Claim: John Eames was admitted to Merchant Taylors' School and later became a theological tutor to the Fund Academy, in Tenter Alley, Moorfields.
Evidence: He was admitted to Merchant Taylors' School on 10 March 1696–7, and was subsequently trained for the dissenting ministry. In 1712 Thomas Ridgley, D.D., became theological tutor to the Fund Academy, in Tenter Alley, Moorfields, an institution supported by the congregational fund board.