Family and Education
bap. 20 Sept. 1635, s. of Thomas Sprat and [?] Strode of Parham, Devon. educ. Tallaton sch., Devon; Wadham, Oxf. BA 1654, MA 1657, fell. 1657–70, BD and DD 1669; incorp. Cambridge 1671. m. Oct. 1676, Helen (1647–1726), da. of Col. Devereux Wolseley of Ravenstone, Staffs. and Elizabeth Zouche; 2s. (1 d.v.p.). d. 20 May 1713; will 28 Nov. 1711, pr. 20 June 1713. TNA, PROB 11/534.
Offices Held
Royal chap. 1676; clerk of the closet 1685.
Catechist, Wadham, Oxf. 1659; ord. deacon 28 July 1659, priest 9 Mar. 1661
Commr. ecclesiastical affairs 1686 – 88, 1689; commr. SPG in America 1701-d.; commr. palatine refugees dwelling in London 1709-d., building 50 new churches in London, 1711 – d.
FRS 1663; mbr. SPG 1701 – d.
Parlimentarian
Likenesses
oil on canvas by J. Riley, c.1690, Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool; oil on canvas (double portrait with his son Thomas), by M. Dahl, 1712, Bodl. Oxf.; oil on canvas by G. Kneller, Christ Church, Oxf.
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Lords 1660-1715
Will
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Oxford 1644
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