Background
Son of Robert Owtram, he was born at Barlow, near Chesterfield in Derbyshire, on 17 March 1625-1626.
Son of Robert Owtram, he was born at Barlow, near Chesterfield in Derbyshire, on 17 March 1625-1626.
On 13 May 1642 he was admitted a sizar of Trinity College, Cambridge, where he graduated Bachelor of Arts in 1646. He was afterwards elected to a fellowship at Christ"s College, where he graduated Master of Arts
He rose to lead the church of the House of Commons - Saint Margaret"s, Westminster. In 1649. In 1655 he held the university office of junior proctor, and in 1662 he was created Doctor of Divinity His first church preferment was in Lincolnshire, and he subsequently obtained the rectory of Saint Mary Woolnoth, London, which he resigned in 1666. He stayed in London during the plague in 1665 On 30 July 1669 he was installed Archdeacon of Leicester.
On 30 July 1670 he was installed prebendary of Westminster, and he was also for some time rector or minister of the parish of Saint Margaret"s, Westminster.
Owtram died on 23 August 1679, and was buried in Westminster Abbey, where a monument, with a Latin inscription, was erected to his memory. An elaborate catalogue of his library was compiled by William Cooper, London, 1681, 4to.
Owtram"s widow lived forty-two years after him, until 4 October 1721
Owtram was a nervous and accurate writer and an excellent preacher, and he was reputed to have extraordinary skill in rabbinical learning.