Apologie ... of the Power and Providence of God (1627). The latter work, a rebuttal of the view that creation, including humanity, was gradually declining, was praised by Samuel Pepys and is cited by James Boswell as one of the formative influences on the prose of Samuel Johnson. Hakewill's style has been described as "lively and forceful". By a brief marriage to Mary Ayer or Ayers (née Delbridge) Hakewill had two sons, John and George. George appears to have died in childhood. After becoming a fellow of Exeter College, John also died within his father's lifetime in 1637. Hakewill's will shows that, despite his theological leanings towards radical Protestantism, he remained politically a royalist and loyal to the Church of England as established. He also left a bequest to his "dear brother" William Hakewill, a noted supporter of the opposing Parliamentarian party. He named his nephew John Hakewill executor of his will, proved 2 May 1649. George Hakewill was buried in the chancel of his church in Heanton Punchardon on 5 April 1649. References 1570s births 1649 deaths Clergy from Exeter 17th-century English Anglican priests Fellows of Exeter College, Oxford 17th-century English theologians Rectors of Exeter College, Oxford Writers from Exeter 16th-century Anglican theologians 17th-century Anglican theologians