John Potter (bishop)

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Jonathan Trelawny
Personal details
Born	c. 1674 Wakefield, Yorkshire, England
Died	10 October 1747 Lambeth, London, England
Buried	Croydon Minster
Nationality	English
Denomination	Anglican
Parents	Thomas Potter
Spouse	Elizabeth Venner
Previous post(s)	Bishop of Oxford (1715–1737)
Alma mater	University College, Oxford

John Potter

PC (c. 1674 – 10 October 1747) was Archbishop of Canterbury

(1737–1747).

Life

He was the son of a

Graevius

, and the Antiquities was afterwards published in Latin in the Thesaurus of Gronovius.

Besides holding several livings he became, in 1704, chaplain to

ordained John Wesley a deacon in the Church of England in September 1725, and ordained him a priest

in 1728.

In January 1737 Potter was unexpectedly appointed to succeed

Convocation. Alexander Pope attacked him in the 1743 version of his The Dunciad

(book II, 323).

Potter died on 10 October 1747. His Theological Works, consisting of sermons, charges, divinity lectures and the Discourse on Church Government, were published in three volumes.

He was buried in Croydon Minster in Surrey.

References

^ Clay, John W., ed. Publications of the Harleian Society, Registers, Vol. 26, London, 1899. p. 26

This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Potter, John". Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 22 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. pp. 211–212.

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Preceded by William Jane	Regius Professor of Divinity at Oxford 1707–1737	Succeeded by George Rye
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Preceded by William Talbot	Bishop of Oxford 1715–1737	Succeeded by Thomas Secker
Preceded by William Wake	Archbishop of Canterbury 1737–1747	Succeeded by Thomas Herring

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