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Thomas Case (1598–30 May 1682) was an English clergyman ofPresbyterian beliefs, a member of theWestminster Assembly, where he was one of the strongest advocates of Christian government.[1] Although earlier a strong defender of theParliamentary cause, he fell out of sympathy with theregicides and became a supporter of theRestoration of the Stuart monarchy.
He was born inKent, the son of George Case, vicar atBoxley. He was educated atCanterbury andMerchant Taylors' School. A student ofChrist Church, Oxford in 1616, he graduated M.A. in 1623. A curate atNorth Repps,Norfolk, he became incumbent ofErpingham.
He was a preacher at Manchester and Salford in 1635 but was prosecuted for contempt of church ceremonies in both dioceses (Norwich and Chester). His marriage to Anne Mosley ofAncoats in 1637 brought him into an influential family, connecting him to Salford chapel by her late husband Robert Booth and toJohn Angier.[2] His stepson SirRobert Booth wasLord Chief Justice of Ireland 1679-80: Case supervised his education, and instilled his own Presbyterian beliefs in him.
He was a lecturer in several London churches 1641-2, and a member of the Westminster Assembly from 1643. He was intruded rector ofStockport,Cheshire, in 1645-6.
He was ejected by Parliament from the rectory ofSt. Mary Magdalen, Milk Street in 1649, after herefused the engagement. Then he spent time as a lecturer inAldermanbury andCripplegate.[3]
He was arrested on 2 May 1651, becoming one of the ministers imprisoned as being privy to the presbyterian plot to recall Charles II, along withWilliam Blackmore,Roger Drake,Matthew Haviland,Arthur Jackson,William Jenkyn,Christopher Love who was singled out as ringleader,Ralph Robinson, andThomas Watson.[4][5] He spent about six months in theTower of London.[3] Subsequently he was rector ofSt. Giles-in-the-Fields, London, from about 1652.
He was deputed by presbyterians to congratulate Charles II atthe Hague, 1660, at the time of the Restoration, and became chaplain to the king. He took part in theSavoy conference 1661, but was ejected for nonconformity at the time of theAct of Uniformity 1662.
When he died in 1682, he was the last of the surviving dissenting member of the Westminster Assembly.[6]
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