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| name        = Nicholas Chamberlaine
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| birth_date  = 1632
| birth_place = [[Whitnash]], [[Warwickshire]], England
| death_date  = {{death date|1715|7|14|df=y}} (aged 83)
| death_place = England
| church      = [[Church of England]]
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| offices_held = [[Vicar]], [[Rector (ecclesiastical)|Rector]]
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| spouse     = Elizabeth Green <br />(1662-1663 approx.)
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'''Nicholas Chamberlaine''' (1632 – 14 July 1715) was an English priest in the [[Church of England]] who was known for his charitable donations.

==Biography==
Nicholas Chamberlaine was born in 1632 in [[Whitnash]], south of [[Leamington Spa]], [[Warwickshire]], [[England]].  His family were the Chamberlaines of [[Astley, Warwickshire]]. In 1662 he was appointed [[vicar]] of [[Leek Wootton]] near [[Warwick]] and he married Elizabeth Green, but she died afterwards.  In February 1664 he moved to [[Bedworth]] to become the [[Rector (ecclesiastical)|rector]].  He remained rector for 51 years until his death, and he helped to establish stability in the area after the [[English Civil War]]. Chamberlaine bought land in Bedworth and became the parish [[squire]]. He died 14 July 1715.

==Legacy==
Chamberlaine's will provided for a local school for boys and a school for girls in the same building, for local [[almshouse]]s for poor people from the [[Church of England]], for apprenticeships for poor children, and for a number of other provisions. In Bedworth the ''[[Nicholas Chamberlaine Almshouses]]'' and ''[[Nicholas Chamberlaine School]]'' are named after him.

==References==
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* [https://web.archive.org/web/20070622004313/http://www.bedworth-society.co.uk/Nicholas%20chamberlaine%20charities.html The Bedworth Society]
* [http://www.nicholaschamberlainetrusts.org.uk Nicholas Chamberlaine Trusts]

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[[Category:17th-century English Anglican priests]]
[[Category:1632 births]]
[[Category:1715 deaths]]
[[Category:Clergy from Warwickshire]]
[[Category:People from Bedworth]]
[[Category:English philanthropists]]

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