Richard Cooper (abt. 1720 - 1789)

Died 28 Nov 1789 at about age 69 in Melbourn, Cambridgeshire, England

Biography

Richard was born about 1720.

Richard was a student at Abraham Taylor's Academy, Deptford

Richard was a student at Stepney Dissenting Academy

Richard was a nonconformist minister

He trained for the ministry at

• Abraham Taylor's Academy, Deptford (1737-1740)n and was funded by the King's Head Society at the rate of £21 p.a.
• Stepney Academy (1740-1744), funded by the King's Head Society

He became the minister at Melbourn, Cambridgeshire (1745-89).^[1]

Richard was a subscriber to the 'Nonconformist's Memorial: being an account of the Ministers who were ejected or silenced after the Restoration, particularly by the Act of Uniformity, which took place on Bartholomew Day, Aug. 24, 1662.'^[2]

Richard was included in the Dissenting Academy at Homerton list, published in 1812, of the Ministers who had been educated there, and was shown as Richard Cooper, under the patronage of The Society, settled at Melbourn'.

Richard continued as the minister until he died on 28 November 1789 ^[3]

His will was proved on 15 December 1789 at the Prerogative Court of Canterbury ^[4]

Research Note

This profile was originally created by the History of Nonconformists in London, England and surrounding counties topic team.

See Also

HIstory of Melbourn URC Church

Sources

1. ↑ https://dissacad.english.qmul.ac.uk/sample1.php?parameter=personretrieve&alpha=6170
2. ↑ https://www.google.co.uk/books/edition/The_Nonconformist_s_Memorial/TlwMuOEMTo4C?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=richard+cooper,+melbourn&pg=PR19&printsec=frontcover
3. ↑ HIstory of Melbourn URC http://www.melbournurc.org.uk/History%20of%20Melbourn%20URC.pdf Accessed by Trevor Pickup on 27th August 2022
4. ↑ Will: "England & Wales, Prerogative Court of Canterbury Wills, 1384-1858"
   The National Archives; Kew, Surrey, England; Records of the Prerogative Court of Canterbury, Series PROB 11; Class: PROB 11; Piece: 1186
   Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry uk Record 5111 #424821 (accessed 27 August 2022)
   Will of The Reverend Richard Cooper of Melbourn, Cambridgeshire, England, granted probate on 15 Dec 1789. Died Abt 1789.