John Towers (bishop)
John Towers (died 1649) was an English churchman, Bishop of Peterborough from 1639, a royalist and a supporter of the ecclesiastical policies of William Laud.
Life
John was born in
On 14 November 1630 he was instituted
In his episcopal office Towers supported
He then returned to Peterborough, where he died in obscurity on 10 January 1649. He was buried in the cathedral. By his wife Mary (d. 14 November 1672), he had a daughter Spencer, who married Robert Pykarell, rector of Burgate in Suffolk, and died on 16 February 1657 aged 37, and another daughter Catherine, who married Oliver Pocklington, rector of Brington, and died in 1689, and a son William Towers.
John Towers' wife was Mary Foskett daughter of Thomas Foskett of Olney (d.1633).[6] In 1633, Thomas Foskett mentions the seven children of his daughter Mary Towers as beneficiaries in his Will, including her son Thomas Towers.
Towers was the author of Four Sermons, London, 1660, edited by his son.
Notes
- ^ Burke, Sir Bernard, The General Armory, London, 1884, p.1022
- ^ "Will of Thomas Tower, Merchant".
- ^ "Towers, John (TWRS595J)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge. Retrieved 9 April 2014.
- ^ Plant, David (2002). "Episcopalians". BCW Project. Retrieved 25 April 2021.
- JSTOR 564164.
- ^ "Will of Thomas Foskett, Yeoman of Olney, Buckinghamshire".
References
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: "Towers, John". Dictionary of National Biography. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1885–1900.
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