Samuel Ward (clergyman)

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Samuel Ward

Samuel Ward (* 1577 in Haverhill , † beginning of March 1639 in Ipswich ) was an English clergyman.

Family and education

Ward was born in 1577 as the eldest son of Haverhill pastor John Ward and his wife Susan. He had two brothers. On the recommendation of William Cecil, 1st Baron Burghley Ward was a student at the November 6, 1594 St John's College of the University of Cambridge added. Two years later he was awarded a Bachelor of Arts there . In 1599 he was one of the first students at Sidney Sussex College , where he received a Master of Arts degree in 1600 . In 1604, after his marriage to Deborah Bolton, Ward had to retire from theological training. In 1607, however, he was finally awarded the Bachelor of Divinity . Ward was the father of two sons.

Career

It is not known when and by whom Ward was ordained a priest . He first taught in his hometown of Haverhill. In 1603 he was appointed pastor of St Mary le Tower's church in Ipswich, an office he held for over thirty years. At that time Ipswich was one of the most important trading centers in England and the place was associated with a high reputation. In 1621 Ward published an engraving showing the destruction of the Spanish Armada . At the complaint of the Spanish ambassador, Ward was interrogated and sentenced to a short prison term, but was soon allowed to return to Ipswich. In 1622 he was accused of nonconformism by Samuel Harsnett , then Archbishop of York , and condemned by the Norwich Council of Churches . However, Ward successfully appealed against this . Eleven years later he was charged again, this time by the Archbishop of Canterbury , William Laud . He was accused of preaching against Jesus and the Church of England . This time Ward was sentenced to publish a reply and pay the costs. When he refused to do so, he was arrested.

After his release from prison, Ward first moved to Holland . There he worked for a while, together with William Bridge , as a priest in a church in Rotterdam .

In April 1638 he returned to Ipswich and lived there until his death in early March 1639. Ward was buried on March 8, 1639 in the cemetery of St Mary le Tower.

Legacies

Today a school in Ward's hometown is named after him.

Publications (selection)

  • A Coal from the Altar to kindle the Holy Fire of Zeal . Published in four editions until 1622.
  • Jethro's Justice of Peace . Published in three editions between 1618 and 1623.
  • The happiness of practice . Published in three editions between 1621 and 1627.

A complete edition of Ward's collected sermons appeared in 1627/1628 and again in 1636 in entirely new parts under the title Sermons and Treatises . A reprint of this work was published by John Charles Ryle in 1862.

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SURNAME Ward, Samuel
BRIEF DESCRIPTION English clergyman
DATE OF BIRTH 1577
PLACE OF BIRTH Haverhill
DATE OF DEATH before March 8, 1640
Place of death Ipswich