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30-432: Francis Meres was born in 1565 at Kirton Meres in the parish of Kirton, Lincolnshire . He was educated at Pembroke College, Cambridge , where he received a BA in 1587 and an MA in 1591. Two years later he was incorporated an MA of Oxford . His relative, John Meres, was high sheriff of Lincolnshire in 1596, and apparently helped him in the early part of his career. In 1602 he became rector of Wing, Rutland , where he also ran

60-541: A Kirton railway station on the Great Northern Railway line between Boston and Spalding line. The station closed in 1961. There existed in the 19th century Congregational and Wesleyan chapels and almshouses for four poor women. The towns market was disused. A Gas Consumers' Company Ltd formed in 1865. The main landowners were the Mercers' Company , Sir Thomas Whichcote DL , E. R. C. Cust DL,

90-461: A Ph.D. rather than a Th.D. to graduates of higher-level religious studies programs. A Doctor of Sacred Theology (STD) holds another research doctorate, in particular awarded by Catholic pontifical universities and faculties. A Doctor of Ministry (D.Min.) holds another doctorate-level religious degree, which is a professional doctorate rather than a research doctorate. Christopher St. Germain 's book The Doctor and Student (1528) describes

120-609: A "Comparative Discourse of our English poets with the Greeke, Latin, and Italian poets." This chapter enumerates the English poets from Chaucer to Meres's own day, and in each case a comparison with some classical author is instituted. A sermon entitled Gods Arithmeticke (1597) and two translations from the Spanish of Luís de Granada entitled Granada's Devotion and The Sinners' Guide (1598) complete Meres's list of works. Meres had

150-549: A Ph.D. in systematic theology from Boston University in 1955 and subsequently received honorary doctor of divinity degrees from the Chicago Theological Seminary (1957), Boston University (1959), Wesleyan College (1964), and Springfield College (1964). Billy Graham , who received honorary Doctor of Divinity degrees from The King's College and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill ,

180-489: A reference to the theological or religious aspect of the degree's subject area ... a degree awarded under this subdivision shall reflect the nature of the degree title, such as "associate of religious studies," "bachelor of religious studies," "master of divinity," or "doctor of divinity." In a 1976 interview with Morley Safer of the TV newsmagazine 60 Minutes , Universal Life Church founder Kirby J. Hensley professed that

210-688: A school. Both his son Francis and his grandson Edward received their BA and MA from Cambridge and became rectors. Meres is especially known for his Palladis Tamia, Wits Treasury (1598), a commonplace book that is important as a source on the Elizabethan poets, and more particularly as the first critical account of the poems and early plays of William Shakespeare. Its list of Shakespeare's plays contributed to establishing their chronology . The Palladis Tamia also contained moral and critical reflections borrowed from various sources, and embraced sections on books, on philosophy, on music and painting, and

240-529: A wife, Mary (1576/1577–1631), whose maiden name is unknown. They had a son, Francis, born in 1607. In Shakespeare's Sonnets (1904), Charlotte Stopes stated that Meres was the brother-in-law of John Florio , but investigations by George Greenwood suggest Stopes erred in that claim. Meres died in 1647 and was buried in the parish Church of St Peter and St Paul, Wing , Rutland. Attribution: Kirton, Lincolnshire Kirton or Kirton in Holland

270-471: Is a historic market town and civil parish in the Borough of Boston , Lincolnshire , England. The population of the civil parish at the 2011 census was 5,371. The Domesday Book of 1086 terms the village Cherchetune . It then had 52 households, with 30 freemen and 16 smallholders , 12 ploughlands , 10 plough teams, a meadow of 60 acres (24 ha), a church and two salt houses. In 1066 lordship of

300-578: Is limited to a course of instruction in the principles of the church or religious denomination". However, under the California Education Code, "an institution owned, controlled, and operated and maintained by a religious organization lawfully operating as a nonprofit religious corporation pursuant to Part 4 (commencing with Section 9110) of Division 2 of Title 1 of the Corporations Code" that offers "instruction... limited to

