John Phillips was an Anglican and Puritan cleric and an eminent divine. Phillips matriculated at

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in 1594 and graduated from St. Catherine's College in 1596–7. He received a Master's of Arts from

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in 1600 and a

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from Clare in 1608. He was named rector of

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, in 1609 and was an eminent divine.

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and

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were among his parishioners. Phillips married Elizabeth Ames, the sister of

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, on 6 January 1611–2. In 1638 he was removed from his post as a priest of the

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. He twice refused calls to become minister of the

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. Instead, the church selected

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, who was married by Phillips. Instead, Phillips went to Cambridge to work at the church there and at the recently established

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. He left in late 1639, however, briefly assumed the pulpit in Dedham, but then sailed back to England in October 1641.

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