Hall, George
, son of the preceding, was born at
Waltham Holy Cross in 1612, while his father was rector
there, and was admitted commoner of Exeter college, Oxford, in 1628. After taking his degrees and obtaining a
fellowship, he was in 1639 collated to a prebend of Exeter.
In 1641 he was made archdeacon of Cornwall on the resignation of his brother Robert, and had also the rectory
of Minhinnet in that county, but was sequestered by the
usurping powers, and although he would have kept a
school for his subsistence, was not suffered even that resource. On the restoration, he was first made canon of
Windsor, and afterwards bishop of Chester, with which he
held Wigan in Lancashire, a living that was for several
turns presented to the bishops of Chester. His death, on
Aug. 23, 1668, was occasioned by a wound received by a
knife, which happened to be in his pocket, when he fell
from the mount in his garden at Wigan. He published
some sermons, and a treatise entitled “The Triumphs of
Rome over despised Protestancy,” Lond. 1655. He was
a considerable benefactor to Exeter college. 2
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The Triumphs of
Rome over despised Protestancy, 1655
Works Online
Works found by this author (or others with similar names) in the Early English Books Online Collection:
Two sermons by Geo. Hall ... (1641) by Hall, George, 1612?-1668.
The black and terrible vvarning piece: or, a scourge to Englands rebellion. Truly representing, the horrible iniquity of the times; the dangerous proceedings of the ranters, and the holding of no Resurrection by the shakers, in Yorkshire and elsewhere. With the several judgements of the most high and eternal Lord God, upon all usurpers, who deny His law, and His truth; and the manner how 130 children were taken away by the devil, and never seen no more; and divers others taken, rent, torn, and cast up and down from room to room, by strange and dreadfull spirits, appearing in the shapes of, a black boar, a roaring lyon, an English statesman, and a Roman fryer. Extracted out of the elaborate works of Bishop Hall, and Sir Kenelm Digby; and published for general satisfaction, to all Christian princes, states, and common-wealths in Europe. (1653) by Hall, George, 1612?-1668.
The triumphs of Rome over despised Protestancie (1655) by Hall, George, 1612?-1668.
Gods appearing for the tribe of Levi: improved in a sermon preached at St. Paul's, Nov. 8. to the sons of ministers, then solemnly assembled. / By Geo: Hall, minster at St. Botolph Aldersgate. (1655) by Hall, George, 1612?-1668.
A fast-sermon, preached to the Lords in the High-Court of Parliament assembled on the day of solemn humiliation for the continuing pestilence, Octob. 3, 1666 and by their order published by George, Lord Bishop of Chester. (1666) by Hall, George, 1612?-1668.