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1689 (Publication)
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8vo, 1 volume
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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.
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