Men of Kent and Kentishmen/Edward Boys

Was a member of the ancient and well-known family of that name, who derived their descent from R. de Boys, or De Bosco, who is mentioned in the Battle Abbey Roll of those who came over with the Conqueror, but to which branch of the family he belonged does not appear. He was born in the parish of Blean in 1599. He was educated at Eton, and Corpus Christi College, Cambridge, of which College he was elected Fellow in 1631. He was presented to the rectory of Mantbay, in Norfolk, in 1640. He was much admired as a preacher, and was a great favourite with Bishop Hall, through whose influence he became Chaplain to Charles I. A posthumous volume of ​sermons, edited by R. Flynt, 1672, forms the whole of his printed works. He died in 1665 or 1667.

[See, for account of Boys family, "Hasted's Kent." See also "Granger's Biographical History" "Blomefield's Norfolk," and "Master's Corpus Christi College."]