Person Mapletoft; John (1631 - 1721); physician and clergyman Mapletoft John physician and clergyman 1631 - 1721 British Male Margaretting, Essex, England, Europe 15 June 1631 16310615 Westminster, London, England, Europe 10 November 1721 17211110 Burial: Chancel of the church of St Lawrence Jewry, London, England, Europe (15 November 1721)

Margaretting, Essex (1652); The Bishop of Chester's houses in Oxford and Westminster (c1711-1721)

Clergyman, Church of England; Physician Education: Westminster School; Trinity College, Cambridge (BA 1652; MA 1655; MD 1667), DD (Lit. Reg. 1690); Incorporated at Oxford (1654 and 1669); Gray's Inn (admitted 1652) Career: Fellow of Trinity (1653-1662); Tutor to Jocelyne Percy, son of the Earl of Northumberland (1658-1660); travelled abroad to study physic; attended Lord Essex on his embassy to Denmark (1670); original member of the Company of Adventurers to the Bahamas (1672), but transferred his shares to his friend John Locke (FRS 1668); travelled to France with the Dowager Countess of Northumberland (1672); Professor of Physic at Gresham College, London (1675-1679); practised medicine in London with Thomas Sydenham for seven years; retired from medical practice (1679) to prepare himself for ordination; ordained deacon and priest (1683); Rector of Braybrooke, Northamptonshire (1683-1686); founded charity there; Lecturer at Ipswich (1684); Lecturer at St Christopher's, London (1685); vicar of St Lawrence Jewry and St Mary Magdalen (1686-1721); member of the Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge (1699); assistant, senior dean, and later president of Sion College (1688-89; 1694; 1707) Parents: Joshua Mapletoft and Susanna Collett Married: Rebecca Knightley Children: Robert Mapletoft; John Mapletoft; Elizabeth Mapletoft Additional relatives: uncle Robert Mapletoft, dean of Ely; great-uncle Nicholas Ferrar; kinsman Thomas Firmin (FRS 1680); son-in-law Francis Gastrell, Bishop of Chester Mapletoft was a successful physician in London and several aristocratic families were among his patients. Through Thomas Firmin, with whom he was distantly related, he became acquainted with the circle of natural philosophers, including Robert Hooke (FRS 1663); John Tillotson (FRS 1672), and Thomas Sydenham. Mapletoft also worked to translate the latter's works into Latin, e.g. Sydenham's 'Observationes medicae' (1676). Mapletoft himself also published 'Principles and Duties of the Christian Religion' (1710) about his parishioners' faith. Mapletoft was a member of the Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge and of the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts (SPG). SPG was formed in 1701 and was a Church of England missionary organisation aiming to establish new churches in colonised regions, limiting the influence of, for example, Quakers and converting Native Americans and free and enslaved Africans and African Americans to Christianity. As part of its activity in Barbados, the Society later became owners of a slave labour sugar plantation. Royal Society roles: Council 1676, 1678, 1689, 1691 Fellow 10/02/1676 Robert Hooke Admitted on the same day he was elected Sources: Bulloch's Roll; DNB; Venn; Hunter; Hunter; Ward; LI; ODNB References: Glasson, T. 2012. 'The Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts', in Atlantic History [DOI: 10.1093/obo/9780199730414-0067; last accessed 26/08/22] International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families - ISAAR(CPF) - Ottawa 1996 ISBN 0-9696035-3-3 National Council on Archives, Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997 15 Jun 1631 - 10 Nov 1721 The past Fellows entries are under continuous revision. If you have queries or additional information to contribute, please contact Library@royalsociety.org. Content in external sources is not controlled by the Royal Society and historical sources may include content that is now unacceptable. Reviewed on 26/08/2022 as part of the Name Authority Project update. NA8410 21/11/2001 Andyg Pmab 28/03/2023 RS_NET\JonathanB Yes http://viaf.org/viaf/45717380 69038eef-734e-499f-b425-b072d53b3cfe