About Andrew Perne
Lived 1596 – 1654 (aged 57–58). Andrew Perne was an English civil servant.
Andrew Perne (1596–1654) was an English clergyman of Puritan opinions. He was also member of the Westminster Assembly.
Life Perne entered Peterhouse, Cambridge as a sizar in 1613, graduating B.A. in 1618 and M.A. in 1621.
He was fellow of Catherine Hall, Cambridge, from 1622 to 1627, when he was made rector of Wilby, Northamptonshire. He was chosen in 1643 one of the four representatives from Northamptonshire to the Westminster Assembly. At this time he may have been sequestered from his living, and at St Dunstan-in-the-West. The second was held on 23 April 1644, at the thanksgiving for Thomas Fairfax's victory at Selby.
He died at Wilby on 13 December 1654, and was buried in the chancel of his church. The church has an inscription to his memory. A funeral sermon by Samuel Ainsworth of Kelmarsh was published.
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Who was Andrew Perne?
English Puritan cleric
When was Andrew Perne born?
Andrew Perne was born in 1596.
When did Andrew Perne die?
Andrew Perne died in 1654.
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Andrew Perne was a civil servant.
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Andrew Perne was English.
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· DBpedia: Andrew Perne (Puritan)
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