Ward, Seth (1615-04-05 - 1689-01-06) | GEMMS: GATEWAY TO EARLY MODERN MANUSCRIPTS

GEMMS Person ID

GEMMS-PERSON- 1671
(old series: GEMMS-PERSON-1819)

Name

Seth Ward

Title

Bishop

Gender

Male

Denomination

Church of England

Lived

b. ca. 1615-04-05 d. 1689-01-06 (new)

Linked Sermons

Sermon on Colossians 2:3 (autograph: No ) - preacher

Sermon on John 19:30 (autograph: No ) - preacher

Sermon on Philippians 3:21 (autograph: No ) - preacher?

Associated Places

Sidney Sussex College - Place of Study

Oxford - Post

Trinity College - Post

Garsington - Parish

Exeter Cathedral - Deanery

Exeter Cathedral - Bishopric

St Lawrence Jewry - Parish

St Breock - Parish

Salisbury Cathedral - Bishopric

Source of Data

Anne James

Biographical Sources Consulted

ODNB (Article: 28706); ACAD (Venn): (ID: WRT632S)

Other note

Astronomer and clergyman. Precise date of birth unknown, but Ward was baptized on 5 April 1617. B.A. (1637) and M.A. (1640) from Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge, and fellow there (1640-1644) until deprived for refusing to swear to the Solemn League and Covenant. Became D.D. in 1654. Savilian Professor of Astronomy, 1649-1660. President of Trinity College, Oxford, 1659-1660. According to Venn, he was rector of Garsington, Oxfordshire in 1660, and eventually ejected. Canon (1660-1662) and dean (1662) of Exeter. Bishop of Exeter, 1662-1667. Vicar of St Lawrence Jewry, 1661-1662. Rector of Uplowman, Devon, 1661. Rector of St Breock, Cornwall, 1662. Elected Fellow of the Royal Society in 1663. Bishop of Salisbury from 1667 until his death in 1689.

GEMMS record created

March 2, 2018

GEMMS record last edited

July 15, 2024