Robert Jenison

From Wikipedia: Robert Jenison

Robert Jenison (1584?–1652) was an English Puritan cleric and academic.

Life

The son of Ralph Jenison, who died mayor of Newcastle upon Tyne on 16 May 1597, and cousin of Robert Jenison the Jesuit, he was born at Newcastle about 1583, and was educated at Emmanuel College, St Andrew's Street, Cambridge CB2 3AP 52.2037, 0.1244, where his tutor was Samuel Ward, with whom he later kept up a correspondence, graduating B.A. in 1605. He moved to St John's College, St John's Street, Cambridge CB2 1TP 52.20806, 0.11667, where he was admitted fellow in 1607. He subsequently became D.D., and seems to have acted for some time as domestic chaplain in the family of Henry Grey, 6th Earl of Kent.

Jenison resigned his fellowship in March 1619, having previously been appointed the first master of St. Mary Magdalene's Hospital, Newcastle, which was reincorporated by James I in 1611. He was made a lecturer at All Saints' Church, Pilgrim Street, Newcastle upon Tyne NE1 2ES 54.9699, -1.6070, in 1622. Thomas Jackson was brought into St. Nicholas, Newcastle in 1623, to thwart moves to have Jenison appointed. Subscriptions were made for him, and in 1631 Trinity House sent him a present of four gallons of sack.

Suspended for nonconformity in 1639, Jenison went to Danzig, avoiding religious controversies. With the sequestration of Yeldred Alvey, the royalist vicar of St. Nicholas, by the House of Commons in 1645, he was recalled to fill Alvey's place as a preacher. Shortly after his appointment he administered the Solemn League and Covenant to the major Guild of Masters and Mariners in Newcastle. In 1651 Jenison joined with six other ministers of Newcastle in complaining to Oliver Cromwell that Robert Everard was preaching Arminian and Socinian doctrines, encouraged in so doing by Lieutenant-colonel Mason who was commanding the garrison in Colonel Fairfax's absence.

Jenison died on 6 November 1652 NOTE conflicts with current 8 November 1652, and was buried in St. Nicholas Church. His successor was Samuel Hammond.

Works

Jenison wrote:

• Author of Purgatories triumph ouer hell: maugre the barking of Cerberus in Syr Edvvard Hobyes Counter-snarle. Described in a letter to the sayd knight, from I.R. authour of the answere vnto the Protestants pulpit babels by John Floyd and Robert Jenison Published 1613
• Author of The height of Israels heathenish idolatrie, in sacrificing their children to the Deuill: diuided into three sections: where is shewed in the first, the growth and degrees of this, and generally of other sinnes and idolatries. In the second, that the Deuill was the god of the heathen; with the meanes by which he obtayned that honour. With a large application to our times, against popery, shewing the pride thereof, and malice both against soule and body; together with the meanes, sleights, and policies by which it seduceth, killeth, and in the person of the Pope, raiseth it selfe to its present height. In the third, the blinde zeale of idolaters. Deliuered generally in two sermons preached at S. Maries in Cambridge: the first whereof is much inlarged: by Robert Jenison Published 1621
• Author of The Christians apparelling by Christ: Where is shewed in three parts: 1. The happinesse, honour, and comfortable estate of all true Christians: with the wretched estate of all others. 2. The duetie it selfe, with particular directions. 3. The triall and examination of our selues by distinctiue notes By Robert Jenison Published 1625
• Author of The cities safetie: or, a fruitfull treatise (and usefull for these dangerous times.) on Psal. 127.1. Except the Lord keepe the citie, the watchman waketh but in vaine: Manifesting 1. Wherein a cities safetie consisteth. 2. The foregoing signes of a cities destruction. 3. The preventing meanes of a cities ruine. All applyed to our cities in England. Being the effect of divers sermons preached at Newcastle upon Tine, in the lecture there; by Robert Jenison, D.D. Published 1630
• Author of A paire of spectacles for Sir Humfrey Linde to see his way withall. Or An answeare to his booke called, Via tuta, a safe way: wherein the booke is shewed to be a labyrinthe of error and the author a blind guide By John Floyd and Robert Jenison Published 1631
• Newcastle's Call to her Neighbours and sister Townes and Cities throughout the Land, to take Warning by her Sins and Sorrows lest this overflowing Scourge of Pestilence reach even to them also, London, 1637.
• Author of The return of the sword, or, A divine prognostick delivered in a sermon at Newcastle: manifesting that breach of covenant is a prognostick of the return of the sword by Robert Jenison Published 1648
• Author of The faithfull depositaty (sic) of sovnd doctrine and ancient trvths: maintained against all oppositions of Science, falsely so called; and against the prophane and vaine bablings of unsound teachers. Or, a treatise on the I Tim. 6. 20. by Robert Jenison Published 1649
• Author of A treatise of contrition, conversion and self-denial: being the summe of fourescore sermon upon Acts 2. 37 by Robert Jenison Published 1655
• Of Compunction or Pricking of Heart, the time, means, nature, necessity, and order of it, and of Conversion, (no date), with A Catalogue of the most Vendible Books in England, 1657.

