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WARNER, John (1581-1666)

Family and Education
bap. 17 Sept. 1581, St Clement Dane’s, London, s. of Harman Warner of London, merchant taylor. educ. Magdalen Hall, Oxf. matric. 1598; Magdalen, Oxf. demy 1599, BA 1602, fell. 1604–10, MA 1605, lic. to preach 1613, BD 1613, DD 1616; incorp. Camb. 1620. ?; ?unm. ; d.s.p. d. 14 Oct. 1666; will 4 Sept. 1666, pr. 7 Feb. 1667. TNA, PROB 11/323.
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Chap. to Charles I, 1633.

Rect. St Paul’s Cray, Kent 1609 – 14, St Michael’s Crooked Lane, London 1614 – 19, Bishopsbourne, Kent 1619 – 46, 1660 – 66, Hollingbourne, Kent 1624 – 36, St Dionys Backchurch, London 1625 – 42, Bromley, Kent 1638 – 45; preb. Canterbury 1616 – 38; proctor, Canterbury 1620, 1623; dean, Lichfield 1633 – 38.

Gov. Sion Coll.

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oil on canvas, after J. Taylor, Magdalen, Oxf.

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WARD, Seth (1617-89)

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.
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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.

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

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WALTON, Brian (1600-61)

Family and Education
b. 1600, parents unknown. educ. Magdalene, Camb. matric. 1616; Peterhouse, Camb. BA 1620, ord. 1623, MA, 1623; DD, 1639; incorp. Oxf. 1645. m. (1) Anne Claxton (d.1640), of Suff.; (2) bef. 1657, Jane, da. of William Fuller, dean of Ely, 1s. d. 29 Nov. 1661; will 2 Aug. 1658, pr. 17 Dec. 1661. TNA, PROB 11/306.
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Chap. to duke of York until 1646; CCC, 1544. chap. ord. to Charles I, 1660.

Rect. St Martin Orgars, London 1628 – 43, Sandon, Essex 1636 – 40, St Giles-in-the-Fields, Mdx. 1636; preb. St Paul’s, London Aug. – Dec. 1660; commr. Savoy conference 1661. Bodl. Tanner 282, f. 35.

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Associated with: Seamer, Yorks.; Aldersgate St., London.
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line engraving by P. Lombart,  NPG D28806; oil on canvas, Peterhouse, Camb.

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WAKE, William (1657-1737)

Family and Education
b. 26 Jan. 1657, s. of Col. William Wake (1628-1705), roy. army officer and Amie, da. of Edward Cutler. educ. Blandford Free Sch.; Christ Church, Oxf., matric. 1673, BA 1676, MA 1679, ord. deacon 1681, priest 1682; BD and DD 1689. m. 1 Oct. 1688, Etheldreda (d.1731), 3rd da. and coh. of Sir William Hovell, of Hillington Hall, Norf.; 3s. d.v.p., 8da. (1 d.v.p.). LPL, ms 1770 (Wake diary), f. 58r; Christ Church Lib. Wake mss 23/225. suc. fa. 29 May 1705. Vis. London 1687 (Harl. Soc. n.s. xvii), 526. d. 24 Jan. 1737; will 12 Feb. – 18 Dec. 1732, pr. 1 Mar. 1737. TNA, PROB 11/682.
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R. chap. 1689 – 1706; dep. clerk of the closet 1689; ld. almoner Nov. 1715 – Mar. 1716.

Lecturer, St Martin’s Carfax, Oxf. 1682, St Anne’s Soho, Westminster, 1688; chap., to Richard Graham‡, Visct. Preston [S], Paris 1682 – 85; preacher, Gray’s Inn 1688 – 96; canon, Christ Church Oxf. 1689 – 1702, Exeter 1703; rect. St James Piccadilly, Westminster 1695; dean, Exeter 1701 – 05.

Sec. Lambeth commn. on liturgy 1688; commr. building 50 new churches 1715–d.; The Commissions for Building Fifty New Churches ed. Port (London Rec. Soc. xxiii), pp. xxxv-vi. lord justice 1719, 1720, 1723, 1725.

Gov. Charterhouse 1716. G.S. Davies, Charterhouse in London, 355.

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Associated with: Shapwick, Dorset.
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oil on canvas by T. Gibson, c.1715–20, Christ Church, Oxford; oil on canvas by T. Hill, c.1720–5, NPG 22.

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TYLER, John (1640-1724)

Family and Education
b. 16 Aug. 1640, s. of John Tyler of Kington, Herefs. educ. Lady Hawkin’s sch. Kington, Herefs. 1648-50; Morgannwg, xlix. 60. Magdalen, Oxf. c.1652, BA 1686, MA 1686, BD 1686, DD 1707. m. Sarah (c.1646-1726), da. John Scudamore, gent. of Trecilla, Llangarron, Heref. and Dorothy, da. of Sir William Cooke of Highnam Court, Glos. s.p. d. 8 July 1724; F.T. Havergal, Monumental Inscriptions in the Cathedral Church of Hereford, 14-15. will, pr. 28 July 1724. PROB 11/598.
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Chap. in ordinary to William III and Mary II.

Rect. Kentchurch, Herefs. ?1668 – 88; vic. Brinsop, Herefs. 1689 – 91, Hereford St Peter 1690- 2 Aug. 1700, Birley, Herefs. ?-1719; CCED. preb. Hereford 1688 – d.; dean Hereford 1692 – d.

Mbr. SPCK 1700. Corresp. and Mins. of the SPCK relating to Wales, 1699–1740 ed. M. Clement, 14.

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Associated with: Crutched Friars, London.
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