Zacheus Isham, Doctor of Divinity was a Church of England clergyman and religious author
Background
Zacheus (Zacchaeus) Isham was the son of Thomas Isham, Rector of Barby, Northamptonshire (d 1676) and his wife Mary Isham (d 1694). He was also the grandson of another Zacheus Isham, who was the first cousin once removed of Sir John Isham, 1st Baronet of Lamport, Northamptonshire (d 1651).
Career
He matriculated in 1666 from Christ Church, Oxford, eventually earning his Bachelor of Arts (1671), Master of Arts (1674), Bachelor of Divinity (1682), and Doctor of Divinity (1689) degrees there. Upon returning from the continent, Review Isham became an interlocutor in 1679 at the Oxford divinity school, and was the speaker in 1683 of an oration honoring Sir Thomas Bodley.
He was subsequently appointed about 1685 as chaplain to Henry Compton, the bishop of London, became a prebendary (canon) in 1685-1686 at Saint Paul"s Cathedral, and was installed in 1691 as a canon at Canterbury Cathedral.
He became the successor in 1694 of his father-in-law Thomas Pittis as Rector of Saint Botolph"s, Bishopsgate in London, and represented the clergy of the diocese of London at the convocation of 1696. His last appointment was in 1701 as Rector of Solihull, Warwickshire, where he died on 5 July 1705, and was buried in the Solihull Church, where there is a monument to him on the chancel floor.
Review Isham was married to Elizabeth Pittis, the daughter of Review
Thomas Pittis, Doctor of Divinity, chaplain to King Charles World War II He published the following works. Several sermons, including one on the death of Doctor John Scott (1694), which is incorporated in Wilford"s Memorials.
The Catechism of the Church, with Proofs from the New Testament, 1695, Octavo. Philosophy containing the Book of Job, Proverbs, and Wisdom, with explanatory notes, 1706, Octavo.
There is also a short piece of his among the Rawlinson Manuscript in the Bodleian Library entitled The Catechism of the Church, with Proofs from the New Testament, and some additional questions and answers, 1694.
An attestation by Isham and others is prefixed to George Keith"s Fourth Narrative.