WARD, Seth (1617-89) | HoP Development Site

Family and Education

bap. 5 Apr. 1617, 2nd s. of John Ward, attorney of Buntingford, Herts. and Martha Dalto; educ. Buntingford g.s., Herts. c.1627-32; Sidney Sussex, Camb. 1632, BA 1636, MA 1640; ord. Sept. 1641; incorp. Oxf. 1649, DD 1654; incorp. Camb. 1659. unm. d. 6 Jan. 1689; will 30 Apr. 1687, pr. 12 Jan. 1689. TNA, PROB 11/394.

Offices Held

Chap. to Ralph Freman‡ c. 1644 – 49, Thomas Wenman‡, 2nd Visct. Wenman [I], 1649, Ralph Brownrigg†, bp. Exeter, c. 1656 – 59; rect. Garsington, Oxon. 1659 – 60, Uplowman, Devon 1661 – 62, St. Breock, Devon 1662–7; CSP Dom. 1661–2, p. 441. proctor, Convocation 1661 – 62; preb. Exeter 1660 – 62, Salisbury 1667 – d.; precentor, Exeter Cathedral 1660 – 62; vic. St Lawrence Jewry, London 1661 – 62, Menheniot, Cornw. 1662–7; Ibid. p. 441. dean, Exeter 1661 – 62.

Fell. Sidney Sussex, Camb. 1640 – 44; praelector, mathematics, Sidney Sussex 1642–4; E.A.O. Whiteman, ‘The Epsicopate of Dr. Seth Ward, Bishop of Exeter (1662–7) and Salisbury (1667–89)’ (Oxford Univ. D.Phil. thesis, 1951), 6. Savilian Prof. of Astronomy, Oxf. 1649 – 60; fell. Wadham, Oxf. 1650 – 60; pres. Trinity, Oxf. 1659 – 60; FRS 1661–d. (council 1666–78); chan. Order of the Garter 1671 – d.

Commr. accounts 1667, LJ, xii. 88. union with Scotland 1670. HMC Var. iv. 10.

Parlimentarian

WARD, Seth (1617-89)

Associated with: Bishops Lavington, Wilts.; Chandos St., Westminster and Westminster.

Likenesses

oil on canvas by J. Greenhill, 1673, Royal Society (and versions at Salisbury Guildhall, Trinity, Oxf., Christ’s, Camb. and Wadham, Oxf.); oil on canvas, The Palace, Exeter; monumental portrait bust, Salisbury Cathedral, Wilts.

Author

Littleton, Charles

Adams, Beverly

Volume

Lords 1660-1715

Will

Estates

Oxford 1644

Addresses

Religion

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