1893 text

Edmund Calamy, D.D., the celebrated Nonconformist divine, born February, 1600, appointed Chaplain to Charles II., 1660. He refused the bishopric of Lichfield which was offered to him. Died October 29th, 1666.

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Elliot Vernon   Link to this

The entry is in fact incorrect. Edmund Calamy the elder was not a DD but rather a BD. The honour of DD was given to his grandson, the famous memorialist of ejected puritans.

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