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Stenhouse, Walter, 1597-1655 (rector of Darfield, Yorkshire)

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Dates

  • Existence: 1597 - 1655

Biography

Founding scholar Wadham Coll. 1613-17, B.A. (Oxford) 25 Feb., 1616-17; M.A. from Magdalen Coll. 11 Dec., 1619 (incorporated at Cambridge 1621), Fellow (Magd) 1617-29, licenced to preach 3 Dec., 1628, B.D. Cambridge 16 April, 1629; served a Cambridge/Canterbury rectory from 7th March-Nov., 1630, rector of Darfield, Yorks from 3rd October 1631. During the civil war (possibly in 1644/5), he was on the Royalist side and was ejected from Darfield by Parliamentary commissioners and imprisoned. He also had an interest in the design of gardens, particularly his own rectory garden at Darfield.

Biographical information supplied by Michael Lord in June 2021.