Bedford, Hilkiah (1663–1724), bishop of the nonjuring Church of England, was born on 23 July 1663 in Hosier Lane, near West Smithfield, London, where his father, also Hilkiah (b. 1632), was a mathematical instrument maker. The family originally came from Sibsey, near ...
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Bedford, Hilkiah (1663–1724), bishop of the nonjuring Church of England
Christoph v. Ehrenstein
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Blackbourne, John (1683–1741), bishop of the nonjuring Church of England
Christoph v. Ehrenstein
Blackbourne, John (1683–1741), bishop of the nonjuring Church of England, was the son of Thomas Blackbourne. He was educated at a school in Audley, Cheshire, and from May 1697 at Trinity College, Cambridge, where he graduated BA in 1701 and MA in 1705. His refusal to recognize the revolutionary settlement and to swear an oath of allegiance to ...
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Brett, Thomas (1667–1744), bishop of the nonjuring Church of England
Robert D. Cornwall
Brett, Thomas (1667–1744), bishop of the nonjuring Church of England, was born on 3 September 1667 at Betteshanger, near Sandwich, Kent, the son of Thomas Brett (1640–1695) and Letitia Boys (1644–1731). He was educated at the Wye grammar school, under John Paris and ...
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Cherry, Francis (bap. 1667, d. 1713), nonjuror and antiquary
Theodor Harmsen
Cherry, Francis (bap. 1667, d. 1713), nonjuror and antiquary, was baptized on 25 March 1667 in the parish of Cookham, Berkshire. He was the second son of William Cherry (c.1632–1705), a lawyer, and his wife, Ann Whitfeild (d. 1703) of ...
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Cockburn, Patrick (1678–1749), Scottish Episcopal clergyman
Rowan Strong
Cockburn, Patrick (1678–1749), Scottish Episcopal clergyman, was the eldest son of John Cockburn (1652–1729), Church of Scotland minister, and his wife Anna (d. 1695), daughter of Alexander Garden, a leading cleric of the diocese of Aberdeen. Patrick was born at Udny, Aberdeenshire...
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Deacon, Thomas (1697–1753), bishop of the nonjuring Church of England and physician
Robert D. Cornwall
Deacon, Thomas (1697–1753), bishop of the nonjuring Church of England and physician, was born on 2 September 1697 at Stepney, Middlesex, the son of William Deacon (d. 1706), a mariner, and his wife, Cecelia (fl. 1697–1733). Lacking a university education, by early adulthood he had become an accomplished writer and had mastered Greek, Latin, French, and possibly Hebrew. The nonjuror ...
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Downes, Theophilus (1657/8–1726), nonjuror and author
Christoph v. Ehrenstein
Downes, Theophilus (1657/8–1726), nonjuror and author, was born at Purslow, Shropshire, between March 1657 and March 1658, the son of John and Knightley Downes. He became a commoner of Balliol College, Oxford, in March 1673, graduating BA on 17 October 1676 and MA on 10 July 1679. He was elected a fellow of ...
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Hickes, George (1642–1715), bishop of the nonjuring Church of England and antiquary
Theodor Harmsen
Hickes, George (1642–1715), bishop of the nonjuring Church of England and antiquary, was born at Moorhouse, Newsham, in the parish of Kirby Wiske near Thirsk in Yorkshire, on 20 June 1642, the second son of William Hickes, originally of Ness in the parish of ...
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Paul, William (bap. 1679, d. 1716), Jacobite sympathizer and nonjuring Church of England clergyman
Robert D. Cornwall
Paul, William (bap. 1679, d. 1716), Jacobite sympathizer and nonjuring Church of England clergyman, was baptized on 23 August 1679 at Ashby Parva, Leicestershire. The eldest of five children, he was born to John Paul, grazier, and Sarah Barfoot. Educated at Rugby, Warwickshire...
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Smith, George (1693–1756), bishop of the nonjuring Church of England
Robert D. Cornwall
Smith, George (1693–1756), bishop of the nonjuring Church of England, was the son of John Smith (bap. 1659, d. 1715), prebendary of Durham, and Mary Cooper, daughter of William Cooper of Scarborough. He was born at Durham on 7 May 1693 and baptized the next day at ...
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Welton, Richard (1671/2–1726), clergyman of the nonjuring Church of England
Robert D. Cornwall
Welton, Richard (1671/2–1726), clergyman of the nonjuring Church of England, was born at Framlingham, Suffolk, the son of Thomas Welton, druggist, of Woodbridge, Suffolk. First educated at Woodbridge, he was admitted on 3 March 1688 to Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge, aged sixteen, and graduated BA (1692), MA (1695), and DD (1708). He was married to ...
