John Bond LL.D. (1612–1676) was an English jurist, Puritan clergyman, member of theWestminster Assembly, and Master ofTrinity Hall, Cambridge.
He was born atChard, inSomerset; his father wasDenis Bond. He was educated atDorchester underJohn White, and afterwards entered atSt. Catharine's College, Cambridge, of which he became a fellow. He took his B.A. degree in 1631, became M.A. in 1635, and LL.D. ten years later.[1] In 1643 he became a member of the Westminster Assembly, and in December 1645 succeeded to themastership of the Savoy.[2]
In the same year,John Selden having declined the mastership of Trinity Hall, Dr.Robert King was chosen by the Fellows: but, Parliament interposing on behalf of Bond, he was elected Master on 7 March 1646. Three years later he was madeProfessor of Law at Gresham College, London, and in 1654 became assistant to the commissioners ofMiddlesex andWestminster for ejecting scandalous ministers and schoolmasters. He was appointedvice-chancellor of Cambridge University in 1658, but lost his preferments at Cambridge and London on theRestoration of 1660.[2]
He retired toDorset, where he died at Sandwich (Swanage), in theIsle of Purbeck, and was buried atSteeple on 30 July 1676. He is thought by some to be identical with the John Bond who was member forMelcombe Regis in the last parliament of Charles I, recorder ofWeymouth and Melcombe Regis in 1645 and subsequently a recruiter in that district for theLong Parliament.[2][3]
He published the following sermons:
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Preceded by | Master of Trinity Hall, Cambridge 1646–1660 | Succeeded by |
Preceded by | Vice-Chancellor of the University of Cambridge 1658–1659 | Succeeded by |