Hakluytus Posthumus or Purchas His Pilgrims Containing a History of the World in Sea Voyages and Land Travels by Englishmen and others
Date
1905
Authors
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James MacLehose and Sons
Abstract
SAMUEL PURCHAS, son of George Purchas, Yeoman,
was born at Thaxted in Essex. The date of his birth
is uncertain; in his Marriage Allegation, dated 2nd
December, 1601, his age is given at 'about 27,' but in
the Thaxted Baptismal Register the date of his baptism
is entered as '20th November, 1577.' The use of the
word 'about' points to some uncertainty in the mind
of the writer, and it is probable that his baptism took
place shortly after his birth, and that at the time of
his marriage he was really only in his twenty-fifth year.
This is confirmed by the statement on the engraved title
page of his' Pilgrimes,' that at the date of its publication
in 1625 he was aged forty-eight. He was educated at St.
John's College, Cambridge, where he took the degree of
M.A. in 1600, -and afterwards proceeded to that of B.D.
In 1601 he was Curate of Purleigh in Essex, where he
married in December of that year Jane Lease, daughter
of Vincent Lease of Westhall, Co. Suffolk, Yeoman.
Both Purchas and his bride are described as household
servants of Dr. Freake, Parson of Purleigh. On the
24th Aqgust, 1604, he was instituted to the Vicarage
of Eastwood on the presentation of the King, and there
he remained until 1614.
Description
Heritage Collection
Keywords
Pilgrims, Voyages, History