Venn: Matric. sizar from Trinity, Easter, 1624. S. of John (? 1596), of Southwick, Sussex, clerk. B. there. Mar. 1, 1610-1. School, Steyning (Mr John Jefferies). B.A. 1629. Perhaps M.A. 1630. Incorp. at Oxford, 1631. D.D. (Lambeth) 1663. Professor of mathematics at Amsterdam, 1643; at Breda, 1646. Employed by Cromwell as a diplomatist in Switzerland, 1654-8. Ord. deacon. Mar. 31; priest, June, 1661. R. of Fobbing, Essex, 1661-85. V. of Lcundon, 1663-85. F.R.S., 1663. Chaplain to Dr Gilbert Sheldon, Archbishop of Canterbury. Married and had issue. His sons became the ancestors of the American branches of the family. Of great repute as a mathematician, but left nothing of moment. Died in London in poverty, Dec. 12, 1685, aged 75. Admon. (Cons. C. London) Apr. 7, 1687. (D.N.B.; Al. Oxon.; T. W. Horsfield, Sussex, 11. 218.)
| Year | Type | Name as Recorded | Location | Office/Status | Full Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1661 | Appt(Admission) | Poll, Johannes | Fobbing / | Preacher | View |
| 1661 | Appt(Institution) | Pell, Johannes | Fobbing / | Rector | View |
| 1661 | Ordi | Pell, John | / | priest | View |
| 1661 | Ordi | Pell, John | / | deacon | View |
| 1662 | Subsc | Pell, John | Fobbing / | Rector | View |
| 1663 | Appt(collation) | Pell, Johannes | Layndon, alias Langdon, with Basselson Chapel / | Rector | View |
| 1663 | Subsc | Pell, John | Layndon alias Langdon with the chapelry of Basseld / | Rector | View |
| 1663 | Appt(admission to Lambeth degree) | Pell, John | / | View | |
| 1664 | Libc | Pel, not given | Layndon, with Bassledon Chapel / | Rector | View |
| 1664 | Libc | Pell, Johannes | Layndon / | Reader | View |
| 1664 | Libc | Pell, Johannes | Fobbing / | Rector | View |
| 1686 | Vac(natural death) | Pell, Johannes | Fobben / | Rector | View |