John Carter,
DIVINE,
Was born at Wickham in 1554, and educated at Clare Hall, Cambridge. After ordination he became Vicar of Bramford, Suffolk, then of Belstead. He died 21st February, 1634. His religious views were those of the Puritans, but he was a man not only of piety, but of humour and wit. His life was written by his son, and published in 1653. He was the author of an " Exposition of the Sermon on the Mount," published in 1627.
[See "Neale's History of the Puritans," "Clarke's Lives," and the Biography by his son,"]