John Thayne or Thane was an English churchman, Archdeacon of Chester in 1707. [1]
Life
Thane's father was a physician at Lynne, and his mother was a sister of John Pearson. [2] He was educated at Trinity College, Cambridge [3] and incorporated at Oxford in 1682. [4] He held livings at Kirby Underdale and Northenden. He was appointed a Canon of Chester Cathedral in 1686 and Archdeacon of Chester from 1707, holding both positions until his death on 30 June 1727. He is buried at the cathedral. [5]
On Pearson's death, the bulk of his books and papers went to Thane. Thane acted as editor for his works on chronography. [6] He wrote to Thomas Barlow in 1686, the year of Pearson's death, going over plans to publish Pearson's works. [7] He edited Pearson's Opera Postuma Chronologica. [8]
References
- ^ "Catalogue of the Harleian Manuscripts in the British Museum" p522: London; King George; 1808
- ^ Pearson, John (1844). The Minor Theological Works: Now First Collected, with a Memoir of the Author, Notes, and Index (in Latin). University Press. p. xcvii note z.
- ^ "John Thayne (THN670J)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
- ^ Alumni Oxonienses 1500–1714, Tabbe-Thomyow
- ^ "History of the city of Chester, from its foundation to the present time : with an account of its antiquities, curiosities, local customs, and peculiar immunities ; and a concise political history" Hemingway, J Chester' J. Fletcher; 1831 p326
- ^ Remains, Historical and Literary, Connected with the Palatine Counties of Lancaster and Chester. Chetham Society. 1889. p. 562.
- ^ Hampton, Stephen (29 May 2008). Anti-Arminians: The Anglican Reformed Tradition from Charles II to George I. OUP Oxford. p. 21. ISBN 978-0-19-155985-3.
- ^ Biographia Britannica: Or, The Lives of the Most Eminent Persons who Have Flourished in Great Britain and Ireland, from the Earliest Ages, Down to the Present Times. W. Innys. 1760. p. 3311.
John Thayne or Thane was an English churchman, Archdeacon of Chester in 1707. [1]
Life
Thane's father was a physician at Lynne, and his mother was a sister of John Pearson. [2] He was educated at Trinity College, Cambridge [3] and incorporated at Oxford in 1682. [4] He held livings at Kirby Underdale and Northenden. He was appointed a Canon of Chester Cathedral in 1686 and Archdeacon of Chester from 1707, holding both positions until his death on 30 June 1727. He is buried at the cathedral. [5]
On Pearson's death, the bulk of his books and papers went to Thane. Thane acted as editor for his works on chronography. [6] He wrote to Thomas Barlow in 1686, the year of Pearson's death, going over plans to publish Pearson's works. [7] He edited Pearson's Opera Postuma Chronologica. [8]
References
- ^ "Catalogue of the Harleian Manuscripts in the British Museum" p522: London; King George; 1808
- ^ Pearson, John (1844). The Minor Theological Works: Now First Collected, with a Memoir of the Author, Notes, and Index (in Latin). University Press. p. xcvii note z.
- ^ "John Thayne (THN670J)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
- ^ Alumni Oxonienses 1500–1714, Tabbe-Thomyow
- ^ "History of the city of Chester, from its foundation to the present time : with an account of its antiquities, curiosities, local customs, and peculiar immunities ; and a concise political history" Hemingway, J Chester' J. Fletcher; 1831 p326
- ^ Remains, Historical and Literary, Connected with the Palatine Counties of Lancaster and Chester. Chetham Society. 1889. p. 562.
- ^ Hampton, Stephen (29 May 2008). Anti-Arminians: The Anglican Reformed Tradition from Charles II to George I. OUP Oxford. p. 21. ISBN 978-0-19-155985-3.
- ^ Biographia Britannica: Or, The Lives of the Most Eminent Persons who Have Flourished in Great Britain and Ireland, from the Earliest Ages, Down to the Present Times. W. Innys. 1760. p. 3311.