Rev. Philip Mallory

Philip Mallory was a son of Sir Thomas Mallory, Dean of Chester, and Elizabeth Vaughan. Therefore, he was an uncle of Thomas and Roger Mallory of Virginia. He was born abt 1617 and died in England 1660/61. He recieved his BA from St. Mary's Hall on April 27, 1637, and his MA January 16, 1639-40. He was the Rector o fMorton Co. Durham from 1641 - 44, when he was ejected by the Parliamentary authorities. He matriculated May 28, 1634 at Corpus Chrisit College, Oxford. He may have gone with Price Repett's fleet to the West Indies. (Jennifer Carswell via foster's Oxford Matriculations and Walbrans' Genealogica Account of the Lords of Studeley Royal in Yorkshire, Surtees Soc V67)

It is not certain when he arrived in Virginia. He was a very prominent minister in early Virginia by 1656. He was most likely a loyalist who came to Virginia as a result of the Civil War in England. He was appointed with Mr. Green to examine all ministerial candidates for parishes. In March 1659-60 he was paid two thousand pounds of tobacco for officiatinng at the two last assemblies, and was desired to reachat the next Assembly. (Ibid p. 595)

He officiated as minister in York Co., VA on September 1660 at the celebation of the restoration of Charles II to the throne.

He was a staunch opponent of the Quaker movement. He petitioned the court to grant him permission to meet with them to teach these "much seduced, deceived, and misled people" the truth. One Quaker opponent said Philip was an "Episcopal Knave, an anti-christ, who came from the Pope."(William and Mary Quarterly)

Philip married Catherine, the sister of Thomas Batte. They had no children as far as I can tell. His will is probated in London 27 July 1661 and can be found at the Library of Virginia's Digital Collections web site under the Virginia colonial Records Project # 03520 survey report No. 3715. He leaves to his nephew Mr. Roger Mallory all his plantations, lands, tenements and hereditaments in Virginia or elsewhere.

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