John Machin 1624-1664
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John MACHIN 1624-64
Biographical Note
Born at Seabridge, Staffordshire, son of John Machin. BA Jesus College, Cambridge 1649, MA 1653. Inheriting his father's Seabridge estate in 1653, he established a lecture circuit in Staffordshire. Minister at Astbury, Cheshire, in the 1650s, curate of Whitley 1661 (ejected 1662).
Books
Probate inventory lists books valued at £16, from an estate valued at £120.
Characteristic Markings
None of Machin's books have been identified.
Sources
- Matthews, A. G. Calamy revised. Oxford, 1934.
- Nunn, Catherine. "Machin, John (1624–1664), clergyman and ejected minister." Oxford Dictionary of National Biography.