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NameRev Dr William Hallifax 
[17, Vol II, p. 636], [173, Hallifax family, p.165 seq], [54, His own article]
[17, Vol II, p. 636], [173, Hallifax family, p.165 seq], [54, His own article]Birth15 Aug 1655, Springthorpe, Lincolns
Baptism24 Sep 1655, prob Springthorpe
Deathca Feb 1722
Burial22 Feb 1722, Salwarpe, Worcs (will)
GeneralRector of Swinford & Salwarp, Worcs.
EducationOxford: BNC matric:1670. CCC: Scholar: 1674, Fellow 1682. BD: 1687, DD: 1695.
FatherThomas Hallifax (1626-)
MotherAnne Askew
Notes for Rev Dr William Hallifax
Oxford Alumni says his father was John of Springthorp, Lincs, minister. Further it says that he m. (1) Ann Hill and (2) Mary Martin, the sister, probably, of Rev George Martin.
His birth, baptism and burial are known from the new ODNB which states clearly that his parents were Rev John Hallifax and Elizabeth - as the register for Springthorpe rather clearly shows.
His birth, baptism and burial are known from the new ODNB which states clearly that his parents were Rev John Hallifax and Elizabeth - as the register for Springthorpe rather clearly shows.
DNB Main notes for Rev Dr William Hallifax
Hallifax, William 1655?-1722
Name: Hallifax, William
Dates: 1655?-1722
Active Date: 1695
Gender: Male
Field of Interest: Religion and Occultism
Occupation: Divine
Place of
Birth: Springthorpe, Lincolnshire
Education: Brasenose College, Oxford, Corpus Christi College
Burial: Salwarpe Church
Spouse: Mary, sister of the Rev. George Martin
Sources: Wood's Athenæ Oxon. (Bliss), iv. 620; J. B...
Contributor: G. G. [Gordon Goodwin]
Article
Hallifax, William 1655?-1722, divine, born at Springthorpe, Lincolnshire, about 1655, was the son of the Rev. John Hallifax. On 20 Feb. 1670 he entered Brasenose College, Oxford, as a servitor, but was admitted a scholar of Corpus Christi College in April 1674, and a fellow in December 1682. He graduated B.A. in 1675, M.A. in 1678, and B.D. in 1687. In 1685 he published from the French a translation of Millet de Chales's ‘Euclide.’ On 18 Jan. 1687-8 he was elected chaplain to the Levant Company at Aleppo, and held the appointment until 27 Nov. 1695. Having at Michaelmas 1691 paid a visit to Palmyra in Syria, he sent an account to Professor Edward Bernard, which, with a sketch of the ruins taken by two of his travelling companions, was inserted in the ‘Philosophical Transactions’ for 1695 (xix. 83-110). He took the degree of D.D. by diploma in 1695, and on 17 Aug. 1699 he was presented by Thomas Foley of Witley Court to the richly endowed rectory of Old Swinford, Worcestershire, and held it with the rectory of Salwarpe in the same county, to which he was instituted on 18 July 1713 (Nash, Worcestershire, ii. 212, 214, 339). He died apparently in the beginning of 1722, and desired to be buried in the chancel of Salwarpe Church. His will, dated 2 Nov. 1721, was proved on 15 Feb. 1722 (P. C. C. 28, Marlborough). By his wife Mary, sister of the Rev. George Martin, he probably left no issue. He bequeathed to Corpus Christi College, Oxford, his oriental books and manuscripts, a silver-gilt basin bought at Aleppo, and a collection of coins and medals. He wrote also ‘A Sermon / preach'd Jan. 30, 1701. With a Vindication of its Author from aspersions cast upon him in a late libel, entitled a Letter to a Clergyman in the City, concerning the Instructions lately given to the Proctors of the Clergy for the Diocese of Worcester,’ 1702.
Sources
Wood's Athenæ Oxon. (Bliss), iv. 620; J. B. Pearson's Chaplains to Levant Co.
Contributor: G. G.
published 1890
Name: Hallifax, William
Dates: 1655?-1722
Active Date: 1695
Gender: Male
Field of Interest: Religion and Occultism
Occupation: Divine
Place of
Birth: Springthorpe, Lincolnshire
Education: Brasenose College, Oxford, Corpus Christi College
Burial: Salwarpe Church
Spouse: Mary, sister of the Rev. George Martin
Sources: Wood's Athenæ Oxon. (Bliss), iv. 620; J. B...
Contributor: G. G. [Gordon Goodwin]
Article
Hallifax, William 1655?-1722, divine, born at Springthorpe, Lincolnshire, about 1655, was the son of the Rev. John Hallifax. On 20 Feb. 1670 he entered Brasenose College, Oxford, as a servitor, but was admitted a scholar of Corpus Christi College in April 1674, and a fellow in December 1682. He graduated B.A. in 1675, M.A. in 1678, and B.D. in 1687. In 1685 he published from the French a translation of Millet de Chales's ‘Euclide.’ On 18 Jan. 1687-8 he was elected chaplain to the Levant Company at Aleppo, and held the appointment until 27 Nov. 1695. Having at Michaelmas 1691 paid a visit to Palmyra in Syria, he sent an account to Professor Edward Bernard, which, with a sketch of the ruins taken by two of his travelling companions, was inserted in the ‘Philosophical Transactions’ for 1695 (xix. 83-110). He took the degree of D.D. by diploma in 1695, and on 17 Aug. 1699 he was presented by Thomas Foley of Witley Court to the richly endowed rectory of Old Swinford, Worcestershire, and held it with the rectory of Salwarpe in the same county, to which he was instituted on 18 July 1713 (Nash, Worcestershire, ii. 212, 214, 339). He died apparently in the beginning of 1722, and desired to be buried in the chancel of Salwarpe Church. His will, dated 2 Nov. 1721, was proved on 15 Feb. 1722 (P. C. C. 28, Marlborough). By his wife Mary, sister of the Rev. George Martin, he probably left no issue. He bequeathed to Corpus Christi College, Oxford, his oriental books and manuscripts, a silver-gilt basin bought at Aleppo, and a collection of coins and medals. He wrote also ‘A Sermon / preach'd Jan. 30, 1701. With a Vindication of its Author from aspersions cast upon him in a late libel, entitled a Letter to a Clergyman in the City, concerning the Instructions lately given to the Proctors of the Clergy for the Diocese of Worcester,’ 1702.
Sources
Wood's Athenæ Oxon. (Bliss), iv. 620; J. B. Pearson's Chaplains to Levant Co.
Contributor: G. G.
published 1890