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. He was educated at King Edward VI School, Bury St Edmunds and

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, matriculating at Easter 1651, graduating B.A. 1655, M.A. 1658. He was ordained priest by

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on 22 November 1658. In 1660, Voyce was appointed Chaplain to the House of Commons by the Convention Parliament. On 27 December 1660, two days before that parliament's dissolution on 29 December, the House voted to pay the chaplain £120 "for his pains and diligent service in constant praying with this House, every morning, since the beginning of this Parliament". He became Rector of Oakley, Suffolk (1661) and Vicar of Hindolveston, Norfolk (1662–63). Voyce died on 31 March 1713, aged 79 years and 11 months, and is buried in the churchyard at Oakley.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Voyce, Edward 1633 births 1713 deaths People educated at King Edward VI School, Bury St Edmunds Alumni of Corpus Christi College, Cambridge Chaplains of the House of Commons (UK)