330-527: Is on the main A16 , B1397 and B1192 roads south of Boston , near Frampton and Sutterton . Several villages and hamlets take their name from Kirton, including Kirton Holme , Kirton End , Kirton Fen, Kirton Skeldyke, and Kirton Marsh. Until 1961/64, the town had a railway station on the Lincolnshire Loop Line from Boston to Spalding . It is now part of the A16 road which runs through

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360-538: Is the holder of an advanced academic degree in divinity . In the United Kingdom, it is considered an advanced doctoral degree. At the University of Oxford , doctors of divinity are ranked first in "academic precedence and standing", while at the University of Cambridge they rank ahead of all other doctors in the "order of seniority of graduates". In some countries, such as in the United States,

390-513: The pontifical university system, a holder of the highest earned degree in Catholic theology is styled " Doctor of Sacred Theology " (in Latin, Sacrae Theologiae Doctor , abbreviated STD). A doctor of divinity should not be confused with a Doctor of Theology (Th.D.), the holder of a research doctorate in theology awarded by universities and divinity schools . However, many universities award

420-555: The 16th century. It underwent major alterations in 1661 in Artisan Mannerist Style. It is red brick in English bond , with recent tiles on a former thatched roof. It became a domestic residence in the 1960s, but had fallen into disrepair and was purchased in 2016 by Heritage Lincolnshire, which has assigned over £2 million for its restoration. It opened as a cafe and bed & breakfast on 1 October 2021. Kirton

450-642: The Spalding Gentlemen's Society, Broad Street, Spalding, Lincs) survived until 1925 on the south side of the Willington Road, one mile west of the town of Kirton. Another of this family resident at Kirton Meres was the churchman Francis Meres (1565–1647). Local governance of the town was reorganised on 1 April 1974, as a result of the Local Government Act 1972 . Kirton parish forms its own electoral ward. Kirton falls within

480-461: The University of Cambridge, they rank ahead of all other doctors in the "order of seniority of graduates". Typically, an academic candidate will submit a collection of work which has been previously published in a peer-reviewed context and pay an examination fee. The university then assembles a committee of academics both internal and external who review the work submitted and decide on whether

510-560: The Very Rev. Arthur Percival Purey-Cust DD , and Samuel Smeeton, whose residence was the "modern white building" of D'Eyncourt Hall. The crops grown in the 8,962 acres (3,627 ha) parish were wheat, beans and potatoes. There was a "large quantity of pasture land" and 676 acres (274 ha) of marsh land. The 1881 the ecclesiastical parish population was 2,011, that of the civil parish, 2,580. Kirton in Holland Town Hall

540-543: The architect Hodgson Fowler . In 1624, Thomas (later Sir Thomas) Middlecott was empowered by a private act of Parliament ( 21 Jas. 1 . c. 8 ) to found a free grammar school for teaching the Latin and Greek languages and providing English commercial and agricultural education to children from the parishes of Kirton, Sutterton, Algarkirk and Fosdyke . By 1835, the school had 40 pupils, some attending free and some paying fees. The master (headmaster) appointed in 1773, Rev. Charles Wildbore ( c. 1736–1802), and later his son by

570-550: The candidate deserves the doctorate based on the submission. Most universities restrict candidacy to graduates or academic staff of several years' standing. In the United States , most doctors of divinity hold a degree conferred honoris causa by a church-related college, seminary, or university to recognize the recipient's achievements as a minister of religion. For example, Martin Luther King Jr. graduated as

600-497: The church's honorary doctor of divinity degree was "...just a little piece of paper. And it ain't worth anything, you know, under God's mighty green Earth—you know what I mean?—as far as value." In 2006, Universal Life Church minister Kevin Andrews advised potential degree recipients not to misrepresent the title as an educational achievement to employers, recommending instead that it would be appropriate to list such credentials "under

