Person Beale; John (c 1608 - c1683); clergyman and writer Beale John clergyman and writer c 1608 - c1683 British Male Yardley, Herefordshire, England, Europe c1608 0 0 Baptism: Yarkhill, Herefordshire, England, Europe (17 April 1608) Burial: Yeovil, Somerset, England, Europe (16 April 1683)

Clergyman, Church of England Agriculture Horticulture Botany Forestry Education: Worcester Cathedral school (1618-1622); Eton College (1622-); King's College, Cambridge (BA 1632/3; MA 1636) Career: Fellow of King's (1632-40); travelled for some years while tutor and guardian to cousin Robert Pye and George Speke; Rector of Sock, Somerset (1638-1683); published 'A Treatise on Fruit Trees' (1653); member of the Herefordshire committee for ejecting scandalous ministers (1654); instrumental in establishment of Herefordshire Association of Ministers (1657-1658); published 'Observations on some parts of Bacon's natural history, as it concerns fruit trees, fruits and flowers' (1658); Rector of Yeovil, Somerset (1660-1683); Chaplain to Charles II (1665-1683) Parents: Thomas Beale and Joanna Pye Additional relatives: uncles Sir William Pye (attorney-general of the Court of Wards) and Sir Robert Pye (auditor of the exchequer) Beale was affected relatively early on by the impending Civil War and sequestration and was ejected from the rectory at Sock [Dennis]. After the siege of Hereford in 1645, Beale fled to the parliamentary camp at Shrewsbury. Later, his connection by marriage to Humphrey Mackworth, governor of Shrewsbury, allowed him to serve as his chaplain. With his background and interest in cider production and related agriculture, Beale started correspondence with Samuel Hartlib, becoming a member of the Hartlib circle. This brought him in the same circle as John Evelyn (FRS 1660), Henry Oldenburg (FRS 1660), and Robert Boyle (FRS 1660). Committee and panels: Committee for Agriculture [Georgical] (1664) ; Committee for the Histories of Trades (1664) ; Committee for Collecting all the Phenomena of Nature hitherto observed (1664) ; Committee for Correspondence (1664) Fellow 16/08/1663 Frequent correspondent on agricultural matters; Appointed Curator of Experiments regarding cider production (1663); Beale's paper 'Aphorisms concerning cider' (1662) prompted the formation of committee to consider the production elsewhere in England Sources: Bulloch's Roll; DNB; Venn; ODNB References: Goodchild, P H. 1991. ''No Phantasticall Utopia, but a Reall Place'. John Evelyn, John Beale and Backbury Hill, Herefordshire', in Garden History, vol. 19(2), pp. 105-127 Notes: DNB gives date of birth as 1603, Hunter gives 1608; Venn gives c1613. Declared an honorary member from 07 January 1663 (Birch p172: "they had declared him, from that time, an honorary member of the society, and would receive him, upon his desire, a fellow of it."); re-elected 16 August 1663 [JB]. After the grant of the Second Royal Charter to the Royal Society in 1663 all existing Fellows had to be declared within two months or re-elected. As Beale was re-elected outside the two month window stipulated in the Charter he is not considered an Original Fellow of the Society. The date of election after the grant of the 1663 Charter is considered the official election date and is the one given in this database. International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families - ISAAR(CPF) - Ottawa 1996 ISBN 0-9696035-3-3 National Council on Archives, Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997 https://pictures.royalsociety.org/results?mi_search_type=adv&mi_adv_search=yes&adv_person_id=AUTH654 c 1613 - c 1683 The past Fellows entries are under continuous revision. If you have queries or additional information to contribute, please contact Library@royalsociety.org. Content in external sources is not controlled by the Royal Society and historical sources may include content that is now unacceptable. Reviewed on 09/02/2022 as part of the Name Authority Project update. NA3355 21/11/2001 Andyg pmab 06/05/2025 RS_NET\VirginiaM Yes http://viaf.org/viaf/20025298 2f1061c5-a828-4f7a-a909-fe08d02d870e