William Johnson

The Reverend Dr William Johnson, Sub-Almoner to the King, was buried in north transept of Westminster Abbey on 12th March 1667 (in modern dating). His gravestone has now worn away but the inscription was recorded as:

Sacred to the memory of that delight of the Muses and Graces William Johnson, D.D. [Doctor of Divinity] Sub-Almoner to King Charles the Second, who laid his mortality near this place. Often shipwrecked at length he rests in this harbour, and his soul with God, whose saying was God with Us. If you will see his picture consult his book. He died in the 57th year of his age, of our Salvation 1666, March 4.

He was a son of William Johnson and his wife Priscilla (Leman) and appears to have held the family living of Warboys in Huntingdonshire. By royal command in 1661 he was created Professor of Sacred Theology. His two brothers, Thomas and Robert, both had sons called William.