689.Rev. William Wilson. Born ca 1542 in England.57 William died in May 1615.7 Buried on 15 May 1615 in St George’s Chapel, Windsor.57 Education: Merton College, Oxford, B.A. 1564, B.D. 1576, D.D. 1607.57
William was prebendary of St Paul’s and Rochester Cathedral, Rector of Cliffe, Kent, and in 1584 became Canon of Windsor.
From Bartlett:57
William was “rector at Islip, Oxfordshire, 1578; rector of Cliffe, co. Kent, 1579; rector of Caxton, co. Kent, 1593, prebendary of St. Paul’s, London, 1595-1615, and of Rochester Cathedral, 1594-1614. About 1580 he became chaplain to Edmund Grindall, Archbishop of Canterbery, and in 1583 became canon of Windsor, holding this position for thirty-two years, until his death May 15, 1615, aged 73, and was buried in the chapel of St. George, Windsor Castle, where a monumental brass to his memory states that he was ‘beloved of all in his Life, and much lamented in his Death.’”
Ca 1570 William first married Isabel Woodhall (879) , daughter of John Woodhall Esq (ca 1519-) & Elizabeth Grindal (345) (ca 1520-bef Apr 1583). Born ca 1546. Isabel died in England bef 1615. Buried in Rochester Cathedral, Kent.7