Thomas Taylor (1576–1633) was an English clergyman.
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He was born in 1576 at Richmond, Yorkshire, where his father,was known as a friend to puritans and silenced ministers in the north. He distinguished himself at Cambridge, became fellow and reader in Hebrew at Christ's College, proceeded B.D. 1628, and was incorporated D.D. at Oxford in 1630.[1] He began preaching at twenty-one, and when only about twenty-five delivered a sermon at St. Paul's Cross before Queen Elizabeth. He was known for strong anti-Catholic views.
In a sermon delivered at St. Mary's, Cambridge, in 1608, he denounced Richard Bancroft's severe treatment of puritans, and was silenced by Archbishop Samuel Harsnet and threatened with degradation. It was only after much hindrance that he obtained his doctor's degree. Taylor was living at Watford, perhaps as vicar, in 1612, and later moved to Reading, where his brother, Theophilus Taylor, M.A., was pastor of St. Lawrence Church from 1618 to 1640. Here young preachers gathered round him, among them being William Jemmat, who afterwards edited his works.
On 22 January 1625 Taylor was chosen minister of St. Mary Aldermanbury, London. There he continued preaching until about 1630, when from failing health he retired to Isleworth for country air. He died at Isleworth in January or February 1633, and was buried at St. Mary Aldermanbury, Jemmat preaching his funeral sermon.