Venn: Matric. pens, from Queens', Easter, 1605. Of Maes Maen Cymro, Denbigh. B.A. 1608-9; M.A. 1612; B.D. 1621; D.D. 1626. Fellow, 1611-30. Junior Proctor, 1619-20. Ord. deacon (Peterb.) May 26; priest, May 27, 1616. Preb. of Lincoln, 1628-38. Sub-dean of Wells, 1629-38. R. of Llandymog. Bishop of Bangor, and Archdeacon of Anglesey, 1637; sequestered, 1649; restored, 1660-5. Died at Llandymog, Ruthin, Aug. 12, 1665. Buried there. M.I. (Walker, Sufferings, 2; Br. Willis, St Asaph; D.N.B.)
See Oxford DNB.
A warrant was issued on 13 January 1631-2 to swear in Dr William Roberts as a chaplain in ordinary; & a letter to him to wait in the room of Mr Henry Bates: TNA, LC5/132, p. 282 (a reference we owe to Dr Andrew Thrush).
Type | Name | Date | Office | Event | Location | Full Record |
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Appt | Roberts, Willimus | 25/09/1629 | subdean | Institution | Wells Cathedral/ | View |
Appt | Roberts, William | 06/10/1629 | subdean | Installation | Wells Cathedral/ | View |
Vac | Roberts, William | 29/05/1638 | subdean | resignation | Wells Cathedral/ | View |
Vac | Roberts, William | 30/05/1638 | subdean | Promotion | Wells Cathedral/ | View |