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GALE, THOMAS, son of Christopher Gale, Scruton, Yorks. , and Frances Conyers, Holtby, Yorks. ; b. ; adm. ; KS (Capt. ) ; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1655, adm. pens. 23 May 1655, scholar 1655; 7th in “ordo” 1658/9; BA 1658/9; MA 1662 (incorp. Oxford 13 Jul 1669); DD 1675; Fellow, Trin. Coll. 1659 - c. 1674, Tutor 1663-72; Taxor 1670; Regius Professor of Greek, Cambridge Univ. , Apr - Oct 1672; signed for priest’s orders (London) 22 Sep 1666; Vicar of Barrington, Cambs. , 1667; High Master, St. Paul’s School 5 Aug 1672-97; Prebendary of St. Paul’s from 7 Jun 1676; FRS 6 Dec 1677, Secretary 16 Dec 1685; Dean of York from 13 Sep 1697; antiquary and book collector; his collection of manuscripts was bequeathed by his son to Trinity Coll. Cambridge; composed the inscription on The Monument, London; edited Historiae Britannicae, Saxonicae, Anglo-Danicae Scriptores XV, 1691, and other works; m. 1 Jan 1673/4 Barbara, dau. of Roger Pepys, Impington, Cambs. , and niece of Thomas Pepys (qv); d. 8 Apr 1702. DNB.
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International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families - ISAAR(CPF) 2nd edition
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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.