Thomas Paget (c.1587–1660)
| Thomas Paget | |
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| Born |
circa 1587 Possibly Rothley |
| Died | October 1660 |
| Nationality | English |
| Education | University of Cambridge |
| Occupation | Anglican clergyman, later nonconformist teacher. |
| Years active | 1611–1660 |
| Religion | Presbyterian |
| Church | Church of England, Dutch Reformed Church |
| Ordained | 6 June 1609 (deacon) |
| Writings | Preface to A Defence Of Church-Government, Exercised in Presbyteriall, Classicall, & Synodall Assemblies (1641) A Demonstration of Family Duties (1643) A Religious Scrutiny (1649). |
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Offices held
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Curate and lecturer of Blackley Chapel, Manchester Pastor at English Reformed Church, Amsterdam Curate of Chad's, Shrewsbury Rector of . |
Thomas Paget (died 1660) was an English Puritan clergyman, controversialist and theologian, committed to a Presbyterian church order. As a minister in Manchester, he was an early opponent of Laudian ceremonies in the Church of England. He served the English Reformed Church, Amsterdam, and later at Shrewsbury was a strong supporter of the regicide and of the republican Commonwealth of England. He spent his final year as rector of .
Thomas Paget was the younger brother of the Puritan minister and writer John Paget. They are said to have belonged to the Paget family of Rothley, a village on the edge of Charnwood Forest in Leicestershire. Their parents are unknown and it is impossible to be sure that Rothley was their place of birth. Thomas was admitted to the University of Cambridge in 1605, suggesting a birth date around 1587.
Paget entered Trinity College, Cambridge, as a sizar, a student receiving some assistance with costs, at Easter 1605. He graduated B.A. early in 1609. A Thomas Paget B.A. of Trinity College was ordained deacon by the local ordinary, Martin Heton, on 6 June 1609 at Little Downham, a Cambridgeshire village where the Bishop of Ely had a palace: this seems to be him, although the Clergy of the Church of England database makes no link between this and his later career in Manchester. He proceeded to M.A. in 1612.
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