Samuel Bradford
St. Anne's, Blackfriars | |
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Died | 17 May 1731 The Deanery, Westminster | (aged 78)
Buried | Westminster Abbey |
Nationality | English (later British) |
Denomination | Anglican |
Residence | The Deanery, Westminster |
Parents | William Bradford of London |
Spouse | wife (née Ellis) |
Children | 2 daughters; 1 son: Revd William |
Alma mater | Corpus Christi College, Cambridge |
Samuel Bradford (20 December 1652 – 17 May 1731) was an English churchman and whig, bishop successively of Carlisle and Rochester.
Life
He was the son of William Bradford of London and was born in
He devoted himself for a time to the study of medicine; but he was admitted in 1680, through the favour of Archbishop
Bradford was a frequent preacher before the corporation of London, and was a staunch whig. On 30 January 1698 he preached before William III, who that March following appointed Bradford one of the royal chaplains in ordinary. The appointment was continued by Queen Anne, by whose command he was created D.D. on the occasion of her visit to the University of Cambridge, 16 April 1705.
In 1699 Bradford delivered the
He died at the deanery of Westminster, and was buried in Westminster Abbey with a monument by Henry Cheere.[2]
Works
Bradford published more than 20 separate sermons. One of these, Discourse concerning Baptismal and Spiritual Regeneration, 2nd ed., London, 1709, attained popularity. A ninth edition was published in 1819 by the Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge. As Boyle lecturer he preached eight sermons on The Credibility of the Christian Revelation, from its Intrinsick Evidence. These, with a ninth sermon preached in his own church in January 1700, were issued with other Boyle lectures delivered between 1691 and 1732, in A Defence of Natural and Revealed Religion, &c. 3 vols., London, 1739.
Family
Bradford's wife, who survived him, was a daughter of Captain Ellis of
Notes
- ^ "Bradford, Samuel (BRDT669S)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
- ^ "Samuel and William Bradford".
References
- This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: "Bradford, Samuel". Dictionary of National Biography. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1885–1900.