GEMMS Person ID
GEMMS-PERSON-
1793
(old series: GEMMS-PERSON-1948)
Name
William Chillingworth
Gender
Male
Lived
b. ca. 1602-10-01 d. 1641-01-30 (new)
Linked Sermons
Associated Places
Source of Data (Contributor name)
Catherine Evans
Biographical Sources Consulted
ODNB (Article: 5308); AO (Foster), ACAD (Venn) (ID: CHLT626W)
Other note
Born sometime in October 1602. B.A. (1620), M.A. (1624) from Trinity College, Oxford and fellow there beginning in 1628. Convinced by a Jesuit to join the Roman Catholic Church in 1629, but he returned to the Church of England sometime in the early 1630s. Created D.D. in 1642. Became chancellor of Salisbury Cathedral in 1638, and also master of Wigston's Hospital, Leicester.
GEMMS record created
May 26, 2018
GEMMS record last edited
July 15, 2024