In 1616 Bishop Walter Blandford was born at Melbury Abbas, Dorset.
After 1648 Bishop Walter Blandford [aged 32] was appointed Chaplain to John Lovelace 2nd Baron Lovelace [aged 31].
In November 1665 Bishop Walter Blandford [aged 49] was appointed Bishop of Oxford.
In 1668 Bishop Walter Blandford [aged 52] was appointed Clerk of the Closet.
In 1671 Bishop Walter Blandford [aged 55] was appointed Bishop of Worcester.
John Evelyn's Diary. 6th October 1672. Dr. Thistlethwaite preached at Whitehall on Rev. v. 2, - a young, but good preacher. I received the blessed Communion, Dr. Blandford [aged 56], Bishop of Worcester, and Dean of the Chapel, officiating. Dined at my Lord Clifford's [aged 42], with Lord Mulgrave [aged 24], Sir Gilbert Talbot [aged 41], and Sir Robert Holmes [aged 50].
In 1675 Bishop Walter Blandford [aged 59] died.