Background
Dolben was born in Pembrokeshire and was educated at Westminster School and Christ Church, Oxford, graduating with a Bachelor degree in 1607 and an Master of Arts degree (as from All Souls College, Oxford) in 1610.
Dolben was born in Pembrokeshire and was educated at Westminster School and Christ Church, Oxford, graduating with a Bachelor degree in 1607 and an Master of Arts degree (as from All Souls College, Oxford) in 1610.
Christ Church; Westminster School.
He obtained his Bachelor's Degree degree in 1617 and his Doctor of Divinity degree in 1619. After his ordination, he was the incumbent of two benefices in Pembrokeshire: Stackpool Elidyr (1616) and Lawrenny (1620), becoming rector of Llanynys, Denbighshire in 1623. He was (for about four months in 1623) the rector of Street Bartholomew-by-the-Exchange before becoming rector of both Stanwick and Benefield in Northamptonshire on 8 November 1623.
He maintained connections with Pembrokeshire, still possessing the rectory of Stackpool when he died in 1631 at the age of 42.
He was buried at Stanwick. He was survived by two sons: John Dolben, later Archbishop of York, and William Dolben, a judge.