Thomas Case

Thomas Case (1598–30 May 1682) was an English clergyman of Presbyterian beliefs, member of the Westminster Assembly, where he was one of the strongest advocates of theocracy. Although earlier a strong defender of the Parliamentary cause, he fell out of sympathy with the regicides and became a supporter of the Restoration of the Stuart monarchy.

He was born in Kent, the son of George Case,vicar at Boxley. He was educated at Canterbury and Merchant Taylors' School. A student of Christ Church, Oxford in 1616, he graduated M.A. in 1623. A curate at North Repps, Norfolk, he became incumbent of Erpingham.

He was preacher at Manchester and Salford, 1635 but was prosecuted for contempt of church ceremonies in both dioceses (Norwich and Chester). His marriage to Anne Mosley of Ancoats in 1637 brought him into an influential family, connecting him to Salford chapel by her late husband and to John Angier. His stepson Sir Robert Booth was Lord Chief Justice of Ireland 1679-80.

He was lecturer in several London churches 1641-2, and a member of the Westminster Assembly from 1643. He was intruded rector of , Cheshire, in 1645-6.

He was ejected by Parliament from the rectory of St. Mary Magdalen, Milk Street in 1649, after he refused the engagement. Then he spent time as a lecturer in Aldermanbury and Cripplegate.

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