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Josias Shute (also Josiah) (1588–1643) was an English churchman, for many years rector of
St Mary Woolnoth
St Mary Woolnoth is an Anglican church in the City of London, located on the corner of Lombard Street and King William Street near Bank junction. The present building is one of the Queen Anne Churches, designed by Nicholas Hawksmoor. The pari ...
in London,
archdeacon of Colchester
The Archdeacon of Colchester is a senior ecclesiastical officer in the Diocese of Chelmsford – she or he has responsibilities within her archdeaconry (the Archdeaconry of Colchester) including oversight of church buildings and some supervision, d ...
, and elected a member of the
Westminster Assembly
The Westminster Assembly of Divines was a council of divines (theologians) and members of the English Parliament appointed from 1643 to 1653 to restructure the Church of England. Several Scots also attended, and the Assembly's work was adopt ...
.
Life
He was son of
Christopher Shute, vicar of
Giggleswick
Giggleswick, a village and civil parish in the Craven district of North Yorkshire, England, lies on the B6480 road, less than north-west of the town of Settle and divided from it by the River Ribble. It is the site of Giggleswick School. T ...
,
Yorkshire
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, where he was born. After being educated at
Giggleswick School
Giggleswick School is a public school (English independent day and boarding school) in Giggleswick, near Settle, North Yorkshire, England.
Early school
In 1499, Giggleswick School was founded on half an acre of land leased by the Prior an ...
, he went to
Trinity College, Cambridge
Trinity College is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge. Founded in 1546 by King Henry VIII, Trinity is one of the largest Cambridge colleges, with the largest financial endowment of any college at either Cambridge or Oxford. ...
, where he graduated B.A. 1605, and M.A. 1609.
He was instituted on 29 November 1611, on the presentation of James I, to the rectory of St. Mary Woolnoth,
Lombard Street, where his learned preaching was appreciated by the royalist party. He remained there for thirty-three years.
From about June 1632 Shute acted as chaplain to the
East India Company
The East India Company (EIC) was an English, and later British, joint-stock company founded in 1600 and dissolved in 1874. It was formed to trade in the Indian Ocean region, initially with the East Indies (the Indian subcontinent and South ...
, preached thanksgiving and other sermons for them at
St. Helena
Saint Helena () is a British overseas territory located in the South Atlantic Ocean. It is a remote volcanic tropical island west of the coast of south-western Africa, and east of Rio de Janeiro in South America. It is one of three constit ...
, and protested against the reduction of mariners' wages. Shute was appointed by Charles I to the
archdeaconry of Colchester on 15 April 1642, and was chosen on 14 June 1643 by the houses of parliament a member of the Westminster Assembly of divines, but died on 13 June 1643, before the first sitting. He was buried in St. Mary Woolnoth on the 14th.
Thomas Fuller
Thomas Fuller (baptised 19 June 1608 – 16 August 1661) was an English churchman and historian. He is now remembered for his writings, particularly his ''Worthies of England'', published in 1662, after his death. He was a prolific author, and ...
, quoting the tract ''Persecutio Undecima'' (1648), says he was 'molested and vext to death by the rebels,' and that he was denied a funeral sermon by
Richard Holdsworth as he wished. One was, however, preached by
Ephraim Udall. Shute married, on 25 April 1614, at St. Mary Woolnoth, Elizabeth Glanvild (Glanville) of the parish, but had no issue.
Works
Shute was a Hebrew scholar. His manuscripts, left in the hands of his brother, Timothy Shute of Exeter, were published posthumously:
* ''Divine Cordial Is delivered in Ten Sermons,'' London, 1644, edited by
William Reynolds.
* ''Judgement and Mercy, or the Plague of Frogges inflicted removed,'' in nine sermons, to which is added his funeral sermon, London, 1645.
* ''Sarah and Hagar, xix Sermons on Genesis xvi.,'' London, 1649, published by
Edward Sparke.
References
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1588 births
1643 deaths
17th-century English Anglican priests
Archdeacons of Colchester
Westminster Divines
Alumni of Trinity College, Cambridge