Shrewsbury Samuel Fisher (died 1681)
1 shrewsbury 1.1 appointment 1.2 presbyterian project 1.3 controversy , flight shrewsbury appointment fisher appointed shrewsbury s council st mary s, @ latest on 21 august 1646. date given in owen , blakeway s 1805 history of shrewsbury, gives date on corporation voted thomas blake £5 annually incumbent of st alkmund s, may represent date of official confirmation in office, rather actual starting date. rigg thought here fisher curate thomas blake. petition of 1596 corporation referred vacancy existed in curatship of st. maris, showing incumbent of st mary s known curate, case @ other shrewsbury churches. fisher curate alongside blake, not him or under him. replaced james betton, had returned shrewsbury after fell parliamentarians in february 1645 later moved worthen. terms generous: public preacher s salary of £46 13s. 4d. , additional £20 lands bought bequest. other important incumbent in town centre thomas paget, elected curate of st chad s congregation. older man had made consi...