Thomas Hill (died 1653) was an English Puritan

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. Born at Kington, Herefordshire, he took a B.A. in 1622 at

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, an M.A. in 1626, a B.D. in 1633 and a D.D. in 1646. While Rector of Titchmarsh, Northamptonshire during the 1630s, he met the young

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, who would later attend Trinity College under Hill's mastership. Leaving parochial life, Hill returned to academia, and became a Fellow of Emmanuel College, and its Master in 1643. On 27 July 1642, Hill was called upon to preach to the House of Commons at St Margaret's Westminster:- ''The trade of truth advanced in a sermon to the honourable House of Commons''. In October 1644, Hill was called to hear the Prince

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address the English Parliament. From 1645 to 1653, Thomas Hill was Master of

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, and was also elected

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of the university in 1646.

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version) 17th-century births 1653 deaths Alumni of Emmanuel College, Cambridge Masters of Trinity College, Cambridge Masters of Emmanuel College, Cambridge Westminster Divines People from Kington, Herefordshire Vice-Chancellors of the University of Cambridge {{England-reli-bio-stub