Samuel Medley

Samuel Medley (1738-99) spent his early years in Warwick, where his father served as an assistant at J. C. Ryland’s academy. Converted after a period as a wartime sailor, Medley was baptized in 1760 and joined the church in Eagle Street, London, under Andrew Gifford. Two years later he began his pastoral ministry over the Baptist congregation at Watford (1762–1772) before moving to Byrom Street in Liverpool, where he remained until his death. The congregation experienced considerable growth during Medley’s tenure. Medley was noted for his preaching abilities, as well as his numerous hymns. See B. A. Ramsbottom, “Samuel Medley (1738-1799),” in The British Particular Baptists, ed. Michael A. G. Haykin, 5 vols. (Springfield, MO: Particular Baptist Press, 1998-2019), 1:235-49.