George Hall (bishop of Chester)
George Hall (c.1613-1668) was an English bishop.
Life
His father was Joseph Hall. George Hall was born at Waltham Abbey, Essex, and studied at Exeter College, Oxford, where he became a Fellow. He became vicar of Menheniot and in 1641 archdeacon of Cornwall.[1][2]
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.[3][4]
He was appointed to the seventh stall in St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle in 1660 and held this until 1662.[5]
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.[2][6]
Notes
- ^ http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=63712
- ^ a b Concise Dictionary of National Biography
- ^ http://fulltextarchive.com/page/The-Life-of-John-Milton-Vol-3-1643-164912/
- ^ 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
- ^ http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=41379#n67