WALL, BARTHOLOMEW, eldest son of James Wall, Stratford Langthorne, West Ham, Essex; b.; adm.; KS 1747; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1751, matr. 5 Jun 1751, aged 18, Westminster Student 24 Dec 1751 – res 16 Nov 1756; adm. Middle Temple 3 Nov 1748.

WALL, GEORGE, son of Rev. George Wall, Gloucester [presumably Vicar of Hempsted, Gloucs. ]; b.; adm.; KS 1661; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1663, matr. 3 Jul 1663, aged 18, Westminster Student from 22 Dec 1663; BA; MA [check dates of degrees, none assigned him in Foster]; ordained (implication from letter of Prideaux to Ellis, 8 Nov 1675); travelling in France with John Locke (qv) 1675-7; death in London “a little before” noted by Anthony Wood in diary entry of 28 Jan 1680/1 (Life and Times of Anthony Wood, ii, 514) (will proved PCC 7 Apr 1681).

WALL, JOHN, son of “genteel parents” in the City of London; b. 1588; adm.; QS; elected head to Christ Church, Oxford 1604, matr. 23 Nov 1604, aged 16, Westminster Student to 1624; BA 1608; MA 1611; BD 1618; DD 1623; ordained; Rector of St. Aldates, Oxford 1617; Canon of Christ Church, Oxford, from May 1632; Vicar of Chalgrove, Oxfordshire 1637; Prebendary of Salisbury from 5 Nov 1644; ejected from his Canonry of Christ Church by the Parliamentary Visitors “for his high contempt and denyall of authoritie of Parliament”, 12 Apr 1648, but restored on his submission, 25 Sep 1648; in a letter to the Committee dated 24 Jul 1650 the Visitors report that Wall had resigned one of his two livings and that they have been “credibly informed of his affection to Parliament” (Burrows, 183, 298); a quaint preacher and learned patristic divine; d. unm. 20 Oct 1666. DNB.

WALLER, WILLIAM, only son of William Waller (adm. 1738/9, qv); b. 23 Jan 1757; adm. 13 Feb 1766; KS (aged 14) 1771; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1775, matr. 14 Jun 1775, but resigned Westminster Studentship 18 Dec 1775 before being adm.; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 24 Nov 1780; m. 8 Feb 1790 (IGI) Marcella Araminta Mitchell. [Wife probably dau. of Thomas Mitchell (IGI)] [wife’s will proved as widow PCC 11 Aug 1836]

WALLER, WILLIAM, son of Charles Waller, Lincoln’s Inn, barrister; b.; adm. (aged 10) Feb 1738/9 (Watts'); KS 1744; elected head to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1748, adm. pens. 13 Jun 1748, scholar 14 Apr 1749, matr. 1748; BA 1752; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 8 Jul 1748, called to bar 20 Nov 1754, Bencher 14 Dec 1782; Commissioner, Stamp Office 1776-83; one of Warren Hastings’s attorneys or trustees in England; of Chesterton, Hunts.; m. Elizabeth, dau. of Eldred Lancelot Lee, Coton Hall, Alveley, Shropshire, barrister, Bencher Lincoln’s Inn; d. 13 Dec 1786. [mother perhaps Elizabeth Waldron (IGI)]

WALLYN, ---; b.; adm.; QS in 1553 (Chapter Muniments).

WALTON, PHILIP, son of William Walton, London and Streatham, Surrey, merchant, and Philippa, dau. of John Purchis MD; b.; adm.; KS 1725; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1729, adm. pens. 10 Jun 1729, scholar 17 Apr 1730, matr. 1729; BA 1732/3; MA 1736; DD 1759; ordained deacon (Bristol) 26 Dec 1737, priest (London) 18 Mar 1737/8; Rector of Mickleham, Surrey, from 6 Feb 1744/5; Vicar of Dorking, Surrey, 7 Mar 1744/5-66; Chancellor of Salisbury from 16 Jan 1756; Prebendary of Winchester from 3 Jul 1756; Vicar of Odiham, Hampshire, from 27 Apr 1766; Vicar of Alton, Hampshire, from 26 Nov 1766; m. 12 Aug 1755 Emma, dau. of Rev. John Gilbert, Vicar of St. Andrew’s, Plymouth, Devon, and sister of Most Rev. John Gilbert LLD, Archbishop of York; d. Apr 1771.

WARD, MICHAEL, only son of Michael Ward, Newcastle under Lyme, Staffs., and Hannah, dau. of Rev. George Roades, Vicar of Leek, Staffs.; b. 7 Dec 1681; adm.; KS (Capt. ) 1699; left 1701; Clare Hall, Cambridge, adm. sizar 11 Jul 1698, but did not reside until 1701, matr. 1701; LLB 1704 (incorp. Oxford 1705); ordained; Rector of Blithfield, Staffs., from 1713; Rector of Leigh, Staffs., from 1723; m. 1st, 31 Jan 1707/8 Elizabeth Green; m. 2nd, 10 Jan 1714 Sarah, dau. of Rev. John Spateman, Rector of Yoxhall, Staffs.; d. 11 Sep 1744.

WARD, THOMAS, son of Ven. Thomas Ward [DCL ?], Salisbury, Wiltshire, Archdeacon of Wiltshire, [and Dorothea ?]; b.; adm.; BB in 1698; KS 1700; elected head to Christ Church, Oxford 1705, matr. 21 Jun 1705, aged 18, Westminster Student 24 Dec 1705 – void 1713, Tutor 1712; BA 1709; MA 1 Feb 1711/2; [ordained deacon (Oxford) 29 Dec 1712, priest (Winchester) 12 Jul 1713 : Rector of Wilby, Northants 19 Aug 1713-28; Rector of Blisworth, Northants, from 14 Mar 1723/4; Rector of Bygrave, Herts., from 28 Nov 1728; m.; buried 5 Dec 1762] [check].

WARMESTRY, GERVASE, second son of William Warmestry, Principal Registrar, Diocese of Worcester, and Cicely, dau. of Thomas Smith, Cuerdley, Lancs.; b. 1604; adm.; KS; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1621, matr. 24 Jul 1624, Westminster Student to 1636/40; BA 1625; MA 1628; adm. Middle Temple 18 Nov 1628; Principal Registrar, Dioces of Worcester (in succession to father); a Latin poet; author Virescit Vulnere Virtus, England’s Wound and Cure, 1628; also contributed a Latin poem to Camdeni Insignia, 1624; m. Isabella, eldest dau. of Sir William Leigh, Longborough, Gloucs.; d. 28 Apr 1641. DNB.