GEMMS Person ID
GEMMS-PERSON-
3023
(old series: GEMMS-PERSON-3250)
Name
Nicholas Carvell
Title
Mr.
Gender
Male
Denomination
Church of England
Lived
b. ca. 1527-01-01 d. ca. 1566-08-07 (old)
Linked Sermons
Sermon on Matthew 4:1
(autograph: No )
- preacher
Associated Places
Source of Data
Hannah Wood
Biographical Sources Consulted
ODNB; ACAD (Venn)
Other note
Nicholas Carvell (alternatively Kervile or Kervyle) graduated B.A. from King's College, Cambridge, in 1549 and proceeded M.A. in 1553. Exiled under Queen Mary in 1554, he lived in Zurich and Frankfurt before returning to England in 1558. He was collated to the vicarage of South Weald (Essex) and the rectory of Laindon (Essex) in 1560. Carvell was one of twenty non-conformists who in 1565 sought exemption from wearing prescribed vestments. Carvell died in South Weald and was buried there on 7 August 1566.
GEMMS record created
January 31, 2021
GEMMS record last edited
July 15, 2024