Edward Lake (priest)

Edward Lake (1641–1704) was an English churchman, known as a royal tutor, writer and diarist, and archdeacon of Exeter from 1676.

Born in Exeter on 10 November 1641, Lake was the son of a clergyman, and early life seems to have been connected with the Earl of Bath's family.

[1][2] About 1670 Lake became chaplain and tutor to the princesses Mary and Anne, the daughters of James, Duke of York.

A preparatory service to a devout and worthy reception of the Lord's Supper, London, 1673, which reached a thirtieth edition in 1753.

Sixteen of his Sermons preached upon Several Occasions (including a Concio ad Clerum Londinensem, 1685) were published by his son-in-law, William Taswell, London, 1705.