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Samuel Pratt

d. 1723

An Anglican clergyman close to the court of Princess Anne, he combined church office with teaching and scholarship. Best remembered for his sermons and Latin grammar books, he moved through some of the most prominent religious posts of early 18th-century England.

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The Regulating Silver Coin, Made Practicable and Easie, to the Government and Subject

The Regulating Silver Coin, Made Practicable and Easie, to the Government and Subject

by Samuel Pratt

About the author

Probably born in 1658 or 1659, Samuel Pratt was educated at Merchant Taylors' School and went on to build a career in the Church of England. He served as rector of Kenardington, later became vicar of All Hallows at Tottenham High Cross, and then minister of the Savoy Chapel.

Pratt also worked in royal circles. He was one of Princess Anne's chaplains and was appointed sub-preceptor to her son, Prince William, Duke of Gloucester. His career continued to rise: he became a canon of Windsor in 1697, dean of Rochester in 1706, and also held the livings of Goudhurst and Twickenham at different points in his later years.

Alongside his church work, Pratt published many sermons and a few scholarly books, including a Latin grammar and a shorter compendium of it in the early 1720s. He died on 14 November 1723. No suitable portrait image could be confirmed from the sources reviewed, so none is included here.