CALAMY, EDMUND, an eminent English divine, was b. in London, 1600; studied at Pembroke hall, Cambridge, where he attached himself to the Calvinistic party; and afterwards became domestic chaplain to the bishop of Ely. In 1626, he was appointed lecturer at Bury St. Edmunds, but resigned his office when the order to read the Book of Sports began to be enforced. In 1639, he was chosen minister of St. Mary's, Alder manbury, London. He now entered warmly into the controversies of the time, and became noted as a leading man on the side of the Presbyterians. He had a principal share in the composition of Snwetymnvs, a work intended as a reply to bishop Hall's Divine Right of Episcopacy, and one of the most able and popular polemics of the day. Like the mass of the Presbyterian clergy, he was monarchical and not repub lican in his political opinions. lie disapproved, therefore, of the execution of Charles,
and the protectorate of Cromwell, and did not hesitate to avow his attachment to the royal cause. He was one of the deputies appointed to meet Charles II. in llolland, and congratulate him on his restoration. His services were recognized by the offer of a bishopric, which he refused from conscientious scruples. The increasing tyranny and intolerance of the high church party compelled him give up even royal chaplaincy. He died Oct. 29, 1666.—Two of his sons were educated for a pro fession: the one, Dr. BENJAMIN C., became a high churchman, and wrote against a Scrupulous Conscience; the other, EumuND C., was ejected for non-conformity, and had a son, also named Edmund, who acquired some reputation as the biographer of the ejected clergy.