Thomas Tully (1620–1676) was an
Anglican
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cleric
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.
Life
The son of George Tully of
Carlisle, Cumbria
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, he was born in St Mary's parish there on 22 July 1620. He was educated in the parish free school under John Winter, and afterwards at
Barton Kirk in
Westmorland
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. He matriculated at
The Queen's College, Oxford
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, on 17 October 1634, graduating B.A. on 4 July 1639 and M.A. on 1 November 1642. He was elected a fellow of the college on 23 November 1643 and admitted 25 March 1644.
When
Oxford
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was occupied by the parliamentarians he retired and then obtained the mastership of the grammar school of
Tetbury
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in
Oxfordshire
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. Returning to Oxford, he was admitted B.D. on 23 July 1657, and in the year following was appointed principal of
St. Edmund Hall
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and rector of
Grittleton
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The Gauze Brook, a smal ...
in
Wiltshire
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. After the
Restoration
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...
he was created D.D. on 9 November 1660, and nominated one of the royal chaplains in ordinary, and in April 1675 was appointed
Dean of Ripon
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. According to Nicholas Tyacke, he was an important conforming Calvinist voice in the post-Restoration Church of England,
[Nicholas Tyacke, ''Aspects of English Protestantism, c. 1530-1700'' (2001), p. 291.] even if his strictness, in the view of
Anthony Wood, hindered his advancement.
He died in the parsonage at Grittleton on 14 January 1676.
Works
He was the author of:
*''Logica Apodeictica, sive Tractatus brevis et dilucidus de demonstratione; cum dissertatiuncula Gassendi eodem pertinente'', Oxford, 1662, arguing against
Pierre Gassendi
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.
*''A Letter written to a Friend in Wilts upon occasion of a late ridiculous Pamphlet, wherein was inserted a pretended Prophecie of Thomas Becket's'', London, 1666.
*''Praecipuorum Theologiae Capitum Enchiridion Didacticum'', London, 1668; Oxford, 1683; Oxford, 1700.
*''Justificatio Paulina sine Operibus'', Oxford, 1674. This was a criticism of the ''Harmonia Apostolica'' of
George Bull
George Bull (25 March 1634 – 17 February 1710) was an English theologian and Bishop of St David's.
Life
He was born, 25 March 1634, in the parish of St. Cuthbert, Wells, and educated in the grammar school at Wells, and then at Blundell's ...
.
Tully also wrote several other controversial pamphlets against
Richard Baxter
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and others.
Notes
References
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Further reading
*
Andrew Pyle (editor) (2000), ''Dictionary of Seventeenth Century British Philosophers'' (2000), article on Tully pp. 827–8.
External links
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1620 births
1676 deaths
17th-century English Anglican priests
English Calvinist and Reformed theologians
17th-century Calvinist and Reformed theologians
Deans of Ripon
Alumni of The Queen's College, Oxford
Principals of St Edmund Hall, Oxford