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WORCESTER.

was buried in Worcester cathedral[1]. His will, dated 21st March 1590-91, was proved 7th April 1591.

1593 35
Eliz

Richard Fletcher, bishop of Bristol, was elected to this see 24th Jan 1592-3, confirmed 10th Feb. following[2]. He was elected to London 30th Dec. 1594[3].

1596
39 Eliz.

Thomas Bilson, S.T.P., was elected 20th April 1596, confirmed 11th June, consecrated at Lambeth on the 13th of the same month[4], and the temporalities were restored to him 27th July[5]. In May 1597 he was translated to Winchester[6].

1597
40 Eliz. Gervase Barrington, bishop of Exeter, was nominated by the Queen to this see 30th Aug. 1597, elected 15th Sept., and confirmed 4th Oct.[7]; the temporalities were restored to him 15th Oct.[8]. He died 17th May 1610, ætat. 60[9].

1610
8 Jac. I.

Henry Parry, bishop of Gloucester, was elected to this geo 13th July 1610, and confirmed 5th Oct. following[10]. He died 12th Dec. 1616, and was buried in his own cathedral. His will is in the Prerogative Office of Canterbury[11].

1617
14 Jac. I. John Thornborough, bishop of Bristol, was elected to this see 25th Jan. 1616—17, and confirmed 17th Feb. following. He died at Hartlebury Castle 19th July 1641, and was buried in Worcester cathedral. His will is in the Pertrogative Office of Canterbury[12]. The license to elect a bishop in the room of John Thornborough issued 11th Nov. 1641[13].

1641
17 Car. I. John Prideaux, S.T.P., rector of Exeter college, Oxford, was elected 22nd Nov. 1641, had the royal assent on

the 30th[14] and was consecrated 19th Dec. 1641[15];

  1. ↑ Reg. Whitgift. Ex Certif. Autogr. in Archivis Lambeth.
  2. ↑ Reg. Whitgift, f. 34.
  3. ↑ Ibid, pars ii. f. 29.
  4. ↑ Ibid. fol. 76.
  5. ↑ Pat. 39 Elihz. p. H. in. 1.
  6. ↑ Reg. Whitgift. pars ii. f. 91.
  7. ↑ Ibid. f. 96.
  8. ↑ Pat. Eliz. p. 16. m. 4.
  9. ↑ Bancroft.
  10. ↑ Ibid. f. 110.
  11. ↑ Weldon, 36.
  12. ↑ Evelyn, 108.
  13. ↑ Pat. 17 Car. I. p. 8. N". 6.
  14. ↑ Ibid. No. 5.
  15. ↑ Reg. Laud, pars ii. f. 70.
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