Taylor, Jeremy. Divine. Born in Cambridge in 1613. After studying in the university of that town, Taylor attracted the attention of Archbishop Laud, who presented him to a fellowship at Oxford in 1636. He soon afterwards became chaplain to Charles I, was rector of Uppingham, 1638-42; and accompanied the king to Oxford. About 1645 Taylor withdrew into Wales, where he kept a school at Newton, in Caermarthenshire, and afterwards found a shelter in the house of the Earl of Carbery. He removed to Ireland in 1658 and, after the Restoration, was made bishop of Down and Connor. His chef works are "Rules and Exercises of Holy Living and Dying," the "Liberty of Prophesying," "Ductor Dubtantium," and his "Sermons." Died 1667.

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