Thomas Newcomb

1682?–1765

Introduction

Biography

Newcomb is var­ious­ly des­cribed as son of a Here­ford­shire cler­gy­man and great-grand­son of Ed­mund Spen­ser, or (ac­cord­ing to his 1682 ma­tri­cu­la­tion re­cord at Cor­pus Chris­ti Col­lege, Ox­ford, son of Will­iam New­comb of West­bu­ry, Shrop­shire.

He gra­du­at­ed from Ox­ford B.A., March 20, 1704.

He was chap­lain to the Duke of Rich­mond for a while, and be­came rec­tor of Stop­ham, Pul­bo­rough, in 1705. By 1706, he was al­so rec­tor of Bar­lav­ing­ton, where he seems to have stayed the rest of his life.

Works

Among other pieces, Newcomb published:

• Bibliotheca, a Po­em Oc­ca­sioned by the Sight of a Mo­dern Lib­ra­ry, 1712
• Sac­red Hymns (Lon­don: John Pem­ber­ton & John Wal­thoe, 1726)