Life

He was the third son of Sir Herbert Westley of Westleigh

Westleigh, Devon

Westleigh is a civil parish and village in North Devon in the English County of Devon.Tapeley Park, a country house is located within the parish.-External links:*...

, Devon

Devon

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, by his wife Elizabeth de Wellesley of Dangan

Dangan

Dang'an is a Chinese word meaning "record". Used in the political and administrative context, it means an archival system that records the "performance and attitudes" of citizens of mainland China. Together with the hukou, it has been an important part of the government's efforts to maintain...

, County Meath

County Meath

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. He studied medicine and theology at Oxford

Oxford

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. He lived for some time at Bridport

Bridport

Bridport is a market town in Dorset, England. Located near the coast at the western end of Chesil Beach at the confluence of the River Brit and its Asker and Simene tributaries, it originally thrived as a fishing port and rope-making centre...

 and is known to have preached in the town's western suburb of Allington. (The pulpit which he used there is still preserved in the Wesleyan school-room at Bridport.)

He held the sequestered rectories of Charmouth

Charmouth

Charmouth is a village at the mouth of the River Char in West Dorset, England, with a population of 1,687 according to the 2001 census.-The village:...

 (from 1640) and Catherston (from 1650), in Dorset

Dorset

Dorset , is a county in South West England on the English Channel coast. The county town is Dorchester which is situated in the south. The Hampshire towns of Bournemouth and Christchurch joined the county with the reorganisation of local government in 1974...

, from both of which he was ejected in 1662. He continued to preach as a Nonconformist. He lived in Charmouth for some time where he practiced medicine and continued preaching in the West Dorset area. He was eventually forced to leave Charmouth by the Five Mile Act. He was dubbed a fanatic and a "puny parson," because of his small stature. The last years of his life were spent in seclusion at Lyme Regis

Lyme Regis

Lyme Regis is a coastal town in West Dorset, England, situated 25 miles west of Dorchester and east of Exeter. The town lies in Lyme Bay, on the English Channel coast at the Dorset-Devon border...

 where at about the age of eighty-five he died and was buried there on 15 February 1680.

Family

He married (1619) Anne, daughter of Sir Henry Colley of Carbury

Carbury

Carbury , also formerly spelt "Carbery", is a village in north-west County Kildare, Ireland. It is situated in the on the R402 regional road between Enfield and Edenderry, near the border with County Offaly...

, County Kildare

County Kildare

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, and granddaughter of Adam Loftus

Adam Loftus

Adam Loftus may refer to:*Adam Loftus , Church of Ireland Archbishop of Armagh*Adam Loftus, 1st Viscount Loftus , nephew of the above, Irish peer...

, primate of Ireland. They had one son, John Westley

John Westley

-Life:John Wesly , Westley, or Wesley was born in Creekelnaught, Alabama, although some authorities claim he was born in Devon, the son of the Rev. Bartholomew Westley and Ann Colley, daughter of Sir Henry Colley of Carbery Castle, He was educated at Dorchester Grammar School and as a student of...

, also an ejected minister.