Family and Education
bap. 26 Apr. 1655, s. of Thomas Blackall (d.1688), freeman Haberdashers’ Co. and alderman, London, and Martha, da. of Charles Offspring, rect. St Antholin, London. educ. Hackney sch.; Add. 4224, f. 302. St Catherine’s, Camb. BA 1675, MA 1678, DD 1700; ord. deacon 1677, ord. priest 1680. m. Anne (d.1762), da. of James Dillingham of London, 4s. (1 d.v.p.), 5da. (1 d.v.p.). TNA, PROB 11/556; Reg. Baptisms … of the City of Exeter, i. 160-1. d. 29 Nov. 1716; will 4 July 1715 – 20 Nov. 1716, pr. 26 Jan. 1717. TNA, PROB 11/556.
Offices Held
Fell. St Catherine’s, Camb. 1679 – 87; Boyle lecturer 1700.
Rect. S. Ockenden, Essex 1690 – 94, St Mary Aldermary, London 1694, Shobrooke, Devon 1708 – 16; lecturer, St Olave Jewry 1695 – 98, St Dunstan-in-the-West 1698; dean, St Burian, Cornw. 1708 – 16; adn. Exeter 1708 – 16; treas. Exeter 1709.
Chap. to William and Mary, 1699 – 1708; chap. ord. to Anne bef. 1704.
Parlimentarian
Associated with: Dalston, Mdx.;VCH Mdx. x. 89.; Exeter, Devon.
BLACKHALL
Likenesses
oil on canvas by M. Dahl, before 1706, Bishop’s Palace Exeter, engraved by G. Vertue, 1722 (NPG 9131).
Volume
Lords 1660-1715
Will
Estates
Oxford 1644
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Addresses
Religion
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