GEMMS Person ID
GEMMS-PERSON-
1592
(old series: GEMMS-PERSON-1737)
Name
Henry Cornish
Gender
Male
Denomination
Dissenter
Lived
b. ca. 1611-03-25 d. 1698-12-18 (old)
Linked Sermons
Sermon 1 on Canticles 1:4
(autograph: No )
- preacher?
Sermon on Ephesians 5:15
(autograph: No )
- preacher?
Associated Places
Source of Data
Jeanne Shami, Adam Richter
Biographical Sources Consulted
AO (Foster)
Other note
Precise date of birth unknown, but Cornish matriculated at New Inn Hall, Oxford in 1631 at age 20. B.A. (1634), M.A. 1636/7) from New Inn Hall. Created B.D. in 1648 and D.D. in 1649. Canon of Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford from 1648 until shortly after the Restoration. Rector of St Giles in the Fields, London beginning in 1647. Nonconformist preacher at Stanton Harcourt and Bicester, both in Oxfordshire.
GEMMS record created
September 16, 2017
GEMMS record last edited
July 15, 2024