, supposed by Wood to be the son of sir Edward Fisher, of Mickleton in
, supposed by Wood to be the son
of sir Edward Fisher, of Mickleton in Gloucestershire, knr.
was probably born in that county, and educated at Oxford,
where he became a gentleman commoner of Brasen-nose
college in August 1627, took one degree in arts, and soon
after left college, being called home, as Wood thinks, by
his relations, who were then in decayed circumstances.
At home, however, he improved that learning which he
had acquired at the university so much, that he became a
noted person among the learned for his extensive acquaintance with ecclesiastical history, and the writings of the
Fathers, and for his skill in the Greek and Hebrew languages. Sharing in the misfortunes of his family, and
being involved in debt, he retired to Caermarthen in
Wales, where he taught school, but afterwards was obliged
to go to Ireland, where he died, but at what time is not
mentioned. He published, 1. “An Appeal to thy Conscience,
” Oxford, A Christian caveat to
the Old and New Sabbatarians, or, a Vindication of our
old Gospel Festival,
” &c. London, An Answer to
Sixteen Queries, touching the rise and observation of
Christmas, propounded by Mr. John Hemming of Uttoxeter, in Staffordshire;
” printed with the “Christian Caveat,
” in The Marrow of Modern Divinity,
”