Rosewell, Thomas (1)

Rosewell, Thomas (1), an English clergyman, was born near Bath in 1630, and educated at Pembroke College, Oxford. He became rector of Sutton Mandeville in 1657, was ejected for nonconformity in 1662, and was settled as minister at Rotherhithe in 1674. He was tried for high treason in 1684 by judge Jeffreys for some expressions in a sermon, was condemned, but pardoned. He died in 1692. Rosewell published, The Causes and Cure of the Pestilence (Lond. 1665, sm. 8vo). See Allibone, Dict. of Brit. and Amer. Authors, s.v.; Darling, Cyclop. Bibliog. s.v.