Thomas Archer (divine)
Thomas Archer (1554-1630?) was an English divine.
Life
Archer was born in
In 1623, he made a vault for himself in the chancel of Houghton Conquest Church, and five years later added his epitaph in English and Latin.[2]
Works
He kept an obituary of eminent persons who died in his time, and also wrote an account (extracts from which are preserved among the Baker MSS. at Cambridge) of the parish and neighbourhood of Houghton Conquest. His manuscripts were lent in 1760 by Dr. Zachary Grey, then rector of Houghton Conquest, to William Cole, the author of Athenæ Cantabrigienses. who describes the collection as one of much interest and value. Archer is supposed to have died about 1630, as the obituary notices do not go beyond that date. Cole mentions also a manuscript diary of Archer's, which contained anecdotes.[2]
References
- ^ "Archer, Thomas (ARCR575T)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
- ^ a b c Bullen 1885.
- Attribution
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Bullen, Arthur Henry (1885). "Archer, Thomas (1554-1630?)". In Stephen, Leslie (ed.). Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 2. London: Smith, Elder & Co.
