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Dr. Walter Balquanquill

Dr. Walter Balquanquill

Male 1586 - 1645  (59 years)    Has one ancestor and 76 descendants in this family tree.

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  • Name Walter Balquanquill 
    Prefix Dr.  
    Birth 1586  Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Death 25 Dec 1645  Chirk castle, Denbighshire Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I692718  Geneagraphie
    Last Modified 23 Sep 2016 

    Father Rev. Walter Balcanqual 
    Family ID F303722  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Elizabeth Aucher   d. Yes, date unknown 
    Marriage 21 Sep 1624  Bishopsbourne, Kent, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
    +1. Stuarta Balquanquill   d. 1680
    Family ID F303721  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 23 Sep 2016 

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    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 21 Sep 1624 - Bishopsbourne, Kent, England Link to Google Earth
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  • Notes 
    • an eminent Episcopalian divine of the seventeenth century,

      He commenced his studies at the university of Edinburgh, where, in 1609, he took his degree of M.A.

      He afterwards entered at Pembroke Hall, Oxford, as a bachelor of divinity, and was admitted a fellow, September 8, 1611

      In 1617 he was appointed master of the Savoy, in the Strand, London; and in 1618 he was sent by his majesty to the synod of Dort.

      In March 1624, he obtained the deanery of Rochester, and afterwards in May 1639, he was made dean of Durham.

      In 1638 he accompanied the marquis of Hamilton, the king's commissioner, to Scotland in the capacity of chaplain;

      On July 29, 1641, he and five other gentlemen were denounced as incendiaries by the Scottish parliament. He was afterwards exposed to much persecution from the English Puritans, and after being plundered, sequestrated, and forced to fly from London, he went to Oxford, and for some years shared the waning fortunes of his sovereign.

      He died at , on Christmas day

      a splendid monument was subsequently erected to his memory in the parish church of Chirk, by Sir Thomas Middleton.-(Steven's History of Heriot's Hospital.)
    • M.A. (Edinburgh) 1609.

      Fellow of Pembroke, 1611-9.

      B.D. (Cambridge) 1616;

      D.D. 1621 (Lit. Reg. APop(p2,120,144);>).

      Incorp. :APop(p3,130,156);> at Oxford, 1618.

      Chaplain to the King.

      Master of the Savoy, 1617.

      Delegate to the Synod of Dort, 1618.

      V. of Harston, Cambs., 1615; of Waterbeach, 1617.

      V. of Goudhurst, Kent, 1625.

      Of Adisham, Kent.

      Dean of Rochester, 1625.

      R of Kingston, Kent, 1632.

      V. of Boxley, 1640-4.

      Dean of Durham, 1639.

      Sequestered during the Rebellion and retired to Oxford.

      M.I: APop(p4,70,84); there.

      (D.N.B.-an astonishing article, omitting all his parish preferments and assigning him to Pembroke, Oxford.)




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