Reeve, Thomas

Summary

Father: Thomas Reeve
Mother:

Birth:
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Death: Feb 1672
Death Source: Burial

Spouse1: Mary

Narrative

The Alumni Cantabrigienses (Cambridge Alumni) includes the following about him:
REEVE, THOMAS. Adm. sizar (age 16) at Caius, June 30, 1610. S. of Thomas, husbandman, of Langley, Norfolk. School, Moulton (Mr Matchett). Matric. 1610; Scholar, 1610-4; B.A. 1613-4; M.A. 1617; B.D. 1624; D.D. 1660. Ord. priest (Norwich) June 19, 1614. R. of Colby and Alby (or Aldborough) by Aylsham, Norfolk, 1628-43, ejected. Suffered great persecution. Imprisoned at the Gatehouse, Westminster for three years. Obtained a reversal of his sequestration in 1652. Restored, 1660. R. of St Vigor's, Fulbourn, Cambs., 1661. V. of West Waltham, Essex, c. 1664. Author, religious. Died at Waltham Abbey. Buried at West Waltham, Feb. 29, 1671-2. Will, P.C.C. Brother of Michael (1621). (Venn, i. 208; D.N.B.; Walker, Sufferings.)

The Essex Archives owns a copy of a sermon Thomas preached in 1661 entitled "A cedar's sad and solemn fall. Delivered in a sermon at the parish church of Waltham Abbey in Essex. By Thomas Reeve DD, preacher of God's Word there." The text was Zechariah 2:2.

From the Waltham Holly Cross Parish Register:

• Dr Thomas Reeve, Preacher here, buried ye 29 (Feb 1671/2)

Research Notes

Sources

Burial:       Waltham Holly Cross, St Lawrence and Holy Cross, Essex Parish Register D/P 75/1/5

1672 Memorandum of Will - Dr. Thomas Reeve - Prerogative Court of Canterbury Piece 338 (Eure), folio 261
Venn, J. A., comp. Alumni Cantabrigienses. London, England: Cambridge University Press, 1922-1954. Vol. 3, pt. 1, p439
Essex Archives - Sermon preached by Thomas Reeve DD - LIB/SER/17/4