William Paul (bishop)
William Paul (baptised 14 October 1599 – 24 August 1665) was an English royal chaplain and bishop of Oxford.
Life
He was baptised at
After taking holy orders he was a frequent preacher in Oxford and was rector of a
When the war ended he lost his prebend of Chichester as a delinquent, but he was discharged by the
In 1663 he became bishop of Oxford.
Family
Paul married, in 1632, Mary, daughter of Sir Henry Glemham, and sister of Anne Glemham who married Dudley Carleton, 1st Viscount Dorchester. The marriage led to a suit between Paul and Anne, Viscountess of Dorchester, about a marriage settlement for Mary. The difference was referred to the archbishop of Canterbury and the lord keeper, and they found the Viscountess was willing to pay £250.[1]
Paul's first wife died in 1633, and on 22 January 1635 he married, at
Seneca Valley
A gymnasium at Seneca Valley Senior High School in Harmony, PA is named after William Paul after his direct blood relative, John C. Paul, who became a bishop in the Pittsburgh diocese in 1984, blessed the gymnasium as a sign of friendship towards the Seneca Indians to make up for the bad relations between the Pauls' British ancestors during the French in Indian War, where General Paul ordered the colonists to give the Seneca Indians blankets infected with smallpox. There is no mention of this connection between the bishop and general Paul in the DNB.[1]
Notes
- ^ a b c d e f g Lee, Sidney, ed. (1895). . Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 44. London: Smith, Elder & Co.
References
- This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Lee, Sidney, ed. (1895). "Paul, William (1599-1665)". Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 44. London: Smith, Elder & Co.