Life

Clagett was the son of the Rev. Nicholas Clagett the elder, of Bury St. Edmunds

Bury St. Edmunds

Bury St Edmunds is a market town in the county of Suffolk, England, and formerly the county town of West Suffolk. It is the main town in the borough of St Edmundsbury and known for the ruined abbey near the town centre...

, and the younger brother of the controversialist William Clagett

William Clagett (controversialist)

-Life:He was the eldest son of Nicholas Clagett the elder, preacher at St. Mary's Church, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk. He was born in the parish on 24 September 1646, and educated at Bury grammar school under Dr. Thomas Stephens, author of notes on Statius...

. He was baptised 20 May 1654, and was educated at the Norwich free school. In 1671 he was admitted to Christ's College, Cambridge

Christ's College, Cambridge

Christ's College is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge.With a reputation for high academic standards, Christ's College averaged top place in the Tompkins Table from 1980-2000 . In 2011, Christ's was placed sixth.-College history:...

, and took the degrees of B.A. and M.A, in due course. In 1680, upon the removal of his brother to the preachership of Gray's Inn

Gray's Inn

The Honourable Society of Gray's Inn, commonly known as Gray's Inn, is one of the four Inns of Court in London. To be called to the Bar and practise as a barrister in England and Wales, an individual must belong to one of these Inns...

, he was elected preacher of St. Mary's Church, Bury St. Edmunds

St. Mary's Church, Bury St. Edmunds

St Mary's Church is the civic church of Bury St Edmunds and claims to be the third largest parish church in England. It was part of the abbey complex and originally was one of three large churches in the town .-History:The present church is the second building to stand on the site, the first being...

, in his room, which office he held for nearly forty-six years. Three years later he was also instituted to the rectory of Thurlow Parva in Norfolk

Norfolk

Norfolk is a low-lying county in the East of England. It has borders with Lincolnshire to the west, Cambridgeshire to the west and southwest and Suffolk to the south. Its northern and eastern boundaries are the North Sea coast and to the north-west the county is bordered by The Wash. The county...

, and in 1693 Dr. John Moore

John Moore (Bishop of Ely)

John Moore was an English cleric, scholar, and book collector. He was bishop of Norwich and bishop of Ely ....

, then bishop of Norwich

Bishop of Norwich

The Bishop of Norwich is the Ordinary of the Church of England Diocese of Norwich in the Province of Canterbury.The diocese covers most of the County of Norfolk and part of Suffolk. The see is in the City of Norwich where the seat is located at the Cathedral Church of the Holy and Undivided...

, who was well acquainted with his abilities and virtues, collated him to the archdeaconry of Sudbury

Sudbury, Suffolk

Sudbury is a small, ancient market town in the county of Suffolk, England, on the River Stour, from Colchester and from London.-Early history:...

. In 1704 he graduated D.D., and in 1707 he was instituted to the rectory of Hitcham, Suffolk

Hitcham, Suffolk

Hitcham is a village and civil parish in Suffolk, England. Located on the B1115 road, between Hadleigh and Stowmarket, it is part of Babergh district. The parish contains the hamlets of Bird Street, Cook's Green and Cross Green....

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He died in January 1727, and was buried in the chancel of the parish church in which he had been so long preacher. He is reported to have been a good preacher, and a charitable and blameless man. He had several children, among them being Nicholas Clagett

Nicholas Clagett

Nicholas Clagett was an English bishop.-Life:Claggett was from a clerical family of Bury St Edmunds. He went up to Trinity College, Cambridge aged 16 in April 1702, graduating B.A. in 1705-6, M.A. in 1709 and D.D. in 1724....

, bishop of Exeter

Bishop of Exeter

The Bishop of Exeter is the Ordinary of the Church of England Diocese of Exeter in the Province of Canterbury. The incumbent usually signs his name as Exon or incorporates this in his signature....

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Works

• A Persuasive to Peaceableness and Obedience, 1683.
• A Persuasive to an Ingenuous Trial of Opinions in Religion, 1685.
• Christian Simplicity, 1705.
• Truth defended and Boldness in Error rebuked; or a Vindication of those Christian Commentators who have expounded some Prophecies of the Messias not to be meant only of him, &c., 1710 (against William Whiston
  William Whiston
  William Whiston was an English theologian, historian, and mathematician. He is probably best known for his translation of the Antiquities of the Jews and other works by Josephus, his A New Theory of the Earth, and his Arianism...
  
  's Accomplishment of Scripture Prophecies).
• (ed.) Sermons by his brother William Clagett
  William Clagett (controversialist)
  -Life:He was the eldest son of Nicholas Clagett the elder, preacher at St. Mary's Church, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk. He was born in the parish on 24 September 1646, and educated at Bury grammar school under Dr. Thomas Stephens, author of notes on Statius...
  
  , collected and published 1689-93