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Altham, Roger, 1658-1729
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1658-1729
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ALTHAM, ROGER, son of Rev. Michael Altham DD, Rector of Eastwick, Herts., and of Latton, Essex; nephew of Roger Altham (KS 1664, qv); b. 1658; adm.; KS 1675; elected to Ch. Ch. Oxford 1677, matr. 4 Dec 1677, aged 19, Westminster Student 17 Dec 1677 – void 1698, Tutor 1690-3, Junior Censor 1689, Senior Censor 1690-1; one of the students who plucked “old Lady Lovelace” out of her coach 6 Jun 1681 (Wood, Ath. Ox., i, xci); BA 1681; MA 1684; BD 1694; DD 1701; Proctor and Professor of Moral Philosophy 1693; ordained (by 1692); Chaplain to Bishop of London; Prebendary of St. Paul’s from 30 Aug 1695; Rector of St. Andrew Undershaft, with St. Mary Axe, London 23 Oct 1697-1701; Rector of St. Botolph, Bishopsgate, from 7 Oct 1701; Vicar of Latton, Essex, from 1705; Archdeacon of Middlesex from 9 Feb 1716/7; m. 31 May 1705 Mary, dau. of James Altham, Mark Hall, Essex; d. 28 Feb 1729/30.
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International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families - ISAAR(CPF) 2nd edition
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Prepared for import into AtoM by Westminster School Archive staff, 2019-2020
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Users should note that the information recorded here that is not to be found in the first two volumes of the Record of Old Westminsters and its first Supplement has been assembled from various published and manuscript sources by Hugh Edmund Pagan MA FSA, and all new resulting text is his copyright, © 2014.
The Record of Old Westminsters: A biographical list of all those who are known to have been educated at Westminster School from the earliest times to 1927, Volumes 1 & 2, compiled by G. F. Russell Barker and Alan H. Stenning, London, 1928.