Anthony Sparrow
Anthony Sparrow | |
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Bishop of Norwich | |
Diocese | Norwich |
In office | 1676–1685 (death) |
Predecessor | Edward Reynolds |
Successor | William Lloyd |
Other post(s) | Bishop of Exeter (1667–1676) |
Personal details | |
Born | baptized | 7 May 1612
Died | 19 May 1685 Bishop's Palace, Norwich | (aged 73)
Buried | Bishop's Palace, Norwich |
Nationality | British |
Denomination | Anglican |
Spouse |
Susan Querall (m. 1645) |
Alma mater | Queens' College, Cambridge |
Anthony Sparrow (1612–1685) was an English
Bishop of Exeter.[1]
Career
Born in 1612, Sparrow was educated and became a fellow at
Restoration, he was reinstated in 1660; and held the post of Archdeacon of Sudbury from then until 1667. In 1667, he became Bishop of Exeter and in 1676 he was promoted to bishop of Norwich.[1] He died on 19 May 1685. In his will, he left £100 to the rebuilding of St Paul's Cathedral.[1]
Marriage and progeny
He married and left at his death several daughters as his co-heiresses, one of whom was Joan Sparrow (d. 1703), wife of Edward Drew (d. 1714) of The Grange, Broadhembury, Devon, a Canon of Exeter Cathedral.[3]
Bibliography
- A Sermon Concerning Confession of Sins, and the Power of Absolution (1637)
- A Rationale on the Book of Common Prayer of the Church of England (1655)
- "A Collection of Articles, Injunctions, Canons, Orders, Ordinances, and Constitutions Ecclesiastical, with other Publik Records of The Church of England, Chiefly in the Times of K. Edward. VIth. Q. Elizabeth. and K. James." ...Published to Vindicate The Church of England and to promote Uniformity and peace in the same. (1661; London, Printed by R. Norton for Timothy Garthwait at the Little North-doore of St. Paul's Church 1661)
References
- ^ .
- ^ "Sparrow, Anthony (SPRW625A)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
- ^ Vivian, Lt.Col. J.L., (Ed.) The Visitations of the County of Devon: Comprising the Heralds' Visitations of 1531, 1564 & 1620, Exeter, 1895, p.307, pedigree of Drew
External links
- Anthony Sparrow's major works at Project Canterbury