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Richard Hottoft (c1575-1641) was rector of St Mary's, Oldswinford in Worcestershire.

History

Hottoft was educated at Trinity College, Cambridge, matriculating c 1593. He was awarded his BA (1596/7) and his MA in 1600. He was instituted twice as rector by Gervase Babington. Bishop of Worcester. On 29 March 1602 he was instituted with his patron being given as Meriel Lyttelton widow of John Lyttelton and guardian of her son, Thomas Lyttelton, a minor. Hottoft was instituted for a second time on 1 May 1602 with the patron given as Queen Elizabeth I.

As rector, he was a trustee of the Stourbridge almshouses. He died in 1641 and his will included a gift of £10 to the poor of the parish of Oldswinford.

Hottoft and his wife, Joyce, owned land locally including at Eccleshall and Stourbridge, Bedcote and Oldswinford.

References

1. "ACAD: A Cambridge Alumni Database". ACAD ID HTFT593R. Retrieved 2 October 2020.
2. "Clergy of the Church of England Database 1540-1835". Retrieved 2 October 2020.
3. Perry, Nigel (2001). A history of Stourbridge. Chichester: Phillimore.
4. "Clergy of the Church of England Database 1540-1835". Retrieved 2 October 2020.
5. Fry, Edward Alexander, ed. (1904). A calendar of wills and administrations preserved in the Consistory Court of the Bishop of Worcester. London: Printed by the British Record Society, in conjunction with the Worcestershire Historical Society. p. 178.
6. "Final Concords of Staffordshire 1613-17". Collections for a History of Staffordshire Edited by the William Salt Archaeological Society. New Series. 4: 43. 1901.

• 1641 deaths
• 17th-century English Anglican priests
• 1575 births