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HOOK, WILLIAM, son of William Hook, Lambeth, Surrey, and Esther ---; b.; adm.; at school 1791; KS (aged 15) 1795; Capt. of the School 1799; elected head to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1800, but went to Brasenose Coll. Oxford, matr. 12 Jun 1800; Ensign, Bedfordshire Militia, Sep 1803.

HOOKER, JOHN; b. ; adm. ; KS 16 Jan 1608/9 (see also Chapter Muniments 41289).

HOOPER, ---; b. ; adm. ; KS in 1609 (Chapter Muniments 41289).

HOOPER, GEORGE, son of George Hooper, Grimley, Worcs., and Joan, dau. of Edmund Giles, White Ladies Aston, Worcs.; b. 18 Nov 1640; adm. from St. Paul’s Sch.; KS; Richard Busby said of him that “he was the best scholar, the finest gentleman, and will make the completest bishop that ever was educated at Westminster School”; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1657, matr. 29 Oct 1657, Westminster Student, Tutor 1664-72; BA 16 Jan 1660/1; MA 1663; BD 1673; DD 1677; ordained; Chaplain to George Morley (qv), Bishop of Winchester 1672; Rector of East Woodhay, Hampshire 1672 – still 1691; Chaplain to Gilbert Sheldon, Archbishop of Canterbury 1673; Rector of Lambeth, Surrey 1675; Precentor and Prebendary of Exeter 16 Oct 1677 – Mar 1703/4; Almoner to Princess Mary of Orange at The Hague 1677-9; Chaplain in Ordinary to King Charles II 1680, still a Chaplain in Ordinary to William III and Mary in 1691 (Miege 1691); Dean of Canterbury 11 Jul 1691 – Mar 1703/4; Prolocutor, Lower House of Convocation 1701; consecrated Bishop of St. Asaph 31 Oct 1703; translated to Bath and Wells 14 Mar 1703/4; one of the original Busby Trustees named in Dr. Busby’s will; author, A Calculation of the Credibility of Human Testimony, and other works; m. 1678 Abigail, dau. of Richard Guilford; d. 6 Sep 1727. DNB.

HOPE, EDWARD, son of George Hope, St. Albans, Herts.; b.; in school lists 1656; a boarder; KS (aged 16) 1658; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1661, matr. 22 Aug 1661, Westminster Student 10 Mar 1662 – 30 Mar 1663, when expelled for drunkenness.

HOPPERTON, GEORGE; b. ; adm. ; KS 1540-4 (Chapter Muniments).

HOPTON, RICHARD COPE, brother of Edward Cope Hopton (qv); b. 22 Dec 1712; adm. (aged 11) Jun 1724; KS 1728; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1732, matr. 15 Jun 1732, Westminster Student 31 May 1733 – void 13 Jan 1737; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 26 Oct 1731, called to bar 24 Oct 1737; Attorney-General for Glamorgan 1752 and for Breconshire 1761; FRS 12 Dec 1771; m. 1st, 24 Nov 1770 Miss Nelson, Bedford Row, Bloomsbury; m. 2nd, 19 May 1772 Elizabeth, widow of Rev. George Secker DD, Prebendary of Canterbury and of St. Paul’s, and dau. of John Bird, Coventry, Warwickshire; d. 17 Nov 1786.

HORDEN, JOHN, of Kent; b.; adm.; QS; elected head to Christ Church, Oxford (aged 17) 1564, Westminster Student to c. 1579; BA 17 Feb 1568/9; MA 1572; ordained; applied for licence to preach 29 Jan 1577/8; Rector of Niton, Isle of Wight 1 Feb 1578 (1577/8 ?); m. 12 Aug 1613 Joane Pyttis.

HORDEN, JOHN, son of John Horden, Westminster, Hosier to King, and Mary, dau. of Richard Batten, Westminster; b.; adm.; KS in 1656; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1658, adm. pens. 25 May 1658, scholar 1659, matr. 1660; BA 1661/2; MA 1665; BD 1682; Fellow, Trin. Coll. 1664 – c. 1673; subscribed for deacon’s orders 19 May 1665, for priest’s 2 Jun 1665 (both London); Rector of St. Michael’s, Queenhithe, London, from 5 May 1671; Vicar of Isleworth, Middlesex, from 16 May 1681; m. 14 Jul 1685 Ann, dau. of Thomas Morice MP; d. 1690.

HORNE, CHARLES; b.; adm.; QS in 1566; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1568, adm. scholar 1570, matr. Easter 1569; BA 1572/3; migrated to Peterhouse, Cambridge 31 Mar 1576; MA 1577; BD 1585; ordained; Fellow of Peterhouse 1576, Scrutator 1587; Rector of Sturry, Kent, from 1597; Vicar of Chislet, Kent, from 1601; author, Greek and Latin poems; d. 1618.