Background
He was born in Devon, and was educated at Merchant Taylors" School and Magdalen College, Oxford, where he was a chorister from 1648 to 1653, and graduated Bachelor of Arts in 1655 and Master of Arts
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Ezekiel Hopkins
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In 1656. After 1660 he was assistant to William Spurstow in Hackney, but he conformed after the Acting of Uniformity 1662, becoming a lecturer in London. In 1666, he became minister of Street Mary Arches, Exeter. Lord Robartes appointed Hopkins his chaplain on becoming Lord Lieutenant of Ireland in 1669.
In 1670 he became Dean of Raphoe and the following year Bishop of Raphoe.
His translation to Derry was in 1681. In 1689 he returned to England, becoming preacher at Street Mary Aldermanbury, and dying on 19 June 1690.
By her he had two sons, Charles (1664–1700), poet and dramatist, and John (born 1675), the author of Amasia.
