Philip King (1603–1667) was an English academic and churchman, Archdeacon of Lewes from 1660 until 1667.

Life

He was the fifth and youngest son of John King, the

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. He matriculated at

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in 1616, at age 13, and graduated B.A. in 1618. In 1623 he was M.A, and became Fellow of Exeter College. Having been public orator, he resigned his fellowship in 1629. King became rector of St Botolph, Billingsgate by 1636. At the outbreak of the

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his living was sequestered, and he went to Oxford. There he graduated D.D. in 1645. He spent much of his time at

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, where one of his sisters was married to Sir Richard Hobart. After the

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in 1660, he was made treasurer of the

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, and became a prebendary in

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. He was made archdeacon of Lewes on 11 October 1660, and held he post until his death on 4 March 1667, at Langley.

References

Fellows of Exeter College, Oxford Archdeacons of Lewes 1603 births 1667 deaths {{Canterbury-archdeacon-stub