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Edward Boys (1599–1667) was an English divine. ==Life== He was a nephew of Dr. John Boys (1571-1625), dean of Canterbury, and the son of Thomas Boys of Hoad Court, in the parish of Blean, Kent, by his first wife, Sarah, daughter of Richard Rogers, dean of Canterbury, and suffragan bishop of Dover.〔W. Berry, ''County Genealogies, Kent'', p. 445.〕 Educated at Eton,〔 he was elected a scholar of Corpus Christi College, Cambridge,〔 in May 1620, and as a member of that house graduated B.A. in 1623, M.A. in 1627, and obtained a fellowship in 1631. He proceeded B.D., was appointed one of the university preachers in 1634, and in 1639, on the presentation of William Paston, his friend and contemporary at college, Boys became rector of the tiny village of Mautboy in Norfolk.〔 He is said, but on doubtful authority, to have been one of the chaplains to Charles I.〔Robert Masters, ''History of Corpus Christi College'', pp. 242-3.〕 serving from 1639-1667. After an incumbency of twenty-eight years Boys died at Mautboy on 10 March 1666-7, and was buried in the chancel.〔Francis Blomefield, ''Norfolk'', ed. Charles Parkin, xi. 229-30.〕 An admired scholar, of exceptional powers as a preacher, and in great favour with his bishop, Joseph Hall, Boys was deterred from seeking higher preferment by an exceeding modesty. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Edward Boys (priest)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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