Thomas Comber,
DIVINE,
Was born at Westerham, March 19, 1644. He was educated at the school of his native place, and at Sidney-Sussex College, Cambridge. After leaving College, he became the assistant of the Rev. William Holland, rector of All Hallows, Staining, and was subsequently rector of Stonegrave, Yorkshire. Here he wrote three parts of his well-known work "The Companion to the Temple." In 1677 he was installed prebend of Holme, and the following year presented to the living of Thornton. In 1680, he published a reply to Selden's "History of Tithes," and a tract entitled "Religion and Loyalty," directed against the succession of a popish prince to the English throne. For this and other services to the Protestant cause, when William III came to the throne, he was presented to the Deanery of Durham, which he held till his death in 1699. Besides the above treatises he published numerous learned works of a liturgical character. His memoirs were written by his grandson, q. v.
[See also "Biographia Britannica," and "Allibone's Dictionary of Authors."]