- GB-2014-WSA-02107
- Person
- 1658-1729
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.