Background
Born at Bowden Park, Wiltshire, the son of George Johnson, Counsellor of Charles II, Johnson took his Bachelor of Arts at Hertford College, Oxford before taking his Master of Arts at Oriel College, Oxford in 1698.
Born at Bowden Park, Wiltshire, the son of George Johnson, Counsellor of Charles II, Johnson took his Bachelor of Arts at Hertford College, Oxford before taking his Master of Arts at Oriel College, Oxford in 1698.
Oriel College; Hertford College.
In 1701, he was presented by Sir John Cordell (3rd bart) as rector of Long Melford where he remained until his death. Johnson wrote The Great Duty, a meditation on ‘the golden rule’ in 1723. The James Johnson died at Long Melford in 1740.