630-529: The degree of doctor of divinity is usually an honorary degree and not a research or academic degree. In the United Kingdom and Ireland , the degree is a higher doctorate conferred by universities upon a religious scholar of standing and distinction, usually for accomplishments beyond the PhD level. At the University of Oxford, doctors of divinity are ranked first in "academic precedence and standing". At

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660-835: The drainage area of the Black Sluice Internal Drainage Board . The former Kirton Research Centre was nearby. Ownership of the 120-acre (0.49 km ) centre for horticultural research was transferred from the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs to the University of Warwick in April 2004 and it became part of Horticulture Research International . In August 2009 the University closed it, as public and private funding fell £2 million short of covering its annual running costs. In order of birth: Doctor of Divinity A Doctor of Divinity ( DD or DDiv ; Latin : Doctor Divinitatis )

690-469: The heading of Titles, Awards, or Other Achievements" on curricula vitae . As of 2009, 20 U.S. states and Puerto Rico had some form of exemption provision under which religious institutions can grant religious degrees without accreditation or government oversight. In the Catholic Church , a doctor of divinity is usually the holder of an honorary degree, often conferred upon a bishop . In

720-477: The manor was held by Earl Ralph . It had passed to Count Alan of Brittany by 1086. Before the local-government changes of the late 20th century, the parish came under Boston Rural District in the Parts of Holland – one of three divisions or parts of the historic county of Lincolnshire, which the Local Government Act of 1888 made a county in itself in most respects. The 1885 Kelly's Directory recorded

750-618: The old station site and on the trackbed. The parish contained the ancient manor of Kirton Meres , the seat of Roger de Kirton (d. 1383), alias de Kirketon / Roger de Meres / Meeres), a Justice of the Common Pleas (1371–1380). The manor house (later known as "Orme Hall" ) was demolished in 1818 but the arched gatehouse (Porter's Lodge, built of brick, guard room, and chambers over it, with stone dressings, windows, archway, door-ways, and copings, surmounted by highly pitched step gables, with 15 sculpted heraldic shields, some now held by

780-519: The principles of that religious organization, or to courses offered pursuant to Section 2789 of Business and Professions Code" may confer "degrees and diplomas only in the beliefs and practices of the church, religious denomination, or religious organization" so long as "the diploma or degree is limited to evidence of completion of that education"; institutions "shall not award degrees in any area of physical science", while any degree or diploma granted under this subdivision shall contain on its face ...

810-504: The same name (1767–1842), were later accused of diverting surplus income from the school's endowments for their own use and failing to keep up educational standards. This culminated in a parliamentary report, and ultimately a restructuring of the school management in 1851. By 1885, William Cochran was master and a new school house had been built next to his house. Under a scheme of the Endowed Schools Act 1869 , amended in 1898,

840-406: The school ranked as a "second-grade" grammar school. In the 1830s the town gained a girls' school for 14 day and boarding pupils and a Sunday School for 32 boys and 16 girls. The town now has a secondary modern school : Thomas Middlecott Academy . The Old King's Head is a former public house listed as a Grade II historic building. The earlier part of it was built at the end of

870-468: Was opened in August 1912. The parish church is dedicated to St Peter and St Paul. The transepts had double aisles like those of Algarkirk and Spalding , but, in 1804, the central tower and transepts were pulled down and the chancel shortened, the architect (Hayward) using gunpowder to remove the tower. This was completed by 1809. In 1900 a restoration of the rebuilt church was undertaken by

900-451: Was regularly addressed as "Dr. Graham", though his highest earned degree was a Bachelor of Arts degree in anthropology from Wheaton College . Under federal law , a 1974 judgement accepted expert opinion that an "honorary doctor of divinity is a strictly religious title with no academic standing. Such titles may be issued by bona fide churches and religious denominations, such as plaintiff Universal Life Church , so long as their issuance

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