Walter Rosewell

Reverend Walter Rosewell (c. 1610 – 20 May 1658) was the Vicar of Doulting, Somerset and later became a Presbyterian Minister at Chatham, Kent. He was sequestered and imprisoned in 1649 for refusing to take the oath of Engagement and for sedition.

Walter Rosewell was born about 1610 probably at Doulting, Somerset. He was a son of Reverend John Rosewell (1579-1639) the Vicar of Doulting from 1610 to 1639. John Rosewell possibly married Sarah Chapman at Claverton, Somerset in 1604. Walter was a brother to William Rosewell (d. 1652) of Empingham, Rutland. Walter graduated B.A. from Queens’ College, Oxford in 1629; M. A. in 1632; and was incorporated at Cambridge 1633.

Walter was a great grandson of William Rosewell (1499–1568) and a grandson of Thomas Rosewell (1533–c. 1602) both of Dunkerton, Somerset. His Uncles were William Rosewell (c. 1561–c. 1620) of the Middle Temple and Reverend Alexander Rosewell (1567-1616) of Combe Hay, Somerset. He was a first cousin of Thomas Rosewell, Nonconformist Minister of Rotherhithe, Surrey.

He married Susannah (d. 1691) about 1640. They had two sons at Oxford University: John Rosewell (1643-1692) matriculated at Lincoln College in 1661, aged 18; and Daniel Rosewell (1651-1693) matriculated at Corpus Christi in 1668, aged 17, and graduated B.A. from Wadham 1674. Other known children were Mary (b. 1644) and Joseph (1645-1654).

Walter Rosewell was appointed as Curate to Claverton, Somerset in 1630 and was ordained in 1632. In 1639 he was instituted as vicar of Doulting following the death of his father, Reverend John Rosewell. He was severely persecuted by Bishop Pierce of Bath & Wells and by 1640 he was Puritan Minister at St Mathews Friday Street, Cheapside, London. In 1647 he replaced Ambrose Clare (Curate) as the incumbent Presbyterian Minister of St Marys, Chatham.

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