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English bishop
Mural monument to Bishop George Hall,
Chester Cathedral
George Hall (c. 1613–1668) was an English bishop.
Life
Arms: Sable three talbots' heads erased Argent langued Gules.
[1]
His father was
Joseph Hall. George Hall was born at
Waltham Abbey,
Essex, and studied at
Exeter College, Oxford, where he became a Fellow.
[2] He became vicar of
Menheniot and in 1641
archdeacon of Cornwall.
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[4]
Having been deprived of office under the Commonwealth, he became a lecturer at
St Bartholomew-by-the-Exchange, and then vicar of
St. Botolph's, Aldersgate.
[5]
[6]
He was appointed to the seventh stall in
St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle in 1660 and held this until 1662.
[7]
He was appointed
bishop of Chester in 1662. He was at the same time rector of
Wigan, and
archdeacon of Canterbury (from 1660). He died in an accident with a knife.
[4]
[8]
Notes
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"The Armorial Bearings of the Bishops of Chester". Cheshire Heraldry Society. Retrieved 9 February 2021.
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Alumni Oxonienses 1500-1714, Haak-Harman
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"Archdeacons of Canterbury | British History Online".
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b Concise Dictionary of National Biography
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The Life of John Milton Vol. 3 1643-1649 by David Masson - Full Text Free Book (Part 12/13).
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^ John Jones, Bishop Hall, His Life and Times, Or, Memoirs of the Life, Writings, and Sufferings, of the Right Rev. Joseph Hall, D.D. (1826), p. 371.
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^ Fasti Wyndesorienses, May 1950. S.L. Ollard. Published by the Dean and Canons of St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle
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"The parish of Wigan: Introduction, church and charities | British History Online".
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