| Name |
Rev. William PRATT |
| Birth |
Oct 1562, Baldock, Hertfordshire, England |
| Death |
abt Oct 1629, Stevenage, Hertfordshire, England |
| Occupation |
Minister and Rector of St. Nicholas, Stevenage |
| Education |
Attended Emmanuel College in Cambridge |
| Private Note |
Born and died in England |
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Rev. William and Elizabeth Pratt
William PRATT - b. Oct. 1562, Baldock, Hertfordshire; d. 1629, Stevenage, Hertfordshire. Son of Andrew PRATT and grandson of Thomas PRATT. Baldock is located less than two miles from Stevenage. William attended Emmanuel College in Cambridge, and was installed as rector of St. Nicholas, Stevenage on 6 Dec. 1598, by Bishop CHADDERTON. He was married about 1604 at Stevenage, Hertfordshire, and was succeeded there by Rev. Richard MEREDITH on 27 Oct. 1629. A memorial tablet on the north wall of the church at Stevenage, Hertfordshire reads as follows (translated from the Latin):
Here lies William Pratt, Bachelor of Sacred Theology, and most illustrious rector of this church during thirty years. He had three sons, John, William, and Richard, and the same number of daughters, Sarah, Mary, and Elizabeth, by his renowned wife, Elizabeth. At length, the course of his life being run, and his age becoming burdensome, he emigrated to the Celestial country in the year of salvation 1629, aged 67.
Elizabeth - Wife of William at time of his will (1629). |