Clagett, Nicholas (3), D.D
Clagett, Nicholas (2), D.D
an English divine, was born in May 1654, and was educated at the free school of Bury St. Edmunds, under Mr. Edward Luds. He took his degree in the arts from Christ College, Cambridge, January 12, 1671. In March 1680, he was made pastor at St. Mary’s, in Bury St. Edmunds; February 1, 1683, he was instituted to the rectory of Thurlo parva; June 14, 1699, he was collated to the archdeaconry of Sudbury, and in March 1707, he was instituted to the rectory of Hitcham, in Suffolk. He died January 30, 1726 or 1727, leaving some single Sermons, a pamphlet entitled A Persuasive to an Ingenious Trial of Opinions in Religion (Lond. 1685, 4to), and The Accomplishment of Scripture Prophecies (ibid. 1710, 8vo).
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Clagett, Nicholas (3), D.D
an English prelate, son of the preceding, became archdeacon of Buckingham in 1722, dean of Rochester in 1724, was consecrated bishop of St. David’s, January 23, 1732, and translated to the see of Exeter in 1742. He became at the same time prebendary and archdeacon of Exeter, and died December 8, 1746, leaving several single Sermons. See Le Neve, Fasti; Allibone, Dict. of Brit. and Amer. Authors, s.v.