kettell hall, oxford
he third son of john kettell, gentleman, of king s langley, hertfordshire. nominated scholarship @ trinity in 1578 lady elizabeth paulet of tittenhanger, widow of sir thomas pope, founder of college. 1 of contemporaries , friends @ trinity edward hoby. kettell elected fellow in 1583. graduated b.a. 1682, m.a. 1586, b.d. 1594, , d.d. 1597, and, after filling various college offices, elected president in 1599, on death of arthur yeldard. among students under care while either tutor or president bishops gilbert sheldon, henry glenham, william lucy, gilbert ironside, , robert skinner; sir john denham, james harrington, edmund ludlow, henry ireton, george calvert, 1st baron baltimore , cecilius calvert, 2nd baron baltimore, william, earl of craven, , sir henry blount. rebuilt college hall, , added attics or cocklofts old durham college quadrangle, of east side still remains. 1620 built stone house in broad street still known kettell hall, investment of own later came college.
kettell 1 of older heads of houses disliked william laud s high-handed reforms. saved old paintings in college chapel puritan commissioner, william fiennes, 1st viscount saye , sele. outside oxford kettell held rectory of garsington, attached office of president, , private chaplain sir francis walsingham s widow , thomas bilson, bishop of winchester. john aubrey, admitted trinity in 1642, , knew kettell in old age, narrates many anecdotes.
kettell died 17 july 1643, , buried @ garsington on 5 august. aubrey states had 2 wives, if not three, no child, , second wife widow of edward villiers of hothorpe, northamptonshire, daughter elizabeth married george bathurst, , mother of ralph bathurst, president of trinity college; there inaccuracies here. wife buried @ garsington in 1624, , infant daughter in 1606.
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