Aaron Wilson (priest)

The Venerable Aaron Wilson (16 October 1589 – 28 March 1643) was an Anglican clergyman and divine.

[1] Aaron Wilson matriculated from Queen's College, Oxford, on 16 October 1607, as "cler.

[2] Wilson and his flock quarrelled over temporalities, and he took proceedings in the Star-chamber, but failed to prove the alleged encroachments.

The corporation, nevertheless, thought it wise to surrender the right of presentation to the King, who regranted it under conditions.

When the Civil War broke out, the vicar was sent prisoner by the townsfolk to Portsmouth; he died at Exeter in July 1643, bequeathing to his son an unswerving faith in the greatness of royal prerogative.