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Richard Stretton (c. 1632 - 3 Jul 1712)
“VDM” verbi divini minister (Minister of the Divine Word) in Ralph Thoresby's annotation. Proceeded B.A. (1655/6) and M.A. (1658) from New College, Oxford. Assistant at Petworth, Sussex, 1658-1660. Ordained by Presbyters at Arundel, 26 October 1658 and thereafter chaplain to Thomas Fairfax in Yorkshire. Licensed Presbyterian in 1672. Minister in Leeds for 17 years. Around 1677, he established a congregation in London which eventually met at Haberdashers' Hall (GEMMS-PERSON-19844). Surname also styled "Streaton." Other biography: https://gemms.usask.ca/node/774847 Relevant locations: Lived at or near Leeds, Leeds ParishResidence at London, England
Relationships: Richard Stretton was a employed by Thomas Fairfax (17 Jan 1612-12 Nov 1671)
References in Documents:
Thoresby, Musaeum Thoresbyanum (1713) 158. Funeral Sermons for 1668 .
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Ralph Thoresby's guestbook of visitors to his museum (Yorkshire Archaeological Society MS27)
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RRichard Stretton(of London VDM)
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Non est mortale quod opto[*] distich by Gabriel Rollenhagen; also title of a poem by Suckling; a misquotation of Ovid's Metamorphoses, Book II, Line 56--"non est mortale quod optas": "Not for mortals is that thou askest."