St Giles-in-the-Fields, London in 1664 and was vicar of St Bride's, Fleet Street and of Thannington, Kent from 1666-71. He died on 23 April 1672.
GEMMS record created
October 26, 2016
GEMMS record last edited
July 15, 2024