REPLY1850
Thruscross
By W. P.
In a sermon preached at the funeral of Lady Margaret Mainard, at Little Easton, in Essex, June 30, 1682, by Bishop Ken, he says: "The silenced, and plundered, and persecuted clergy she thought worthy of double honour, did vow a certain sum yearly out of her income, which she laid aside, only to succour them. The congregations where she then communicated, were those of the Reverend and pious Dr. Thruscross and Dr. Mossom, both now in heaven, and that of the then Mr. Gunning, the now most worthy Bishop of Ely, for whom she ever after had a peculiar veneration." "My last son Izaak, borne the 7th…
Topics: Funeral Sermons, Clergy Persecution, Baptism, Historical Biographies
Locations: Little Easton, Essex, Clerkenwell