GEMMS Person ID
GEMMS-PERSON-
2214
(old series: GEMMS-PERSON-2394)
Name
John Brockbank
Gender
Male
Denomination
Church of England
Lived
b. 1620-01-26 d. ca. (old)
Linked Sermons
Sermon on Proverbs 9:10
(autograph: No )
- preacher
Sermon on Acts 10:40
(autograph: No )
- preacher
Associated Places
Source of Data (Contributor name)
Catherine Evans
Biographical Sources Consulted
CCEd (Person ID: 73478); ACAD (Venn) (ID: BRKK659J)
Other note
Son of John Brockbank of Hazelrigg near Cartmell, Lancashire, where he was baptised on 26 January 1620/1. Schooled at Urswick, Lancashire, he was admitted to St John's College, Cambridge on 23 May 1659. He was ordained at Chester on 21 December 1662, and as a priest on 20 December 1663. He was vicar of Beetham, Cumbria from 1664 to 1683, a preacher at Witherslack Chapel, Beetham in 1691, and Schoolmaster of Witherslack Chapelry School from 1684 to 1701. Appointed curate of Ingleton, West Riding of Yorkshire in 1667. He married Mary Willan, daughter of Thomas Willan of Casterton. He is the father of Thomas Brockbank (CCEd person ID: 44842)
GEMMS record created
March 26, 2019
GEMMS record last edited
July 15, 2024