Walter Curle

Walter Curle or Curll (1575–1647) was an English bishop, a close supporter of William Laud [ [http://www.gutenberg.org/files/20346/20346-h/20346-h.htm The Project Gutenberg eBook of Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Winchester, by Philip Walsingham Sergeant ] ] . Born in Hatfield, Hertfordshire, he was educated at St Albans School and at Christ's College, Cambridge (matriculated c. 1592), transferring to Peterhouse (BA c. 1595; MA in 1598), of which college he later was elected Fellow. [ [http://www.pet.cam.ac.uk/virtualtour/arch_tour/054.html Peterhouse - Architectural Tour (Burrough's Building First Floor) ] ]

He was bishop of Winchester from 1632 to 1647. When in 1645 Parliamentary forces under Oliver Cromwell captured Winchester, he went into exile at Soberton [ [http://www3.hants.gov.uk/localpages/central/bishops-waltham/soberton.htm Soberton ] ] .

He was bishop of Rochester in 1628 [ [http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.asp?compid=53800] , [http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.asp?compid=34603] ] , and bishop of Bath and Wells from 1629 to 1632. His translation caused the vacancy as Rector of Bemerton that gave the poet George Herbert a living there [ [http://www.churchmouse.org.uk/bemerton/clergy.htm Past Clergy of Bemerton ] ] [ [http://walton.classicauthors.net/LifeOfMrGeorgeHerbert/LifeOfMrGeorgeHerbert5.html Life Of Mr. George Herbert by Izaak Walton: Part IV - Illness And Recovery - Marriage - Bemerton ] ] . He was Dean of Lichfield 1622 to 1628 [ [http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.asp?compid=34734 Deans of Lichfield | British History Online ] ] .

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