Herbert Palmer,
DIVINE,
Was the son of Sir Thomas Palmer, and born at Wingham in 1601. He was educated at St. John's, Cambridge, and became a fellow of Queen's. In 1626 he was licensed to preach at St. Alphage, in Canterbury, but was silenced on the ground of Nonconformity. So amiable, however, was his character that he was restored and presented by Laud, though a Puritan, to the Vicarage of Ashwell, in Hertfordshire. He was a member of the assembly of Divines, and became finally Master of Queen's College, Cambridge, He was a man of uncommon learning, generosity, and politeness. He was the author of the "Memorials of Godliness." and had a considerable share in the "Sabbatum Redivivum" of Daniel Cawdrey. He died 25th December, 1647.
[See "Granger's Biographical History."]