Edmund Chishull (1671–1733) was an English clergyman andantiquary.
He was son of Paul Chishull, and was born atEyworth, Bedfordshire, 22 March 1670–1.[1]He was a scholar ofCorpus Christi College, Oxford in 1687, where he graduated B.A. in 1690, M.A. in 1693, and became a Fellow in 1696.[2][3]
He was appointedchaplain to the factory of theTurkey Company atSmyrna. Sailing from England in the frigateNeptune on 10 February 1698, he arrived at Smyrna on 12 November 1698. While resident there he made a tour to Ephesus, setting out on 21 April 1699 and returning on 3 May. In 1701 he visitedConstantinople. He resumed his chaplaincy the next year, and left Smyrna on 10 February 1701–2, taking his homeward journey by Gallipoli and Adrianople where he joinedLord Paget, who was returning from an embassy to theSublime Porte.
Travelling as a member of the ambassador's household, Chishull passed through Bulgaria,Wallachia, Transylvania, Hungary, and Germany to Holland. At Leyden, he took leave of Lord Paget and returned to England alone.
Chishull soon afterwards became lecturer ofSt Olave Hart Street; he married and resigned his fellowship. He was then instituted to the living ofWalthamstow,Essex. In 1711 he was appointed chaplain to the queen.[1] On 1 September 1708 he was provided with a living as vicar ofWalthamstow,Essex, in 1708. He settled there for the rest of his life.[2][3]
Chishull died at Walthamstow on 18 May 1733.[1]
Chishull kept a journal, eventually published with help fromRichard Mead.[4] He published copiously as a scholar, particularly Latin verses, numismatical works, notes from his travels, and hisAntiquitates Asiaticae (1728). TheAntiquitates was a collaborative work involvingWilliam Sherard,Antonio Picenini,Joseph de Tournefort among others.[4]
As a theologian Chishull engaged in the debate onmortalism, attackingHenry Dodwell. Dodwell replied to Chishull andSamuel Clarke, inExpostulation, relating to the late insults of Mr Clark and Mr Chishull (1708).[2][3]
This article incorporates text from a publication now in thepublic domain: Hunt, William (1887). "Chishull, Edmund". InStephen, Leslie (ed.).Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 10. London: Smith, Elder & Co.
