ALSOP, VINCENT, an English nonconformist divine, was born in Northamptonshire, and educated at St John's College, Cambridge, where he took the degree of master of arts. When he received deacon's orders, he went to Rutlandshire, and settled at Oakham, where he was an assistant to the master of the free school. He was settled at Wilby, in the county of Northampton, whence he was ejected in 1662 for nonconformity. After this he ventured to preach sometimes at Oakham, and at Wellingborough, where he lived, and was once six months in prison for praying by a sick person. After the revolution, Mr Alsop gave public testimonies of his attachment to government; yet upon all occasions he spoke very respectfully of King James, and retained a very high sense of his clemency in sparing his only son when attainted of treason. The remainder of his life he spent in the exercise of his ministry, preaching once every Lord's day; besides which he had a Thursday lecture, and was one of the lecturers at Pinders Hall. On grave subjects he wrote with a becoming seriousness; but where wit might properly be shown, he displayed it to great advantage. He lived to a great age, and, preserving his spirits to the last, died in May 1703.