George Hall (bishop of Chester)
Mural monument to Bishop George Hall, Chester Cathedral
George Hall (c. 1613–1668) was an English bishop.
Life[]
Arms: Sable three talbots' heads erased Argent langued Gules.[1]
His father was Joseph Hall. George Hall was born at Waltham Abbey, Essex, and studied at Exeter College, Oxford, where he became a Fellow.[2] He became vicar of Menheniot and in 1641 archdeacon of Cornwall.[3][4]
Having been deprived of office under the Commonwealth, he became a lecturer at St Bartholomew-by-the-Exchange, and then vicar of St. Botolph's, Aldersgate.[5][6]
He was appointed to the seventh stall in St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle in 1660 and held this until 1662.[7]
He was appointed bishop of Chester in 1662. He was at the same time rector of Wigan, and archdeacon of Canterbury (from 1660). He died in an accident with a knife.[4][8]
Notes[]
- ^ "The Armorial Bearings of the Bishops of Chester". Cheshire Heraldry Society. Retrieved 9 February 2021.
- ^ Alumni Oxonienses 1500-1714, Haak-Harman
- ^ "Archdeacons of Canterbury | British History Online".
- ^ Jump up to: a b Concise Dictionary of National Biography
- ^ The Life of John Milton Vol. 3 1643-1649 by David Masson - Full Text Free Book (Part 12/13).
- ^ John Jones, Bishop Hall, His Life and Times, Or, Memoirs of the Life, Writings, and Sufferings, of the Right Rev. Joseph Hall, D.D. (1826), p. 371.
- ^ Fasti Wyndesorienses, May 1950. S.L. Ollard. Published by the Dean and Canons of St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle
- ^ "The parish of Wigan: Introduction, church and charities | British History Online".
Categories:
- 1613 births
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- Bishops of Chester
- Archdeacons of Canterbury
- Archdeacons of Cornwall
- Accidental deaths in England
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- Alumni of Exeter College, Oxford