, son of Richard Charnock an. attorney, descended from an ancier.t
, son of Richard Charnock an.
attorney, descended from an ancier.t family of that name
in Lancashire, was born in London in 1628, and educated
first in Emanuel college in Cambridge, from whence be
removed to New college, Oxford, in 1649, and obtained a
fellowship by the parliamentarian interest. Afterwards he
went into Ireland, where he preached, and was much admired by the presbyterians and independents. Upon the
restoration of king Charles II. he refused to conform, but
returned into England, and lived mostly in London, where
adhering to the principles of the nonconformists, he
preached in private meetings, and had the reputation of a
man of good parts, learning, and elocution. He died in
July 27, 1680. He printed only a single sermon in his
life-time, which is in the “Morning Exercise;
” but after
his death, two folio volumes from his manuscripts were
published in 1683, and still bear a high price. Wood says
that those who differed from him in opinion, admired his
extensive learning, into which he was first initiated at
Emanuel college, Cambridge, by his tutor, Dr. Sancroft,
afterwards archbishop of Canterbury.