Temple, Thomas c. 1601-1661

Thomas Temple was the younger son of the fourth Provost of Trinity College, Dublin, William Temple. He became rector of Old Ross, in the diocese of Ferns on 6 March 1626-27. He subsequently achieved a reputation as a puritan preacher in London, where he exercised his ministry at Battersea from 1641 onwards. He preached before the Long parliament, and was a member of the Westminster Assembly of Divines.

Dictionary of National Biography, Volume 56 - 1898 (see page 42 near the end of the entry for William Temple)

Reid's "Memoirs of the Westminster Divines, Volume 2" (see page 183)
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Christ's Government In and Over His People: Delivered in a Sermon (on Psalm 2:6) Before the Honourable House of Commons, at Their Late Publick and Solemne Fast, October 26, 1642.