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Adm. pens. at TRINITY, 28 Mar., 1636. Doubtless s. of Christopher (1612), and grandson of Anthony. Matric. 1636; B.A. 1639/40; D.D. 1669 (Lit. Reg.). Perhaps ord. priest (Lincoln) 22 Mar., 1645/6. Probably Master of Barnet Grammar School, Middlesex, 1655-63; V. of Monken Hadley [ Hertfordshire ], 1663. R. of St James', Clerkenwell [ London ], 1666-91. R. of Clifton, Bedfordshire. Died 03 Mar., 1690/1, aged 68; buried at Leighton Buzzard [Bedfordshire]; 'of London , D.D.' Will (P.C.C.) 1690-1. (There is some confusion among authorities concerning the identity of William Sclater, D.D., R. of St James', Clerkenwell [ London ]. Apparently he was s. of Christopher (1612), but that he was educated at Corpus Christi College, Oxford [ Oxfordshire ], is very doubtful, there being no record of him in Al. Oxon. The R. of St James', Clerkenwell [ London ], was the author of a sermon entitled, The Royal Pay and Paymaster, and according to D.N.B. served in the Army as a cornet during the Civil War. Hennessy wrongly identifies him with William (1626), of King's.)
( Genealog. Bedford, 407; Misc. Gen. et Her., N.S., III. 284; F. C. Cass, Monken Hadley ; D.N.B. )