He was son of John Hale, a surgeon, of Lynn, Norfolk; his father died when he was about four years old.He was ordained deacon in December 1818, and served his first curacy under George Gaskin at St Benet Gracechurch in London.His translation of the Pontifical Law on the Subject of the Utensils and Repairs of Churches as set forth by Fabius Alberti was privately printed in 1838.vii., he wrote The History of the Jews from the time of Alexander the Great to the Destruction of Jerusalem by Titus, with other articles.Hale also published sermons of all kinds, besides charges and addresses on church rates, the offertory, intramural burial, the proceedings of the Liberation Society, and many other topics: This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Courtney, William Prideaux (1890).