Timothy Fox (1628–1710), was a

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Early life and education

Fox was born in 1628, and educated at

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, whence he proceeded to

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Ministry

He was admitted by the Commissioners of the Great Seal to the rectory of Drayton,

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, but upon being ejected by the

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, he settled for a while in a neighbouring town, where he made a shift to live by his pen and the help of relations, till the Oxford Act forced him to remove, and rent a farm in

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. Afterwards, in May 1684, he was committed to Derby gaol upon that act, not for any exercise of religion, but merely for coming to see his son, then an apprentice in that town, and remained a prisoner until the following November. He again suffered imprisonment when

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was in the west, on this occasion in Chester gaol. No cause was assigned for his detention. After enduring a month's confinement, he was released on finding ample security for his good behaviour. From the time of his ejectment, he preached in private as he had opportunity, and after public liberty was granted, he opened a meeting in his own house at

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, where he preached twice a day and catechised.

Death

He died in May 1710.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Fox, Timothy 1628 births 1710 deaths 18th-century English clergy People from Birmingham, West Midlands Alumni of Christ's College, Cambridge 17th-century English clergy