Chelsea, in the Olden & Present TimesBryan, George
History
Chelsea, in the Olden & Present Times
Bryan, George
Chelsea (London, England) -- History
1662. George Morley, Bishop of Worcester.
1684. Peter Mews, Bishop of Bath and Wells.
1707. Sir Jonathan Trelawney, Bart., Bishop of Exeter.
1721. Charles Trimnell, Bishop of Norwich.
1723. Richard Willis, Bishop of Salisbury.
1734. Benjamin Hoadly, Bishop of Salisbury.
1761. John Thomas, Bishop of Salisbury.
1781. Hon. Brownlow North, Bishop of Worcester.
1820. George Tomline, Bishop of Lincoln.
Dr. Tomline was the last Bishop of Winchester who had possession of this
ancient house, but he never resided in it.
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George Morley, chaplain to Charles I., was a great scholar and an eminent
divine. After the death of the king he retired to the Hague, where he
attended on Charles II. At the Restoration he was made Dean of Christ
Church, and in the same year Bishop of Worcester, whence he was
translated to Winchester. His constant practice was to rise at five
o’clock in the morning, to go to bed at eleven, and to eat but once a
day. By these rules he preserved his health with very little
interruption through the course of a long life. He died in 1684.
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Peter Mews was born at Parscandle, in Dorsetshire, in 1618, and was
educated at Merchant Tailors’ School, under the care of Dr. Winiffe, then
Dean of St. Paul’s, and afterwards Bishop of Lincoln. From school he was
elected scholar to St. John’s College, Oxford, and became Fellow of the
same College at the commencement of the civil war. Soon afterwards he
left Oxford, entered the royal army, and was promoted to the rank of
captain; he served for some time, and then went to Holland.
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During the Interregnum he took holy orders, and at the Restoration
returned to his college, where he took the degree of D.D. On the death
of Dr. Bailey he was made President of St. John’s College. In 1669 he
was chosen Vice-Chancellor of Oxford, and in 1673 he was promoted to the
see of Bath and Wells, which he held for about twelve years, till he was
translated to Winchester. He died 1706, aged 88.
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