Accepted Frewen
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| Parents | John Frewen |
| Alma mater | Magdalen College, Oxford |
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Accepted Frewen (baptised 26 May 1588 – 28 March 1664) was a priest in the Church of England and Archbishop of York from 1660 to 1664.
Life
Frewen was born at
puritan name not uncommon in the area in the late sixteenth century; his brother was called Thankful Frewen.[1] He was educated at Magdalen College, Oxford, where he became a Fellow in 1612.[2] Anthony Wood describes him as being at that time "puritanically enclin'd".[3] In 1617 and 1621 the college allowed him to act as chaplain to Sir John Digby, ambassador in Spain. In Madrid he preached a sermon that pleased Prince Charles, afterwards Charles I, who, on his accession, appointed him one of his chaplains.[4]
In 1625 he became
Vice-Chancellor of Oxford University in 1628 and 1629, and again in 1638 and 1639. In 1631 he was appointed (additionally) Dean of Gloucester. It was mainly by his instrumentality that the University plate was sent to the king at York in 1642.[4]
Two years later (in 1644) he was consecrated
Savoy conference.[4]
References
- ISBN 978-1-84383-253-9. Retrieved 24 December 2011.
- ^ "Frewen, Accepted (FRWN616A)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
- ^ Lower, Mark Antony (1865). The Worthies of Sussex. Lewes. p. 50. Retrieved 24 December 2011.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - ^ a b c One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Frewen, Accepted". Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 11 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 210.
- ^ Plant, David (2002). "Episcopalians". BCW Project. Retrieved 25 April 2021.
- JSTOR 564164.
- doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/10179. (Subscription or UK public library membershiprequired.)
External links
- Hutchinson, John (1892). . Men of Kent and Kentishmen (Subscription ed.). Canterbury: Cross & Jackman. p. 5.
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