Charles Jerram

1770 (age 83)

He was placed under the tuition of the Review T. Cursham, the curate of Blidworth, of evangelical views, with whom he remained many years, first as pupil and then as assistant teacher. About 1790 Jerram became assistant at a Unitarian school in Highgate, London. There Alexander Crombie supported his classical studies, but Richard Cecil had more influence on his religious views. in 1800. In 1797 Jerram took holy orders, and served his first curacy at Long Sutton, Lincolnshire. The parish had had a succession of non-resident vicar. The neighbouring clergy included John Pugh, vicar of Rauceby, at whose house Jerram took part in the discussion which led to the foundation of the Church Missionary Society. In October 1805 ill-health led Jerram to move to Chobham in Surrey, where Cecil was vicar, and he acted as his curate till Cecil"s death in 1810, when he succeeded to the benefice. At Chobham, as at Long Sutton, he prepared private pupils for university, and acquired a reputation as a tutor. He gave up tuition in 1822. Accepted after a while at Chobham, Jerram became a magistrate and became involved in the administration of the Poor Laws, about which he had concerns as leading to pauperism. About 1824 Jerram left Chobham for Street John"s Chapel, Bedford Row, though retaining the living. Disliking pew rents, after two years,he returned to Chobham in 1826. His predecessor at Witney had been non-resident, and nonconformish flourished in the parish. During Jerram"s incumbency the parish church was restored. District churches and schools were erected in two hamlets. Sunday trading was put down, and the parish was divided into districts for systematic visitation. Jerram"s health began to fail in 1844, and on Good Friday 1848 he preached his last sermon in Witney Church. He died 20 June 1853, and was buried at Witney. In 1798 Jerram married Mary Stanger, daughter of a yeoman of Tydd Street Mary, Lincolnshire. They had a large family. Two sons, James and Samuel, were in holy orders. The former, rector of Fleet, Lincolnshire, was his biographer.

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Charles Jerram

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Background

Born 17 January 1770, in the parish of Blidworth, Nottinghamshire, he was son of Charles Jerram, a farmer. His mother, Mary Knutton, a religious woman of presbyterian descent, was the daughter of a farmer of the same parish.

Education

His friend Cursham recommended him to the Elland Society of Yorkshire, and he was able in 1793 to enter Magdalene College, Cambridge, where he attended the ministry of Charles Simeon and undergraduate societies.

Career

He was placed under the tuition of the Review T. Cursham, the curate of Blidworth, of evangelical views, with whom he remained many years, first as pupil and then as assistant teacher. About 1790 Jerram became assistant at a Unitarian school in Highgate, London.

There Alexander Crombie supported his classical studies, but Richard Cecil had more influence on his religious views. in 1800.

In 1797 Jerram took holy orders, and served his first curacy at Long Sutton, Lincolnshire. The parish had had a succession of non-resident vicar.

The neighbouring clergy included John Pugh, vicar of Rauceby, at whose house Jerram took part in the discussion which led to the foundation of the Church Missionary Society. In October 1805 ill-health led Jerram to move to Chobham in Surrey, where Cecil was vicar, and he acted as his curate till Cecil"s death in 1810, when he succeeded to the benefice.

At Chobham, as at Long Sutton, he prepared private pupils for university, and acquired a reputation as a tutor.

He gave up tuition in 1822. Accepted after a while at Chobham, Jerram became a magistrate and became involved in the administration of the Poor Laws, about which he had concerns as leading to pauperism. About 1824 Jerram left Chobham for Street John"s Chapel, Bedford Row, though retaining the living.

Disliking pew rents, after two years,he returned to Chobham in 1826.

His predecessor at Witney had been non-resident, and nonconformish flourished in the parish. During Jerram"s incumbency the parish church was restored.

District churches and schools were erected in two hamlets. Sunday trading was put down, and the parish was divided into districts for systematic visitation.

Jerram"s health began to fail in 1844, and on Good Friday 1848 he preached his last sermon in Witney Church.

He died 20 June 1853, and was buried at Witney. In 1798 Jerram married Mary Stanger, daughter of a yeoman of Tydd Street Mary, Lincolnshire. They had a large family.

Two sons, James and Samuel, were in holy orders.

The former, rector of Fleet, Lincolnshire, was his biographer.