CHRISTOPHER, JACOB (fl. 1655-90), Independent preacher.
There is evidence that he was a recognized preacher before the Restoration, but not actually set apart for the work; he was ‘silenc'd’ (to use Calamy's term) either before or by the Act of Uniformity of 1662 (before, more likely). He is first associated with Mawdlam near Margam; he and Lewis Alward of Kenfig were both persecuted under the penal code of Clarendon about 1664, but in 1672 he took out a licence to preach in Kenfig at Lewis Alward's house. In Henry Maurice's report of 1675, he is named as one of the teaching elders of the Cilfwnwr church (Tirdoncyn). The records of that church say that he d. 31 May 1690.
Bibliography:
- Calamy, Account, ii, 733;
- Cal. S.P. Dom., 1663-4, 568-9; Entry Book; 38A, 197, licence documents;
- Broadmead Records (ed. Underhill), addenda B, 514, Glamorganshire;
- Trans. Carm. Ant. Soc., xv, 51.
Author:
Thomas Richards, D.Litt., (1878-1962), Bangor
