FOSTER: s. (Joseph), Bishop of Exeter (and Norwich). Exeter Coll., matric. 9 May, 1631, aged 19 (matric. 1628, aged 16); B.A. 30 April, 1631, fellow 1632-8, M.A. 17 Jan., 1633-4 (incorporated at Cambridge 1635), D.D. 2 Aug., 1660, vicar of Menhenniot, Cornwall, 1637, until sequestered 1645, sequestered from vicarage of Wickhambrook, Suffolk, 1645, prebendary of Exeter 1639-61, archdeacon of Cornwall 1641-60, vicar of Willingdon, Sussex, 1647, canon of Windsor 1660, chaplain to Chas. II., vicar of St. Botolph, Aldersgate, 1655, preacher of St. Bartholomew's Exchange, archdeacon of Canterbury 1660-8, bishop of Chester 1662, and rector of Wigan, co. Lancaster (1662?), until his death 23 Aug., 1668; brother of Edward 1635, etc. See Ath. iii. 812; Boase, 64; Foster's Index Eccl.; Add. MSS. 15,699-70; & D.N.B.
Monumental inscription in Chester Cathedral
Type | Name | Date | Qualification | University | Full Record |
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Appt | Hall, Georgius | 25/09/1637 | MA | View | |
Appt | Hall, George | 25/09/1637 | MA | View | |
Ord | Hall, Georgius | 23/09/1638 | MA | View | |
Appt | Hall, Georgius | 23/12/1639 | MA | View | |
Appt | Hall, George | 23/12/1639 | MA | View | |
Appt | Hall, Georgius | 07/10/1641 | MA | View | |
Appt | Hall, George | 08/10/1641 | MA | View |
Type | Name | Date | Status | Event | Full Record |
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Ord | Hall, Georgius | 23/09/1638 | priest | ordination | View |
Type | Name | Date | Office | Event | Location | Full Record |
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Appt | Hall, George | 25/09/1637 | Preacher | Licensing | Exeter diocese/ | View |
Type | Name | Date | Office | Event | Location | Full Record |
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Appt | Hall, Georgius | 25/09/1637 | Perpetual Vicar | Institution | Mayhennett alias Mynhennett/ | View |
Type | Name | Date | Office | Event | Location | Full Record |
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Appt | Hall, George | 14/08/1660 | Archdeacon | Institution | Canterbury, diocese of/archdeaconry of CAnterbury | View |
Sub | Hall, George | 14/08/1660 | Archdeacon | Canterbury Cathedral/Archdeaconry of Canterbury | View | |
Sub | Sancroft, William | 07/10/1668 | Archdeacon | Archdeaconry of Canterbury/ | View |