John Osborne

a forward zealot for carrying on the righteous cause, was the Son of John Osborne of Crediton in Devonshire; whence, after he had been trained up in trivial learning, he was sent to New inn, in the year 1634 aged 16 years, took the degrees in Arts, and became a frequent Preacher up of the Presbyterian design. At length having sufficiently proved himself to be one of them, was made one of the Vicars of Bampton in Oxfordshire, in the place of a Loyalist ejected: where continuing till the Act of conformity put him out, preached in Conventicles in the Neighbourhood, and thereupon was imprison’d for several weeks in Oxford Castle. Afterwards being let loose, he retired to the great City, taught School and lived in S. Barthelmews Parish near little Britaine, to the time, as I take it, of his death. He hath published,

The Mysterie of the resurrection, on Acts 24.15. Lond. 1651. qu.

Conference between him and Rich. Coppin of Westwell near Burford, at Burford in Oxfordshire, concerning the resurrection of the Body—Printed with The mysterie, &c. He also took a great deal of pains in making A catalogue of our English Writers on the Old and New Testament, and had printed about 8 sheets of it, but Will. Crowe of Suffolk, Schoolmaster of Croyden in Surrey (the same, Clar. 1664. I mean, who hung himself about the latter end of 1674) coming out before him on the same subject in 1659, prevented him from going any farther. This Cat, which hath been several times since printed, is called by some Osbornes, but by the generality Crowes, Catalogue. One John Osborne hath translated into English for the use of Schools, Comenius his Vestibuli linguarum auctuarium, &c. Printed several times, and in 1670 it was printed at London, in oct. Whether this Jo. Osborne be the same with the former, I cannot yet tell.