John Milner: 1628–1702 [Heath 1640–1642]
John Milner was the son of John Milner and Mary Ramsden of Skircoat. He went to Heath Grammar School and then to Christ’s College, Cambridge. He did not finish his degree and appears to have spent the years of the Civil War and the Commonwealth in the north of England.
After the Restoration, he was appointed curate at Beeston in Leeds and, following receipt of a BD (Bachelor of Divinity) in 1662, appointed priest at St John’s Church, Leeds, rising to Vicar. However, in 1688 he refused a swear an oath of allegiance to William and Mary and was stripped of his position but obtained a post at St John’s College, Cambridge, where he remained until his death, writing a number of books including a critique of the work on John Locke.
His only son, Thomas, provided scholarships at Magdalene College, Cambridge, for boys from schools in Westmorland, Leeds and Halifax. As his father had connections with Leeds and Halifax, perhaps his father had worked in Westmorland during the Commonwealth and/or Thomas had been to school in Westmorland.
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