Walter Dayrell

Walter Dayrell was a canon and the archdeacon of Winchester from 1666 to 1684.

Education

He was educated at John Roysse's Free School in Abingdon,. He later studied at Jesus College, Oxford and Christ Church, Oxford and gained a Doctor of Divinity.

Career

He is listed as being a lawyer and an important citizen in Abingdon during the early seventeenth century and resided at Lacies Court.
He succeeded Thomas Gorges as the archdeacon of Winchester in 1666, a post he held until his death in 1684. He was the first regularly appointed Recorder of the Abingdon Borough and has his arms engraved at St Nicolas Church, Abingdon because he was a benefactor.