Richard James (minister)

Richard James (minister)

Richard James (1592-1638) was an Anglican priest, poet, and librarian. He was born in Newport, Isle of Wight.

In 1615 he became a probationer-fellow of Corpus Christi College, Oxford.

In 1622, James' ministration took him to Newfoundland, Canada.

He was first librarian of the Cotton library.

In 1636 he wrote "Iter Lancastrense", a poem later printed in the 1845 volume of the same name, as part of the Chetham Society series.

References

*John Aikin. "The Lives of John Selden, Esq., and Archbishop Usher; With Notices of the Principal English Men of Letters with Whom They Were Connected". 1812. pp 374-5.
* [http://www.mun.ca/rels/ang/texts/ang1.html Anglicans, Puritans, and Quakers in Sixteenth- and Seventeenth-Century Newfoundland] Memorial University of Newfoundland website

External links

* [http://www.isle-of-man.com/manxnotebook/manxsoc/msvol11/iter.htm "Iter Lancastrense" text]


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