Person: Helyar, William (1574 - 1646)

• Comments

  Foster: HELYAR OR HELIER, of Devon, pleb. Hart Hall, matric. entry under date 1571, aged 18; B.A. sup. 9 Dec., 1573, M.A. 29 April, 1577, vicar of Bickleigh, Devon, 1577, rector of Down Chideock, Devon, 1582, rector of Charleton 1588, canon of Exeter 1596, vicar of Heavitree, Devon, 1602, archdeacon of Barnstaple 1605, and rector of North Tawton, Devon, 1610, until his death in 1645, aged about 90, chaplain to Queen Elizabeth, and a fellow of Chelsea college, purchased the manor of East Coker, where he built and endowed an almshouse; grandfather of the next-named.
  
  Described by James I as 'our domestic chaplain' in Feb. 1610 (Surrey Archaeological Society, 21, p. 176).
  
  For a different William Hellier as incumbent of Bickleigh with Sheepstor, see ID 98028.

Education Events

• BA

  Type	Name	Date	Qualification	University	Full Record
  Appt	Helyar, Willimus	08/02/1588	BA		View

• MA

  Type	Name	Date	Qualification	University	Full Record
  Appt	Hellyar, Willimus	24/07/1596	MA		View
  Appt	Heliar, William	24/07/1596	MA		View
  Appt	Hellyar, Willimus	27/11/1605	MA		View
  LibC	Helyar, Willielmus	00/00/1622	MA		View

Ordination Events

• priest : 29/05/1574 (Bradbridge, William/Exeter 1571-1578)

  Type	Name	Date	Status	Event	Full Record
  Ord	Hellier, Willimus	29/05/1574	priest	ordination	View

Appointment Events

• Rector : Dunchideock (11/12/1581 - 00/00/1645 )

  Type	Name	Date	Office	Event	Location	Full Record
  Appt	Hellyer, Willimus	11/12/1581	Rector	Institution	Dunchidiocke/	View
  Libc	Helyar, Willielmus	00/00/1645	Rector		Dunchideocke/	View

• Rector : Charleton with Buckland Tout Saints (08/02/1588 - 11/01/1611 )

  Type	Name	Date	Office	Event	Location	Full Record
  Appt	Helyar, Willimus	08/02/1588	Rector	Institution	Charlton/	View
  Appt	Helyar, William	08/02/1588	Rector	Subscription on Appointment	Charlton/	View
  Appt	Wakeman, Robertus	11/01/1611	Rector	Institution	Charlton/	View

• Archdeacon : Archdeacon of Barnstaple (27/11/1605 )

  Type	Name	Date	Office	Event	Location	Full Record
  Appt	Hellyar, Willimus	27/11/1605	Archdeacon	Collation	Archdeaconry of Barum alias Barnstaple/	View

• official : Commissary in the Peculiuar of the Dean and Chapter of Exeter (04/11/1609 - 05/04/1627 )

  Type	Name	Date	Office	Event	Location	Full Record
  Appt	Helyar, William	04/11/1609	official	Appointment	Exeter Dean and Chapter Peculiar Jurisdiction/	View
  Appt	Helyar, not given	05/04/1627	official	Appointment	Exeter Dean and Chapter Peculiar/	View
  Appt	Helyar, not given	05/04/1627	official	Appointment	Exeter Dean and Chapter Peculiar/	View

• Vicar : Heavitree (01/04/1619 - 20/03/1619 )

  Type	Name	Date	Office	Event	Location	Full Record
  Vac	Helyar, not given	20/03/1619	Vicar	resignation	Hevetree/	View
  Vac	Helyar, Willimus	01/04/1619	Vicar	resignation	Hevetree/	View

• Rector : North Tawton (00/00/1622 - 02/06/1646 )

  Type	Name	Date	Office	Event	Location	Full Record
  Libc	Helyar, Willielmus	00/00/1622	Rector		Northtawton/	View
  Vac	Kellyar, Willimus	02/06/1646	Rector	natural death	North Tawton/	View

Death Events

• Death (02/06/1646)

  Name	Date	Cause	Type	Full Record
  Kellyar, Willimus	02/06/1646	natural death	Vac	View