GEMMS Person ID
GEMMS-PERSON-
2621
(old series: GEMMS-PERSON-2827)
Name
Jacob (James) Wallais (Wallys)
Title
Mr.
Gender
Male
Lived
b. ca. 1550-03-25 d. (old)
Linked Sermons
Sermon on 1 John 3:2
(autograph: No )
- preacher
Sermon on Malachi 3:14
(autograph: No )
- preacher
Associated Places
Source of Data
John Craig, Reformation, Politics and Polemics: The Growth of Protestantism in East Anglian Market Towns, 1500-1610 (Aldershot and Burlington, VT: Ashgate, 2001); ACAD (Venn) (ID: WLS573J); CCEd; Hannah Yip.
Biographical Sources Consulted
John Craig, Reformation, Politics and Polemics: The Growth of Protestantism in East Anglian Market Towns, 1500-1610 (Aldershot and Burlington, VT: Ashgate, 2001); ACAD (Venn) (ID: WLS573J); CCEd
Other note
Jacob Wallais (or James Wallys) was born at Colchester and attended Magdalene College, Cambridge as a scholar. He was ordained deacon in London at the age of twenty-three on 6 January 1573. Subsequently, he was ordained priest at Ely on 21 December 1576. From 1586, he was rector of Stowlangtoft, Suffolk.
GEMMS record created
January 10, 2020
GEMMS record last edited
July 15, 2024