# Edward Voyce

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**Edward Voyce** (April 1633 – 31 March 1713) was an English clergyman. In 1660 he was appointed [Chaplain to the Speaker of the House of Commons](/source/Chaplain_to_the_Speaker_of_the_House_of_Commons), the first person to receive this title explicitly.[1]

Voyce was the son of Edward Voyce, Rector of [West Stow](/source/West_Stow), [Suffolk](/source/Suffolk). He was educated at [King Edward VI School, Bury St Edmunds](/source/King_Edward_VI_School,_Bury_St_Edmunds) and [Corpus Christi College, Cambridge](/source/Corpus_Christi_College,_Cambridge), matriculating at Easter 1651, graduating [B.A.](/source/Bachelor_of_Arts) 1655, [M.A.](/source/Master_of_Arts_(Oxford,_Cambridge,_and_Dublin)) 1658. He was ordained priest by [Ralph Brownrigg](/source/Ralph_Brownrigg), [Bishop of Exeter](/source/Bishop_of_Exeter) on 22 November 1658.[2]

In 1660, Voyce was appointed Chaplain to the House of Commons by the [Convention Parliament](/source/Convention_Parliament_(1660)). On 27 December 1660, two days before that parliament's dissolution on 29 December, the House voted to pay the chaplain £120 "for his pains and diligent service in constant praying with this House, every morning, since the beginning of this Parliament".[3]

He became Rector of [Oakley, Suffolk](/source/Oakley,_Suffolk) (1661) and Vicar of [Hindolveston](/source/Hindolveston), [Norfolk](/source/Norfolk) (1662–63).[2]

Voyce died on 31 March 1713, aged 79 years and 11 months, and is buried in the churchyard at Oakley.[4]

## References

1. ["Chaplain to the Speaker of the House of Commons"](https://www.parliament.uk/about/living-heritage/evolutionofparliament/parliamentwork/offices-and-ceremonies/overview/speakers-office-staff/chaplain-to-the-speaker-of-the-house-of-commons/). *parliament.uk*. Retrieved 13 May 2020.

1. [[https://books.google.com/books?id=vhNDAAAAcAAJ&q=](https://books.google.com/books?id=vhNDAAAAcAAJ&q=)"edward+voyce"&pg=PA229 *Journals of the House of Commons*]. Vol. 8. 1803. p. 229. Retrieved 13 May 2020.

1. Evelyn White, C. H. (ed.) (1890). [*The East Anglian; or, Notes and queries on subjects connected with the counties of Suffolk, Cambridge, Essex and Norfolk*](https://archive.org/details/eastanglianorno06whitgoog/page/n202/mode/2up). Vol. 3. p. 189. Retrieved 13 May 2020.

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