Timothy Taylor

son of Tho. Taylor of Hempsted in Hertfordshire, was born in that County, became a Student in Qu. Coll. 1626, aged 17 years, took the degrees in Arts, that of Master being compleated in 1634, (at which time he was of S. Maries Hall) holy orders, and then became Vicar of Almeley in Herefordshire, where he preached twice every Sunday; but the Chancellour of the Dioc. commanding him to turn his afternoons Sermon into a Catechisme Lecture, he upon that occasion setled himself to study the second Commandment more elaborately and industriously than before he had done, and so became dissatisfied concerning Episcopacy and the Ceremonies of the Church. Afterwards being troubled in the Bishops Court for Nonconformity, he did by consent leave Almeley, and lived about three years in a small Peculiar exempt from Episcopal Jurisdiction called Longdon in Shropshire; where continuing till the Rebellion began, he sided with the Presbyterians, afterwards with the Independents, and became Pastor to a Congregational Church at Duckenfield in Cheshire. Thence removing into Ireland about 1650, at which time he took the Engagement, he became Minister of Carickfergus there, and much resorted to by Presb. and Independents. After the restauration of his Maj. Ch. 2, he was silenc’d, and thereupon removing to his hired house called the Grange near Carickfergus, carried on the trade of preaching in private, whereby he gained a comfortable subsistance. In 1668 he removed to Dublin, took charge of a Church of Dissenters there, as Colleague with Sam. Mather, and after his death with Nath. Mather his bother [•] and continued in that employment till his death. He hath written,

A defence of sundry Positions and Scriptures alledged, to justifie the congregational way. Lond. 1645. qu. It contains about 130 pages.

Defence of sundry Positions and Scriptures for the congregational way justified, the sec. part. Lond. 1646. It contains about 46 pages. The running title on the top of every leaf is Congregational way justified. In the composition of both which books he had the joint help of Sam. Eaton of Cheshire. Soon after was published by a Presbyterian Minister called Rich. Hollingworth of Manchester in Lancashire a book intit. Certain Queries propounded to such as affect the Congregationall way, and especially to Mr. Sam. Eaton and Mr. Tim. Taylor, &c. Lond. 1646. qu. What other things our author Taylor hath published, I know not, nor any thing else of him, only that he died of a Lethargie on the 31 of May in sixteen hundred eighty and one,1681. and that he was buried on the third of June following in the Church of S. Michan in Oxmantowne near to Dublin.