John Pomeroy, Puritan Schoolmaster  -circa 1600-1661

John Pomroy, Barmby-on-Marsh, Howden: 

In 1626 this puritan schoolmaster  was appointed by the corporation to be curate of St. John’s, Beverly, where he continued for many years. He is said to have preached at the Minster on Sunday mornings, and Stephen Hill in the afternoons.  (History of the County of York, fn. 5)

He kept school in Beverly, and prepared several young men for the University. (Cambridge)

When he declined to affirm with "unfeigned assent and consent to all and everything contained and prescribed” in the Book of Common Prayer John POMROY was ejected from the Perpetual Curacy of Barmby-on-Marsh, in the parish of Howden. 

About 1650 he was assistant to James Burney as preacher at Beverley, with a salary of £16 per annum (Chancery Surv., Vol. III., p. 52, St. John's); His last dated signature at Bevery is February 10th, 1652-3.

In 1654 John Pomroy is at Barlby, a chapelry in the parish of Hemingbrough, two and a-half miles from Selby: " Mr. Pomroy, a preaching minister, salary arbitrary " (Pari. Sur.). In 1655, together with Joseph Kellett and Paul Glissen, he signed an Address to the Reader in a tract against the Quakers. In 1657 the minister's name at Barlby is given as Hanby. 

Probably at this time, certainly before the Restoration, he removed to Barmby-on-Marsh, about five miles from Barlby. The inhabitants of Barmby had the unusual privilege of electing their own minister. But he is mentioned as marrying a couple at Barlby on January 20th, 1661-2. 

After the ejection he became chaplain to Sir Wm. Strickland at Boynton, near Bridlington, but did not long survive, and died at Beverley. He is described as 

"a grave old man," of considerable abilities and an exemplary conversation. 

One of the same name, John Pomroy, made a will at Barmby on June 16th, 1683, leaving to his wife a house in " Lasgate" [Lairgate], Beverley. ("History of 

Hemingbrough.") Records show that this John Pomroy was born 28 Oct 1654, Howden. His father was William, perhaps a son of John Pomeroy, the puritan schoolmaster.