Ezekiel Hopkins
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| Born | 1634 Crediton, Devon |
| Died | 1690 |
Ezekiel Hopkins (died 1690) was an
from 1681 to 1690.Life
He was born in
Lord Robartes appointed Hopkins his chaplain upon becoming Lord Lieutenant of Ireland in 1669. Hopkins became Treasurer of Christ Church Cathedral, Waterford in 1669.[3] In 1670, he became Dean of Raphoe, and the following year, Bishop of Raphoe. His translation to Derry was in 1681. Despite being summoned by James II of England to the short-lived Patriot Parliament in Dublin, in 1689 he returned to England, becoming a preacher at St. Mary Aldermanbury, and dying on 19 June 1690.[2]
Works
His written legacy includes his Expositions of the Ten Commandments, which remains in print in the modern era.[when?]
Family
Hopkins married his first wife, Alicia Moore (d.1681), a niece of
.However, according to National Library of Ireland (Registered Pedigrees Vol.17), the great grandfather of Sir Francis Hopkins, MP, 1st Baronet of Athboy, County Meath, was James Hopkins. The pedigree for James Hopkins is cancelled on page 217, and with it a reference to Ezekiel Hopkins. The tree proper (without the reference to Ezekiel) follows on page 220. § [4]
References
- ^ Alumni Oxonienses 1500-1714, Hieron-Horridge
- ^ a b c Dunlop 1891.
- ^ Cotton, H., "Fasti Ecclesiae Hibernicae: The succession of the prelates Volume 13" p150, Dublin, Hodges & Smith, 1848-1878
- ^ https://catalogue.nli.ie/Record/vtls000530453
External links
- Attribution
Dunlop, Robert (1891). . In Lee, Sidney (ed.). Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 27. London: Smith, Elder & Co.
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