Family

Jenison married Barbara Sanderson, daughter of Samuel Sanderson of Hedleyhope, County Durham. She survived him and remarried John Emerson, mayor of Newcastle in 1660, dying 9 August 1673.

From wikisource: Dictionary of National Biography: Robert Jenison (1584?-1652)

Robert Jenison or Jennison, (1584?–1652), puritan, son of Ralph Jenison , who died mayor of Newcastle, 16 May 1597, and cousin of Robert Jenison (1590–1656) [q. v.], jesuit, was born at Newcastle about 1584, and was educated at St. John's College, Cambridge, where he was admitted fellow in 1607. He subsequently became D.D., and seems to have acted for some time as domestic chaplain in the family of Henry, sixth earl of Kent (Cole, Athenæ Cantabr. i. 12). He resigned his fellowship in March 1619, having previously been appointed the first master of St. Mary Magdalene's Hospital, Newcastle, which was reincorporated by James I in 1611. He was made a lecturer at All Saints', Newcastle, in 1622; and in a motion made by the churchwardens of that parish with a view to raising his stipend he is spoken of as one ‘whose paines and labours in this parish is extraordinary amongst us.’ Another subscription was made for the ‘better encouragement’ of Dr. Jenison in 1631, and in the same year the Trinity House sent him a present of four gallons of sack. Suspended for nonconformity in 1639, Jenison betook himself to Danzig, but upon the sequestration of Yeldred Alvey, the royalist vicar of St. Nicholas, Newcastle, by the House of Commons in 1645, he was recalled to fill Alvey's place. Shortly after his appointment he administered the Solemn League and Covenant to the important Guild of Masters and Mariners in Newcastle. In 1651 Jenison joined with six other ministers of Newcastle in complaining to Cromwell that Captain Robert Everard was preaching Arminian and Socinian doctrines, and was encouraged in so doing by Lieutenant-colonel Mason (commanding the garrison in Colonel Fairfax's absence). He died on 6 Nov. 1652, and was buried in St. Nicholas Church. He married Barbara Sanderson, daughter of Samuel Sanderson of Hedleyhope, County Durham, who survived him and remarried John Emerson, mayor of Newcastle in 1660. She died 9 August 1673.

According to Mackenzie (Historical Account of Newcastle, i. 282, 316) Jenison was the author of a book ‘concerning the idolatry of the Israelites,’ which is not in the British Museum Library. Jenison also wrote: 1. ‘Purgatorie's Triumph over Hell, maugre the barking of Cerberus in Syr. E. Hobyes Countersnarle,’ 1613, 4to. 2. ‘The Christian's Apparelling by Christ’ (with a recommendatory preface by R. Sibbs), 1625, 8vo. 3. ‘The Citie's Safetie; or, a fruitfull treatise … on Psalm cxxvij. 1,’ 1630, 8vo. 4. ‘Newcastle's Call to her Neighbours and sister Townes and Cities throughout the Land, to take Warning by her Sins and Sorrows lest this overflowing Scourge of Pestilence reach even to them also,’ London, 1637, 12mo. 5. ‘Of Compunction or Pricking of Heart, the time, means, nature, necessity, and order of it, and of Conversion,’ 4to (no date), to which ‘A Catalogue of the most Vendible Books in England,’ London, 1657, is added.

[Cooper's Memorials of Cambridge, ii. 115; Baker's History of St John's College, Cambridge, Pages 292, 891; Brand's History of Newcastle-on-Tyne, i. Pages 65, 387; Journals of House of Commons, volume iii.; Memoirs of Ambrose Barnes (Surtees Soc.), passim; Durham Wills and Inventories, volume ii. (Surtees Soc.)]

From University of Cambridge: Robert Jenison

Robert Jenison 1583–1652
B.A. from Emmanuel College 1604/5
Son of Ralph Jenison Mayor of Newcastle, Northumberland
Baptised at St Nicholas, Newcastle, Northumberland, 1 June 1582 [1582/3]
M.A. from St John's College 1608
B.D. 1616
D.D. 1629
Incorp. at Oxford University 1608
First Master of St Mary Magdalene's Hospital, ???, 1619
Lecturer at All Saints' Newcastle upon Tyne, 1622; deprived for nonconformity 1639
Vicar of Newcastle, 1645-52
Rector of St Pancras, Kentish Town, London, 1647
Married (1) at St Nicholas, 22 June 1619 Anne Bonner daughter of William Bonner
Author, religious.
Buried at St Nicholas, 8 November 1652
Will (P.C.C.) 1653
father of Thomas Jenison (1654)
(H. M. Wood; Dictionary of National Biography)

From Familypedia: Robert Jennison (1583-1652)

Spouse:

1 Ann Bonner (1585- 1624) married 1619 St Nicholas, Newcastle
2 Elizabeth Favour (1596-1634) married 1626 St. Nicholas, Newcastle
3 Barbara Sanderson (1615- 1673) married 1634 St. Nicholas, Newcastle