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Rev. William Wilson
d.15 May 1615 Windsor, Berkshire, England
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He attended Merton College in Oxford, England where he obtained the following degrees: B.A. 1564, M.A. 1570, B.D. 1576, D.D. 1607. Prebendary of Saint Paul's and Rochester Cathedrals, and held the rectory at Cliffe, Kent. In 1584, he became a Canon of Windsor in place of Dr. William Wickham who was promoted to the see of Lincoln, being about that time made chaplain to Edmund Grindall, the Archbishop of Canterbury, who was his wife's uncle. He died on 15 May 1615 at Windsor, Berkshire, England. He is buried at St. George's Chapel at Windsor Castle, next to his father. His tomb states: "To me to live is Christ, and to dye is Gain. Philip. I.21. Here underneath lies interr'd the Body of William Wilson, Doctour of Divinitie, and Prebendarie of this Church by the Space of 32 Years. He had issue by Isabell his Wife six Sons and six Daughteres. He dy'd the 15th of May, in the Year of our Lord 1615, of his Age the 73, beloved of all in his Lyfe, much lamented in his Death." [3] References
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