Thomas Reeve, D.D. was an English royalist and Anglican divine.

Life

Reeve was born at Langley, Norfolk, in 1594. He was the son of Thomas Reeve, a husbandman, and received his education in a school kept by Mr. Matchet at Moulton, Norfolk. On 30 June 1610 he was admitted a sizar of Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge

Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge

Gonville and Caius College is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge in Cambridge, England. The college is often referred to simply as "Caius" , after its second founder, John Keys, who fashionably latinised the spelling of his name after studying in Italy.- Outline :Gonville and...

, where he graduated B.A. in 1613, M.A. in 1617, B.D. in 1624, and D.D. in 1660. After taking orders he was presented to the incumbency of Waltham Abbey, Essex

Waltham Abbey, Essex

Waltham Abbey is a market town of about 20,400 people in the south west of the county of Essex, in the East of England region. It is about 24 km north of London on the Greenwich Meridian and lies between the River Lea in the west and Epping Forest in the east. It takes its name from The Abbey...

, where he died on 21 February 1671–2.

Reeve, who was greatly admired as a preacher, published a number of sermons and devotional works.

Works

• Publike Devotions, or a Collection of Prayers, London, 1651, 12mo.
• God's Plea for Nineveh, or London's Precedent for Mercy, London, 1657, fol.; dedicated to Thomas Rich, citizen of London. An abridgment of this work appeared under the title of London's Remembrancer: a Call and Pattern for true and speedy Repentance, London, 1683, 4to.
• England's Restitution, or the Man, the Man of Men, the States-man, London, 1660, 4to; dedicated to Charles II.