Giles Thorne
The basics
Quick facts
Gender:
Male
Birth:
1595
Death:
1671
The details
Biography
The Venerable Giles Thorne, DD (b Dorset 1595); d Bedford 25 June 1671) was an Anglican priest in England.
Thorne was educated at Balliol College, Oxford. He held livings at Dunstable, Northampton and Bedford Thorne was Archdeacon of Buckingham from 1660 until his death.
Previously a protégé of Bishop John Williams, Giles Thorne had been ejected from Oxford in 1631 by William Laud himself after preaching against altars from The Diary of Robert Woodford, 1637–1641
IN 30 Aug 1642 Parliament Committed Gyles Thorne to the Fleet (prison).