Family and Education
b. 23 June 1625, 1st s. of Samuel Fell (1584–1649), rect. Longworth (later dean, Christ Church, Oxf.), and Margaret, da. of Thomas Wyld, esq. of the Commandery, Worcester. educ. Lord Williams’s g.s. Thame; Christ Church, Oxf. matric. 25 May 1637, BA 24 Oct. 1640, MA 2 June 1643, DD 3 Oct. 1660. unm. d. 10 July 1686; will 11, 27 June 1686, pr. 20 Dec. 1686. TNA, PROB 11/385.
Offices Held
Chap. in waiting 1660 – 69, 1669 – 75.
Canon, Christ Church, Oxf. 27 July 1660, dean 30 Nov. 1660 – d.; master of St Oswald’s Hospital, Worcs. 1660; preb. Chichester 1660; dean, St Paul’s 1660; v.-chan. Oxf. 1666 – 69.
Parlimentarian
Associated with: Sunningwell, Berks.;VCH Berks. iv. 423.; Gaunt House, Standlake, Berks.
Likenesses
oil on canvas by Sir P. Lely, Christ Church, Oxf.; oil on canvas by Sir P. Lely, group portrait with John Dolben and Richard Allestree, Christ Church, Oxf.; oil on canvas by Sir P. Lely, 1665–70, Bristol Museum and Art Gallery.
Volume
Lords 1660-1715
Will
Estates
Oxford 1644
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Religion
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