Nicholas Clagett (1610-1663)

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Biography of Nicholas Clagett:

Nicholas Clagett (1610-1663), was a puritan divine, and born at Canterbury about 1610 (Biog. Brit. ed. Kippis, iii. 592, note A) and in 1628 was entered as a student of Merton College, Oxford, where he proceeded B.A. in October 1681 (Wood, Fasti Oxon. ed. Bliss, i. 460). Afterwards he migrated to Magdalen Hall, and commenced M.A. in June 1634, being then generally esteemed a very able moderator in philosophy (ib. i. 474). About 1636 he became vicar of Melbourne, Derbyshire, and about 1644 he was chosen lecturer or preacher at St. Mary’s Church, Bury St. Edmunds, Suffolk, where he was popular with ‘the precise party.’ After the Restoration he was ejected from the preachership for nonconformity. He died on September 12, 1663, and was buried in the chancel of St. Mary’s Church, Bury St. Edmunds (Addit. MS. 19165, f. 237).

By his wife Jane, who died at Bury St. Edmunds on 23 Aug. 1673, he had two sons who became eminent divines, viz., Dr. William Clagett and Dr. Nicholas Clagett the younger.