William Dolben (c. 1588 – 1631) was a Welsh clergyman.
Life [link]
Dolben was born in Pembrokeshire and was educated at Westminster School and Christ Church, Oxford, graduating with a BA degree in 1607 and an MA degree (as from All Souls College, Oxford) in 1610. He obtained his BD degree in 1617 and his DD degree in 1619. After his ordination, he was the incumbent of two benefices in Pembrokeshire: Stackpool Elidyr (1616) and Lawrenny (1620), becoming rector of Llanynys, Denbighshire in 1623. He was (for about four months in 1623) the rector of St Bartholomew-by-the-Exchange before becoming rector of both Stanwick and Benefield in Northamptonshire on 8 November 1623. His marriage in 1623 to Elizabeth Williams, niece of John Williams (who was at the time Bishop of Lincoln, and who was to become Archbishop of York), helped him to be appointed to the Lincoln prebend of Caistor. He maintained connections with Pembrokeshire, still possessing the rectory of Stackpool when he died in 1631 at the age of 42. He was buried at Stanwick. He was survived by two sons: John Dolben, later Archbishop of York, and William Dolben, a judge.[1]
References [link]
- ^ Wright, Stephen (Sept 2004 (online edition, Jan 2008)). "Dolben, William (1588?–1631)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Oxford University Press. https://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/7778. Retrieved 2008-08-04.
External links [link]
- Venn, J.; Venn, J. A., eds. (1922–1958). "William Dolben". Alumni Cantabrigienses (10 vols) (online ed.). Cambridge University Press.
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William Dolben (judge)
Sir William Dolben KS KC (c. 1627 – 25 January 1694) was an English judge who sat as a Justice of the King's Bench. Born to William Dolben and his wife Elizabeth Williams, whose children also included John Dolben, later Archbishop of York, he joined the Inner Temple in 1647/8 and was called to the Bar in 1655, the same year that he graduated Master of Arts of the University of Oxford. He became a Bencher of the Inner Temple in 1672, Recorder of London in 1676, and was knighted a year later on 3 February 1677. Dolben apparently served well as Recorder; when he was promoted a few years later, the Corporation of London gave him some silver plate "as a loving remembrance". He became a King's Counsel and King's Serjeant on 2 May and 24 October respectively, and on 23 October 1678 became a Justice of the Court of King's Bench "during good behaviour". As both a barrister and a judge, Dolben was noted as an "arrant old snarler" with a large voice, despite his small stature, a trait that Stuart Handley notes probably served him well in court.
William Dolben (disambiguation)
William Dolben was a Welsh clergyman.
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