In VENN: Adm. at EMMANUEL, Jan. 29, 1799; from Oxford. [S. of the Rev. James, of Clitheroe, Lancs. (and Anne, dau. of John Walker, of Underhill).] ' Matric. from Brasenose College, Oxford, Feb. 20, 1768, age 16. Migrated to Corpus Christi College, Oxford; Scholar, 1767; B.A. (Oxford) 1771; M.A. (Oxford) 1775; B.D. (Oxford) 1788; D.D. (Oxford) 1788. Fellow of Corpus Christi, Oxford. Preb. of Peterborough, 1794. Canon of Wells, 1796. Preb. of Canterbury, 1803. Preb. of Westminster, 1827. Bishop of Rochester, 1809-27. Married Sarah, dau. of Edward Dawson. Died Feb. 22, 1827. Grandfather of the next. (Sedbergh Sch. Reg.; Burke, L.G., 1939; Northants. Clergy; Al. Oxon.)
| Year | Type | Name as Recorded | Location | Office/Status | Full Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1783 | Appt(Institution) | King, Walker | Easington / | Rector | View |
| 1794 | Appt(Institution) | King, Walker | Cathedral Church of Peterborough / Prebend | Prebendary | View |
| 1794 | Appt(Installation) | King, Walker | Peterborough Cathedral / 6th prebend | Prebendary | View |
| 1794 | Appt(Subscription on Appointment) | King, Walter | Wells Cathedral / | canon residentiary | View |
| 1794 | Appt(Institution) | King, Walter | Wells Cathedral / Prebend or Canonry of Combe the Fifteenth | Prebendary | View |
| 1796 | Vac(cession) | King, Walter | Wells Cathedral / Prebend or Canonry of Combe the Fifteenth | Prebendary | View |
| 1796 | Appt(Institution) | King, Walter | Wells Cathedral / Prebend or Canonry of Wiveliscombe | Prebendary | View |
| 1799 | Appt(Resignation) | King, Walker | Easington / | Rector | View |
| 1799 | Appt(Institution) | King, Walter | Burnham / | Vicar | View |
| 1799 | Disp-App | King, Walker | Burnham / | Vicar | View |
| 1799 | Vac(resignation) | King, Walker | Easington / | Rector | View |
| 1799 | Appt(Institution) | King, Walter | Aller / | Rector | View |
| 1799 | Disp(Dispensation) | King, Walker | Aller / | Rector | View |
| 1803 | Appt(Institution) | King, Walker | Canterbury Cathedral / Eighth prebend or canonry | Prebendary | View |
| 1808 | Appt(Resignation) | King, Walker | Canterbury Cathedral / | Prebendary | View |
| 1808 | Vac(resignation) | King, Walker | Canterbury Cathedral / | Prebendary | View |
| 1809 | Appt(election) | King, Walker | Rochester diocese / Bishop | Bishop | View |
| 1809 | Disp-App | King, Walker | Peterborough Cathedral / [not named] | Prebendary | View |
| 1809 | Appt(confirmation of election) | King, Walker | Rochester / | Bishop | View |
| 1809 | Appt(consecration) | King, Walker | Rochester / | Bishop | View |
| 1809 | Disp-App | King, Walker | Burnham / | Vicar | View |
| 1809 | Vac(Promotion) | King, Walter | Aller / | Rector | View |
| 1809 | Disp(Dispensation) | King, Walker | Rochester / | Bishop | View |
| 1809 | Disp-App | King, Walker | Wells Cathedral / Prebend of Wivelscombe | Prebendary | View |
| 1827 | Vac(Death) | King, Walter | Wells Cathedral / The Prebend or Canonry of Wiveliscombe als Wilscom | Prebendary | View |
| 1827 | Vac | King, Walker | Rochester diocese / Bishop | Bishop | View |
| 1827 | Vac(Death) | Rochester, Walker, | Burnham / | Vicar | View |
| 1827 | Vac(Death) | [not given], Walker | Rochester / | Bishop | View |
| 1827 | Vac(Death) | King, Walker | Cathedral Church of Peterborough / 6th. Canonry or Prebend | Canon | View |
| 1827 | Vac(Death) | King, Walker | Peterborough cathedral / 6th prebend | Prebendary | View |