Richard Ball D.D.

Name Richard Ball D.D. 322, 11G Grandfather Birth ca 1568/72, England322 Death 1631, England Burial Great St Helen's, Bishopgate, London, England Graduation 1590, Magdalen College, Oxford, England Grad Memo B.A. in 1590 Graduation 1594, Magdalen College, Oxford, England Grad Memo M.A. in 1594 Employment 1598, Gresham College, London, England323 Employ Memo Appointed the second Professor of Rhetoric. See source. Employment 1606, Great St Helen's, Bishopgate, London, England Employ Memo Appointed Vicar Honors 1613, College of Arms, Derby House, London, England Honors Memo Received Armorial Bearing (Coat of Arms) from the College of Arms (Heralds) Father Lawrence Ball (ca1538-) Mother (wife) Unknown
Notes
Received two academic degrees from Magdalen College, Oxford. B.A. in 1590, M.A. in 1594. Later received the D.D. degree. After receiving his education he was first Professor of Rhetoric of Gresham College. He became Vicar of St. Helen's Church, Bishopgate, London, in 1606. He received Armorial Bearing from the College of Heralds in 1613.322
Research
During the Elizabethan age, there was an increased emphasis on genealogy in the heralds’ work as the gentry class rose in importance. Wealthy "new men" were eager to prove their gentility and be granted arms. Only persons of gentry class or higher could bear arms so anyone with arms was by definition gentle (the period Latin word for gentleman was "armigero" i.e. one who bears arms) so the heralds were effectively the gatekeepers to the gentry class.340
Spouses
1 (wife) Unknown, 11G Grandmother Birth England Death England
Children William (1615-1680)

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