William Beale (college head)
William Beale | |
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William Beale | |
| Born | William Beale England |
| Died | 1 October 1651 Madrid, Spain |
| Education | Westminster School Jesus College, Cambridge St John's College, Cambridge Trinity College, Cambridge (B.A.) |
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William Beale (died 1 October 1651) was an English royalist churchman, Master in turn of Jesus College, Cambridge and St John's College, Cambridge. He was subjected to intense attacks by John Pym from 1640, for an unpublished sermon he had given in 1635 supporting royal prerogative. According to Glenn Burgess, Pym's attention to Beale was because he exhibited a rare combination of Arminian or Laudian theological views with explicit political views tending to absolutism.