Ezekiel Hopkins (died 1690) was an
Anglican divine
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in the
Church of Ireland
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, who was
Bishop of Derry
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from 1681 to 1690.
Life
He was born in
Devon
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, and was educated at
Merchant Taylors' School Merchant Taylors' School may refer to:
*Merchant Taylors' School, Northwood (founded 1561), is a British independent school originally located in the City of London and now located in Northwood in Middlesex .
* Merchant Taylors' Boys' School, Crosb ...
and
Magdalen College, Oxford, where he was a chorister from 1648 to 1653, and graduated B.A. in 1655 and M.A. in 1656. After 1660 he was assistant to
William Spurstow
William Spurstowe (Spurstow) (c. 1605–1666) was an English clergyman, theologian, and member of the Westminster Assembly. He was one of the Smectymnuus group of Presbyterian clergy, supplying the final WS (read as UUS) of the acronym.
Life
H ...
in
Hackney, but he conformed after the
Act of Uniformity 1662
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, becoming a lecturer in London. In 1666, he became minister of St Mary Arches,
Exeter
Exeter () is a city in Devon, South West England. It is situated on the River Exe, approximately northeast of Plymouth and southwest of Bristol.
In Roman Britain, Exeter was established as the base of Legio II Augusta under the personal c ...
.
Lord Robartes appointed Hopkins his chaplain on becoming
Lord Lieutenant of Ireland
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in 1669. Hopkins became
Treasurer
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Government
The treasury o ...
of
Christ Church Cathedral, Waterford
Christ Church Cathedral, Waterford, or more formally, the Cathedral of The Holy Trinity, Christ Church, is a cathedral of the Church of Ireland in Waterford City, Ireland. It is in the ecclesiastical province of Dublin. Previously the cathedral ...
in 1669.
["Fasti Ecclesiae Hibernicae: The succession of the prelates Volume 13" p150 Cotton,H. ]Dublin
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, Hodges & Smith, 1848-1878 In 1670 he became
Dean of Raphoe
The Dean of Raphoe is based at the Cathedral Church of St Eunan, Raphoe, County Donegal, Ulster in the Diocese of Derry and Raphoe within the Church of Ireland. The Deanery is currently vacant since January 2021.
List of deans
*1603 John Alb ...
and the following year
Bishop of Raphoe
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. His translation to Derry was in 1681. In 1689 he returned to England, becoming preacher at
St Mary Aldermanbury
St Mary Aldermanbury was a parish church in the City of London first mentioned in 1181 and destroyed by the Great Fire of London in 1666. Rebuilt in Portland stone by Christopher Wren, it was again gutted by the Blitz in 1940, leaving only t ...
, and dying on 19 June 1690.
Works
His written legacy includes his ''Expositions of the Ten Commandments'', which remains in print in the modern era.
Family
Hopkins married, first, Alicia Moore (d.1681), a niece of
Sir Robert Viner, sometime
Lord Mayor of London
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, to whom he dedicated his ''Vanity of the World''. By her, he had two sons,
Charles
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(1664–1700), poet and dramatist, and
John
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* John (given name)
* John (surname)
John may also refer to:
New Testament
Works
* Gospel of John, a title often shortened to John
* First Epistle of John, often shortened to 1 John
* Seco ...
(born 1675), the author of ''Amasia''. In 1685, at
Totteridge
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, Ezekiel Hopkins married his second wife, Lady Araminta Robartes, the eldest daughter of
John Robartes, 1st Earl of Radnor
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, by his second wife, Isabella, daughter of Sir John Smith. By his second wife he was the father of Francis, who was the grandfather of
Sir Francis Hopkins M.P., 1st
Baronet
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of
Athboy
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History
In medieval time ...
,
Co. Meath.
Notes
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1634 births
1690 deaths
Deans of Raphoe
Anglican bishops of Derry
Anglican bishops of Raphoe