Background
Jessop was the son of John Jessop, a minister at Pembroke, Pembrokeshire in Wales.
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He studied initially at Jesus College, Oxford, commencing in 1624 aged 22, before moving to Trinity College, Dublin, where he graduated with a Bachelor from Dublin before returning to Oxford to obtain his Master of Arts in 1632.
Career
In 1643, he was appointed to the parish of Fyfield, Essex. In August 1647, he moved from Fyfield to Bristol to take up a position as vicar of Street Nicholas. In 1650, he was alleged to have preached against the council of state and, whilst protesting, did not deny all the charges.
He was allowed to remain a minister on condition that he did not return to Bristol, although temporary permission was given on two occasions in 1652 and the prohibition was removed in April 1654, after Jessop had become rector of Wimborne Minster in Dorset.
On 16 April 1658, Jessop died at Wimborne. He was buried there.
