Charles Fotherby

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Charles Fotherby (c. 1549 – 1619) was a Church of England clergyman who became Dean of Canterbury (1615–1619).[1]

Life

Tomb of Dean Charles Fotherby in Canterbury Cathedral

Fotherby's date of birth is not recorded but he is stated to have been 70 when he died. His father was Martin Fotherby of

Great Grimsby in Lincolnshire.[2][3] His younger brother, Dr Martin Fotherby
(c.1560-1620), was also a prebendary of Canterbury, and later bishop of Salisbury.

He studied at

in 1615.

He married Cecilia Walker of Cambridge, by whom he had ten children, but only his eldest son, John, and four daughters survived him.[4]

He died in 1619 and was buried in the Lady Chapel at Canterbury Cathedral. His monument is described as 'a bone-encrusted tomb-chest [which] is a fine example of that obsessive early seventeenth-century morbidity which repelled later, more squeamish observers'.[5]

As Dean, he is recorded as reinvigorating the musical life of the Cathedral.[6]

Career

date office reference
1587–1592 Vicar of Chislet (Kent) Venn, p. 165
1587 Vicar of Deal (Kent) Venn, p. 165
1592–1619 Vicar of Aldington (Kent) Venn, p. 165
1595–1600 Vicar of Teynham (Kent) Venn, p. 165
1595–1619
Archdeacon of Canterbury
Fasti, III, iii. 15
1595–1615 Canon of 4th prebend, Canterbury Cathedral Fasti, III, iii. 23
1600–1619 Rector of Bishopsbourne (Kent) Venn, p. 165
1615–1619 Dean of Canterbury Fasti, III, iii. 12

References

  1. ^ Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae, Series 1541-1857, III, iii. 12
  2. ^ a b Venn, John; Venn, J.A., eds. (1922). "Fotherby, Charles". Alumni Cantabrigienses (Part 1). Vol. 2. Cambridge University Press. p. 165 – via Internet Archive.
  3. ^ "Fotherby, Charles (FTRY573C)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
  4. ^ J. Meadows Cowper, The lives of the deans of Canterbury, 1541 to 1900. Canterbury: Cross & Jackman, 1900, p. 67.
  5. ^ A History of Canterbury Cathedral, ed. P. Collinson, N. Ramsay, M. Sparks. (OUP 1995, revised edition 2002) 521.
  6. ^ A History of Canterbury Cathedral, ed. P. Collinson, N. Ramsay, M. Sparks. (OUP 1995, revised edition 2002) 441.
Church of England titles
Preceded by Dean of Canterbury
1615-1619
Succeeded by
John Boys