Timothy Hall (c.1637–1690) was

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in the reign of

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Life

The son of a

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and householder of

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, a precinct of

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, he was probably born in 1637. He was admitted as a student of

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, in 1654, then under

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influence, where he took a B.A. Afterwards he obtained the livings of Norwood and

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, from which he was ejected in 1662. :s:Hall, Timothy (DNB00) In 1667, having complied and signed the articles (11 January), he was presented to the small living of Horsendon,

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. He became

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in 1669, and vicar of

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in 1674. He gave these up in 1677 for the city living of Allhallows Staining. He is said by

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in ''

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'' to have acted as broker for

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in the sale of pardons. Under James II he published the royal declaration for

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(1687), and on the death of Bishop Samuel Parker he was nominated (18 August 1688) to the see of Oxford. Although he had been duly consecrated at

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on 7 October, he was refused installation by the canons of Christ Church, Oxford and consequent admission to the temporalities, while the university refused to create him

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, though he had a ''

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''. After the Glorious Revolution, he at first refused to take the oaths to the new king and queen, but yielded at the last moment and retained his title till his death. His death is recorded in the registers of St. John, Hackney; he died on 9 April and was buried 13 April 1690.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Hall, Timothy 1637 births 1690 deaths Ejected English ministers of 1662 Bishops of Oxford Alumni of Pembroke College, Oxford 17th-century Church of England bishops