(Vol. viii., p. 222.)
He is supposed to have been the son of Richard Frewen, of Earl's Court in
Worcestershire, and was born either at that place or in its immediate
vicinity in the early part of the year 1558. Richard Frewen purchased the
presentation to Northiam rectory, in Sussex, of Viscount Montague, and
presented John Frewen to it in Nov. 1583; and {297} he continued to hold
that living till his death, which took place at the end of April, 1628. He
was buried in the chancel of his own church, May 2nd; and a plain stone on
the floor, with an inscription, marks the place of his interment. He was a
learned and pious Puritan divine, and wrote:
1. "Certaine Fruitfull Instructions and necessary Doctrine meete to
edify in the feare of God." 1587, 18mo.
2. "Certaine Fruitfull Instructions for the generall Cause of
Reformation against the Slanders of the Pope and League, &c." 1589,
small 4to.