Samuel Bolton | |
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Born | 1606 |
Died | 15 October 1654 | (aged 47–48)
Occupation(s) | English clergyman and scholar |
Samuel Bolton (1606 – 15 October 1654) was an English clergyman and scholar, a member of the Westminster Assembly and Master of Christ's College, Cambridge.
Samuel Bolton was the son of William Bolton, of Lancashire. [1] He was born in London in 1606, and educated at Christ's College, Cambridge. [2] In 1643 he was chosen one of the Westminster assembly of divines. He was successively minister of St. Martin's, Ludgate Street, of St. Saviour's, Southwark, and of St. Andrew's, Holborn. [3]
He was appointed, on the death of Thomas Bainbrigg in 1646, master of Christ's College, Cambridge, and served as Vice-Chancellor of Cambridge University in 1651. He has been identified with the Samuel Bolton who, in 1649, attended Henry Rich, 1st Earl of Holland on the scaffold. [4] He died, after a long illness, on 15 October 1654. Edmund Calamy preached his funeral sermon. [3]
Bolton's publication called, The Sinfulness of Sin, was originally delivered as a sermon to the House of Commons of England on a solemn day of humiliation on 25 March 1646.
His books include:
He has been incorrectly identified both as a son and a brother of Robert Bolton (1572–1631); [3] Robert Bolton's son Samuel was a clergyman who died in 1668. [6]