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Barry, (Frank) Russell (1890–1976), bishop of Southwell and popular writer on religion  

Matthew Grimley

Barry, (Frank) Russell (1890–1976), bishop of Southwell and popular writer on religion, was born at Ellerslie, Maidstone Road, Rochester, Kent, on 28 January 1890, the elder son of the Revd George Duncan Barry (1864–1945), curate of St Peter's, Rochester, and later of St Mark's, Surbiton...

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Bayly, Lewis (c. 1575–1631), bishop of Bangor and devotional writer  

J. Gwynfor Jones and Vivienne Larminie

Bayly, Lewis (c. 1575–1631), bishop of Bangor and devotional writer, was probably born in Carmarthen, according to his own later statement; his parents are unknown but Thomas Bayly, curate of Carmarthen at that date, may have been his father. Apart from the fact that he acquired significant learning in the ...

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Hall, Joseph (1574–1656), bishop of Norwich, religious writer, and satirist  

Richard A. McCabe

Hall, Joseph (1574–1656), bishop of Norwich, religious writer, and satirist, was born on 1 July 1574 at Bristow Park, Ashby-de-la-Zouch, the son of John Hall (d. 1608) and his wife, Winifred Bambridge. In Observations of some Specialities of Divine Providence in the Life of Joseph Hall...

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Joseph Hall (1574–1656) by John Payne, 1628 © National Portrait Gallery, London