Rev. James Floyd (1703-57) ministered at Independent congregations in Oakham (1737-30), Castle Gate at Nottingham (1730-32), and at Daventry from 1736-57, working closely with Dr. Caleb Ashworth at the Dissenting Academy there (which had formerly been Doddridge's at Northampton). Floyd was a subscriber to Volume 1 of Doddridge's Family Expositor in 1739 and to Volume 4 in 1753.