Background
Nalton was born about 1600, the son of a London minister.
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James Nalton
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He was educated at Trinity College, Cambridge, where he graduated Bachelor of Arts in 1619, and Master of Arts
Career
In 1623. According to Baxter, he acted for a time as assistant to a certain Richard Conder, either in or near London;and in 1632 he obtained the living of Rugby, Warwickshire. In 1642 Nalton signed a petition addressed to Lord Dunsmore respecting the appointment of a master to Rugby grammar school. lieutenant was rejected, and apparently caused him to leave Rugby.
He subsequently acted as chaplain to Colonel Grantham"s regiment.
And then about 1644 he was appointed incumbent of Saint Leonard"s, Foster Lane, London. There he remained, with a short interval, until his death.
On 29 April 1646 he preached before the House of Commons at Saint Margaret"s, Westminster, on The Delay of Reformation provoking God"s further Indignation (London, 1646), his fellow preacher on this occasion being John Owen. He was called the "weeping prophet" because "his seriousness often expressed itself by tears".
In 1651 Nalton was indirectly concerned in Christopher Love"s plot, and had to take refuge in Holland.
Foreign a short period one of the ministers of the English Church at Rotterdam. But he returned to England by permission at the end of six months, and resumed his work at Saint Leonard"s until he was ejected in 1662. He died in December of that year, and was buried on 1 January 1663.
His funeral sermon, entitled Rich Treasure in Earthen Vessels, was preached by Thomas Horton.
