Thomas Lever
Thomas Lever (Leaver, Leiver) (1521–1577) was an English Protestant reformer and
Life
Thomas Lever was from
He left England for exile in
On returning to England, he was Rector and Archdeacon of Coventry from 1559. After later troubles with the church authorities, the Earl of Leicester gave him a position as Master of Sherburn Hospital.[6] On his death in July 1577, he was buried within the alter area of the hospital chapel; he was succeeded as master by his brother Ralph Lever.[7]
Works
Thomas Lever was better known as a preacher than an author, but he published A Comment on the Lord's Prayer; several sermons (one preached in "Poule's Churche at London, in the Shroudes", two delivered before Edward VI, and another preached at Paul's Cross); and a volume with the title of A Treatise of the Right Way from the Danger of Sinne and Vengeance in this Wicked Worlde, unto Godly Wealth and Salvation in Christe.[7]
Notes
- ^ "Lever, Thomas (LVR541T)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
- ^ Concise Dictionary of National Biography
- ^ Laurence V. Ryan, Roger Ascham (1963), p. 92.
- ^ "1 Publisher's Introduction".
- ^ "University of Birmingham" (PDF).
- ^ "Sherburn House Charity History". Archived from the original on 25 December 2009. Retrieved 3 February 2009.
- ^ a b Welford, Richard (1895). Men of mark 'twixt Tyne and Tweed. Vol. 3. London, W. Scott. p. 26.