James Johnson (author and priest)

Johnson's sermon, published in 1723

Rev. James Johnson (1674 – 1 August 1741) was an English author and priest.

Johnson was born at Bowden Park, near Lacock in Wiltshire, a son of George Johnson MP, judge and counsellor of Charles II. He took his Bachelor of Arts from Hertford College, Oxford before his Master of Arts from Oriel College, Oxford, in 1698.^[1] In 1701, he was presented by Sir John Cordell Bt MP as rector of Long Melford, Suffolk.^[2] He wrote The Great Duty, a Christian meditation on the Golden Rule, in 1723.

Johnson married Anne Cuthbert, daughter of Thomas, and died at Long Melford in 1741.^[2] Their son James successively became Bishop of Gloucester and of Worcester.

References

1. Foster, Joseph (1891). "Alumni Oxonienses: the Members of the University of Oxford, 1500–1714". British History Online. Retrieved 9 June 2024.
2. "Johnson, James (1701–1741)". Clergy of the Church of England Database. King's College London. Retrieved 9 June 2024.

• Transactions – Bristol and Gloucestershire Archaeological Society (Volume 8) (1883)
• James Johnson. The Great Duty of Doing as We Would Be Done Unto (1723)
• William Parker. The History of Long Melford (1873)