Richard Mayo (minister)
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Richard Mayo (1631?-1695) was an English nonconformist minister who after ejection in 1662 from his living ran a separatist congregation within the restrictive laws. He was the biographer of Edmund Staunton
.
. In early life he was at school in London under the Puritan John Singleton, and he entered the ministry when very young. During the Interregnum
he obtained the vicarage of Kingston upon Thames
, Surrey, as a successor to Edmund Staunton. For several years he also conducted a weekly lecture at St. Mary's, Whitechapel
, London.
After the Uniformity Act of 1662 he was ejected from his living, but continued to preach in conventicle
s. He was one of the few who, in 1666, took the oath which exempted from the operation of the Five Miles Act. Towards the end of the reign of Charles II he settled as minister of a presbyterian congregation meeting at Buckingham House, College Hill, Upper Thames Street. After the Toleration Act
(1689) his congregation moved to a newly built meeting-house in Salters' Hall Court, Cannon Street
. Here in 1694, after the exclusion of Daniel Williams
, from the merchants' lectureship, a new lectureship was established (see John Howe). Mayo was one of the lecturers.
He died, after six weeks' illness, on Sunday, 8 September 1695, in his sixty-fifth year. Nathaniel Taylor, his assistant, preached his funeral sermon. He left two sons, Richard Mayo, D.D., who in 1708 was minister of St. Thomas's Hospital, Southwark, and afterwards rector of St. Michael's, Crooked Lane; and Daniel Mayo, who became better known as a minister.
in Annotations upon the Holy Bible, vol. ii. 1685, by Matthew Poole
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Edmund Staunton
Edmund Staunton was an English clergyman, chosen by Parliament as President of Corpus Christi College, Oxford, and a member of the Westminster Assembly. Later he was a nonconformist minister.-Life:...
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Life
He was born about 1631. His family seems to have belonged to HertfordshireHertfordshire
Hertfordshire is a ceremonial and non-metropolitan county in the East region of England. The county town is Hertford.The county is one of the Home Counties and lies inland, bordered by Greater London , Buckinghamshire , Bedfordshire , Cambridgeshire and...
. In early life he was at school in London under the Puritan John Singleton, and he entered the ministry when very young. During the Interregnum
Interregnum
An interregnum is a period of discontinuity or "gap" in a government, organization, or social order...
he obtained the vicarage of Kingston upon Thames
Kingston upon Thames
Kingston upon Thames is the principal settlement of the Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames in southwest London. It was the ancient market town where Saxon kings were crowned and is now a suburb situated south west of Charing Cross. It is one of the major metropolitan centres identified in the...
, Surrey, as a successor to Edmund Staunton. For several years he also conducted a weekly lecture at St. Mary's, Whitechapel
St. Mary's, Whitechapel
St Mary's Whitechapel is an Episcopal church in Lancaster, Virginia, founded in 1669, and located three miles south of Lively, in Lancaster County, in the Northern Neck...
, London.
After the Uniformity Act of 1662 he was ejected from his living, but continued to preach in conventicle
Conventicle
A conventicle is a small, unofficial and unofficiated meeting of laypeople, to discuss religious issues in a non-threatening, intimate manner. Philipp Jakob Spener called for such associations in his Pia Desideria, and they were the foundation of the German Evangelical Lutheran Pietist movement...
s. He was one of the few who, in 1666, took the oath which exempted from the operation of the Five Miles Act. Towards the end of the reign of Charles II he settled as minister of a presbyterian congregation meeting at Buckingham House, College Hill, Upper Thames Street. After the Toleration Act
Toleration Act
Toleration Act may refer to:* Act of Toleration 1689, in England* Maryland Toleration Act, of 1649...
(1689) his congregation moved to a newly built meeting-house in Salters' Hall Court, Cannon Street
Cannon Street
Cannon Street is a road in the south of the City of London. It runs roughly parallel with the River Thames, and about 250 metres north of it. It is the site of the ancient London Stone.-Etymology:...
. Here in 1694, after the exclusion of Daniel Williams
Daniel Williams (theologian)
The Revd. Dr. Daniel Williams was a Welsh Presbyterian benefactor, minister and theologian.-Early ministry:Williams was born in Wrexham, Denbighshire, and was a cousin of Stephen Davies, minister at Banbury...
, from the merchants' lectureship, a new lectureship was established (see John Howe). Mayo was one of the lecturers.
He died, after six weeks' illness, on Sunday, 8 September 1695, in his sixty-fifth year. Nathaniel Taylor, his assistant, preached his funeral sermon. He left two sons, Richard Mayo, D.D., who in 1708 was minister of St. Thomas's Hospital, Southwark, and afterwards rector of St. Michael's, Crooked Lane; and Daniel Mayo, who became better known as a minister.
Works
He published: The Life ... of ... Edmund Staunton, (1673) and religious and theological works. He was responsible for the notes on the Epistle to the RomansEpistle to the Romans
The Epistle of Paul to the Romans, often shortened to Romans, is the sixth book in the New Testament. Biblical scholars agree that it was composed by the Apostle Paul to explain that Salvation is offered through the Gospel of Jesus Christ...
in Annotations upon the Holy Bible, vol. ii. 1685, by Matthew Poole
Matthew Poole
Matthew Poole was an English Nonconformist theologian.-Life to 1662:He was born at York, the son of Francis Pole, but he spelled his name Poole, and in Latin Polus; his mother was a daughter of Alderman Toppins there. He was educated at Emmanuel College, Cambridge, from 1645, under John...
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